A park in Roswell, April 24th

[izzyalienqueen]

The day's plans were supposed to include shopping, lunch out, and possibly some dancing later that evening. Except those were the plans of 20 year old Isabel. Six year old Isabel was much happier spending the afternoon at the park playing on the swings, happily looking forward to a promised dinner at the Crashdown.

"Parker! Wyatt! Maria! Look at me! I'm almost flying!"

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[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

Maria was still trying to deal with this. Stories were one thing, but this, this was...

"Awesome."

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"I wish I had wings like a fairy. Then I could fly!" Although given how her little legs were pumping, she was going pretty high for a six year old.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker smirked, watching Maria out of the corner of one eye. "What, you've never seen a little girl on a swing before? Higher, Isabel! Beat Wyatt!"

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"I'm gonna win!" Isabel grinned. "Cause girls rule and boys drool!"

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

"It's-- I'm used to weird crap by now. My boyfriend is an alien. I'm used to it just getting weirder every minute. But usually it's dangerous weird, not goofy." Maria couldn't stop staring at the two mini-sized versions of Isabel and Wyatt. "Don't you dare fall off, Isabel! No bleeding!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"It's harder to take seriously when you've seen it before. And various people have blackmail material of you because of it," Parker said, folding her arms. "Try to look on it as practice for when you're Auntie Maria."

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"A baby? Someone's having a baby?" Isabel squeed, dragging her feet to stop the swing. "Are you having a baby Maria?"

She was six. Some things still were a little unclear.

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

"Nooooooooooooooo," Maria drawled out, horrified. "Why would you even-- what? No!"

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"Cause only a baby would call you Auntie Maria," Isabel explained as she jumped off the swing and ran over to carefully inspect Maria for the new baby. "Is Liz having a baby then? That'd be nice."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker, meanwhile was laughing herself breathless, and grinning evilly at Maria. "Liz would certainly seem like the first one to go, wouldn't she?"

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"She's busy studying for school though. I don't know if she has time to have one," Isabel admitted sadly.

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

"I am so telling her you said that, when you're bigger," Maria said, raising her eyebrows. "Your brother might have a few things to say on the subject too."

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"So will Michael. He'll be cranky." Out of the mouths of babes...

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"We're so not caring, though," Parker said. "Him or Liz, right? Because you can think whatever you want. Want to go on the slide?"

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"Sure! You don't even have to catch me!" Isabel grinned, taking off for the ladder to the top of the slide.

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"I don't need to fly," Wyatt said, making a face at Isabel. "I can orb!"

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Isabel stuck her tongue out. "Flying more fun. Then you can chase butterflies."

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"Bet I could turn you into a butterflyyyyyy," Wyatt said.

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"A red one?" she asked hopefully. "With pretty wings?"

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"Maaaaaaayyyybe," Wyatt said. "Or an orange one! With SIX wings."

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"Six wings would make me go fast," Isabel considered. "But red please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?"

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Wyatt was sorely tempted to make Isabel orange or green because she wanted red, but he decided to be nice. He waved his hand at her, and suddenly Isabel was gone, but a large six-winged red butterfly (with little orange spots) was in her place.

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Butterfly Isabel flapped her wings and managed to lift herself into the air. But it was going to take a while to get all six wings working in a coordinated manner, so it was doubtful she'd be going far any time soon.

She fluttered in an uncoordinated circle before trying to land on Wyatt's head.

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"Hey!" Wyatt protested, batting at her. "Get off my head. You'll give me girl cooties!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Butterfly Isabel swooped out his reach and landed back on the ground, her antennae drooping sadly.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker had turned around just in time to see the transformation.

She was now laughing hysterically.

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Maria was staring in horror. "You did not just do that. You didn't! Oh my god, turn her back! Turn her back now!"

[blessed_twice]

"No," Wyatt said. "Don't wanna." Because he was a stubborn brat.

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Still sad, Butterfly Isabel flapped her wings and managed to take to the air once more, this time heading towards Maria.

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

Maria froze, absolutely appalled, watching Isabel head toward her. "Don't land on me, don't land on me, I don't want to touch you and break a wing or an antennae oh my god why is this happening? Why?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker still found this hilarious, but it'd be less so if Isabel did get hurt, so she turned back to Wyatt. "You know, I'll give you ice cream if you turn her back this minute."

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"Ooh, I like ice cream," Wyatt said happily. He waved a hand at Isabel, and the butterfly vanished. Now there was a calico kitten in its place.

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A kitten which purred happily and pounced over to wind around Parker's ankles looking for scratches.

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Maria shook her finger at Wyatt, unable to believe she was actually doing that. "That is so cheating, little dude. She said turn her back! Not into something else!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker meanwhile had picked up Isabel and begun to cuddle her. "You know, as fun as she is like this, Mrs. Evans will be sad if you leave her this way." She raised her eyebrows significantly. "No more waffles."

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"I could turn her into a waffle!" Wyatt giggled.

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Izzy Kitty snuggled up to Parker and licked her chin.

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

"That is not a plan!" Maria glared at Wyatt, and looked over at Isabel. "Even if she is really cute like this. It's just... wrong. So wrong."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's not like this is actually hurting her...."

Parker might have been reacting more to missing her bunny than anything else. Awwwwww.

[blessed_twice]

"Girls are stupid," Wyatt said, making a face. "Kittens and puppies are better. Or a dragon!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

At some point (hopefully Monday) Isabel was going to ask Wyatt his opinion on girls once more. Hopefully he'd have a better answer. But for now, Kitten Isabel was content to nibble on Parker's chin.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No dragons," Parker said, finally getting as serious as Maria. "And no more kittens for any longer. I will tell on you to everyone we know, Wyatt. You know I will."

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Wyatt pouted. And glared at Parker. And pouted some more. But he waved his hand, and suddenly Parker had an armful of wee!Isabel.

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"Parker!" Isabel exclaimed, wrapping her arms around Parker's neck, possibly just a little too tightly. "That was fun!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Glad to hear it, Is-a-bel." Parker winced, then hugged her friend back, while glaring at Maria, who was snickering. "Time to get down, though. And say thank you to Wyatt." For what, she left unspoken.

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"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she sing-songed. "Can we go home and have ice cream now? Pleeeeease?"

[no-mud-no.livejournal.com]

"Oh my god, the two of you on sugar." Maria stared at them, then grinned at Parker. "Turn them over to Max and Michael?"

Parker's grin widened evilly. "Definitely. C'mon, guys! Ice cream!"

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"Ice cream! Ice cream!" Wyatt yelled. He was already bouncing enough. Fear, fear the sugar.