Coruscant- Sunday night

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Sia would say that the fact that her week was incredibly busy was a welcome distraction from her own head, but no. Running a galaxy sucked. She almost wouldn’t mind a normal problem to distract from that, but maybe not the one she currently had.

Luckily, she had Jessica, and they lived somewhere where takeout was a real option again. Even though it meant sending an aide out to get it since Sia couldn’t exactly go herself, and then it taking forever to get back partly because she suspected the aide had gotten lost inside the palace, and also because the restaurant apparently knew who it was for and decided to give way more than ordered in an attempt to suck up.

“There has to be an easier way to do this,” Sia said, closing the door after the aide and bringing the food back to the sofa.

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[craftyladyparts]

“You could try talking about it,” Jessica suggested.

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Sia actually laughed before she could quickly stop herself. “It’s Atton.”

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“I’m not saying it would be easy or fun,” Jessica laughed back. “But it might be worthwhile.”

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“What do you think would happen if we did that?” Sia didn’t have a positive outlook on it, but Jessica was also one of her advisors and someone with listening to.

[craftyladyparts]

"You'd argue for a bit, probably eventually come to an understanding as long as you stuck through him being all Atton about it," Jessica said. "There's a chance you hook up again and make things worse. Smaller chance that you hook up again and make things better. But if you put the effort in to keep him on track, I like the chances of coming to an understanding while clothed."

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“Or, we’re actually honest and it ruins one of my most important relationships.” This was what she was seeing as the most likely scenario.

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"Why would honesty ruin it?" Jessica asked.

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“Because I have feelings for him, and even if he did reciprocate them, it wouldn’t go anywhere and would be left hanging over everything,” she replied.

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"Did I ever tell you about my best friend back on my Earth, Kitty?" Jessica asked. "We were friends, teammates, roommates for a while, and I was completely in love with her. I told her how I felt even though I was pretty sure she was very straight. You know how that worked out?"

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“It worked out okay?” Sia guessed.

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"It worked out okay. She wasn't interested, we were mature and it didn't hurt our friendship, and then our world exploded during a multiversal collapse and I never saw her again," Jessica said. "And if I hadn't gotten resolution, I'd be sitting here today wondering what I might have missed with her before that world explosion."

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“I’m sorry about that last part,” Sia said. “And I’m really glad you’re out here.”

[craftyladyparts]

"So am I," Jessica said. "I'd like to still have my world intact, but I might have ended up here helping you regardless. I just might have had some extra backup to help me out."

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“It would have been harder to both you with this over text,” Sia said.

[craftyladyparts]

"There's a 'call' option, too," Jessica said.

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“Do people actually still use that?” Sia asked.

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"In emergencies, but that's about it," Jessica admitted.

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“This definitely isn’t an emergency. Just a self-inflicted personal annoyance,” Sia said.

[craftyladyparts]

“Po-tay-to, po-tah-to,” Jessica said. “You need a sounding board, I’m there even if it means making a phone call.”

[notconflicted]

“Thank you. Though I’m also going to have to keep you here forever,” Sia told her. “I’m sorry, that’s just how it is.”