I Just Want To Be Normal

Perk Post - Meg, Johnny, Peter Petrelli, Sam Winchester

Graduation - talking with Wyatt

Congratulating Savannah

Out with Phoebe

Email with Cam

Chris' Birthday - Wyatt, Chris

After spending some time drinking margaritas at Caritas, Isabel and Meg finally made their way back to the cabin.

They were trying to be quiet. The giggles made it difficult.

The weather was warmer then it had been, so Isabel spread her blanket on the grass outside the cabin, turned on her iPod and settled in for an afternoon of gossip magazines and romance novels.

Interruptions were more then welcome.

Isabel was used to bad dreams; nightmares really, of Antar, of Kivar and that dark room. And more recently nightmares of what had happened when she'd been taken. Sometimes she never managed to take control and just remained, trapped in Meris' mind. Other times that confrontation on the beach went much differently and ended with someone she loved dead.

But this was different. Amorphous and fleeting, Isabel couldn't make sense of it. She just knew it disturbed her enough that she wouldn't be going back to sleep anytime soon. Slipping carefully from the bed so she didn't disturb a sleeping Wyatt, Isabel perched on the windowsill to watch the sunrise over the island and think about the last few days.

Isabel was not happy when she woke up and found out that Fandom Weirdness had changed her into a guy. Her mood started to improve once she made it to class. And it was much better after spending time in town catching up with people. It had improved enough, that she even sent photographic evidence to Parker.

Still, between residual issues from the weekend, and her sudden guyness, it meant that the six month anniversary evening she'd originally planned on had turned into a quiet dinner and then a walk in the preserve.

After the utter suck of the previous week, this week had actually started off pretty well. Mostly. But that was something she wasn't going to think about because it still made her frustrated.

Instead she'd think about the newest bout of Fandom Weirdness. The angels.

She'd spent the day at Pixie Dust making phone calls, writing a letter, and researching. Her research hadn't turned up anything useful, although fortunately other people had. Hopefully they'd be lucky in their searches. For now Isabel was more focused on worrying about who hadn't returned her calls.

She flipped on her TV but even bad reality TV wasn't going to help as a distraction tonight.

Isabel still felt a tiny bit guilty for gently bullying Michael into coming shopping with her and Meg. After all, Sherpa detail usually fell under the category of boyfriend duties. But after the events of the previous week, she was still a bit worried about him and spending time together, even if it meant listening to him grumble about carrying packages, made her feel like he was going to be okay.

After lunch, and one last check of the mall directory to make sure they hadn't missed anything, they decided it was time to head back to Fandom.

"I am shopped out," Isabel said to Meg as they headed out the sliding doors to the parking lot.

( It was just a simple shopping trip )