Room 406, afternoon through early evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After returning from waking up with Cedric, Isabel made a few phone calls, then spent a few minutes fixing what she could of her door.

That done, she curled up on her bed and tried not to shudder as she remembered the weekend. Bel and Dawn, the offer of a threesome. Anders. The creature on the roof. Zero and her camera, a memory which prompted another phone call. Caritas with Greg. And Cedric. Going back to Cedric's room.

Isabel whimpered.

The door was as closed as a door minus a doorknob could be.

[ooc: Open but slowish due to RL. More links to be added later.]

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[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Fandom weirdness suddenly wasn't so funny. "They'll all understand - it wasn't your fault. It was this place. And you were hardly the only one who got switched for someone else." He didn't think she'd figured who he'd been - and he'd be damned if he was going to tell her - so he had to add, "I wouldn't be mad at you, whatever you did, but why would you think I would?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel picked up a pillow and hugged it. "There's this little matter of where I woke up this morning.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"And where was that?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She buried her face in the pillow. "With Cedric."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He winced slightly, and put a reassuring hand on her knee. "Okay. And who did he think he was?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He still thought he was Cederic Diggory. Just not our Cedric Diggory. He was kind of an ass," Isabel said with a sigh. "For what it's worth, nothing happened. We passed out after drinking a lot of space vodka thank god."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Oh." And against all expectations, Jack felt a twinge of something he didn't recognise, but he pushed it away. "So it wasn't our Cedric, and it wasn't you, and nothing happened," he said slowly and squeezed her knee. "So let it go and I'll fix your door."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm trying. I think it's just going to take a bit before we can talk to one another without blushing." Beyond grateful that Jack wasn't angry, she slid out of her corner and hugged him. "Thank you. I'd appreicate that. How'd you know it got broken? And oh my god, I have to find whoever that was and apologize."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack wrapped his arms around her, glad she was at least that much better. "Yeah, about that." He hung on just a little bit tighter, figuring she wasn't going to take this well. "I know it got broken because I'm the one that broke it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel pulled back enough to stare at him, then tried to pull away as she remembered all the horrible, horrible things she'd said to him. "I am so so so sorry."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Oh no, he wasn't letting her go. Locking his hands behind her back, he lifted his head so he could see her face. "And I, or rather he, knocked you out and then just about attacked you on the roof. I think we can call it a draw."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I, she, deserved it. God she was horrible," she tipped her head forward to rest against his shoulder. "Do you think Sam will hate me? I was horrible to her to. She came here looking for you Saturday morning and I was such a bitch to her."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Sam doesn't hate you. She understands about Fandom weirdness. It's okay, Isabel," he soothed. "And if it makes you feel any better, she'd just come from a naked encounter with a snarling beast."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh god, poor Sam. Well that explains the sheet," Isabel laughed softly. "And she told me you were missing and Lonnie had no clue who you were and she was so pissed at Sam for waking her up. God, can we just forget this whole weekend?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack was actually okay with remembering the weekend. Even though the Beast had been a sap, he'd been completely in love with Sam. And he'd been petted a lot. They were kind of pleasant memories. "We can. We'll just pretend it never happened."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I hope everyone else is as willing to," she sighed. "Like my boyfriend for one."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"He'd better," and that was almost a remnant of the Beast's growl. "It was not you, it was not your fault, and if he won't then I'll toss him off the roof."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No tossing," Isabel insisted. "It's my problem, I'll deal with it. So what do you say we get the door fixed do I can close it? I wound up getting dressed with it open yesterday and Zero came by with her camera." And yes, that thought causes facepalming.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"All right, no tossing. But I can talk to him if he doesn't get it." He let her go and stretched to his feet. "And fixing the door is a good plan." Jack started unpacking the new door fittings, and carried them over to the door. "Jaye has pictures of the Beast, or at least his tail."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She sat and watched him. Grateful that things were okay. "Thinking back, the beast was cute in a furry, ferocious sort of way."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack rolled his eyes and started pulling off the remnants of the old doorknob set, not that there was much. "He was a sap. A big furry sap."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Isabel asked, intrigued. "So what was he sappy about? Come on, I've told what I was up to all weekend. What where you doing?"

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Mooning after Samantha." Jack rolled his eyes again. "He was smitten. It was, okay, it was possibly sweet, and Sam took good care of him but wow." He stopped what he was doing and stared at the door. "He thought she glowed."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Awwww!!!" she laughed. "That sounds so sweet."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah," he griped, positioning the new latch mechanism and starting to fit it into place. "He purred every time she touched him, couldn't bear to let her out of his sight. I blame Sam for being so nice to him. Poor thing didn't have a chance."