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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[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

*ring*

It's 4 AM in Oxford. Parker has no good reason to be up.

*ring*

Except for that foray to the roof, pretty soon....

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hilda's House of Hot Pants," Isabel said after a glance at the caller ID. "How can I help you?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grinned as she leaned out her window, hanging her wet pair of jeans out to dry. "Have you guys finished the work on the hot pink custom job yet?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Soon. It takes time to get the stitching in the satin right," she laughed. "If you rush it won't fit properly."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Well, take your time with that. There's nothing I hate worse than loose hot pants. Entirely misses the point." Parker grinned. "How're you doing this Thursday/Friday?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I spent the day writing essays and working," Isabel replied. "Now I'm hanging out and relaxing but Thursday night TV isn't as much fun as Wednesday night. No models to snark at."

[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."

[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."

[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?"

[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."

[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?"

[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?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, fortunately." And that was something Isabel was insanely grateful for. "I was almost spider food but Wyatt saved me." Parker could probably hear that smile.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Your heeeero," Parker teased, but smiled anyway. "Good! If he hadn't done that with all his special magic skills, I would have thought he was seriously stupider than previously believed."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He's not stupid," Isabel said immediately. "He's sweet and nice and he arranged the perfect first date for us last week."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Someone's a smitten kitten. Where did you guys go?"

Stella wandered into the room in her robe, and on seeing Parker's and Nourhane's preparations, said, "Do I want to know?"

"More deniability if you don't," Parker told her.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Me? No, not at all." She was so lying and knew Parker would know it. "We went out to the cabins for a campfire complete with take-out, marshmallows and a really pretty sky full of stars."

Isabel listened to Parker talk to her roommate. "More deniability? Parker? What are you planning?"

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You so, so, so, so are. Pretty stars and camp-outs, at least he's treating you right, too." Nothing against Steve-Peter, who'd also been good boyfriend material. But Isabel had never sounded like this about him. "Good. Remind Wyatt I have first ass-kicking privileges if he screws this up. And, um..."

Nourhane was tapping her watch, and said, "Soon! Or the security guards might see us!"

"Yeah, hang on... Uh. Well? They have this rule here. About not climbing things...."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I am and he is," Isabel admitted. "And trust me, he knows to fear you."

"Not climbing...And you're going to climb. Send me pictures."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"You got it." Parker picked up the rope, and gave Nourhane a thumb's up. "You'll get a full view of Oxford at night from the top of Dolphin Quad. Assuming we don't get busted or land on our heads. Hey, anyone showing up for Parent's Weekend for you? 'Cause if Max is there, tell him I said 'hiiiiii'. That should scare him."