Room 406, Thursday evening

[izzyalienqueen]

In theory, Thursday was supposed to be her busy day, with a whole two classes. War Theory had been interesting. Ethics had been troubling. Not only were the topics disturbing, it was difficult to look to look at a friend's killer.

After spending some time with Alanna, Isabel returned to her room, booted up the laptop and tried to not think while playing multiple rounds of solitare.

The door was open.

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack was actually on his way to see someone specific, but he wanted to see how Izzy was doing first. Ethics class had been bad enough for him; he had a feeling it might have been much worse for Isabel.

Especially if she knew what Sam had told him about their teacher.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Isabel said, setting the laptop aside. "Do you think we need to organize a post Ethics support group for Thursday afternoons?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"As long as it's got alcohol and hugs, I think it's a good idea." Jack left his post by the door and walked over to stand next to her. "Need one?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," she replied, getting to her feet. "I really could. Hell, at this point I could almost use a drink."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Let's start with this," he said as he pulled her into his arms and held her tightly. "And see what happens after that."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel sighed and leaned against his shoulder, wrapping her arms around his waist. "Despite a few fun times? On a whole? This week has been the suck."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"It did have some incredible stand-out moments, but other that that? Yeah, it has." Jack sighed and rested his chin on Isabel's hair. "But it's almost over and next week has to be better, right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Traumatizing Maurice with Cedric was fun," she grinned into his shoulder, before sobering. "Finding out about Anakin, and Xander? Not so much. I hope next week is better. But I'm not making any bets."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Maurice is the one who stole Cedric's hair? Was there a reason he made him smell like dessert?" he asked, trying to lighten the mood before asking about Xander. Hoping it wasn't going to be another death. "Not that I'm complaining."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That was top quaility product he used!" Isabel chuckled. "I liked it." She pulled back and sat down o the bed, patting the spot next to her. "Did you like it?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I did. It was still shaggy, but with the added bonus that he won't run into things." Jack sat next to her and drew in a deep breath. "I know about Anakin. What happend to Xander."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It'll last four to six weeks, then I'm dragging him back." She leaned back against the wall and closed her eyes. "We thought we'd be able to stay in touch. But Bridge says that somehow his dimension has closed itself off. So there won't be any contact. Ever."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Oh." It sounded bad, but Jack figured it was better than Xander being dead. "I'm sorry, Isabel."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg found himself up a floor and knocking on Isabel's open doorway. "Hey."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey yourself," she smiled softly. "What's up?"

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Jaye and I are going to blow things up!" he said, coming in a bit and then pausing. "Is everything okay?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You are?" Isabel asked, mildly tempted to ask if it was possible to blow up the Ethics teacher. "Why? Or is this boom for the sake of boom?" She shrugged, "It hasn't been the best week."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Science project," he said, going to sit by her. "Want to talk about it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Let me know if there's a science fair. I'll come watch." Isabel reached for his hand. "Not much to say. Anakin's son is one of the new students. He didn't bring good news."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg squeezed her hand. "I thought he wasn't allowed."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well Luke's here and I don't think a discussion of the finer points of the Jedi code really matters now." It's the first time she's actually had to say the words and they hurt. "Anakin's dead. He was murdered by the Ethics teacher."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg looked at her for a long moment before moving over and wrapping her in a tight hug.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel leaned against his shoulder and let out a long breath. "Needless to say, it made class very interesting."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"I bet," he said mildly, not letting go. "Are you going to be okay?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Do I have a choice?" she asked, slowly feeling the tension she'd felt since walking through the door of the ethics classroom finally start to dissolve.