Room 406, Monday Evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After baking, Isabel had taken a long walk around the island, eventually winding up at the small, secluded beach she and Greg had picnicked at. It was nice to remember happy times and not have to worry about facing anyone that would ask questions about last night's radio. When it started to get dark she returned to the school, collected her cheesecake from the classroom fridge, and returned to her room.

The cheesecake's in the mini-fridge, Isabel is contemplating nail polish colors, and the door is mostly open.

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He doesn't want to be in his room at all and he can't go down to the second floor. Not yet. It still hurt.

So, he makes his way down the hall and stops at Isabel's room. Stopping, he knocks quietly.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel looked up and smiled. "Hi," she said quietly. "How are you?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'm all right," he says, slipping inside. "Doing fine. And yourself? I didn't know you'd arrived back until yesterday."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I only just got back late Saturday evening," Isabel said. She waved her hand, instantly drying the nail polish. "Come, have a seat."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh, so you arrived back and literally had to go right back into action," he says and takes a seat, smiling at the hand waving.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She shrugged, "I did what I had to do."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"And are you all right?" he asks quietly.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"LA wasn't that much fun," Isabel admitted. "The demon was big, scary, and harder to kill then we originally thought."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He frowns and asks, "That doesn't sound pleasant at all. Were you injured?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana knocked on the door sometime before or after Cedric's visit. "Hey, I hadn't seen you in a while, thought I'd stop in and say hello."


[OOC: If it's not a good time, that's cool too.]

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hi Lana!" Isabel said. "Want some cheesecake?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Cheesecake actually sounds great," Lana said with a smile. "Thanks."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel went to the fridge and pulled out the cake, dishing up pieces for both of them. "Have a seat," she said, returing to the bed with the cake. "How have you been?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Good. Kind of weird. Adjusting." Lana smiled a little ruefully. "Lots of changes."

She took a piece of the cake and sat on the bed by Isabelle. "How about you?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Like what?" she prompted, taking a forkful of cake.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana took a breath. "Turned 18 on the 13th. Which means I'm on my own. No guardian or anything. No one responsible for me. I know Lex will still be glad to help out if I need anything, but... it's weird."

She took a bite of the cake and sat thoughtfully for a moment. "And I had two really great visits with Shep. I went to San Diego with him over my birthday and things were... wonderful. But it was also a goodbye. He's off for... probably a couple of years - nearly unreachable. So..."

She shrugged. "I actually feel like I can move on, find a nice guy, all that, but..."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's right, happy birthday!" Isabel smiled. "I'm sorry, I was in LA all last week. It completely slipped my mind."

"I'm glad you were able to see him. And that you had a good time. As for moving on, take your time. The right one will come along."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

After Liars, Parker stopped by to see how Isabel was doing, and hear about L.A. "Knock knock, I have Jolly Rancher pops."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And I've got cheesecake," Isabel responded. "Hi! Nice to see you when it's less stressful."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oooo, yum." Parker took a seat on the bed, and opened up the bag, studying the cheesecakes. "Looks delicious. How are you doing? I heard the Radio." She gave Isabel a thoughtful look. "You and Greg?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Help yourself," Isabel said, snagging a lollipop. "I've already had two slices. Anymore and I'll explode."

She unwrapped the lollipop and stared at it. "He wasn't happy I left to go get Jack. Not after what I told him about LA. And then it just went downhill from there."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Wait, what happened in L.A.?" Parker asked, cutting herself a slice of cake. "And he didn't seem to have a problem when I showed up at your door. How'd it go wrong?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Big scary demon that killed people in their dreams," Isabel explained. "Needless to say I didn't sleep well, or much while I was out there. Also? I got a little banged up." She sighed. "The reason he didn't have a problem when you showed up was because he was sleeping. I didn't wake him up. I left him a note instead. Just in case. But I thought I would be back before he woke up," she finished sheepishly.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Isabel, you should've told me," Parker sighed. "I would've understood if you weren't at a hundred percent for another rescue, you know. And I can tell you from experience I already know how the *next* conversation you had with Greg went." She took a bite of cheesecake and rolled her eyes. "How mad was he?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"What was I supposed to do? Sit back and wait?" she asked. "Jack was in trouble. As for how mad he was? Very mad. And it only got worse the more I tried to explain."