Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

After a weekend of fun and a surprisingly deep conversation, Monday brought workshops of insanity and brain-breaking. Isabel was still chuckling when she returned to her room after workshops. With nothing pressing to do, Isabel opened her laptop and started to search for some decent Supers fanfic.

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[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie was now wandering down the corridors, trying to think of what she wanted to say to Johnny. Or ask Johnny. Or if she even wanted to talk to him. Or maybe not.

She peeked in Isabel's room on her way by and called, "Hey. Whatcha up to?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"My guilty little secret," Isabel admitted, looking up from the laptop. "Fanfic."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Fanfic?" Charlie looked interested, and meandered into the room. "Like, when people write about TV shows and movies? I've heard of it..."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much yes," she nodded. "Don't like the way a show ended, rewrite the ending to suit yourself. Tired of the unresolved UST between your favorite couple? Write them finally getting together. Some of it's really bad. But some of it's better then what's on TV."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Hunh. Cool." Maybe she could write some of that, if Nomadic Celtic Chef got stalled. "Like on Supers? I really wanted those two to get together, and now they're cousins. I could make them not be cousins, if I rewrote it?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You could," Isabel grinned. "In fact please do. I'm very annoyed with the writers for that."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

That kind of made Charlie cheer up a little. "It would be easy, the guy would just have to be adopted too, and not know it, therefore there's no blood relation. Great, now I have to write this." She smiled, and then sighed. "Wish I could fix everything that easy."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And just handwave the random coincidence of him winding up with an adopted brother with powers. I like that logic," she laughed, before tilting her head to study Charlie. "What's wrong?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I can even figure that out, if I think about it hard enough," Charlie said, then folded up to sit on the floor. "I don't know. Well, I know. I just don't want to bug you with it, and it's embarrassing, and maybe I'm making too big a deal out of it..."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Please," Isabel said. "If you knew how many times I've babbled to people about stuff that's been bothering me. Talk, I'll listen. Do you want chocolate? Will that help?"

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie nodded a little, and said, "Really? And yeah, chocolate would be nice." She'd only picked at her dinner, appetite tied up in knots. Isabel was older, and had had a real boyfriend, maybe she'd understand what Charlie was trying to figure out. "Do you know Johnny Storm? I can't remember if you said, the last time we talked."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel snorted as she got to her feet and went to her desk. "Oh yeah, definitely chocolate." Returning to her bedm, she sat down and crossed her legs, then offered the bag of chocolate pieces to Charlie. "I know Johnny, yes."

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

"We were dating. Are dating?" Charlie took a piece of chocolate, feeling confused again. "He was gone for a week or so, and I haven't talked to him since he got back, and... Turtle said he told her that he kissed G-- Annette. And Annette has a boyfriend." She's still not okay with that. "And now, I don't know what to do. Or how. Or why. Or anything."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

Tired of being in his own room, Cedric wandered down the hall and stopped when he spotted Isabel.

"Are you doing homework?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh absolutely," Isabel nodded. "I wouldn't waste my time on anything trivial. Nope, not me."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"The last week of classes and you're doing homework," he said, shaking his head. "Must I be the exciting one in this relationship?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yes, you have to," she replied, shutting the laptop and setting it aside. "I depend on you to keep my life interesting and entertaining."

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Apparently so by the message you left me last week," he said, smile turning smug.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel stared. "What message?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Right," he said, thinking she was playing dumb. "You mentioned wanting to lick me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh my god. You got that message?" she flailed. "I didn't know who was going to wind up with it but I never thought it would be you!"

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He laughed, covering his face behind his hand. "Wasn't meant for me?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No! Honestly it wasn't meant for anyone in particular," Isabel explained. "I was just contributing to the chaos of phone messages that day. Was that the only one you got?"

[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh, definitely not," he said. "It was just the best one. I never thought I'd hear those words from you directed at me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She rolled her eyes at him. "They weren't. So don't glee too much. Or I won't give you your present."