Meerkat Cabin, Friday morning

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel hadn't slept again after last night's dream. Thoughts racing through her head, she laid on the bed and tried to figure out what to do. As the sun rose and light filled the cabin, Isabel still wasn't any closer to an answer.

Lost in thought, she turned suddenly when the door opened.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker reached out, and hand to push some of Isabel's hair out of her face. "We have some news for you. And I don't think it'll help your mood." She sighed. "Someone's been impersonating you. Talking to people when you're somewhere else. Did Max say what happened to Lonnie? Or could she, just possibly, be here on the Island?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He never said. We got so involved fighting about Vilandra, and what she did...what I didn't tell him." Isabel shrugged, "I assumed she left town. So I suppose she could be here." She bit her lip, turning the idea over in her head. "What did she say? Who did she talk to?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"She was evidently mega-bitchy to Dawn, and said something that made Cedric suspicious. It was while you were in Ethics class; she was in town, at the Perk." Parker was quiet a moment, then tentatively asked, "Your nightmares. Could she have....?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I suppose," she nodded. "The last time I tried to I couldn't. But I was much younger then. And I never tried again as I got older because it just seemed wrong." Isabel's face grew serious, "Obviously she wouldn't have the same problem."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"So whatever you've been dreaming-- Isabel, it wasn't you, or Vilandra. It was that bitch." Parker shook her head. "Come on. You shouldn't be alone out here, it isn't safe with her roaming the Island. Now that she's tipped her hand, you won't be fooled next time."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

As wonderful as it would be to believe that Lonnie was the cause of everything, Isabel didn't think it would be that easy. "At least some part of it was true," Isabel said. "Remeber I read about it in Special Collections. I did betray him."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker was quiet for a long moment, then said softly, "For a long time, I thought my mom betrayed me. She didn't. She had reasons for doing what she did. You don't know what Vilandra's reasons were-- she was alien, in the middle of a war, and she didn't survive to tell her side of the story. Maybe she was just doing the best she could." She took Isabel's hand and squeezed it. "And whoever she was, you're more than the sum of a dead girl's memories, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I guess I'll never know the truth. But it doesn't matter. You're right. She's not me," Isabel said. "I guess I just need to fiugre out what to do next."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You can do it at the dorms. Where it's warm, safe, and people who care about you are. Greg is going nuts. And Jack and Dawn are worried too." Parker tugged on her hand. "C'mon."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel let herself be tugged along. "Sorry, I didn't mean to worry everyone."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"We know you didn't. You've just got a lot pushing at you. Jack--" Parker paused outside the door, and briefly looked annoyed. "Well, great. He's got my phone. I guess I'll get it later." She turned back to Isabel and squeezed her hand. "Quiet, and your own place. This will make more sense after you've had time to think."