Room 406, afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

She'd needed last night, Isabel realized. After everything that had happened, she needed a night of being quiet and feeling safe.

Eventually she'd made it back to her room. After a shower, she'd called her mom, feigning surprise at the news of the destruction of the Meta-Chem, and quickly changing the subject to the cleaning supplies that were currently working busily around the room.

"I know mom," she said eventually. "Yes, we'll be out for dinner soon. I promise. Bye." Isabel hung up her phone and opened her laptop. Solitaire would be a good way to not think for the afternoon.

[Door closed, post is open! And I'm about to go AFK till about 7 EST. I'll grab pings when I get back. And I'm back!!!]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh my god, Meg. I'm so sorry," she said immediately.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"You're sorry? I'm the one that's sorry," Meg said, going to hug Isabel. She felt horrible about what happened.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No. There was nothing you could have done," Isabel promised, returning the hug. "I just feel bad because you wouldn't have been grabbed if you weren't with me."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"You would have been able to get away if I wasn't there," Meg said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You don't know that," she replied. "At best I would have been able to TK a guard or two into a wall. But more then likely I just would have wound up shot and ultimately more permanently dead. Which would not have been a good thing."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg had trouble believing that after seeing what Michael had done to that gun that had been against her throat.

"Are you okay?" she asked, feeling bad that hadn't been the first thing she asked when she walked in.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

But their powers were just different enough that Isabel probably wouldn't have been able to do something like that.

"Mostly," Isabel shrugged, because denial wasn't just a river. "Wyatt told me what happened, so that has me a bit freaked out. I'm sorry you guys had to see that."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that was pretty scary," she said. She paused for a second. "Actually, scary is an understatement."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I can't even imagine," she admitted. "I just remember trying to heal her and it got out of control. After that I don't remember anything until Thursday night."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"The important thing is that you're back," she said. Even with Sam's vision and Peter's painting she had her doubts. She still wasn't used to putting a lot of faith into powers. "You don't think, you know, that more people will come after you? The building we had been in turned pretty crispy after...everything."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, they won't," Isabel said quietly. Clayton was dead and Meris was banished to a dark corner of her head. "But there's always a chance of someone else finding out. And that wouldn't be good."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg nodded. "And you've got to hide what you are outside of Fandom. And I thought I'd be the one having a tough time adjusting in college."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Exactly," she nodded. "I've gotten spoiled here. But I guess this is the wake-up call I needed before I go back to the real world."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"You've done it before. And you're a lot smarter than most people I know," Meg said. She had no idea how certain people at this school managed to hide their powers in the real world.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, hiding in plain sight. It's just going to be weird for a while. Till I get used to it," Isabel shrugged. "But enough about me. How are you? You weren't hurt were you?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," Meg said. "I was mostly just worried about you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I understand why," she nodded. After all, dust... "I'm just glad Sam and Peter were to do say that I'd be back. Because otherwise...god. That would have been bad." Isabel couldn't help but remember how awful it was when Alex died. Which ironically enough would be two years in another two days.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Ugh, I don't even want to think about it," Meg said, wincing. Lilly's death had bothered her enough and she hadn't even liked her all that much.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, let's not," Isabel agreed. "Instead we're going to think about the fun things we can do with the awesome guys that came charging to our rescue."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg smiled slightly. "They're pretty good at the hero thing, aren't they?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Damn straight," she agreed. "Although Wyatt would probably cope better if I wasn't the damsel in distress the next time." Isabel sighed and shook her head, "He told me what happened. I'm glad Chris was there with you and was able to stop him."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"It was understandable though," Meg said, even though Wyatt freaking out had scared her. "I probably would have done it too. If could do anything other than stamp my feet and cry, that is."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, maybe." But Isabel was still going to talk to Chris.

"There's nothing wrong with stamping your feet and crying," she teased gently. "In the right circumstances it could get you a shiny new toy. Although personally I've always been partial to the pout with puppy eyes." Teasing and pretending everything was alright was just easier, Isabel realized.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I never been good at the puppy eyes," Meg said. "But I am pretty good at falling for them. It's like guys just know it'll work."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Then beware of Peter. And Anders. They're both deadly," Isabel grinned.