Meerkat, Isabel's Alcove B?, Wednesday afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Karate had been interesting. It was obvious she had a lot to learn, but Isabel was fairly certain she was going to enjoy the class. But for the moment, she was sitting on her bed, playing a few thousand hands of Spider Solitare and trying to refine a plan of revenge in her head.

[the curtain is open!]

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Fire and flourescent colours sound like even payback for ducks and singing. Count me in with the popcorn." Jack leaned back slightly, squeezing her hands. "And I don't know about the zombies and the snow monsters. No one's filled me on those."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"How are you combat skills?" Isabel asked half-seriously. "At least once a semester the school gets invaded by something. There were zombies in the Fall. Then the snow monsters tried to invade at the end of January. It was up to the students to fight them off." She turned her hand, tangling her fingers with his. "You'll protect me won't you?" she grinned.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea, actually. I guess that's something I should find out." He smiled at her. "And you know I would. But I'm pretty sure that alien-fu beats anything I could muster."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I bet you'll do just fine," she said, squeezing his hands gently. "You can always ask to spar with some of the people in the gym. See how well you do. Aeryn's the best, Cam's good as well." Isabel laughed, "I'm not sure, I slept through the snow monsters believe it or not. But I did manage to make a demon go poof once."

She looked down, studying their hands, and coming to a decision. "Can I ask a question?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I'll have to go and do that. Maybe Aeryn, seeing as she's already promised not to shoot me." Head cocked, Jack studied her. "Isabel, you can ask me anything," he said softly, tightening his hold on her hands. "Truly."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well this is a pretty serious question," she replied. "I really wouldn't want to mess things up for you." Isabel tried to be serious, but the corners of mouth kept trying to turn up into a smile.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Oh, a serious question." Jack nodded in mock-seriousness. "Well, you'd better tell me what it is before you actually ask me, just so I can make sure it's okay to ask."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I was just wondering what your plans were for Friday night," Isabel laughed. "I could use some time away from this place and company would be nice."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Ahh, well that it's definitely not okay for you to ask." Jack pulled her closer. "Because I believe that I'm about to ask you for one of the non-dates you promised me." Looking at her sadly, he added, "You've been neglecting me shamefully, but I'm prepared to forgive you if you let me take you to Caritas on Friday night?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel rested her head on his shoulder. "I will do my absolute best to earn your forgiveness. I'd love to go." So what if it wasn't a date. So what if Jack hadn't brought her cookies and Tabasco. He was fun and made her laugh, she could live with that.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Excellent." He grinned and pulled her closer until she was sitting between his legs, then wrapped his arms around her. "And you're already forgiven. How could I possibly stay mad at you?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Good, I wouldn't want you mad at me," Isabel said as she leaned against him contentedly. "So tell me about your cabin. From what I hear there's an awful lot of pretty."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Laughing softly, he said, "Oh, it has pretty like you've never seen. I don't know how I got so lucky." He rested his chin on her shoulder. "Must have done something really good in a past life. Or something really good in this one," he added with a smirk. "I'm definitely going to miss the cabins when we leave."