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The Library (04/20)

Rory hurried in after ACJ, and took up her post behind the collections desk with her laptop.

"He knows how to fix engines and DVD players because of the Force?" Parker gave Rory a look. "Seriously?"

"It's the attunement thing," Rory said. "He's good at it because he can feel how things work, if that makes sense."

"Hunh." Parker refrained from asking 'dirty?' because seriously, she didn't want to know. "So if he quit being a Jedi, he'd have to give that up? That seems unfair." Parker paused, and backtracked another part of the conversation. "You guys are going to Conneticutt this weekend? Any particular reason?"

"His journalism project," Rory said, leaving behind questions of the Force since she barely understood it. "He's interviewing me. We're meeting up with Paris tomorrow afternoon and then seeing my grandparents, which will be hell, and then we're staying at my house. Should be fun, once we get away from Emily and Richard."

Cocking her head, Parker said, "Why would that be hell? How difficult are your grandparents, anyway? And did you ever explain anything about Anakin to Paris? Last I heard, she thought you were dating an older teacher."

"I told her the truth," Rory said, glancing around and lowering her voice. "Okay. Have I ever shown you a picture of Dean, my ex? Dean, who is tall and lanky and good-looking and who my mother adored? Grandma hated him. Imagine how this will go."

Parker opened her mouth, then shut it with a click. "Oh. Dear." She frowned, drawing her eyebrows together. "What kind of guy does your grandmother want you to hang out with? Because Dean sounded nice, and if she didn't approve of him, I can't imagine what she's looking for."

"Do you remember Logan Huntzberger?" Rory asked.

Parker thought. And thought. And thought.

"Not even a little. Wait. Logan-who-is-not-a-bunny?"

"Logan who I accidentally kissed that one time and pissed off Logan-who-used-t'be-a-bunny," Rory said.

"And who shall probably be a bunny again, given his track record." Parker tilted her head. "I don't get it. He was kinda just there. What appealed to your grandmother? That he was blond?"

"Old money," Rory said, rubbing her fingers together in the universal symbol of wealth.

Parker blinked, then blinked again, then said, "Is your mom adopted?"

Rory shook her head. "But she thinks differently than they do. Call it rebellion. Part of it is leaving all of that behind when she was our age."

"Ahh. And thus, your Grandma would like a grandson-in-law who's more conventional, for lots of reasons." Parker thought about that. "Yeah, she's not going to be impressed by Anakin even if he flies your car into their garage."

"Less so," Rory said, wincing. "I'm just avoiding the whole 'galaxy far, far away,' issue."

"Well, yeah," Parker acknowledged. "Is this even a little bit of a good idea? Seriously? How much crap are they likely to give you for dating him?"

"Who says I'm telling them that bit?" Rory asked. "I'm presenting my friend Anakin from a small Buddhist sect who is training to be a monk. S'the only way I can think to save him."

Parker snickered. "Get pictures. That's all I ask." She shook her head. "Gooooooood luck."

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