Exams
17 years
The twins dumped their backpacks on the floor and deposited their books on the kitchen table. Leia groaned and flopped face down on the couch. Luke just dropped to the floor. Anakin came out from his bedroom.
"What's this all about?" he asked, holding up his arms in question. Leia just groaned into a pillow. Luke closed his eyes. "Um, okay then."
Padme entered from the kitchen.
"Hey, uh uh. Backpacks hung up, not on the floor," she scolded, placing her hands on her hips. The twins didn't move. Anakin lifted a finger, and the backpacks zipped through the air to their corresponding hooks. Luke mumbled a "thank you" as Padme scowled at Anakin. Anakin grinned impishly. Padme turned to the twins. "What is wrong with you?" Padme asked. No answer.
"C'mon! Tell us!" Anakin exclaimed, running at Luke and tackling him, though it wasn't fair because Luke was lying on the floor. Luke, however, rolled over and pinned Anakin before Anakin could blink. Anakin retaliated by flipping over and ending up on Luke's chest. "Tell us!"
"C'mon guys, what's the matter?" Padme asked, sitting down beside Leia. She reached over and grabbed Leia by the ankle. She began to tickle the sole of Leia's foot.
"No! Mom! Not my feet! Anywhere but my feet!" Leia choked out between laughter. She kicked out with her other foot, but only caught air.
"Hey Ani! Little help please!" Padme called. Anakin got off of Luke, who gasped for breath. Anakin grabbed Leia's other foot and began to tickle.
"Luke! Get her armpits!" Anakin yelled. Luke obliged and pulled Leia's arms out of the way and began tickling. Leia writhed and gasped between giggles, but could not escape her family's firm grasp.
"No! No! No! We have exams alright?!" Leia called, still struggling. All three paused. Luke nodded.
"And that's bad because?" Anakin asked, tucking a stray lock of hair behind his ear.
"We have a ton of homework plus extra studying," Luke replied, sitting down as if in defeat.
"Oh," Anakin said. "Get him!" Anakin tackled Luke again and began to tickle his armpits. Padme and Leia each grabbed a foot.
"No! No! Please!" Luke begged, tears streaming down his face and his cheeks turning red.
"NO mercy!" Leia shouted, tickling harder.
"Ahhhh!" Luke protested, writhing on the floor, pinned by his family members. Finally, they let him up. Luke gasped for breath. "I have homework."
"Me too." Leia said. The twins trudged to the table, back to their discarded books. Three hours later, Luke had fell asleep in his book, and Leia looked as bored as a grounded dragon-bird. They hadn't even eaten dinner. Finally, Leia crashed as well. Padme peeked around the corner.
"Anakin. Look."
Anakin peeked at the twins. They were fast asleep, face down in their books.
"Should we put 'em to bed?" he asked.
"Probably."
The couple walked to their sleeping teens and eased them out of their chairs. The twins subconsciously allowed their parents to carry them to their bedrooms, put their pajamas on, then carry them to their beds. The entire week carried out like this. Twins came home, three hours of studying, parents putting the seventeen-year-olds to bed.
"Boy, they are gonna kill us when they find out we put 'em to bed for a week straight." Anakin said one night in bed. "Uh, yeah. What did you think was going to happen?" Padme smacked him playfully. The twins' exams were the next day, so they decided to wait until that afternoon to tell them.
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"I passed!"
"Me too!" the twins burst into the apartment, waving their exam chips.
"Good for you!" Padme called from the kitchen, putting down the dish she was washing and walking towards her kids. Leia looked around the room.
"Where's Dad?" she asked, quirking an eyebrow quizzically. Padme shrugged.
"Right here!" Anakin leapt up from behind the couch and tackled his children, backpacks and all.
"Hey!" they yelped in unison as they were knocked over. Padme laughed.
"Alright, Ani. Get off," she scolded, placing her hands on his hips. Anakin rolled off his twins and all three stood.
"If you don't mind, I'm going to crash now," Leia said, hanging up her backpack and putting her exam on the table She headed towards her bedroom. Luke mimicked her actions and nodded. Anakin leaned against the wall and jauntily crossed his arms.
"You want us to put you to bed?" he asked, trying to hold back his laughter at the twins' expressions.
"What?!"