Room 406, evening

[izzyalienqueen]

Fortunately work had been quiet and Isabel was able to get a significant amount of work done on her applications. That's why she didn't feel guilty when she grabbed her laptop and answered an email, then flipped on the TV to look for something cheesy to watch.

The door was open.

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[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

"She won't argue that," Adam laughed.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Looks like I'll have to start stocking up on doggie treats then." It would be a hardship.

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg walked over and sat down on Isabel's bed. She still liked to tell the story, even if the relationship ended badly.

"There was this 80's themed dance at this school and I didn't have a date so I was just going to skip out on the whole thing. But someone kept sending me text messages telling me to go. And then the text messages turned into anonymous flowers being sent to my locker." she said. "So I show up to the dance dressed up like Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, determined to have fun even if my secret admirer didn't show up."

"But next thing I know Duncan was there, dressed up like Ducky from that movie." she said. "And then he asked me to dance and after that we started going out."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Alas. Sooooo. You made a decision? You have news?" Parker pulled herself back into her room, and started coiling up the rope she was going to use. "Tell!"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Why? It's more fun to keep you guessing," she laughed "And what are you doing? It sounds like you're packing or something."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's so sweet," Isabel said. "It's nice when guys make the effort to show they're interested and not just assume that you'll go out with them because they're god's gift or something."

[*crashing now* SP?]

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Oh god, Neptune is full of those guys." Meg said. "You've met Dick."

[Fine by me!]

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Why should I tell you if you won't tell me?" Parker asked, grinning. "Not packing. Not exactly."

Nourhane came back into the living room, and told Parker, "We need crampons, I say. And another hook."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Okay you have a point," Isabel pouted. "So much for my fun. But yeah, you're right, I did make a decision."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I could guess, and have a fifty-fifty shot here...." Parker finished coiling the rope, and said half-into-the-phone to Nourhane, "Grab those carabiners, would you? ... And I think I know who it is. But... You tell me. I'm not jinxing it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No. No jinxing. This is nice and I don't want to mess it up," she said, smiling into the phone. "It's Wyatt."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Oh Dick's nice," she laughed. "But I know what you mean. In Roswell we had the football team. Just because they could score on the field didn't mean they were required to score off the field if you know what I mean. That was when heels became a weapon."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg had no idea how Dick tricked so many people into think he's nice. But kudos for him.

"Sadly, I'm friends with all those obnoxious guys. We're, uh, sorta called '09ers." Meg said. "I try to be the voice of reason but you can imagine how well that works."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, they listen, pat you on the head and then do what the hell they want," Isabel replied, rolling her eyes.

"I was friends with the football team. After all, I was pretty, popular and blonde, it was required." The face she made should indicate what Isabel thought of that now. She still boggled at everything she did just to appear normal.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"I knew it!" Parker grinned and finished attaching clamps to her rope, then sat down and said, "So? You've told him, right?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Yep, know all about that. Except our boys were far too rich and sophisticated to play something like football." Meg said sarcastically. "They mainly stuck to surfing and drinking."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Football? Surfing? What's the difference. It's all about the displays of testosterone." Isabel sat back and shook her head. "I'm so glad, for so many reasons that I came here. People are so much nicer. I know my little brother Andrew still boggles that people like me," she said with air quotes. "Will talk to him."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I did. But first I talked to Peter. It turns out he'd sort of figured out something was up. He saw us dancing." Isabel made a face, still unhappy that she'd hurt him like that. "So I told him the truth. That I didn't know what was going on with Wyatt, but that I'd like to find out."

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, people don't seem to really care about class or popularity. That's a nice change." she said. "In Neptune if you didn't have money you're pretty much screwed."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Roswell wasn't that bad with the class differences." Granted, Isabel's parents weren't rich, but they were well off enough that she'd never lacked for anything. "It was more jocks, geeks, and well, the alien freaks that are my brothers. They always did their own thing."

"I think the thing here is that so many of us have had to deal with real life or death issues," she said slowly. "In that case, money and popularity really don't matter. You just want someone you can trust at your back."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"How'd he take it?" Parker slipped into her climbing shoes as Nourhane started testing the ropes. "And you know it's not your fault, right?"

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"That's a good point." Meg said. "I hardly know anybody who came here just for the hell of it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we've all got our stories," she nodded. "I came looking for a nice normal boarding school to hide at. Instead I found this place and people that turned out to be the best friends I've ever had. I got lucky."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He wasn't happy. But we've hung out together since then. I think it'll be okay," she replied, scratching Annie's head as the cat curled up next to her. "And he and Wyatt were pretty cool working together when we got caught up in some wackiness on Tuesday. So I'm glad about that."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Xander mentioned that in his last e-mail. Something about possessed board games and monkeys? No one got hurt, did they?"