Platypus Living Room - Evening

[izzyalienqueen]

The number of candles Isabel had burning to light up the living room would probably make a fire marshall nervous but she wasn't about to put them out.

Her laptop battery had run down, so she settled for sitting on the floor and playing solitare the old fashioned way. With a deck of cards.

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[tatooine_doofus]

Luke came in and gave Isabel a tiny smile before slumping onto a sofa. "Hey."

[izzyalienqueen]

"Hey, what's up?" she asked, giving up on solitare and starting to build a house of cards."

[tatooine_doofus]

"I apparently suck at dating," he replied with a sigh. "Radio says Tori's going out with some Johnny guy tomorrow."

[izzyalienqueen]

"Radio also said that Johnny was out with Jaina last night, and it said he was out with someone else the night before," Isabel pointed out. "Not to mention, if I'd actually given him an opportunity when I talked to him yesterday? He would have tried to ask me out. I wouldn't worry about it."

[tatooine_doofus]

"I heard that part, too," Luke said, making a face, "which reminds me that I need to go say thank you to all of the guys in Jaina's cabin for making his life difficult."

The set of his jaw was very much Anakin's. "You don't mess with Jedi and expect to get away with it."

He shook his head. "Are you sure I didn't screw something up with Tori?" he asked. "I've kind of never done this before."

[izzyalienqueen]

"If Jaina doesn't kill them all first. I know I would if anyone here were to get any similar ideas," she said dryly.

"I don't think you did. I mean you went on one date. It's not as if you got engaged." The base was built, now Isabel attempted to start on the second level. "Did you have fun? It seemed like she did when we talked. She told me she was going to teach you to surf."

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke reached into the Force to add a few cards onto the top, a smiling lighting up his face. He'd gotten much better at fine control. "She is," he replied. "I need to tell Gavin. His head'll explode."

[izzyalienqueen]

"Show-off," she teased.

"Gavin seems nice. I met him the other day." Annie chose that moment to walk in and Isabel gasped. "No! Go! Chase the mouse!" A wave of her hand sent a mouse toy scittering towards the alcoves.

"I honestly wouldn't worry about Tori. Unless you guys had some sort of discussion about being exclusive, she's entitled to go out with whoever she wants. And the same thing goes for you."

[tatooine_doofus]

"I'm supposed to do that?" Luke blinked. "Whoops."

He blushed. "Maybe I shouldn't do this sort of thing. Weren't Jedi supposed to be single?"

[izzyalienqueen]

"What? Have the exclusive talk on the first date? Gah! No! Bad!" Isabel said, horrified. "That's moving things way too fast."

"You're doing fine. Trust me. Girls know these things. As for being single? It was a stupid rule that rates right up there with Catholic priests being celibate."

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke chuckled. "Has anyone told Qui-Gon that yet?" he asked. "Thanks," he said. "I don't like not knowing what I'm doing, and this isn't exactly something I want to bring up with my father."

[izzyalienqueen]

That was a new name, "Qui-Gon?"

"I will happily give you the female perspective on dating," Isabel promised. "It's the only one that matters."

[tatooine_doofus]

Luke nodded. "He's a Jedi who still has the stupid haircut."

[izzyalienqueen]

"Ahh, I see. I also haven't met him yet," she explained. "But I'll keep my opinion on stupid Jedi rules to myself then."

"But going back to Tori and the dating thing? I wouldn't worry. You've got a hell of a lot more to offer her then Johnny's pretty face and nifty party trick."

[tatooine_doofus]

"Like the galaxy's most dysfunctional family," Luke muttered. "Johnny can do tricks?"

[izzyalienqueen]

"Somehow I think she'll cope," Isabel sighed.

"Yeah, I think he's pyrokinetic somehow. He created this little ball of flame to show off. In return, I boiled his coffee, then turned it to a popsicle, then changed it to tea." Isabel might have looked a bit smug when she finished.