Office hours [all day Tuesday]

[sith_happened]

Anakin was in his office forming glitter solar systems.

It only looked like he was bored.

He'd tell you he was practicing Very Important Jedi Things.

He'd be full of it.

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[multi_madrox]

Jamie almost tripped walking into Anakin's office but managed to keep himself from falling to the ground and saving the precious nectar of Grape Judas that he was holding in a gigantor cup.

"Professor Skywalker!" Jamie said in greeting as he put the drink down on Anakin's desk. "Look! Grape Judas! I brought one for you."

[sith_happened]

"Thank you?" Anakin asked, staring into the cup.

He had no idea what Grape Judas was.

[multi_madrox]

"It's a squishy," Jamie said bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet. "You drink it!"

Jamie then took a sip from his cup and his eyes rolled back into his head in rapture.

[sith_happened]

The unspoken "why?" was written all over Anakin's face as he took a cautious sip and tried not to shudder at the sweetness.

"Thank you," he repeated.

[multi_madrox]

"Glad you like it," Jamie said bouncing some more and talking in a sugar induced rushed voice. "If you want I can bring it over to you on a regular basis because its just the best flavor ever and quite possibly the best grape squishy you can buy today on the market. In fact I challenge anyone to come up with a more grapier grape than a Grape Judas slushies. Even grapes aren't this grape!"

[sith_happened]

"Or this shade of purple," Anakin agreed, poking at the drink with his straw.

A terrible thought hit him.

"How many of these have you had today?"

[multi_madrox]

"This would be my third," Jamie said slurping away. "And I already had two- No! Three espressos at the Perk before I got these."

Jamie was bobbing his head pretty quickly now.

"Sleep is evil," he said as if this explained everything.

[sith_happened]

Anakin was about to ask Jamie to sit down, but checked the impulse. That much caffeine and sugar would have the boy bouncing around the room a few moments later anyway.

"Why is sleep evil?" he asked instead, spinning the drink between his fingers.

[multi_madrox]

"Complete waste of time," Jamie said with an exaggerated wave of his hand. "I mean which would you rather be doing? Lying in bed comatose letting the world slip by why there's so much to do in the world? People could get so much done if they just cut back on the whole sleep issue thing. I mean really, who needs it? Not me. So I'm forsaking it and moving on."

[sith_happened]

"Really," Anakin said. "I tried that for a few months. It's not nearly as effective as you'd think."

[multi_madrox]

"Oh? Were you trying to be super-efficient as well?" Jamie asked, continuing to bounce. "Did you use lots of sugar and caffiene? And what's with all the glitter? You don't seem to be the type to be into the boykissy thing. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Oh! And if you try the stay-awake thing again? I suggest No Doz and Red Bull. It gives you extra pep."

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"Something like that," Anakin said. "The efficiency, not the kissing."

He brought the glitter back to his hand. "This is an exercise in concentration. The glitter began when I was a student and because I was very tired of sand."

He stared a little penetratingly at Jamie. "And I discovered that avoiding going to sleep didn't really solve any of my problems."

[multi_madrox]

Jamie stopped sucking on his squishy for a moment or two when Anakin made his last statement.

A brief look of indecision was then quickly replaced with a big grin and a shrug.

"Well it's a good thing I don't have any problems to solve, right?" Jamie replied.

[sith_happened]

"Really?" Anakin asked quietly. "This kind of sugar and caffeine rush can only last for so long, after all."

[multi_madrox]

"Well I plan to taper those off as I enter a new state of alertness," Jamie explained when his face suddenly scrunched up for a moment and he grabbed his head. "As for problems I do have one! OW! BRAIN FREEZE!"

[sith_happened]

Anakin watched impassively. "Don't drink so fast," he commented.