Secluded-ish part of the beach [afternoon]

[momslilassassin]

The perfect recall thing came in handy when you were trying to remember where someone parked a cloaked ship, Ben thought as he walked straight to where Jen's spaceship was kept.

He'd just finished saying goodbye to Dean, so taking a trip off campus (way, way, way off campus) sounded like an excellent repression coping technique.

Now he just needed Tahiri.

[OOC: For the barefooted Jedi!]

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri was not in any way repressing certain uncomfortable conversations from the day before herself, really. That the timing of this was conveniently timed enough that she could repress if she really wanted to -- which she didn't, honest, that was not what this was -- was pure coincidence.

No, actually, on her part it was.

She made her way down to the beach, navigating as much by memory as by her sense of Ben in the Force, and grinned when she saw him.

"I'm still surprised he said it was okay."

[momslilassassin]

"I think I caught him while he was asleep," Ben admitted. "Go me?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Nice timing, then," Tahiri decided, peering up at the apparently empty space where the ship was. "So you know how to get into it, right?"

[momslilassassin]

"Walking straight into it won't work, huh," he said, just now thinking about that.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri laughed and wandered over to about the spot where the access panel should be, if she remembered right from the times she'd helped work on the ship, pausing long enough to stretch up and kiss him on the cheek. "It should be right around here, if she added you to the security system."

[momslilassassin]

"Let's hope so or this will be the fastest date ever," Ben mumbled.

[weetuskenraider]

"So let's give it a try," Tahiri suggested. "I think if you just put your hand right there . . ." She pointed at a spot.

[momslilassassin]

Ben followed her directions and was, let's be honest, a little surprised when the ship decloaked.

"It worked!"

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri leaned against the hull beside the hatch and shot him an amused look. "Really? And here I thought I was going to need a more obvious clue than a ship suddenly appearing where it didn't look like it was a second ago."

[momslilassassin]

"See if I let you fly," Ben teased, climbing aboard.

[weetuskenraider]

"Bet you will," Tahiri retorted as she followed him into the ship. "You're the one who got glassy-eyed over the idea in the first place."

[momslilassassin]

"Maybe I've changed my mind," he said, sliding into the pilot's seat and giving the unfamiliar controls a once-over.

[weetuskenraider]

"Weird," was Tahiri's assessment as she came over to stand beside him, "but it doesn't look too complicated."

She went over to find the controls to shut the hatch, which closed up with a hiss of hydraulics, and dropped into the seat set into the bulkhead behind Ben. "Maybe I'll change my mind about those holos, then."

[momslilassassin]

"You won't," he said, giving her what he hoped was a very adorable smile and attempted to start the engines.

[weetuskenraider]

It was a very adorable smile, but Tahiri replied, "Then you're going to let me fly, aren't you?"

[momslilassassin]

He sighed. "Yes," he admitted. "But no making fun of me."

Oh, like that was a reasonable request, Ben.

[weetuskenraider]

She got up and attempted to sneak up and kiss the back of his neck, just because.

"Why would I make fun of you?" Tahiri asked, as if she couldn't find reasons if she really wanted to.

[momslilassassin]

"Distracting," he gasped, not sounding that unhappy about it. You know, at all.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri grinned, although she'd be willing to bet he could feel her grinning even if he couldn't see it.

"I thought a crack pilot like you could handle a little distraction."

[momslilassassin]

"I'm not going to crash us into the moon or anything," he babbled, "but that's never happened to me before."

[weetuskenraider]

"Well, let's not take that risk just yet." Maybe later. Tahiri dropped a kiss on top of his head and settled back in her seat. "Okay, flyboy, take us up."

[momslilassassin]

It wasn't the most textbook of takeoffs, but in a few moments they were winging out of the atmosphere.

"It's a pretty planet," Ben commented.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri leaned forward to peer out the front viewport. "It is, isn't it? I've never actually seen it from space before. It's a lot nicer than the last few planets I've seen from space," she added with a slight frown.

[momslilassassin]

"Do you normally portal home?" he asked.

[weetuskenraider]

"Portal to the shuttle," Tahiri said, belatedly realizing that her player is an idiot was kind of silly. "And it's only been twice, so I don't know if that counts as normal yet."