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If he wasn't so afraid he'd turn into a newt, Anakin would've leaned against something.

"Suspecting is okay," he said slowly. "Outright knowledge is something else."

He wasn't going near the topic of Lee. He sighed. "Nothing to be done about it," he said. "We deal with the galaxy as it is, not as we wish it would be." He raised an eyebrow. "And if you could stop writing things on my homework, that would probably be good, too."

"No, really? I don't feel bad about it enough, yet," Rory said quietly, thrusting the books at him. "Please, remind me again of stupid and careless I've been. Because I don't think I feel quite horrible or guilty enough yet."

"Hey," Anakin snapped. "I'm not trying to make you feel guilty. I'm just trying to process the idea of other people knowing about this."

He took the books, walked over to a table and flipped one open.

"A Jedi shall not know hate. Nor anger. Nor love," he read to himself. In his head, he heard the echoes of Obi-Wan's lessons on the Code.

Then he looked at Rory.

Screw the Code. At least temporarily.

"It's okay," he said. "We'll deal. As long as no one at home hears about it, we're still fine, right?"

"Right," Rory said, still not looking at him.

She pretended to be fascinated by the spines of the books still on the shelves.

"You don't think we're fine?" Anakin asked, leaving the books and walking over to her. "Hey, look at me."

"Mm. We'll be fine," Rory said, looking over his shoulder. "But it's my fault if we aren't."

"Well, you said half the school already suspects," Anakin said, "Plus the rumors on the radio. I'm thinking we both need to work on our sneakiness."

He reached out to tilt her head up to look at him. "You think the books would mind if I tried to kiss you?" he asked. "Or, you know, tell on us?"

They were Jedi books, after all. They might not react very well.

Rory smiled hesitantly. "The library might tell Zero. But then again, the library could probably tell Zero this entire conversation. And it's been known to be inaccurate and difficult to interpret, anyway."

She glanced at the books. "These all seem pretty safe, from what I can tell."

"Books, where I come from, aren't sentient," Anakin said. He frowned. "Of course, we don't have books, we have datapads." He gave them a curious look, then stroked Rory's cheek.

"Maybe not a good idea, though." He walked back to the table to pick up his research materials. "Guess we should head back out, huh?"

"They aren't where I'm from either. But they are here," Rory sighed. "And there are scary things in here, so yes, we probably ought to get out of here. I've no desire to meet that dragon again, nice as he was."

Anakin looked around, startled. "There's a dragon around here? Like Lockheed?"

"Except like, a thousand times bigger," Rory said casually. "Much scarier. Also, there's a creepy monk who called all of us whores when we were in here together."

Anakin glared. "Someone in here called you a whore?"

Yeah, he missed the part about the giant dragon.

"He was weird. And scary. And he called Parker, Angela, Janet and Zero whores, too," Rory shrugged. "And apparently a girl lives in here too, somewhere, according to Xander."

"Just when I think this school can't stranger," he muttered. He pointed in a random direction. "That's way's out, yes?"

Rory grinned. "No, that way is deeper in."

She pointed towards where they had come in. "That way is out."

Anakin blushed. "I knew that." He yanked at his braid. "I normally have a much better sense of direction." He hefted the books in his arms. "After you, then."

Rory nodded. "You've seen the spazziness. Normally I just know it's that way because I've learned to keep track of this stuff in here."

She started the lead the way out, and paused. "There's more stuff, still, if you want to look. I kind of just grabbed books at random. They might not be the best sources."

Anakin looked down at the books he was carrying. "I have something called Jedi Philosophy: An Overview, which would be good, and, um, a book on Jedi prophecy that I'm pretty sure Professor Skeeter never needs to know about." He gave Rory a wry smile. "Bet I'm in the index." He paused. "That's actually kind of strange."

Rory beamed. "If by strange you mean awesome, then yes. I still can't get over that." She bounced a little. "So? Let's look you up. Come on."

Anakin grinned, then took the book over to a nearby table and flipped to the back.

"There I am. 'Skywalker, Anakin. See also: Chosen One prophecy Holocron.'" He looked up. "You have Holocrons here?"

"No?" Rory said, slightly confused.

She looked over at the shelf, and knelt to pick up a locked wooden box.

"We have scrolls, I think?" she guessed, holding it up. "That's what we usually keep in these boxes."

Anakin looked at the box. "It looks about the right size to hold a Holocron." He let out a low whistle. "If you have one, that's amazing. They're really rare. The Council doesn't let them out of their sight much."

Rory scurried over and set it down on the desk quickly, practically leaping back so she was a little over a foot away.

"I don't want to break it," she explained, sheepishly. "How does it work?"

Anakin unlatched the box. "It should turn on automatically," he said, lifting the lid.

Immediately, a swirl of lights resolved itself into a very familiar shape, for Anakin at least.

A small, wizened green Jedi in robes very similar to Anakin's stared at Anakin and Rory.

"Greetings. Yoda am I. Grand Master of Jedi Order. Prophecy of Chosen One, you will hear."

Anakin smiled. "This is Yoda," he said to Rory. "I know him."

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