Room 406, afternoon into evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel has not been having the best time of it the last week or so. There'd been the horrendous trip to LA, coming back to find out that Jack was in trouble, and then fighting with Greg. The only thing that could make things worse would be a call from Max with more of his particular brand of stupidity.

Too keyed up to even attempt sleep, Isabel sat on her bed and floated the nerf balls from the day at the beach with Cedric and Jack through the air in a complicated pattern. It was easier to focus on that then think about how closely the argument she had with Greg paralleled why everyone was mad at Jack.

The door was open.

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(Before Jack)

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander, only realizing just long it had been since he'd been up here as he was knocking on the doorframe, peered in. "Hey, Roomie. Heard you were back."

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"Xander!" Isabel smiled. "How are you? Come in! Sit down!"

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[soldtoarmenians]

Xander came in and grabbed a chair, turning it around to sit straddling it. "I'm...good. Mostly. How about you? It was in the radio notes that you went to see Angel?"

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"He needed help. I went. The big scary demon is dead," she said with a shrug. "It wasn't a pleasure trip but at least I was able to help. Sorry I missed class."

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[soldtoarmenians]

"Missing class for demon-slaying's not only an acceptable excuse, it really needs to be a pre-printed checkbox on the passes," Xander said. "You okay?"

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"I'm dealing," Isabel said with a wry smile. "I'm sure you know how that goes."

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[soldtoarmenians]

"To the power of I lost count a long time ago, yeah." Xander nodded. "Speaking of class, though, I was wondering if you wanted to be my teacher's pet for the final. Rory did it last time - there's just a video to play and then give them the in-class thing to do, then everybody gets to team up and try to find me. Um, evil me."

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"As long as it doesn't involve anything particularly physical, you can count me in," Isabel said. "It'll be nice to do something fun for a change."

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[soldtoarmenians]

"Just pressing play on my laptop, and handing out some highlighters," Xander assured her.

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"That I can do then," she grinned. "It sounds like it'll be fun." Isabel paused, suddenly realizing something. "The final huh? That means the summer's almost over."

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Xander nodded, not that it was by any means something he'd just realized. "Yeah."

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"I've been trying not to think of about it," Isabel admitted. "I still don't know if Greg will be able to stay." Left unspoken was the thought that it that might not matter after today.

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Xander wrapped his hands around the back of the chair. "Hadn't even thought about there being kids who were just here for the camp. Is there a chance his folks will let him go to chool here?"

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"He's going to ask. So I'll have to wait and see. What about you?" she asked quietly. "What are your plans?"

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[soldtoarmenians]

"I start college..um. Soon." Xander rested his chin atop his arm. "I kind of haven't asked exactly what day I need to be back there yet," he admitted.

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"Denial ain't just a river," Isabel said with a sad smile. "I get that."

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[soldtoarmenians]

"Well, I know I'm going," Xander said. "But I also know Willow would be on my case long before it gets too late to start packing and stuff." He glanced at the floor. "Probably towards the end of next week, but I am gonna call her and find out when for sure. Just... not tonight, you know?"

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Isabel smiled, "She wouldn't let you have the excuse, 'gee I missed my portal' would she?" Sliding forward to sit on the edge of the bed, she reached for Xander's hand. "You'll tell me when you're leaving right?"

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[soldtoarmenians]

"Huh, I never thought of that - think it would work?" He was...mostly...joking. "Yeah, of course I'll tell you." He reached into his pocket with his free hand, and pulled out his new toy not dirty. "And I can call and e-mail, once I get home, too. Bridge fixed this up like he did with Angel's blackberry thing, so I can call home from here, or the other way around."

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"No. She'd kill you," Isabel said firmly. "And that would be bad. But yay Bridge! I used Angel's last week to call back here a few times. It was useful." She grinned, "Does this dispense candy?"

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Xander grinned and pressed the button on the front. "Better." A perfectly wrapped Twinkie dropped into his hand.

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Isabel eyed the twinkie. Isabel eyed the phone. Basically Isabel boggled. "Damn, he's good."

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"...Yeee-ah, I'm not thinking too hard about it. Mostly because it hurts my brain." Xander smiled a little goofily at the phone, though, and dropped the Twinkie on Isabel's desk.

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"I think I might have to get one of these for Christmas," Isabel laughed. "Or else get one for my dad. Do you think Bridge can make one that dispenses gummy bears?"

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[soldtoarmenians]

"At this point I'd believe Bridge could make one that dispenses mochaccinos, if it wouldn't be too messy."