Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Isabel sat on her bed reviewing the to-do list for prom as she went through emails from various vendors.

Despite an occasional sneeze and sniffle, it had been a fairly productive day, coffee with Parker, goofing with Jack in class, and then meeting with Anakin.

Opening another email, she smiled, relieved to see the backdrops had been shipped.

The door was open.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you," Dawn grinned at Isabel from her spot lounging in the doorway, "You busy?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey yourself!" Isabel smiled, setting aside the laptop. "I'm working on prom stuff but I can take a break. What's up?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"What kind of prom stuff?" Dawn asked, avoiding the question.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Decorations, tables, chairs, food, gondolas," she listed. "Pretty much everything."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"...gondolas? Really?" Dawn may have gotten a goofy look on her face at the idea of being in a gondola with Sam.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"The theme's A Night in Venice," Isabel grinned. "So if I can get them, we'll have at least two gonodalas with gondoliers for rides in the pond. I take it you and Sam made up?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Another grin. "Yeah, you could say that."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" she asked, quickly clearing a spot for Dawn to sit. "Was there groveling?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"There were white roses," Dawn nodded, sitting down on the bed.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Very nice," Isabel said. "He's got good taste at least."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Blushing again, Dawn nodded. "He does. Very good taste." Kind of toothpastey.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Dawn? Why would groveling make you blush?" she asked, a slow smile spreading across her face.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn ducked her head, letting her hair fall forward, "Because Sam's really, really good at it?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Please explain an electoral college to me," Cedric said as he wandered to the door and leaned against it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel laughed. "You had Professor Lyman's class today? I had that last spring. I'm still not sure how it works myself."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I have absolutely no idea what a group of men are doing voting when a vote has already been made," he said. "It makes no sense, none at all."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She tossed Cedric one of the chocolate eggs she'd been sharing with Dawn. "Here. Chocolate helps the brain breakage. It does make sense. Really. I just can't explain it."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Cedric caught the egg and said, "Thank you. And, if you insist it does, I'll take your word for it. Still, it seems rather frumpy."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"After the last two elections I'm willing to agree with you. But it's the system and I don't think we're going to change it any time soon," Isabel said. "Is it that different in wizarding England?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"We have no such thing as electoral colleges," he said. "We don't even have a government as complex as this one. We have a ministry."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. Ministry makes me thing of beauracrats," she grinned. "And beauracrats automatically mean complexity, even on something as simple as ordering office supplies. Or in a wizarding world would that mean extra eye of newt?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"The ministry isn't that bad," Cedric said. "They're just...stuffy. They do have the best interest of everyone in mind. I'm not actually sure about the complexity. I don't know the inner workings of the Ministry of Magic."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Stuffy Englishmen? No way!" Isabel teased. "And if you don't know? I think you need to research it for me. And possibly write a paper."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Are you giving me an assignment?" he asked, sounding mock offended.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Possibly? Although if you don't do it what can I actually do to you?" she said, grinning. "Give you detention?"