Room 406, very early morning

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel was used to bad dreams; nightmares really, of Antar, of Kivar and that dark room. And more recently nightmares of what had happened when she'd been taken. Sometimes she never managed to take control and just remained, trapped in Meris' mind. Other times that confrontation on the beach went much differently and ended with someone she loved dead.

But this was different. Amorphous and fleeting, Isabel couldn't make sense of it. She just knew it disturbed her enough that she wouldn't be going back to sleep anytime soon. Slipping carefully from the bed so she didn't disturb a sleeping Wyatt, Isabel perched on the windowsill to watch the sunrise over the island and think about the last few days.

[Establishy/linkdroppy unless the boyfriend feels like waking up.]

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Wyatt stirred and realized the absence of girlfriend. "Isabel?" he called, pushing himself up and looking around.

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"I'm right here," she replied. "I'm sorry. Did I wake you? I tried to be quiet."

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Sitting up and stretching, Wyatt said, "No, you didn't . . . you okay?"

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Despite the lingering unsettled feeling, Isabel couldn't help but smile softly and admire the view. "Weird, bad dream. You think I'd be used to them by now."

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Wyatt frowned in concern. "You should've woke me up," he said.

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"You were sleeping so peacefully," she shrugged. "And it wasn't that bad. I've had worse." After Antar, after Meris, after the teddy bear.

[Yardwork calls!]

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Wyatt got up and crossed the room to stand in front of her. "Like I mind being woken up by you," he said.

[Weed me! Weed me!]

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Isabel took the opportunity to get off the window sill and move in for a hug. "No, you don't. That's true. And I love you for it."

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He squeezed his arms around Isabel. "Anything I can do to get your mind off it?" he asked.

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She wasn't going to go back to sleep. So she needed to do something to pass the time. "I can think of a few things," she leered.

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Wyatt's eyes got wide. "If I didn't know better," he said, "I'd think you were propositioning me for something dirty."

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"The thought's just shocking, isn't it?" Isabel smiled, pulling him a little closer. "Actually I do have an offer to pass on. Which, yeah, it's definitely dirty."

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"I like the sound of it already," Wyatt said, leaning in to nuzzle at her neck.

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"Oh really?" she said as Wyatt hit a particularly sensitive spot and she shivered. "I didn't know you were into things like that."

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"Like what?" Wyatt said, lingering at that particular spot.

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"Me." Shudder. "You." Another shudder. "Ronan."

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Wyatt lifted his head. "What?" he said, not sure he'd heard her correctly.

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Amused, Isabel stole a quick kiss. "You heard me. He made an offer. And I think he was only half joking."

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"Thanks but no thanks?" Wyatt said. "But if Christian comes back, all bets are off."

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"If Christian comes back I think I'd wind up left out in the cold," she pouted.

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"Well, we can't have that," Wyatt said, snuggling closer again.

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"No, it wouldn't be that much fun at all," Isabel replied, sliding her hands up Wyatt's arms and pushing him back towards the bed.

"I'll be sure to tell Ronan that you were flattered by the offer, even if we are turning it down." Teasing was such fun.

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Wyatt decided to tease right back. "I don't know," he said as he fell back on the bed. "I'm oddly tempted."

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"He is cute. And Parker said he's very talented." Isabel opened her robe but didn't take it off as she sat on the edge of the bed. "She found out after you turned her down at Homecoming."

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"And here I thought I'd ruined her for other men," Wyatt sighed, reaching up to play with the edges of Isabel's robe.

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"The disappointment lasted a whole thirty seconds," she smiled. The robe was getting dangerously close to slipping off her shoulders. "She knew what was really going on."

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Wyatt tugged at the robe, trying to make it slip off. "What, that I was absolutely infatuated with a certain blonde aline?"

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"And that a certain blonde alien was absolutely crazy about you."

The robe slipped.

Oops.

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Wyatt grinned, reaching out to pull Isabel down on top of him. "Funny how that worked out, wasn't it?" he said.

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"Hilarious even," she smiled, shimmying a little to get the robe off her arms.

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Wyatt sat up and caught the loose sleeves of the robe before she could shake it all the way off and used them to tug her against him. "Why, hello there," he said.

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"Oh no! I'm trapped," Isabel said in her best damsel in distress voice. "Whatever shall I do?"

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"The only way to escape," Wyatt grinned, "is to kiss your way out."

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"And that's going to be such a hardship," she replied.

Then suddenly, there wasn't much talking anymore.