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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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

It's the middle of the night in Oxford. Parker has no good excuse for being up this late... except that she got a really good idea for her next Econ paper, and just didn't feel like going to bed.

*ring* Why waste a caffiene high on sleep?

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

A glance at the Caller ID had Isabel rolling her eyes in amusement. "Don't you ever sleep? Or are you plotting world domination?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'm solving the problems of the global economy. Don't be judging," Parker told her, sipping some high-octane tea and settling in by her computer. "How are things in Sin City?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Workable solutions? Or are you just taking all the money?" she asked. "As for Sin City, things are extremely Sinless. My books and I are spending quality time together."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Some from Column A, observations of Centre policies in Column B," Parker said, glaring at a spreadsheet, then closing it with the flick of a nail. "My prof won't know what hit her. And I would say 'aww' about the books, except that it's exactly what I'm doing. Wait. That's all the better reason you should be debauching, so I know someone is. Hop to it!"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi needed a distraction from the upcoming disaster looming over the her weekend, so she called Isabel.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I think after last weekend I've had more then enough debauching for the time being," Isabel sighed.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Bah," Parker said, magnificently ignoring all awkwardness from two weeks ago. "We're not crazy any more. And you have a teleporting boyfriend. Unlike I, who have to drive miles and miles to see my Cambridge fun-buddy."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Focused on solving one of the lasts of the math problems, Isabel blindly reached for her phone and flipped it open. It was about time for Wyatt's nightly call.

"And what are you wearing this evening?" she asked.

[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?"

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

That definitely caught Hoshi off-guard. "Um, just a sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants?" she said tentatively. "I'm sure Ms. Bell would disapprove, but I'm pretty sure I won't be leaving my dorm room tonight."

[not_in_the_book]

And that would be a *ring, ring* ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANAPHONE on the telephone.

[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]

Isabel face planted into her book and cracked up laughing.

"Oh my god. You're not Wyatt," she said finally.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

This time, Isabel checked Caller ID.

"You! You're alive!"

[not_in_the_book]

"I am! And I'm not talking in a ridiculously fake accent!" His grin was probably audible, really. "How's it going?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

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

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

"No, unless there's some more Fandom wacky going on, and even then, I don't think I'd be surprised" said Hoshi. "My roommate and I both woke up as guys a few weeks ago."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I just accidentally attempted phone sex with Hoshi," she chuckled. "But other that? It's just me and my math book."

[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?"

[not_in_the_book]

"... Now, on the one hand," Ronan said, "I could ask, but I likely don't actually want to know the answer. On the other hand... How do you accidentally have phone sex with someone?"

[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."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No wacky. He just usually calls around now," Isabel explained. "I thought it was him."

"I heard about that. I managed to avoid it personally. Although I did have a girlfriend instead of a boyfriend for twenty-four hours."