Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After a the hectic pace of the last few weeks, Isabel was grateful for some downtime, even if it meant she had too much time to think about fun with the kids and saying goodbye.

But things were slowly returning to normal. She'd covered library, had breakfast with Cedric, spent time with friends, and fulfilled StuCo responsibilities. Looking at the two packages sitting on her desk, Isabel realized that some things had slipped through the cracks. She made two phone calls then settled down to do some studying.

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

After getting her message, Peter wandered up to Isabel's room and knocked on the door.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's open," she called, setting aside her book.

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Wrong. It's Peter," Peter said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel stuck her tongue out at him. "Be nice to me or you won't get your birthday presents."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"If I'm kind of nice, do I still get one?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Maybe," she said. "The small one. And I'm sorry I didn't get these to you earlier. Things were a little busy which I'm sure you know."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"How many kids did you have?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Two," Isabel smiled. "A four year old little guy named Josh Evans-Sanders, and a seven year old chatterbox named Alexandria with Jack. How about you?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I had two with Zero," Peter said. "May Anarchy and Arachnid Ben Hopeless-Savage-Parker. I honestly don't know about the names."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I like them. They've got character," she laughed. Isabel got to her feet, and got brightly wrapped package from her desk. "And I think this has character as well. Happy birthday Peter."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"It's a turtle!" Peter said cheerfully. "Is it alive? You can never be sure when you're talking about turtles. Them being slow and all."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Isn't he cute? I don't think he is," Isabel said seriously. "But it is Fandom. That could change. I know he's goofy. But I thought he was cute."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"You were right," Peter said. "Thank you so much."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome so much," she smiled. "I figure he can keep you company in your single."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"I wonder if I can find some way to stick him to my ceiling," Peter pondered.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Didn't your daughter have a fondness for sticking things to the ceiling?" Isabel asked. "I thought Parker mentioned something about that."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"No, she didn't," Peter said. "She stuck people there."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel laughed, "Yes, Parker's daughter for one."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"Her brother for another. Do me a favor, if I ever think of giving webshooters to any children I have, stop me?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh hell no. The amusement value is entirely too much fun."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"You're a terrible person, you know that?" Peter asked.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Just awful," she said seriously. "Absolutely awful."

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"If you hadn't bribed me with a turtle present, I'd be very mad at you in the future," Peter said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Even if I offered to babysit?"

[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

"That depends on if you'll have learned to block webbing," Peter said.