The Perk [Saturday morning]

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Luke Skywalker, newest elected Congressman to the House of Representatives (and you could tell because of the giant flag pin on his suit), breezed into the Perk and shook hands with everyone inside the shop, smiling and kissing babies before asking for the most American cup of coffee on the menu.

Which was when he learned that most coffee didn't come from America.

He sat down with a cup of Colombian coffee, which he was liberally doctoring with milk that the barista assured him was from "Wisconsin or something. I don't do inventory" and looked eager to chat with any constituents who had problems they thought Congressman Skywalker could help them with.

Well, assuming it didn't have to do with being blackmailed by Luke's father....

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Jaina hadn't been looking for trouble. She'd just gone out with her stolen baby Christopher Howard, Jr., aka Howie, for a nice cup of coffee when she saw Luke.

"You've got some nerve, showing up here again," she said coldly, and also dramatically.

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"It's my home too, you know," Luke retorted, glaring. "Besides, I was here first."

With his Colombian coffee.

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"You don't belong here," Jaina told him. "Not after all you've done to our family!"

...said she with a stolen kid.

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"Going legitimate?" Luke retorted hotly. "Having an important job?"

In an organization with a nine percent approval rating!

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"Turning your back on us and everything we stand for!" she said, pounding on the table with the hand that wasn't holding her stolen baby.

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"You don't stand for anything good!" Luke cried as the dramatic music swelled. "I stand for trust, justice, and the American way!"

And Grace Winchester. Cough.

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"It's not the Skywalker way, Luke!" Jaina cried. "It's not the Skywalker way! Are you even happy?"

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"Well, the coffee's not that good--"

The wistful soundtrack gave him away.

"I'm as happy as I can be. You know how Father is. He'd see me dead before he'd forgive me, and I have the bodies of assassins to prove that."

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"And how did they all end up dead, Luke?" Jaina challenged. "How did they end up dead?"

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"He wasn't exactly buying smart assassins," Luke retorted. "I can take care of myself."

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"See? You're no different than the rest of us?" she shot back.

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"Well, I've not been married seventeen times," Luke shot back.

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"Once," Jaina corrected him. "And I've been engaged thirteen times. Shows what you know."

Jaina wasn't very good at making it through weddings, but she looked fabulous in the dresses.

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Well, she was getting the same present regardless. Everyone needed a George Foreman grill where the wrapping paper had been taped around the top and bottom of the box.

"I have more important things to do!"

Like pine over Grace Winchester.

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"Like pine over Grace Winchester?" Jaina snapped.

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"She's legal now!"

It was still icky.

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"She wasn't always!"

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"That doesn't matter!" Luke declared. "We've been completely innocent!"

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"I find that hard to believe," scoffed the total ho.

This was going to be so icky on Monday.

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"Well, that's not my problem," Luke replied.

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"You like to pretend that you're so good, that you can act all high and mighty while looking down on us, but you're the exact same," Jaina told him. "I can't wait till everyone else sees that."

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"It's never going to happen, Jaina," Luke said.

He had people to be sure of that.

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"It will if I say it will," Jaina said with a dramatic lift of her chin. "I guess I'll see you around."

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"Looking forward to it," Luke said with a tone that said he would be anything but.

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Grace had only been back in town for a few days, on a break from her European university.(Sure, the semester was still going, but writers never paid attention to that kind of detail.) When she arrived in the Perk, she stopped dead in her tracks at the sight of Luke, both the last person she wanted to see, and the one person she wanted to see the most.

"Congressman," she said with an air of politeness. "I didn't expect to find you here."

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Luke stared inappropriately for enough time for the audience to clue in on the fact that He Still Had Feelings. "Grace! I didn't know you were back from abroad."

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"I've only been back for a few days," Grace said in a British accent she hadn't had a moment ago. Oops. "Mother had a number of things for me to do. Are... are you well?"

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"Better now," Luke said with a smile. "Sit down! Drink some coffee. It's not American, but it's pretty good anyway."

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"Oh, well, thank you," Grace said, looking around before taking a seat. She needed to see if anyone was watching, after all. "You've been very busy. Or so I've heard." She hasn't been following his activities herself, of course.

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"Oh, here and there," Luke said, peering longingly over his coffee cup at him as tinkly romantic elevator music (the soap couldn't afford the rights to anything current) played. "Running for Congress, rescuing kittens from trees, getting your brother out of some vice charges...the usual."

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Grace frowned softly at the mention of Sam, but shook her head to clear him from her thoughts. He'd chosen the life he was leading now, and she had more important things to worry about. "I always knew you were a good man, deep down. Now everyone else can too," she said.

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"Well, everyone but my family," Luke said, "but I learned to live with that a long time ago."

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"Your family shouldn't count for anything." Which, you know, was easy to say for a Winchester. "I just wish..." Grace trailed off and stared off to the side. "Well, I wish a lot of things."

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"Like what?" Luke asked, shifting closer.

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"Like... like us," Grace said after a moment. "I wish things could be different between us, now that our families aren't at war." At least, not all of the time.

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That happens when the actors moved on to other shows!

"You're an adult now," Luke said, reaching his hand out to brush her fingers.

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"A grown woman," Grace agreed. "Capable of making my own decisions." Now that she'd been aged up and all. "But could you possibly... could you want this, after all this time?"

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"After all this time," Luke confirmed as weird romantic music played in the background, "I still want this."

At least it was slightly healthier than Derek and Stiles? If you squinted?

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These were dire times for Dave. Evad, his evil twin, had mysteriously shown up recently and tried to kill Dave twice. And when Evad wasn't attempting murder, he was tormenting Dave with evidence of what he did to Annie a year ago.

It was enough to push Dave back to the bring. He stood there, just inside the door of the Perk, clutching his one year chip. The way his life was going at the moment, nobody would fault Dave for going back to the bean. He would personally be too bouncy and awake to even blame himself.

But no! He couldn't go back to that! Not after what happened to Annie! NOT AFTER THAT!

Dave clutched the chip to his chest and ran out, screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Great. Now the Skywalkers might come for payment on top of everything else. It really was a dark time for Dave.

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Luke blinked, then made a mental note to see what he could do about siphoning some funding for an asylum on this island...