Room 406, after lunch

[izzyalienqueen]

After class, Isabel had made a handwavey trip to the gym where she spent some time on the elliptical trainer and possibly a little too much time hitting the bag. Not that she had issues or anything. No, none of those.

She showered and changed clothes, then sat down to send an email to Maria filling her in on the last few days. Isabel was pretty certain Maria would appreciate hearing about stubborn boys.

The door was open.

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter figured he may as well gather up his courage and try to put the weekend behind him. He went to go knock on Isabel's door.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel looked up from the email she was writing - I swear to god, I just want to give them a ruler and say just measure and figure out who's bigger once and for all... and smiled. Fandom coping in action, deny, deny, deny.

"Hey stranger."

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"Hey," Peter said. He lingered in the doorway. "How's it going?"

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"I no longer think I'm engaged," she shrugged. "So I'd say that's a good thing. Beyond that? Just catching up on some emails and stuff."

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I no longer think I'm... uh, a lot of things." Peter tried to cover up the lack of suaveness in that statement by fiddling with his hair. "Some weekend, huh?"

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Another shrug. "As far as wacky weekends go, this one was pretty mild. So I'm just filing it away under gee wasn't that interesting? and moving on." She so wasn't. "How about you?"

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"Same," Peter said. "Moving on sounds good. Less hurt feelings that way."

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"Absolutely," Isabel agreed, although given what Dean had told her, she thought Peter's thinking might be a bit optimistic. "Which means you need to stop lurking in the doorway. Come in. What's going on in the world of Peter these days?"

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Peter came on in. "Changes to my powers," he replied. And tried not to think about how the last time he'd had that conversation was with Sam on the beach.

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"Good or bad changes?" she asked, knowing how he worried about hurting people. Isabel closed the laptop and put it on aside, drawing up her legs so there was room for Peter to sit if he wanted.

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Peter took a seat. "Both? Turns out I don't have to be next to someone to use them."

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"That's...yeah, good and bad. I can see that," Isabel said, reaching for his hand. "How'd you figure it out?"

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Peter took her hand in return. "Prue. She helped me with it in my last lesson with her."

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"Go Prue." Isabel gave his hand a squeeze. "I'm glad. That means you can look out for yourself even when you're on your own. Around here, you never know what you're going to run into."

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"No kidding," Peter said. He grinned. "Plus now I can change your hair color whenever I want."

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She grinned back and rolled her eyes. "I'll just booby-trap my door. And my window. Just in case."

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Peter held up his hand and tried to wriggle his fingers in a buttery ominous fashion.

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"Is that the best you can do?" Isabel teased.

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Well if she was challenging him he was going to try to change a lock of her hair to pink.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Not only did she have alien-fu. Isabel also learned a few fighting tricks from Aeryn. So that would be her arm, flying up to attempt to block Peter's hand. "I don't think so."

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"You're too tricky for me," Peter said. He put his hand back down. "So. Um - you doing anything this weekend?"

From one awkward conversation to another.

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"According to Turtle I'll be going to the dance alone," she admitted with a sheepish shrug. "Which, I have to admit is pretty much the plan at the moment. That, and catching up with Parker."

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"Oh," Peter said. "So you - uh - you wouldn't want company?"

He was slick, really.

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"Well those were my tentative plans. But I might be persuaded to change them if I had a better offer," Isabel replied, batting her eyes shamelessly at him.

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"You could... go with me?" Peter suggested.

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She pretended to think about it for a minute. "I think that counts as a better off. I'd love to go to the dance with you."

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Peter had a big ol' smile. "Great. Thanks. I'll pick you up?"

Not that that was totally necessary with her being a couple of doors down and all, but still.

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"I'll be waiting," Isabel smiled. "Not necessarily with bells on. But I'll be waiting."

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"Good. Great." Peter stood up, feeling a giddy rush of relief. "I'm looking forward to it."

Peter then wanted to beat a hasty retreat before someone - such as himself - said anything to screw this up.

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Isabel wondered if Peter really was okay with his first brush with Fandom weirdness, but she didn't want to push.

"You have things to do this afternoon?"

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"Yeah. Homework," Peter said. He was totally lying. "You know how it is."

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"Oh yeah, definitely," she nodded. "They just pile it on."

Would you like some sunscreen? Or perhaps a cool and fruity drink with an umbrella?

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"I'll, uh, see you for the dance then," Peter said. He then beat a hasty retreat.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel sighed and went back to her email.

So. I have a date for Homecoming...