UNLV, Tonopah Hall, Room 313 - evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel yawned as she flipped a page in her math textbook and made a mental note to avoid 8:00 a.m. classes in the Spring semester. She was tired but she wanted to get her math assignment done before she went to bed.

Hopefully the sugar from the bag of mini Milky Ways she was working her way through would keep her awake.

[Any interruptions in the form of phone calls, emails, or misdirected portals would be welcome.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I have a teleporting boyfriend who's working out his issues on the demon population of San Francisco in addition to taking a full course load," she pointed out. "Can you say dry spell?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, for frak's sake. That's ridiculous." Parker made a face, flopping back on her bed. "It was Fandom! Two weeks is a ridiculously long time to still be angsting and working out issues about that! Sockboy needs to lighten up. I died, do you see me hanging out in cemeteries? Sheesh."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's not his fault. I'm the one with issues," Isabel replied. "You could say I'm in a semi-permanent state of not in the mood. At least for the next week to ten days."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Please tell me there's no particular significance to that timespan."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Unfortunately not possible," she grumbled. "Wacky weekend hijinks had particularly bad timing."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh hell. You can't get pregnant! Angela just had a baby! Rory's pregnant! It's like a Librarian Aide curse and that means Zero or I are next and there is no way that is happening!" Parker drew a breath, then forced herself to calmness. "More seriously... how are you doing?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Despite being stressed and worried, Isabel couldn't help but laugh that the mental image of Punk Baby Hopeless-Savage dressed in leather and safety pins sharing a playpen with a Versace clad Baby Parker. "I'm fine. I keep reminding myself that Tess knew almost immediately when she got pregnant. I just have a craving for chocolate. Which could just be stress. I just have to wait and see."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker shuddered, then tried for upbeat. "So, you're stressed, you're indulging, and--" She hastily cut herself off from saying anything about 'worst case scenarios'. "That's understandable. I'll quit asking. But you know you can talk to me about it." She shook her head. "Meanwhile, Elizabeth is claiming that she met her soulmate over the summer. I have serious doubts. Thank god Stella's still sane."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I know. I appreciate it." She sighed, pushing her book away and stretching out on her bed. "If it was any other time? It'd be a lot easier to deal with. Victoria was adorable. It'd be hard, but we'd cope. But the weekend makes it more like a potential Springer episode."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Thank god that me and the cabana boy, me and Ronan, and me and Bridge's boss all used so much birth control. Even in the forest and on wind-swept beaches." Parker winced. "And you know all this doesn't preclude the possibility of Victoria happening, some time down the line. Or even *now*, should things fall out that way. I'm assuming, since you woke up with Wyatt and all. Either way, you know I'd be buying any kid of yours Armani jackets and My Little Pony toys."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we weren't. Which pisses me off because we are always careful. Having Max and Tess as an object lesson sticks with you."

Reaching for the small album of photos she kept next to her bed, Isabel flipped open to Victoria's picture. "Hopefully though, this is just me fretting over nothing and you can put off the spoiling for a few more years."

But enough worrying for one night. "So what's this about your roommate?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker let it drop, but made a mental note to invest in more contraceptives, soon. And to buy Isabel an Armani jacket either way.

"Oh, God, don't even get me started. It's bad enough she nearly got roofied when River was here, but she falls for her leading man at summer stock, and from what she's said, he's a complete jackass. Stella and I are planning an intervention if this doesn't fade by Halloween. Oh, and Nourhane is considering getting married, but doesn't sound happy about it." Parker closed her eyes, shaking her head. "Am I the only person in the universe who doesn't consider this an option?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You and your roomies sound like the pilot episode of some British soap," Isabel laughed. "And for the record, I am not planning on getting married any time soon."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Thank God. This reminds me that I have to call Zero, and ask her what the hell she was doing that weekend. The podcast was too bizarre to make sense out of." Parker blew out a breath. "Plus, she has to get me downloads of last night's Supers, damnit."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Can you ask her to send me a copy of whatever scorecard the writers are using?" she asked. "Because I'm losing track of who's screwing with who's head."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"She's more likely to send you a baseball cap from the show's tech guys, but I'll try," Parker snorted. "I've given up keeping track. Now I make up my own dialogue whenever one of the hot guys takes off his shirt. It's less distracting that way."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I've decide the turtle is going to ultimately save the day," Isabel laughed. "Emo boy is going to have to step aside for a change."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yay for the turtle. And the turtle's owner," who Parker would never admit to fangirling because of a resemblance to an ex. But. Yeah. "Pfftt to the emo. I have no patience for that. Or time, God. I have even less time this term than I did last year. Twenty hours of classes, plus tutorials, plus twenty hours of working at the Centre a week. I'm doomed." She didn't sound unhappy about it, though.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel wasn't buying the complaining. "Pressure makes diamonds and you love it. You'd be bored to tears if you weren't busy."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Welllll...." No reason for everyone to know that. But this was Isabel. "Did I tell you I joined the fencing club too?" Parker grinned and finished off her tea, stretching her arms out over her head. "And now the little first years come up and offer me protection money without even introducing themselves. I have to thank Allison for spreading calumny about me far and wide."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're an evil woman Parker. Evil, and quite possibly insane. But I still love you," Isabel promised with a laugh.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Heh. Back atcha, Is-a-bel. Call me when you know anything for sure, okay?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Trust me, you'll be the first one I call." Either to ask for a place to hide, or to celebrate. They'd have to wait and see.

"Now go get some sleep. I'll talk to you soon." She laughed as Parker mocked the need for sleep before finally hanging up the phone. Her mood slightly improved, Isabel turned her attention back to her homework.