Platypus B2, Evening

[izzyalienqueen]

As always, Monday was busy. Isabel flipped through a selection of DVDs, trying to figure out what to watch for the night.

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Anders got hurt?" Isabel headdesked. "Damnit, I'm so dumb. I should have checked the podcasts. And you haven't told me about Casimir! Spill!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, he did, and it sounded like he was making out with Bel and Phoebe in the woods... I don't want to know," Parker said resolutely. "Anyway. Whap him for me. So." She grinned. Almost purred. "Casimir. Lechensky. Computer security guy, but not at all a geek. He's in the middle of some security check thing, he's bringing his laptop with him everywhere, but he's twenty-four, went to the Polytechnic, native of Estonia, and a very, very good dancer."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh yes, definitely thwapping." Isabel raised an eyebrow, "He sounds interesting. Have you run a background check?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I'm having Angelo do it," Parker said carelessly, smiling into the phone. "This is Russia after all. Just a little more difficult for me to do it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Okay. Just be careful. When's the next date?" she asked.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Wednesday. Breakfast." Parker might have sounded pouty. "Coffee on Sunday, then dancing tonight, breakfast on Wednesday... And he's being a perfect gentleman. Grrrr."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Anticipation. It's a good thing," Isabel laughed.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I hate this part!" Parker pouted. "The guy I don't want is all 'come back to my dacha' and the one I find hot and intelligent is acting as if I'm too young to know what boys are for. If he keeps doing this, I'm tackling him by next weekend."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No tackling. That's tacky," she snickered. "Go for seduction. But tastefully."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"As if I'm every tacky when it comes to sex." Parker sighed, wiggling her toes. "Tasteful tackling? Anyway. I'm hoping to make him think it's his idea. They always are so much more attentive if they do. They get that startled look if you're too straightforward with them. Man, I miss Lee Adama...."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh shut up. At least you have the possiblity of sex in your future. Unless I'm willing to settle for a casual hook-up, I see no sign of my drought ending," Isabel whined.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"What, is Steve-Peter not interested? Does he have a girlfriend? Is he gender-neutral?" Parker demanded. "What's the story there?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Parker, he's a friend. And somehow I don't get the casual vibes off him the way you'd get them off Alec or Johnny," she said. "So drought. I'll deal."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Mmmmph." Parker made a discontented noise, then said, "Reminds me. Give Karal a kiss to remind him of me, will you? That might break the drought."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

That made her laugh. "Oh be for real Parker! The poor guy would curl up and die of embarrassment!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"He didn't die when I kissed him," Parker protested, giggling. "Even if he did turn neon pink. C'mon, he's a sweetheart. Even gave me a traveler's blessing. So let him know I got here okay, please?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That I can do," Isabel promised. "Because he is sweet. Oh...there is one thing I have to tell you."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh? What's come up?" Parker frowned. "Something else wrong and weird there?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, nothing like that," she said. "Have you talked to Jarod at all?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker's voice got quieter. "Not since the evening I left. When we said good-bye."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I saw him a few days ago. He said he's probably leaving this week."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker sighed, not surprised, but not thrilled, either. Number one on her speed-dial was about to become obsolete again. "I thought he would leave pretty soon. Tell him to be careful? If he doesn't call me? And...."

There really wasn't anything else she could say there.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I will. I'm pretty sure he'll talk to me before he leaves," Isabel promised. "I guilt tripped him with puppy eyes."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Cool." Parker closed her eyes. "Some things are just inevitable. Jarod leaving Fandom was one of them. I know you'll miss him, though." She sighed. "Any word from Jack?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I will. Just like I miss you. And Jack," she said quietly. "No word. Although I mailed him a letter."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You did? Where did you send it to?" Parker asked, sitting up in bed, and concealing a yawn.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Katara told me the post office is inter-dimensional and that it has ways of delivering things," Isabel explained. "So I wrote him a letter and addressed it care of the Time Agency, 51st century. Who knows, maybe he'll get it."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

If they were letting him get mail. "I hope it gets there. Let me know if he writes back?" Hope still springs eternal, after all. Parker yawned again, this time unable to conceal it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Me to. And if he does? You'll hear the shouts of glee in Moscow. I promise." Isabel heard the yawn and smiled. "Go to bed Parker!"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh, fine, be all responsible. Tell people to call me. And not wake me up!" Parker yawned again, then chuckled. "And remember about Karal. I'll talk to you later, Isabel. Miss you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Miss you to Parker. Miss you to. Sleep well." Smiling, Isabel waited till Parker disconnected, then closed her phone.