izzyalienqueen ([personal profile] izzyalienqueen) wrote2008-03-08 01:01 pm

Room 406, afternoon

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!!!]

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. I'm glad. I'm sorry," she said quietly.

[identity profile] rebelheartalien.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't be. It wasn't you, not in any way."

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Isabel shrugged once more. "Yeah, but if I'd been able to take control earlier. You wouldn't have been hurt."

[identity profile] rebelheartalien.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could think like that forever. It happened, and you didn't do it."

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll convince myself of that eventually," she promised. "It's still a little too raw right now."

[identity profile] rebelheartalien.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay." It was all he could really ask for.

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks for listening to me," Isabel smiled. "And going for help. If you hadn't gone for help I don't know what would have happened to Meg." She had an idea. But she didn't like thinking about it.

[identity profile] rebelheartalien.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wasn't anything else I could do."

[identity profile] izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com 2008-03-09 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"You could have stayed and tried to take them on," she pointed out. "Which would have complicated things."