Room 406, afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel had reached the point where studying just wasn't happenening any longer. A quick phone call had Parker appearing, loaded down with gifts.

The door was open, the carols were playing, Annie was wearing a wee Santa hat and Parker and Isabel were laughing like demented elves as they ate chocolate and drank eggnog while waiting for people to come by so they could hand out holiday presents.


[Assume handwavey phone calls telling their friends to stop by!]

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[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders stopped by before heading up to the StuCo/Hanukkah party, a wrapped bottle under one arm and a large wrapped box under the other. "Caprican Santa Claus calling!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Daisy!" Parker grinned and got up to wander over and look at the packages. "I've got a prezzie for youuu..."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders held up the bottle. "Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you, Parker."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker did her little shimmy of glee, and grabbed it, holding out an envelope to Anders. "Is that what I think it is?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Might be," Anders replied cagily, taking the envelope. "If you think it's a bottle of ambrosia, you'd be right. And these -- holy frak, you're awesome!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker hugged the bottle and looked smug. "Yes I am, and so are you! Yayyy, ambrosia! I'm going to have a good New Year's Eve no matter what!"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"I'm all in favor of those," agreed Anders. "I should try and do that, myself. Wow, baseball tickets . . . can't have enough of those," he added, bouncing in a rather Bridge-like fashion.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I thought you'd say that." Parker grinned. "Are you going home for Christmas break, or sticking around here?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders spread his arms and shrugged. "I'll be here. Why miss an Earth holiday when I won't get to celebrate it at home? Only problem is, it'll probably be kind of lonely, but what can you do?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker cocked her head. "Well, not Bel, for one." She smirked. "And for two, I guess, hang with everyone else who's staying. Which sadly doesn't include me."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders coughed and turned bright red. "I would never do that," he said quickly. "Really. Never. I just -- no."

He pouted a little at her last bit of news. "Everybody I've talked to is going home, seems like. At this rate it's going to be me and the goldfish."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Isabel is not staying, Cedric, Jack, and Sam are staying, I believe. And some of the others, Bridge, I think?" Parker smiled. "But I'll definitely call on New Year's Eve, if I'm not here. Just to make sure you're having a good time. And behaving," she added without missing a beat.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders tucked the tickets into his jacket pocket and crossed his arms, giving her a mock-offended look. "I always behave," he said. Deliberately leaving out the 'badly' qualifier. "Well, at least there'll be a few people to hang out with. People I haven't hung out with as much as I should, maybe. And you better call, so I know you're having a good time."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey! Merry Christmas! And Good Morning!" Isabel called out.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Isabel!" Anders called back yawning and rubbing his eyes. "Merry Christmas right back at you!"

He held out the wrapped box. "Now with Caprican chocolate!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh yum!!!!" she grinned as she took the box. "It's nice to know somethings are universal." Isabel reached into the pile next to her and pulled out a long tube, wrapped in brightly colored paper. "For you."

[and OMG SP is love! Cause I've got tons of errands to do today.]

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I think chocolate and coffee could be used to negotiate your way out of anything in the universe. Even if we didn't cover that in Roslin's class . . . damn, why didn't I ask about that?" Anders laughed and peered speculatively at the tube. "I'm trying to decide if I should open it now or wait."

[OOC: Right there with you on the SP! *nods*]

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That actually is a good point. Although it could lead to more trouble. What if someone decided to set up a momopoly on caffiene?" Isabel shook her head, "Actually I should have asked if you're going to be around on Christmas morning. If you are, I would have held it till then because I will be here. But since I didn't I think you can open it now if you'd like."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"That would be bad." Anders grimaced. "One of these days, someone is going to start a riot over coffee, and when it does? We totally called it."

He was already carefully picking at the tape on the wrapping paper as he added, "Yeah, I'll be here. Gotta get in as many of your holidays as I can, while I'm here, right?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"As long as their is coffee, I think we're okay. The day we run out? I'm hiding."

Isabel smiled as she watched him open the gift. "Absolutely, I completely understand what where you're coming from.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders pulled the poster out, his jaw dropping in pure glee when he saw what it was. "Camden Yards! This is perfect! Oh wow, Isabel, thanks!" He leaned over to give her a hug. "I might need to file for a change of rooms. Just so I can have a really big room and start a collection of posters of every major league park in existence."

Pause. "Except the Bronx Zoo."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She hugged him back, happy that he liked it. "I figured you'd like a way to remember your first major league ball game. Do you think we should start planning an opening day trip?"

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"The question is more like why haven't we already been," Anders replied with a grin. "Spring training's only like eight weeks away!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel laughed, "I'll bring it up when StuCo starts up again."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"You're the best," Anders told her happily. "I'll owe you one forever if you do that."