Aggravation

By Ruby-Flame Jedi Queen

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"Master," Anakin looked up at Obi-Wan inquisitively, struggling to suppress a grin.

"Yes Anakin?" Obi-Wan addressed his padawan curtly. He was trying to finish some important requests to the council, couldn't Anakin see that?

"I have a question," Anakin insisted, despite Obi-Wan's obvious distraction.

"What is it?" Obi-Wan snapped, the whirlpool of words he was typing starting to mix with Anakin's voice; switching on that blinking OVERLOAD sign in his head. Get on with it, he urged Anakin inwardly.

But Anakin was lost in his own thoughts once again, so Obi-Wan diverted his attention back to his typing.

"Master?"

"Anakin?" Obi-Wan replied in a short, sing-song voice. He only adopted this tone when frustration began to get the best of him. Anakin watched Obi-Wan's face frown then relax, frown, relax, and he almost slipped out a bit of laughter, catching himself at the last second and quickly choking it back. Indeed, Obi-Wan was trying to get past the phrase 'ready for trials' wondering, 'Will he ever go away? I now know how Qui-Gonn must have felt...'

Anakin acted as if he had not heard Obi-Wan. "Master. Master. Master Obi-Waaaan."

Obi-Wan bit down on his lower lip and keyed in a few more words. He did not answer Anakin for the sake of progress. He had to finish one sentence for crying out loud!

"I have a questi-"

"I heard you," Obi-Wan finally responded, cutting Anakin off through gritted teeth. He wasn't really that mad...Anakin decided with a grin.

"Well, see, there was this thing..."

"OKAY!" Obi-Wan blew up at the 'poor' boy, who's face turned into a giant O as he listened to his master yell at him (or yell at all, for that matter) for the first time.

"Oh. So, I guess I'll see you later." Anakin managed through his surprise, his voice and chin dropping 'disappointedly'. Although Obi-Wan was dying to say 'Good,' he decided to cut Anakin a LITTLE slack just so that the boy would not pout.

"No, you can tell me now," He gave in.

"Okay!" Anakin exclaimed, suddenly "re-excited," his voice and chin popping right back up.

"So?" Obi-Wan prodded.

"So what?"

"So the question!" Obi-Wan said back, in his OBVIOUSLY! tone of voice.

"Oh!" Anakin answered, his eyes becoming foggy.

Tick...tock.

Tick....tock.

And of course, the moment he went back to his typing...

"Master! Are you even listening?"

"Yes," Obi-Wan mumbled, taking deep breaths and trying not to explode AGAIN.

"Al right. So, like I said, there's this thing, right?"

"Yes?..."

"And it's BIG!"

"Okay." Obi-Wan said, only slightly paying attention now.

"And it's kinda hard for me to say," Anakin added.

"Well, you shouldn't keep secrets from your Master, Ani, so spit it out."

"Well..."

Obi-Wan's response was a frustrated sigh.

"Maybe I should go tell Master Yoda," Anakin mused.

"Maybe," was the response.

"Or maybe not."

"Anakin, tell me or leave." Obi-Wan's last bit of patience was running out quickly.

"Okay." Anakin said.

"Okay." repeated Obi-Wan.

Anakin was enjoying himself now. "Oh wait! No. Well, I guess I can't remember. Oh well. Bye!"

Anakin skipped out of the room, smiling secretly to himself.

Obi-Wan just stared at the wall for a few moments, his hands clenching and unclenching and eyes becoming squinty...

"C'mon Obi...you've got to admit that was funny!" Anakin came back in and said.

Obi-Wan was about to burst into a fit of screaming and yelling when all of a sudden he choked.

Then, amazingly enough, he let out a fit of nervous laughter and was still laughing crazily as Anakin walked away.

My job here is finished, Anakin thought, brushing his hands together twice in commemoration of the moment and grinning madly to himself.