Las Vegas, Tuesday night

[izzyalienqueen]

If you dream them, they will come...

The words quietly echoed through Isabel's head as she woke up, straining to remember the details of the dream she'd been having. She'd been in the Crashdown eating pie with Alex as they laughed, held hands and watched Liz and Maria serve plates of food to alien looking tourists.

She wasn't sure why the dream disturbed her as much as it did. It wasn't a nightmare. Isabel knew nightmares. They might not happen as much anymore, but every once in while, she still dreamed of Kivar, or relived being kidnapped. But this was no nightmare, instead Isabel smiled, she might not remember the words they exchanged, but she could still feel the warmth and contentment she'd felt sitting at the table.

Isabel sighed and turned restlessly, unable to help feeling guilty as a Wyatt's arm tightened around her. It seemed wrong to be dreaming about Alex when Wyatt was the one there with her. Carefully, Isabel slipped from the bed. Maybe a cup of tea would help her settle down so she could go back to sleep.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Alien-fu meant Isabel already had a hot cup of tea in her hands. "Yeah, I'm fine." Just a little confused. "I'm sorry for waking you up. I tried to be stealthy."

[blessed_twice]

Wyatt came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Don't worry about it," he said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Mindful of the hot tea, she leaned back against Wyatt and closed her eyes. "I'm keeping you from your beauty sleep."

[blessed_twice]

"Then come back to bed," Wyatt said, tugging at her gently.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Soon. I'm just shaking off a dream," Isabel explained, resisting the tugging for a moment. "Not a bad one. I don't even remember all of it. But it's got my mind going."

[blessed_twice]

"Anything you want to talk about?" Wyatt said, growing serious now.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She set the tea down and turned, slipping her arms around Wyatt's waist. Not telling him wasn't an option. Not when he'd asked. "My subconscious decided to send Alex by for a visit. It wasn't a bad dream. We were at the Crashdown, having pie, and just happy."

[blessed_twice]

"Weird," Wyatt said, trying not to be jealous. "Anything remind you of him today or something?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No. And it's not like it's March." That wonderful month when all the bad stuff seemed to happen and when she made her annual visit to Alex's grave.

"Meh, whatever," Isabel sighed. "You're right. I'll go back to bed and snuggle up with you. I'll be out like a light in no time."

[blessed_twice]

"You sure?" Wyatt said, kissing the top of her head.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She tipped her head up and brushed a light kiss over his jaw. "I'm sure. And if I don't fall back to sleep, I've got a few ideas on how to pass the rest of the night."

[blessed_twice]

"I can definitely get behind that idea," Wyatt grinned, squeezing her close.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"What about your beauty sleep?" Isabel laughed.

[blessed_twice]

"That's where the personal gain comes into play," Wyatt said, wiggling his fingers.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Useful," she agreed. "As long as the backlash doesn't mean your hair falls out. Although I suppose I could regrow it for you."

"Actually speaking of personal gain. I need a favor." And her request had everything to do with her phone call to Anders the other day and nothing at all to do with her dream despite what was echoing in her head. If you dream them, they will come... "I have to work tomorrow, but do you think you could bring me to Fandom on Thursday? I told Anders I'd buy him lunch."

[blessed_twice]

"I'm going to get a complex if you keep bringing up other guys," Wyatt said with a dramatic sigh. "By which I mean, sure, no problem. My orbs are your orbs."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're going to get a complex over Anders?" Isabel teased. "Oh come on. You know his heart belongs to the cranky demon guy."

Yeah, she wasn't going to mention Alex here.

[blessed_twice]

"But he's got a taste for Halliwells, too," Wyatt pointed out. "So I could be the one in danger here, not you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I think you're safe. I worry more when Ronan's around."