Room 406, afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

After a Thursday that included finals, playing Santa with Jarod at the Perk, delivering presents to Parker, and then running the coffee cart, Isabel was ready for a quiet day.

The door's open and Isabel is sprawled on her bed watching the few Christmas movies they didn't get to watch last night.

[open! Occasional SP due to RL]

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter walked up to the door with a wrapped object and a smile. If his outfit looked somewhat elf-like... well, Santa's a bastard but Peter was able to keep the clothes, okay? "Hey, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel looked up and grinned as the pom-pom from her own hat fell into her face. "Hi!" she said, pushing it back. "I was wondering if I was going to see you before you left. You are going home aren't you?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Tomorrow night, just for a few days, yeah," Peter said. "My aunt's not going to spend Christmas alone, after all."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Of course," she nodded. "I thought about going home, but that means dealing with Max. I think I'll stay here instead. Even with deranged Santa's occasionally running through town, it'll stil be a lot quieter."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Not if there's an invasion of Santas," Peter said. "The ho ho hoing alone will be way too noisy."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You realize who I'm going to blame if that does happen?" Still laughing, Isabel pulled out two colorfully wrapped boxes. "Here, considering your recent experiences, I didn't want to traumatize you by having the big guy deliver them."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"You should blame Santa if it happens," Peter said. "It'll be his fault. Oh, and here, these are for you." Peter handed two packages over as he took his presents from Isabel.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'll blame him only after I get my presents," she grinned, cheerfully ripping into the wrapping paper. She immediately slipped the ring on, then unrolled the poster. "Oh very nice. I like that. A lot."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I figure that with the mood ring, you can change it to whatever color you wanted it to convey. It fits the original purpose but features more user input," Peter said, opening his gifts.

"I like the button. And... a pig. It's a very nice pig." Peter wasn't sure why exactly he was given a clay pig, but it would still get displayed.

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg wandered up to Isabel's room with his hands in his pockets. "I found something, honey!" he said, palming something in his hand.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And now I'm not certain if I should be mildy curious, or outright terrified," she laughed. "Around here it can go either way."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

Greg held up a sprig of something green and dangled it over their heads. "What d'you suppose this could be?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel smiled and tipped her face up to him. "Gee, I wonder."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"Did you know mistletoe is a parasite?" he asked, grinning. "People don't usually talk about that part because it's icky."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I did," she nodded. "But it think the lovely Christmas tradition more then makes up for it. And you know how important traditions are to me."

[like-a-sponge.livejournal.com]

"That's true." He pretended to think. "Now...what was the tradition that goes with this plant?

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel grinned, tangled her fingers in his shirt fron, then pulled him down and kissed him soundly.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel was aimlessly wandering the halls of the dorm when he passed by Isabel's open door. He paused and poked his head in. "Glad to be done with classes?" he said with a grin.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I am thrilled to be done with classes," Isabel grinned. "Come on in. You're going to LA right?"

[demonbelthazor]

Bel nodded. "That's the plan. I may stick around here for a few days, then go to San Francisco so Phoebe can introduce me to her grandmother. And if I survive that, we'll head to LA right afterwards."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm sticking around for the break," she said. "I thought about LA but I think it'll be nice to spend the holidays with Jack and Cedric and whoever else is around. We can do the presents thing Christmas morning." Isabel held out a box. "But just in case you leave before then, here father of my egg baby. A present for you."

[demonbelthazor]

"Awww, thanks," Bel said, accepting the box. "I don't have your present yet. But I will, really!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No worries," Isabel smiled. "I just saw that and thought and knew it was for you. And I'm ridiculously organized when it comes to Christmas so I've had it since October."

[demonbelthazor]

Bel blinked. "October?" he repeated. "I just thought about starting Christmas shopping, umm...two days ago."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"My brother and Michael have a reason for calling me the Christmas Nazi," she shrugged sheepishly.