"... Your homework for this week is the entire circuit handout. As you all know, the final exam takes place two weeks from today. Class dismissed!"

"Thank you, Professor Nu!" came the response from most students as they exited the classroom. One, however, barely muttered a thank-you to Professor Jocasta Nu, angry with the large amount of homework she'd been given and her apparent inability to understand the material.

Trudging back to her and Anakin's shared quarters, Ahsoka found herself grumbling. "What the hell is Ohm's Law? Stupid equation! And of course, it has variants! What a load of bantha dung."

"Hey Snips," a familiar voice greeted her jovially. 

"Hey, Master," the Padawan muttered dejectedly, not meeting his gaze. Instead of flopping onto the couch, she made her way to her room in silence, slamming the door behind her. 

Anakin didn't stop her. 

Normally, he'd try to cheer her up and chat with her about whatever was on her mind. He made an exception this time; the amount of frustration she radiated was worrisome. Cooling off would do her some good. Half an hour had soon gone by, and judging by the suspiciously low amount of noise coming from Ahsoka's room, Anakin began to worry. So he abandoned the parts of a golden protocol droid he'd been tinkering with for the past forty-five minutes or so. "Ahsoka? Are you alright?"

The door swung open, her invitation for him to come in. Anakin stepped inside to see his Padawan sitting at her desk, head clasped exasperatedly in her hands.

"No, I'm not alright," Ahsoka huffed through clenched teeth, pointing at her huge pile of homework.

Anakin scowled. He'd forgotten about the final exams Padawans her age had to write, part one of an assessment required to be eligible for Knighting Trials. "Oh, Soka," he sighed. "I remember studying for those exams, it was a nightmare. But I passed and did quite well. Anyhow, that's a brag story for another day. Do you need any help?"

DO ALL MY DAMN HOMEWORK FOR ME, Ahsoka wanted to scream. Instead, she contented herself with a simple "Yes please, Master, very much so."

Anakin smiled at his Apprentice. "Sure thing, Snips," he replied.  "What exactly do you need help with?"

"Physics," she moaned. "All of it."

Anakin stared. All of it? Her final was in two weeks, how didn't she still understand anything? 

"Master, Professor Nu explains everything so fast! Besides, Physics is only once a week, so how could we ever ask her any questions outside of class?"

"Ahsoka," he chastised. "That's a terrible excuse. You have spare periods for a reason! What's the real reason you don't understand anything?" Skywalker asked, a threat underlying his calm tone.

"I- Okay, I'm sorry, Master," she mumbled, breaking eye contact. "I may or may not have accidentally fallen asleep during class."

Anakin glared at her in disapproval. "Professor Nu is the best Physics professor in the Order, Ahsoka! She was the one that taught me when I was your age. You-" Skywalker suddenly paused, biting his lip. He could continue berating her, but that wouldn't achieve anything in the long run. He took a deep breath instead and continued. "Never mind then. Let's begin from the very beginning. I'm sure you already learned about electrons in prior classes, correct?"

"Yes, Master, I did. An electron is a negatively charged sub-atomic particle."

"Good," Anakin praised. She would need confidence to overcome this difficulty. "Now, what can you tell me about static electricity?"

"Static electricity is a stationary electric charge, caused by friction."

"What about current electricity?"

"In short, it's electricity that flows."

Okay, not terrible. A least she knew the basics. "Nice, what's the formula for Ohm's Law and its two variants?"

A pause. Then-

"Uhm... I don't know."

Oh great.

"Do you know which three letters make up this formula and what they stand for?"

"... kinda? I mean, it's I, V and R, right? And they stand for... Vortex, Rebellion, and Importance?"

Anakin massaged his temples. He was going to come out of this with a world-class migraine.

"No," he sighed, lips a thin line. "It's V for Voltage, R for Resistance, and I for Current." 

And thus, he began to re-explain the concept. Five minutes into the lesson, he realized this was going to be one bumpy road. "How do you not understand Ohm's law? It is the easiest thing on Coruscant!"

"Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Stuck-up-know-it-all! I give up." Ahsoka retorted hotly. How was it her fault she didn't understand? His explanations were terrible. 

"How do you expect to hotwire a ship when missions go astray?" Anakin asked her, changing gears. "What subject would you need to use to fix R2? This will pop up everywhere! Honestly, Ahsoka, don't you think about your future? You must pass every exam with at least ninety percent! And at this rate, you won't even be getting five! If you don't understand how this works, how do you expect to learn more advanced Physics later?"

"Physics can go jump into a Sarlacc pit for all I care," Ahsoka hissed. "It's the most useless subject in existence!"

"Useless??" Anakin demanded. "Useless? It is NOT useless!"

"Then why don't you prove it?" 

A challenge. Interesting. Well, two can play this game. 

"Oh, I'll prove it," Anakin smirked. He summoned an apple from the fruit basket in the pantry. "How did I get this apple?"

"You used the Force...?" 

"Exactly. The Force defies the very laws of Physics. We defy the law of Physics. It's a subject all Jedi must be well-versed in. You must also know, what it's like being a Non-Sensitive, whose body abides by these laws. Once you get to know it, Snips, Physics is actually very interesting."

Ahsoka huffed. He had a point, and she knew it. "I still don't believe you, Skyguy," she muttered. "I'll study enough to ace this exam and then, this is all going out the window."

"Ahsoka Tano! " Anakin groaned, gritting his teeth. "You need to learn this for your own good, not just for the sake of these exams!" He was seriously considering tearing his own hair out, and they had barely gotten started. How am I going to survive tutoring this- this bean?!

"Really, Master? 'Bean'?"

Anakin raised an eyebrow, to which she explained, "You were thinking so loudly, I would've been able to sense it from klicks away."

He rolled his eyes in response. "Okay, Snips, here's a deal. If you can bear with me for these next two weeks, I'll let you do whatever you want to me for a day." Oh, I am so going to regret this. But if it means she passes these exams and becomes eligible to take the Knighting Trials in a few years, then it'll be worth it.

A devilish smirk slowly spread across Ahsoka's face. And if Anakin was being honest, it terrified him — he would be the butt of more jokes than he can count. 

She knew that.

He knew the next word that came from her mouth would haunt him for the rest of his days: "Deal."

***

"Alright Ahsoka, let's review everything I've helped you relearn so far. What is the formula for Ohm's Law?"

"V = IR"

"What do those letters stand for?"

"Voltage, Current, and Resistance."

"What are the two variants for this formula?"

"I = V/R, R = V/I."

"Now state the difference between parallel and series circuits..."

And in no time, she'd effortlessly reviewed what they had worked on for the past couple days. 

Anakin beamed in pride. "Let's call it a day, and we'll continue tomorrow with the final concept in the unit: combination circuits. Now, ready for some sparring?"

Ahsoka shot him another one of those smirks. "Ready as I'll ever be to kick your ass."

***

The following day, they began combination circuits. 

"Okay Snips," Anakin began, "here's the tricky part about these. There are some parts of combination circuits to which you cannot apply a specific formula. Those parts-"

"Okay let's get going!" The over-confident Ahsoka grinned. "Give me a question."

"Alright... here. Let's see how well you do. You have ten minutes, starting... now!"

***

They were currently at the five-minute mark."How's the question going?"

"Not great, Master. It's so hard!" Ahsoka groaned, finally letting her frustration get the best of her in days.

"It is hard to grasp at first. Even I had problems with it, but once I finally understood it, I felt free, liberated from my chains."

"Stop acting like you're superior to others!"

"My title is The Chosen One for a reason, Snips," Anakin countered cooly.

"Yeah, 'Chosen One' because your over-inflated ego makes Master Windu's Force abilities look like a newborn's," Ahsoka retorted.

Anakin gaped at her. He was sure his jaw was glued to the floor by now. Ahsoka feigned a large yawn, slumping backward into her chair. "I'll just take a nap while you take a couple of millennia to find a non-existent comeback." 

He was forced to admit defeat.

"Fine, you win this time. But you have to concentrate. In this question, you are given the battery voltage, which is also the main voltage. Can you find the rest of the voltages with this piece of information?"

"Yes- I think?"

"Nope, because you need to know more."

"... Remind me how that works, again?"

Anakin wanted to bash his head against a window. "Ohm's Law, Ahsoka!"

"Okay, Okay!"

"Hurry up!"

***

In short, that did not go well. Ahsoka hadn't been able to apply her newfound knowledge to the challenge, giving rise to yet another shouting match. See here: 

"I just don't GET IT! How do find resistance here? Actually, you know what? I'm the resistance, because I'm done!"

As Ahsoka stormed out of the room, Anakin dragged his hands down his face. They were right back to the beginning.

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