Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Aside from being social and cooking on Friday morning, answering a letter and talking to Jaina today, Isabel had had a mostly quiet weekend as she worked on finishing up her college applications. They were finally done and stacked neatly in a pile on her desk, ready to be mailed in the morning.

To celebrate, Isabel flipped on the TV and got ready to watch the premiere of The Amazing Race. She'd missed Phil Keoghan.

The door was open.

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter was passing by in the hallway when he heard Isabel's TV. He poked his head in the doorway. "That sounds like reality, but I'm not hearing anyone talk about being fierce."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"This is good reality TV, not mockable reality TV," she explained with a grin. "It's The Amazing Race season premiere. Tell me you haven't seen this before?"

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Okay," Peter said, obligingly, "I haven't seen this before."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I asked for that didn't I?" Isabel signed. "Want to come in and watch? I have cookies."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Hey, I would've said yes to just the show," Peter said. But he wasn't going to turn down cookies. He came in, took a seat, and looked for wherever she'd put them.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

The cookies were sitting on Isabel's desk, still in the bag from JGoB. Isabel held out her hand and they came floating over. "Well in that case, you don't need to have any," she told him, holding the bag possessively.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter immediately made with the puppy eyes.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel tried to be strong and resist.

It lasted about eight seconds.

"You are such a dork," she said, holding out the bag.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Well now I'm deeply offended," Peter deadpanned. He took a big bite of cookie, savoring it. "Thanks."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's a term of endearment. Honestly," she told him with a grin.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"My room? My rules," Isabel said primly. "Term of endearment. Deal with it."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Next time I bring my own snacks," Peter replied.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If you feel you must," she sighed.

"So how is life in the world of Peter? You survived Parent's Weekend obviously."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, and Dean and Nathan did too," Peter said. "In spite of their best efforts."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh? What happened?" Isabel asked. She thought radio had mentioned something about a fight but she wasn't sure.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"The two of them got into a fist fight," Peter said, facepalming. "Because they're both idiots."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Nathan? In a fistfight? Wouldn't it wrinkle his suit?" Isabel had no trouble picturing Dean brawling. But Nathan?

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"He thought Dean was threatening me," Peter said. "And Dean thought Nathan... was being Nathan, basically."

[blessed_twice]

Wyatt raced through the door. "Am I late?" he said. "Did it start?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Maybe in some bizarro universe," she said, rolling her eyes. "Why would Dean threaten you? Unless you're secretly some evil demon?"

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Nathan doesn't get that it's okay for people to know about my powers here," Peter said. "Dean started talking about 'em out of nowhere - Nathan thought he was threatening to out me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh that sucks," Isabel said. "Something similar happened way back when Max visited. Bel mentioned the alien thing and Max's head exploded. It wasn't pretty."

"Did you explain it to him? That no one cares? And that we all look out for one another?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You missed the first few minutes. But nothing important," Isabel promised. "Come sit. We can cheer."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"I did," Peter said. "Though I'm not sure how much he believed me after Dean gave him a black eye."