Room 406, after Rikku's

[izzyalienqueen]

Still beyond pleased that they actually were able to pull it off, Isabel returned from Rikku's and made a phone call. Then she opened up her laptop and started tracking down spoilers for the season finales of all her favorite shows.

[The door, like the post is open.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Amazingly so. And if any of your other friends turn up, I promise I'll be very nice to them," Isabel teased.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Aww, come on, Izzy!" Jack gave her puppy dog eyes worthy of his six year old self. "I was tired and hungry, and I just wanted my Isabel," he explained, shifting to rest his head on her leg and look up at her innocently. "And I apologised."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I think the exact phrase was My Izzy," she laughed, running her fingers through his hair. "You did. You were very cute. And Peter was very good with you."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He closed his eyes and groaned. "I was only six. Who else was I going to come looking for? Of course I wanted my Izzy. It was a bit of a shock to find someone else was here first." He paused and grinned. "And looking very at home, too, I might add. Anything you want to share with me?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel rolled her eyes. "You just wanted someone to fuss over you. Which I was happy to do since you were so cute and cuddley. And there's nothing to share. Peter's a friend."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I wanted you to fuss over me. If I'd have been happy with someone else, I'd have stayed in Parker's room," he said, smiling softly. "A friend, huh? He was - not that my six year old eyes were good at picking it, but my nineteen year old memory can - extremely cute. All that floppy hair."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You found her hiding spot?" she laughed. "She'd stopped by here earlier on Saturday. She said she was going to hide till everyone was normal again."

Isabel shrugged indifferently, "I really hadn't noticed."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"I knocked on her door and made big eyes at her until she let me in. And gave me hot chocolate, and her robe, and told me a story. And how could you not notice?" Jack propped himself up on his elbows and looked at her in amazement.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Well you're you," Isabel grinned. "You rate even if you're small and slightly sticky." There was more eye rolling as she messed up Jack's hair. "Okay, he's cute. But he's a friend. I've done the big good-bye once. I'm not going to do it again."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Okay, okay." He held up his hands. "Last word on the subject. I promise." Probably. "But he did seem like a good guy, especially after I was so rude. I'll have to track him down and apologise properly."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You should," she nodded. "I'm sure he'd appreciate it."

"You know, I do have something for you. I was going to give it to you over the weekend but I figured it was better to wait."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"A present?" He sat up and looked at her curiously. "Am I going to like it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's nothing big," Isabel warned him, as she retrieved and envelope from her desk. "Here. I thought you might like copies of these."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack opened the envelope and slid the photos out. The first one was a picture of Cedric and Aiden, and the corner of his mouth quirked up, turning into a full blown smile as he looked through them. Him with Alexandria, Cedric with pink hair. "Pink hair?" he chuckled. "Oh, I can't wait to tell him I have this one."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He stopped by one day, a few weeks ago," she explained. "And we wound up being incredibly silly. I figured you'd like a copy."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"These are great, Isabel. Thank you." His eyes were locked on the photos as he looked through them. "They're wonderful."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel rested her hand on his shoulder. "Just something to help you remember us."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

He turned his head to kiss her hand, then rested his cheek against it. "Thank you, Isabel. It means a lot."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I know. That's why I have copies of them all," she said, sitting back down next to him. "And I gave copies to Cedric as well."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"Does he know you've got fort photos?" he asked, flashing her a smile.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He does. I told him yesterday when I gave him back his broom," Isabel said, smiling back at him.

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

"How did he react to that?" he asked, grinning as he remembered Cedric's reaction to the fort itself. "And hang on, you stole his broom?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I did," she said, ducking her head in embarassment. "He talked about flying on Saturday afternoon but he was so little and I was worried that he'd fall. So Saturday night after you went to sleep I ran down and took his broom."

[anextimeagent.livejournal.com]

Jack's eyes widened, picturing wee Cedric trying to fly on the broom. "That was a

very

good move. He would have ended up breaking his neck."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel nodded. "Exactly. So I took it and hid it in my closet. I did leave him a note though. Just so he wouldn't panic when he saw it was missing once he was finally back to himself."