Three chapters today, since this and Coming Of Age are a set. Enjoy!
Prank
A few mornings after the sash discussion, Jinx awoke and stretched gingerly, trying to avoid hitting his head or hand on the ceiling above like he had the last couple of mornings (which was, in his opinion, the one downside to sleeping in his nice, comfortable top bunk). When, despite his care, he was still rewarded with a crunching sound, for a moment he puzzled, having felt no pain.
No, the sound had not come from above him, but from underneath his sheets. And uncomfortably close to his rear end.
A quick inspection revealed the presence of several small, rounded, white objects, one of which had been cracked and now leaked a yellowish substance all over the blanket.
One second later, O-Mer awoke to a shriek and, shortly thereafter, a loud thunk as his roommate fell to the floor.
"Da-HAH!" he yelled groggily, pointing a finger at Jinx in triumph. "I can't believe you fell for it!"
"Son of a womp rat!"
"Turnabout is fair play, shmuck!"
"I'll throttle you!"
The girls blinked awake in their bedroom, startled at the commotion. Sipora listened for a moment, shaking her head slowly. "Boyz," she muttered, as she got out of bed and commandeered the 'fresher while her compatriots were occupied in trying their best to kill each other.
Ahsoka, however, lay still for a second, marveling. First, the unguarded outbreak of merriness the other night, and now this? Were these the same solemn, serious young men she had met on Wasskah a month ago? She almost couldn't believe it.
A green fist crashed through the thin wall, right next to her head, astonishing her. There came the sounded of muffled laughter, probably O-Mer's, as Jinx's hand thrashed about in a frantic attempt to free itself.
Ahsoka blinked, and gave herself over into fitful giggles, forgetting her darker musings of before.
Two hours later, she tried to remember the last time she had laughed like that. It felt like she was out of practice, as if she hadn't laughed in…
One month.
The thought completely floored her for a moment, before she put it behind her, it being a remnant of harms inflicted in the past. Trandosha…really didn't agree with her.