Room 406, morning

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel still felt a bit guilty about leaving Annie behind while she was in LA so she decided to spend the morning making it up to her. Mostly that meant using her powers to send a small toy mouse zooming around the room for the cat to stalk.

The door was open so she could meet some of the new or even not so new people if any happened to wander by.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I suppose I can do that. Even though I still feel like a dope," she said. "Seriously, I think the holiday fried my brain."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I know the feeling. It's sad that I want classes to start, isn't it?" Parker fanned out the brochures again. "Although every day of classes is a day closer to graduation. Which I want very badly, and not at all."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Just a bit sad. But I'm right there with you. And hopefully it'll tame some of the chaos." Isabel smiled wryly at the brochures. "Yeah, I can imagine. I don't know what I'm going to do when you guys are gone."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'll be writing. You know that. I'll be in yet another foreign country, looking for hot guys. I *have* to write." She sighed. "And bugging the hell out of Captain Jack in reaction to it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'll be writing to. Trapped here with yet more newbies." She sighed, rubbing Annie's fur. "Sometimes I think Michael was right. That it's just better to not make ties. Because saying goodbye is going to suck."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No. I don't miss any of the girls from my last school. Or the one before that." Parker reached out and scratched beneath Annie's chin. "But I'm going to look forward to missing you, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Parker being sentimental was something Isabel would always remember. But she didn't want to make too big a deal out of it, knowing it would make Parker uncomfortable. "So I went to see Jarod last night." As segues go, it probably wasn't the best.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's breath caught for just a second. "Did you?" She stroked back the fur over Annie's nose, and tried for casual. "How's he doing?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"When I brought him his Christmas presents we'd talked about having lunch over the break," Isabel explained. "And then I had to cancel when I decide to go to LA. I just wanted to let him know I got back. Plus I wanted to make sure he got your presents."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker looked up, alarmed. "He did, didn't he? They didn't hide them from him? Damnit, I gave them chocolate!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He got them. Seriously Parker, a diamond collar for the cat and coal for him?" she asked. "What were you thinking?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"That he'd love black bubble gum and M would look cute with the bling?" Parker tried to look innocent. "What?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh so that's what it was," Isabel laughed. "I finally got him to admit it was some sort of gag gift. He seemed amused by it."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Parker's smile might be a little wider than she wants it to be. "There were a few other things. Candy, mostly." She shrugged. "He hated it when I wanted to spend money on him. So I spent it on his cat."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"She's one styling cat now I'm sure." She looked down, studying her nails. "You don't mind that I'm still friends with him?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No," Parker said, surprised. Then, more quietly, "No. He didn't do anything to you. Jack didn't stop liking him because of me, you know. They had their own problems." She bit her lip. "Besides. Jarod needs friends."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Two alpha males," Isabel said, rolling her eyes. "I know. In a lot of ways, he's like Michael. And if I'm not in Roswell to look after him, well at least I can look after Jarod here."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I get that." Parker's smile was mostly amused, and any mockery was self-directed. "He'll take it better from you, anyway. The looking-after. Which he needs more than he has *any* idea about."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"They think they're so independent," she said with warm affection. "But they need to know someone's behind them, cheering them on."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Works both ways of course, but... yeah." Parker sunk her fingers into Annie's fur. "I have no idea what we are any more. But I want him to be okay." And there weren't any other words. She didn't have definitions for herself and Jarod.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He liked the presents and if you sent that letter we talked about about? Maybe it'll be a place to start figuring things out."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Maybe." Parker cocked her head. "Of course, this doesn't mean I want to watch him date anyone else. I can't stop him... well, maybe I can...."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you did send the letter? Or maybe it's a good place to start?" she asked, wanting to make things clear. "If you don't want to date him, you can't keep stop him from dating someone else. That's not fair."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I sent the letter. Which was, maybe a good place to start." Parker smirked a little, then shrugged, more resigned. "I never said I-- yeah. I know. I just don't want to watch. At all. Or hear about it. Except I do."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So you can beat the hell out of anyone that treats him wrong?" she asked. "Or because you might possibly be a tiny bit jealous?"