Room 406, afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel was amused to wake up and find everything back in color. She was less amused when she looked in the closet and realized that she never got a chance to wear the pretty Homecoming dress she'd ordered online. There was no sign of the mass of tulle she did wear to the dance. Shrugging at the wackiness that is Fandom, Isabel showered, dressed and then settled down on her bed with a book.

The door was open.

[ooc: sporadically AFK throughout the afternoon then around all evening.]

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"No, not at all," Isabel promised, shivering at his touch, an action which made her remember Parker's advice to have the conversation at opposite ends of the room. She debated pulling away but decided that for the moment it was better to stay where she was. It made it easier to hide her face against his shoulder if necessary.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Then what's up?" Greg asked, looking at her with a bit of concern.

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"It's nothing bad. I promise. I think," she said, nervousness making her babble. "It's just we talked about baby steps and I was wondering ifmaybenowyou'dwanttotakeabiggerstep." She finished in a rush and hide her face against his shoulder.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg paused, turning red and blinking kind of a lot.

After a moment he found his voice. "How - How big a step?" he asked hoarsely.

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"How ever big you'd like to it to be," Isabel said quietly, still not willing to meet his gaze. "But if you don't want to, if I'm pushing, then we don't have to." Suddenly worried that she shouldn't have said anything, she started to pull away.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg tried pull her back. "Don't go," he said softly. "I just...are you sure?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She didn't resist and let herself be pulled back. "I love you. That's all I need to know."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg kissed her. "I don't want you to be pressured."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No pressure," she said between kisses. "I want this. Want you."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Some semi-rational portion of Greg's brain made him pull back just a little. "Not tonight."

The rest of him kind of wanted to throw a tantrum and beat up the semi-rational portion.

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Isabel reached up to touch his cheek. "No?"

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Greg shook his head, and then leaned his forehead against hers. "I want it to be perfect," he whispered.

Mentally, he was kicking himself.

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"You're as big a romantic as I am aren't you?" she asked, both pleased and amused.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg blushed. "Maybe."

He blushed more. "I'm also pragmatic, and I'll, um, need to go shopping...before."

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Isabel blushed to match him. "Oh god yes. I've been through that trauma once. I'd prefer not to repeat it."

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Greg raised an eyebrow. "You...buh?"

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"No! No! No!! Not me," she said quickly. "It was Max and Tess. And it was not a fun time."

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Greg winced. "Oh, ack. But, um, yes. Then you know why...not tonight."

He laughed. "I can't believe I'm saying that. I fail at being a teenage boy."

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"You're right," Isabel agreed, smiling. "I'm glad that you said it though, I hadn't really thought much past talking to you about it."

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"I'm glad you did," he said, kissing her forehead. "I mean, I'm glad we're talking."

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"Talking is good," she agreed. "Although I'm mildly surprised that I haven't died of flailing."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you flailed, you would hit me," he pointed out.

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"And I wouldn't want to do that. I might have hurt you," Isabel smiled. "Although I guess I could always kiss it and make it better."

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Greg sighed. "That's true. And that would really make it okay. But you shouldn't flail, anyway."

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"I'm not now. It's just that I've been thinking about this for a while and there was never a good time to talk, and that was just making me more nervous." Oh look, she's babbling again.