Room 406, late afternoon to evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After her trip to town, Isabel returned to her room and left a message for Meg. That done, she settled back on her bed to reread her Angelica Desmesnes novels in preparation for the new book coming out in January. It was also a nice distraction from any of the other events of the week.

The door was open.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel blinked, looking from the bag to the package and back again. "That's a wizard thing? And can you do that to my bag the next time I go on vacation?"

A quick search of the pile turned up two wrapped packages with Ronan's name on them. "For you. And I promise it's not coal."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan's grin just widened. "Open the larger package." He took the two packages from Isabel, but just waited for her to open he gifts first.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Which she did, ripping paper cheerfully. "Really?" Isabel asked hopefully, looking from Ronan to the bag and back again.

[not_in_the_book]

"Really," Ronan replied. "Take a look inside. I've basically tripled the interior space. It's really hard to do much more when you're working on such a small matrix."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel looked inside, already calculating what she could fit in it. "It's incredible! I'm definitely going to get lots and lots of use out of this."

"You open one now."

[not_in_the_book]

Ronan opened the cylindrical package first, and stifled a squeal as he saw the hot chocolate. "This is fantastic!" he said. "Seriously, this looks amazing."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"As soon as I saw it, I knew you had to have it," she nodded. "Apparently we're a niche market."

[not_in_the_book]

"Okay, open your other present now," Ronan said. "I'm going to take a moment to savour this."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If you're savoring it now? When it's just in the can? I'm afraid of how you'll react when you actually taste it," Isabel teased as she opened the second package.

"Oh! How lovely." Of course she had to immediately open the box and set it up.

[not_in_the_book]

"... It's spicy hot chocolate. What do you expect?" He grinned and opened the other package as the pomegranate smell began to pervade the room. "Oooooh, this is pretty."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Isn't it?" she smiled, pleased that Ronan liked it. "My friend's mom has a shop back in Roswell. Most of the stuff is tacky alien stuff for the tourists, but there are a few surprises. I saw that when I was there back in September and thought you'd like it."