Room 406, late afternoon/early evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Work and being social meant that Isabel was more then content to spend Sunday quietly in her room doing some writing, reading for class and surfing around on the web.

Then the phone rang. Recognizing the number, Isabel flipped open the phone. "Hi Maria. What's up?"



Maria began to babble so quickly, Isabel couldn't understand a word she was saying. "Dammit Maria, take a hit of cypress oil and calm down!"

She waited, but Maria was still babbling and Isabel was starting to get worried. "Put your mother on. Better yet? Is the sheriff there? Put him on!"

Thirty seconds, and one dropped phone later, Jim Valenti was on the line.

"Sheriff? What's going on?"

Isabel jumped to her feet as he started to explain.

"No. It's not possible."

"How?" And even more important, "How are they?"

"I want to talk to them."



Thirty minutes later, Isabel hung up the phone and sat in stunned silence for a few minutes as the shock wore off. Then she let out a yell of pure glee, before starting to pack.

The door was open.

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[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

Sulley knocked on the open door some time later.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel turned around, ready to share her glee not dirty with someone else. And then stopped short because wow...big and blue. "Hi! You're new aren't you?"

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh. I mean yeah. I'm Sulley. Could I take a look at your closet?" If he hadn't won the award for weirdest newbie, this would probably clinch it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

One closet was open, with stuff spilling out as a result of Isabel's gleeful packing. The other, Xander's old one which now held her winter stuff, was still closed. "Sure? Are you looking for something specific? I'm Isabel by the way."

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

"Oh, nice to meet you, Isabel." He glanced at the open closet. Nope, no scare floor there. Then he looked at the other closet. "A door connected to home. They usually only use closet doors to get through to the human world. I'm hoping if I check them all, maybe I can find one that goes back."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh...a different sort of portal then," she said. "Well take a look. Maybe you'll get lucky."

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

"Thanks." He shuffled over to the closed closet, opened it a crack and peeked inside. His shoulders sagged and he closed the door. "Not there. One down, I don't know how many to go. But thanks, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No problem. I hope you find it," Isabel said, disappointed on his behalf. "Good luck."

[bigbluekitty.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. I'll keep looking. There's gotta be one around here somewhere. See you later. It was nice meeting you, Isabel."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You to. Bye Sully."