Room 406, after work

[izzyalienqueen]

The store had been quiet so Isabel was able to finish writing her Christmas cards. They were stacked up on her desk, waiting to be mailed once she'd gotten Christmas stamps.

For now she was busy wrapping Xander's birthday present and thinking about the past week. Mostly realizing that it was nice to finally have things back to normal and to be able to spend time with friends without drama or holiday chaos.

The door was open.

[ooc: Expecting a call but otherwise open. Slowplay till about 7:30.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, not Johnny," Isabel laughed. "Peter."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Peter-- wait, wait. Petrelli? He's the only one who's single. Seriously?" Parker asked, starting to laugh. "The irony there is pretty damn thick."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Tell me about it." Isabel had reached the point she was more amused then flaily about it.

"But Peter was there when Ronan got sick and collapsed. He's the one that got him to the clinic, then he stayed with him that night and was checking up on him all week," she explained quietly, frowning at the memory. "It was cute in that scary life or death way."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hunh. Hmmm." Parker frowned, not liking to think of Ronan coming so close to dying. "Are they... I don't know. How serious do you think it is?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She knew why Parker was asking. "I haven't talked to Peter yet, but Ronan seems kind of giddy. Sorry."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Well, damn." Parker kicked the corner of her bed and pouted. "I mean, I'm glad for him, and I certainly didn't want anything serious. But still. So much for some of my plans for this weekend."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

As some one who'd only recently ended a dry spell of her own, Isabel could understand that. "Get him to cook for you. In some ways? It's better then sex."

A beat...

"Okay, not really. But he is a very good cook."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I probably will, since I'm not getting other kinds of physical fun." Parker grimaced and flopped back on her bed. "I've been fine with Lukas all semester, but after meeting Jarod, he started asking a few too many pointed questions, and... well. I think he wanted to get more serious than I did anyway, so. I don't anticipate still having him as a sex buddy next semester. Damnit. I don't have *time* to find another guy. I have school!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Which is way more important," Isabel agreed. "You'll survive. I did after all." Of course she'd also been making up for lost time in the last two weeks.

"We really need to found a rent-a-guy service. Although I suppose that's a bit tacky."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Extremely. And I'm not going to MySpace or e-Harmony. I suppose it's back to letting cute geeks buy me beer at the Bird & Baby." Parker may have sounded amused by this. "I think Jarod hopes I just won't date. He does not get that this is my hobby. It's how I relax. When it works and the guys don't get romantic, anyway."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Considering the last person I dated for an extended length of time, I have to agree, there's nothing wrong with cute geeks," Isabel pointed out. "It's a fun hobby at least?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it's not like I'm going to take up needlepoint. Especially not if that's Jarod's preference." Parker snorted and sighed, getting up look out the window. "Right. Anyway. I've seen his present for you, and you'll like it. I have no idea where you can really send his, but if you send it to me, apparently I can give it to him for his next birthday?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You? Needlepoint?" she laughed. "Oh yeah, I can see that happening. Okay, I'll make sure to send it over. Considering when his birthday is? I guess I have plenty of time to find the perfect gift."

"So did you enjoy your British Thanksgiving?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I could if I wanted to," Parker said, perverse as ever. "I'm just never going to want to. And yeah, lots and lots of time. I just hope he sticks to keeping in better touch, even if it's only a few more e-mails and postcards." She smirked. "I did. I had a good time, Jarod charmed people and got groupies, which disconcerted him and amused me, and the food was good. Snowball fight afterwards. Can't ask for more than that."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He will if he knows what's good for him. Tell him I said that," Isabel grinned as she searched through her closet for something to wear to Caritas.

"I think I'd rather have your snowball fight then the food fight that happened in Neptune."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Awww, I missed a food fight?" Parker scowled. "You get all the fun. Who started it?" She had a bet with herself that Angel was one of the top two instigators, but given that crowd, she wouldn't be surprised to be wrong.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Anders and Piper actually. After way too much oversharing about peoples' sex lives," she said dryly. "Poor Wyatt and Chris might need therapy after all that."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"And I missed this," Parker mourned. "God, the waste of blackmail material!" She snickered, adding, "Cool, something to torment Chris with, the next time I talk to him."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're mean, Parker! Mean I say!" Someday, when she could appreciate Parker's expression in person, she'd fill her in on the details of the over-sharing and what Isabel was pretty sure was the severely repressed UST of some people in the room. "I think, well I know, Wyatt was afraid Logan and Bel were going to just pull it out and measure to see who was bigger at one point."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"In which case, I hope you or Piper or Veronica would've hit them with a spoon. Or a shoe. Whichever would work best. Dear God, they need to grow up someday." Parker wrinkled her nose. "I pity Wyatt and Chris, but I have to be mean. It's required, or they'll never survive being related to that family and those in-laws if they don't toughen up."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If it had come to that? I might have thrown the first handful of potatoes," Isabel grinned. "They'll toughen up. Or else just start drinking heavily before any big family holidays."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That'll work," Parker agreed in amusement. "Otherwise, did you have a good time, when rampaging testosterone wasn't demanding all the attention?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah, lots of handwavey fun," she told her. "And it was good to catch up with Angel and Bel. I tormented them for you, just like I promised."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Excellent. It gives me time to store up stuff for Christmas." She stretched, and said, "River and Zero both said they'd visit over the break. I'm officially on vacation 'til the middle of January, but I start work at the London branch of the Centre a week from now. I should be getting a break to go to L.A., though."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm still waiting for Spring Break. But I plan on some time in LA over the holidays, so I'll see you there."