Otherways: Sucking It Up (for notdarkorlight)

[skywalker_twin]

She figures that a time comes in one's life when admitting that the only prat in any situation is yourself is not only wise, but necessary.

Which is why she has a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich, no-crust, with a side of two chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk.

It's also why she sets it in front of that Force-be-damned brother of hers, a look of resignation on her face.

"Look, I'm sorry for what I did," she says. "I suppose I'm a little too used to getting the things I want. I don't know. But consider this a peace offering. Me and the brother I knew in this place used to share them all the time. I thought you might like them."

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[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"Mom wouldn't kill you."

Right...? Wait... oh, confused boy now. He didn't know Padme was mommy to begin with.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"I'll let you revise that statement once you've met up with her," she says with a grin.

"She was over by the fireplace, where I left her. I don't think she's moved since."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"I only know dad."

He's making a slight face at that.

"Who exactly are you calling mom?"

Yeah... might need to help him with that one.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"Padme. As I said, she's still on the couch over there."

She gives him a curious glance. "But before you do that, I should show you how things work around here. Because if there isn't a bartender to ask, you have to get it yourself."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

Luke blinks at the name then something clicks in his mind... OH! Her!

"Okay... how do things work around here?"

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"Well, again, no violence in the bar. And, well, come with me. You need to meet Bar, first."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"Right. Got that. You pointed the rules out to me earlier." Luke states before sliding out of the seat so Leia could get out too. "Lead the way."

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

She gives Bar an affectionate pat when they get there. "This is Bar. She will provide everything you need, when there isn't a live being tending."

She motions Luke closer. "You just ask her for what you want and she'll get it for you. But!" she says, holding up a cautionary finger. "Although incidents of poisoning have gone down drastically since the new Head Bartender came in, she's apt to bite and sting if you aren't nice to her, or if she feels like it."

She pats Bar again. "Isn't that right, Bar?"

In response, Bar burps up a lovely flower blossom.

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

Luke blinks and stares at his sister as if she's possibly lost it when she goes about explaining how things were done around there. Well... that was just new. And, of course, that was just weird seeing a flower blossom come out of nowhere.

"So you just ask and be nice about it?"

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"Generally, yes. Go ahead, try it."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

Right... here went nothing... his sister was crazy.

"Could I have a glass of milk, please."

He blinks a bit when a glass of milk doesn't appear. Though in the place of the glass of milk a sippy cup of milk appears instead.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

Leia's eyes go wide at that. She gives the man next to her an incredulous look.

"You are Lukey," she breathes. "Bar remembers you."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"A bit too old for sippy cups now though."

But he pats Bar's anyways. Besides, it'd look a bit weird for a grown man to be drinking out of a sippy cup.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

She's still staring at him. "Well, at least we're more likey to be recognized as twins. It was very weird telling people you were my twin-brother, while carrying you on my hip..."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

That gets a slight chuckle out of him. "No. No more carrying me around." He twirls the sippy cup around a bit before wathing her. "Should I actually confront him or just..." He doesn't know.

There's that frown again. He'd hurt his daddy's feelings and the fact that he didn't think he was Luke.

"I think I'm at a loss."

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"If it were me, I'd wait for him to calm down. And then approach him carefully. You;d be best to do it down here, so he can't hurt you or anything."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"What if he doesn't calm down though?" Damn sippy cup... playing with it is making him half tempted to drink out of the damn thing.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

Leia makes the decision for him and grabs the damned cup. She takes the lid off and hands it to him.

"Then I don't know. I've never had to deal with him like that before."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

He gives her a slight look when she takes it from him because... hey! He was playing with that. Lid on or off its still a damn sippy cup. But he takes it from her and takes a drink of it.

"If I'd of let you explain all this earlier I probably wouldn't of told him what I did."

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"You had no reason to allow me to explain it all. Nor did I know that you were the Luke that everyone missed so much."

She pauses. "If I had know, I would have approached it differently. As it was, I merely assumed you were someone completely different."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

"That's true too. I mean I didn't know you after all."

He's a bit more relaxed now that he does know who she is though.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

And she doesn't want to take him out back to kill him anymore, either.

This mun thinks they've made progress.

She just smiles wryly.

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

Of course she doesn't. And he doesn't want to hurt her.

This mun thinks they've made definite progress which means this thing can finally go up.

He finishes off his milk and just gives his twin a smile.

[skywalker-twin.livejournal.com]

"Oh, one last thing."

Leia rubs Bar again and a key materializes. "This is yours. For your room. It'll fit into one of the doors upstairs. And you won't be able to go back to wherever you came from until Bar shows you your out-door again."

[notdarkorlight.livejournal.com]

Luke blinks but picks up the key. "Okay."

He shakes his head a bit at the mention of going back. Going back may not be such a good idea. After all... its a place where he'd had blood on his hands. Literally.