I Just Want To Be Normal

Judging by the sounds coming from the den, the MarioKart race was getting pretty intense. Isabel wondered if the guys would even notice if she didn't return with snacks and instead stayed hidden in the relative quiet of the kitchen for a while.

"Hiding?" Diane Evans asked when she came into the room.

"Possibly," Isabel admitted. "They're a little intense."

"Just a bit," her mother agreed. "But it's good to see them relaxed and having fun. Even if they do take beating a gorilla in a car race a little too seriously."

Laughing, Isabel nodded and starting dig in the freezer for ice cream. Maybe they'd settle down with food. "Thanks for letting us stay this weekend."

"Isabel, you're my daughter. You and your friends are always welcome. You know that."

"I know. Thanks mom."

With that a particularly loud and possibly anatomically impossible curse was heard from the den. Diane rolled her eyes and picked up the bottle of wine she'd gotten off the counter. "I heard nothing and I'm going to go join the adults on the deck. Don't let them break anything." With a final shake of her head, Diane fled.

One of the benefits of the Parkers thinking of Isabel as family was that they didn't mind when she collapsed into a booth after a long morning of Christmas shopping, ordered a hot chocolate and then didn't move for a few hours while she waited for the guys to get back from their own frantic last minute shopping trip.

Head resting on her arm, she watched as Maria and Liz bustled around the crowded diner without missing a step.

She must have been more tired then she thought because suddenly her eyes closed.

( This is not my wonderful life )

[Open for phone calls, texts, or random portal drops for gift giving purposes.]

To: Fandom High Friends
From: Isabel.evans@Fandomhigh.net
Subject: Well that went well...

Except not. I did manage to make contact. But it was only for a minute. I'm hoping it was enough though. They know where I am now. So I'm going to wait a few days and hope that they try and get in touch with me.

If anything changes…if I leave, someone will let you know.

Isabel

[ooc: Establishy only since I have no internet connection. Many thanks to girlzippo for posting for me. If you think you would have been copied, you were.]