Platypus Living Room - Evening

[izzyalienqueen]

The number of candles Isabel had burning to light up the living room would probably make a fire marshall nervous but she wasn't about to put them out.

Her laptop battery had run down, so she settled for sitting on the floor and playing solitare the old fashioned way. With a deck of cards.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Not too hard. Really." Isabel was the picture of innocence. Really.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"You've lied to me before," he said and eyed her again.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I wouldn't hurt you," she said seriously. "Ever."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He had to look away at that, blinking suddenly. Stupid emotions.

"Right." He tapped the cards. "Let's play."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Go for it," Isabel said, bumping his knee with her foot. "I've put out a card, we take turns."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He tossed a five of spades out. And refrained from slapping.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She quickly flipped out an eight of hearts.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

He was careful to watch to make sure that eight didn't suddenly change. When it didn't, he flipped down a king of diamonds.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Too busy trying to look innocent, it took a second for Isabel to realize that the next card she flipped over was a jack. Once she did, she tried to slap her hand down on it.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

And Cedric was too busy making sure she was innocent that he TOTALLY missed the jack and scowled at her.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel stuck her tongue out at him. "You have to watch the cards. Not me silly!"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I'm new to this game," he said and glared at the cards. "Learning curve."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And it's a very steep one," she teased, flipping another card, not a jack, over.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

This time, Cedric did flip a jack over and then threw another card at Isabel to distract her before slapping his hand down on the jack.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So you're going to be like that are you?" Isabel asked, slooooowly drawing a card off her pile and flipping it over at the last second. It wasn't a jack.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I didn't hear any rules about distraction," he said and flipped over a queen.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're catching on. Oh look! A gremlin!" she grinned as an eight joined the pile.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Not that easy to distract me," he said and shook his head before dropping a four.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh? You're totally focused on the cards then?" Isabel got ready to flip over another card, just as a tiny, and hopefully discreet hand motion sent a pillow towards the back of Cedric's head.

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" He looked around, prepared to scowl at the pillow thrower before realizing what had happened and whipping his head back around.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel was trying hard not to laugh. "I believe I promised not to change the cards. Anything else? Totally fair game."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Not fair!" He got up and retrieved his wand from his alcove. "I can use this then."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel snickered. "In a totally non-dirty fashion? Yes."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"You don't get the dirty," he said with a snicker and flipped a three over.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Do not simultaneously facepalm and flip a card over. It means you miss the jack.