Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After a rather flail worthy evening Wednesday night and then a slightly flail inducing conversation with Bel today, Isabel did a little mental math and decided it was still early enough in Moscow that Parker would likely be awake. Picking up her phone, she hit the speed dial.

The door was closed but knockable.

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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"It's not like you and Steve-Peter have gotten very far," Parker observed. "What stopped you, exactly?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Honestly it has nothing to do with Peter," Isabel replied. "I just, I don't know. For one thing it was the beach for Pete's sake. And I don't know that I'm ready to be that casual. Which is stupid."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"No, it isn't." Parker sat up, swinging her legs off the couch. "The beach was fine for me and Weiss, but that's one thing. You and a guy you barely know-- that's another. If you're not sure, you're just not."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I suppose," she sighed, staring at the ceiling. "But then at this rate I might as well resign myself to a life long dry spell. I mean seriously, I make it back to Antar and that's it. Unless Michael and I decide to give them what they want. And that has a snowball's chance in hell of happening."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Okay, that is not happening. If you go back-- BIG if-- then you're going to be there only as long as it takes to get it done, and get out of there," Parker said. "You are not committed to being princess of Antar, and your stupid brother can't make you. You don't owe those people anything after what you went through. You will come back here and have a good life, because I say so!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel wouldn't argue with her. "From your mouth to whoever's in charge," she said. "And if they're smart they'll listen to you. But in the meantime. Dry spell."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"...okay, yeah, that part still sucks," Parker conceded. "Especially since my two-month dry spell just got broken. Look, maybe you'll change your mind about Johnny later. Or maybe something will happen with Steve-Peter. You can only be honest with the guys you know, and see where it goes." She sighed. "Wish I could be there."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Bah, don't worry, I'll just live vicariously through your European adventures," Isabel chuckled. "And yeah, I wish you were here to, for the chocolate, the company and the wackiness. I'm pretty sure Bel got gremlin bit."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh? Who did he think he was? And how embarrassing was it? Photos? Oh, any more of Constable Fraser? Yummm."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh he was still Bel," she said. "He was just um, very open about his feelings. More so then I've ever seen before."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Touchy-feely Bel?... I think I'm glad I missed that one." Parker snickered. "Although it'll be fun to see what kind of mood he's in when he snaps out of it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's what I was thinking," Isabel laughed. "Although it might have been for the best. He told Anders that he loved him. So I'm sure he was glad to hear that."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oy. Vey." Parker shook her head, still amused, and said, "Well, that'll be the first time someone was grateful for a gremlin bite."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It gets better though. He called Angel. To tell him how he felt." That thought still made Isabel facepalm.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"...please be kidding."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh no," she said. "I'm not. And it gets better."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"How is that possible?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Angel feels the same."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker spluttered in mingled horror, disbelief, and hilarity. "He what? Is he stoned?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Personally I think he's getting into Logan's tequila," Isabel laughed.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Ohhhhh I am *so* sad I won't be there when the hangovers and gremlin spit wear off," Parker laughed. It was either laugh or shriek. "And I am *so* glad that Bel isn't one of my problems any more. Sheesh."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Am I mean and horrible for wishing to be a fly on the wall?" she asked. "Because it's going to be hilarious."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"It so is, and you so aren't." Parker chuckled a little bit more. "This could only funnier if Logan was aware of it. And he might be, by the time it's over. 'I love you too, man!'" she said, imitating Angel.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Now that's a mental image..." she laughed. When suddenly there was a knock at the door. "Let me get that."