Room 406, Friday morning through afternoon

[izzyalienqueen]

It had been a long, wet walk back up from the causeway and Isabel was grateful to get out of the rain by the time the reached the dorms. Her key was gone, left somewhere back on Antar, so she used her powers to open the door. Stepping inside the room, Isabel looked around and blinked a lot, not quite able to believe she was really back.


[Later that night, Jack came by.

[ooc: wee minor OCD. First thread is locked to mparkerceo & time_agent. The post is open after that.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That," Isabel said rubbing her chin. Scooting back against the pillows against the wall, she patted the spot next to her. "Come sit. Tell me what's going on."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"It's just laziness on my part," he said, sitting beside her and trying his level best to sound convincing.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She might be tired and a bit strung out, but Isabel still had one hell of a Bitch, please look. "Try again. I assume this has something to do with why he told Parker to call you instead of just going down the hall to get you, or calling you himself?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He frowned and had to look away. "It's been a bit of a rough week."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Trust me, I can relate to that," Isabel muttered, reaching for his hand and holding on tightly. "What happened?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"We don't have to talk about it," he said, squeezing her hand. "I don't want to burden anybody with this."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's not a burden. I ask because I care," she said. "And if something happened, I want to know. I love the two of you to death and I want you both to be happy."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"We're not exactly speaking right now," Cedric said, not really knowing another way to describe it. "I guess? I don't know."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And this just happened? For no reason?" Isabel prompted.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"No, there was a reason," he said but stopped there. Because he was a dork.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Don't make me hurt you," she said dryly. Isabel wiggled the fingers of her free hand at him. "Or even worse, tickle you till you tell me what's going."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"He asked me about sharing the night you left," he said quietly.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

It took a moment for Isabel to realize what Cedric meant, then she slowly banged her head against the wall. "Thank you for not turning him into something small and slimy." She stopped banging her head and shifted a bit to lean against his shoulder. "I'm sorry."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He shrugged and, again, tried to look as nonchalant as he could manage. It wasn't working well. "I sent him away because I wanted to be alone after that."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's completely understandable," Isabel said quietly. "You're not alone now though."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I know," he said, closing his eyes briefly. "It...I didn't expect it and it came at a low point for me. And it hurt."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I can't even imagine."

Isabel was going to kill Jack. Not so much for asking, because he was Jack and she knew it was probably inevitable that someone else would eventually catch his eye. But the timing could not have been worse.

"What do you want to do now?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he admitted. "I told Sam I wasn't used to this sort of feeling. It was new and sharp for me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Then take your time and figure it out," she said quietly, all the while thinking there wasn't that much time left. Nine, no, eight weeks till graduation. "I know he didn't do deliberately though. He would never intentionally hurt you like that."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I know he wouldn't," Cedric answered. "I know."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But it doesn't make it hurt any less." Closing her eyes, Isabel wondered how much she should interfere.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He shrugged once. "I'll be all right, I'm sure."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Of course you will," she said, peering at him sideways. "You're strong. One of the strongest people I know."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He smiled at that and said, "The feeling on that particular subject is very mutual."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm not. Not really," Isabel replied, remembering how tired and worn down she'd gotten before finally agreeing to Kivar's demands. Abruptly she forced a smile of her own. "Stay and watch a movie? I think we both could use some company."

[And now I flee! Back about 7:30 tonight]