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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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I guess. But life's just too damn short sometimes," she said, thinking of Alex, of Liz and Maria, waiting for Max and Michael. "If you can be happy with someone, you should go for it."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"See, and I agree with that too," Dawn frowned, "which really screws me up, because I just want them both to be happy, and I'm not sure there's a way to have that happen right now."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Then I'm right there with you," Isabel nodded. "Because I want them both to be happy but yeah, there's a lot of stuff to deal with."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"And we can't make it go away, which stinks on toast," Dawn tossed her wrapper towards the trash can, then had to get off the bed to pick it up when it fell short. "Xander deserves to be happy, and I'm not afraid to take on the universe to make that happen."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You know I've got your back if you do," she promised. "Personally I was leaning towards locking the two of them in a very small closet."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn started giggling. "Don't you think they've had enough of closets?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel laughed at the double meaning. "Possibly. But I don't know what else to do. He's being so stubborn."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Okay, new plan," Dawn had spent a few years of her early adolescence obsessing over Xander, so she felt she knew him better than most, "if he's being stubborn, we have to be even more stubborn. By not mentioning it at all. Because he's dug his heels in and could feel like he's being attacked. Let him do whatever mental math he's got to do, and we'll just throw the party when he finally comes to his senses."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's going to be difficult," Isabel sighed. "I like seeing my friends happy. But I do see your point."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I do, too, but if Xander's being all knee-jerky and defensive, he's not going to be thinky, and he needs to be thinky to get over this. Trust Bridge to be Bridge and Xander to be Xander," Dawn nodded solemnly.