Room 406, after the meeting

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After the utter suck of the previous week, this week had actually started off pretty well. Mostly. But that was something she wasn't going to think about because it still made her frustrated.

Instead she'd think about the newest bout of Fandom Weirdness. The angels.

She'd spent the day at Pixie Dust making phone calls, writing a letter, and researching. Her research hadn't turned up anything useful, although fortunately other people had. Hopefully they'd be lucky in their searches. For now Isabel was more focused on worrying about who hadn't returned her calls.

She flipped on her TV but even bad reality TV wasn't going to help as a distraction tonight.

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"Make Me a Supermodel is on in an hour," Wyatt said helpfully. He'd come back to her room with her after the meeting.

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"And the great love that is Ben and Ronnie is in danger," she said with a half hearted grin.

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"Ben's doomed," Wyatt said. "He was an ass last week and the week before."

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"Yup. America will only vote for the pretty for so long. But eventually they won't be able to avoid the stupid." Isabel stretched out on her bed, wanting nothing more then to tune out the world and just hide for a while. But that was impossible.

"Xander came by the store today. Bridge is missing. So's Willow and Mel."

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"Damn it," Wyatt swore softly. "Chris and Summer are okay, I handwavily checked. So are Savannah and Johnny. Lana's missing, though."

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"Yeah, I saw she wasn't in class. Meg's okay. So's Ronan. But I haven't heard from Anders, Peter, or Andrew." She held out her hand in invitation, just wanting the contact.

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Wyatt moved closer and took her hand. "None of them are in Ethics," he said. "I haven't seen them, either."

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"I'm half tempted to go bang on doors," Isabel admitted. "But if I do, and they're not around, I'll know for sure and I'll freak. This way I can at least pretend they're too busy to answer my messages."

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"Why would these things send people into the past?" Wyatt said. "What's the point?"

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"Aren't black holes supposed to mess with time? Maybe they're not statues," she pondered. "Maybe they're minute black holes in disguise?"

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"Maybe? Anything's possible, I guess," Wyatt said. "We just have to figure out how to get people back and make sure nobody else gets taken. I want to try to orb the damn things into the ocean."

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Isabel's response was immediate. "Don't. At least not till we know more about what they are. I don't want..." Shaking her head, she swallowed hard. "I just couldn't cope okay?"

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"I'm not planning on going anywhere," Wyatt said, sliding his arm around her shoulders. "I'm not getting up close and personal with those things until we know what we're doing. Trust me, I don't need Professor McCrankyPants being his usual cheerful self to tell me that."

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"Fun class?" she sighed as memories of Tuesday's conversation poked at her brain.

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Wyatt shrugged. "The usual," he said, then went on in a dramatic voice. "Here's how I fucked things up, learn from my mistakes, but you can't because you're just stupid kids. He really needs to lighten up or get laid or something. Might do wonders for him."

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Isabel couldn't help laughing, because really, the irony was just too fucking funny and she was just a little bitter about Tuesday. "Well he's getting married in May. That might help."

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"Maybe she can put a smile on his face," Wyatt chuckled. "If he's teaching next year, the students can send her thank you cards."

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"And then he'll given them detention, because his sense of humor is sort of non-existent," Isabel replied. "Just don't let him get to you okay? I like sleeping in and snuggling on Saturday mornings. That'll be hard if you have detention."

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"No detention," Wyatt promised. "I told him that he might be a better teacher if he wasn't so condescending to his students, and he was all 'Sez you!' and stalked off. I will be here Saturday morning, promise."

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Of if he'd listen, or tried to be even a tiny bit sympathetic. But she didn't think that would ever happen. "Yeah, probably. But I don't think it's going to happen. I think just because he's got a grandkid here, he's gone right to crotchety old man, even if he's still just a bit older then us."

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"So who has the bigger stick up their ass?" Wyatt snickered. "Him or Nathan Petrelli?"

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"I'm not answering that question on the grounds of eavesdropping squirrels," Isabel snickered. "And also because wow, scary imagery."

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"I'm sorry, let me erase that," Wyatt said, turning his head for a kiss.

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Like she's ever say no to that. She slid her hands into his hair, deepening the kiss.

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"Love you," Wyatt murmured against her lips. And he was going to make damned sure the stone angels didn't take her away.

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Isabel smiled as she continued to kiss him. She didn't need words. A tiny crack in that mental doorway, a rush of love and warmth and safety, everything she felt on Saturday morning when she woke up in his arms.

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Wyatt drew in his breath. "You're going to miss the pretty half-naked boys if you keep that up," he said.

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"I'll find the torrent tomorrow," she told him, reaching for his shirt. "Unless you'd rather watch the pretty half-naked boys."

She was still worried about her friends, worried about the people that were missing. But for now, she needed this. Needed to concentrate on feeling loved and safe.

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"Tempting," Wyatt mused, "but I'll pass. Got all I want right here." And he proceeded to show her just how loved and safe she was.