The Gym, Late Monday Morning

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Spring Break meant the opportunity to sleep in. Which was good because Isabel hadn't gotten to sleep until very, very late. There were too many thoughts running through her head. What could she do to help Angel? What did his dream mean? She tried not to think of Veronica walking in in the process of being slow played while she was in the middle of the dream walk. Hopefully she'd accepted Isabel's story and wouldn't question things too much.

But it was Monday, and Isabel had nothing else to do, so she hit the gym. After few minutes of stretching she climbed onto the trainer and started the program.

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[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

After fighting with the first paragraph of his letter for most of the morning, Cameron finally gave in and headed down to the gym. He halted for a moment as he noticed Izzy and cleared his throat. "Yo."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She looked up and nodded, "Cam."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he sauntered over to where she was working out. "Uh, have I ever told you how I'm not only an idiot from time to time, but apparently a jerk too?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No," she said as she kept her on the program display.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

He nodded and kicked at the floor. "Well, I am sometimes and I'm sorry you caught the bad end of that."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"That's okay, I've had worse. I have a brother afterall." She pushed her hair back, and concentrated as she started to hit the more difficult part of the program cycle.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Tilting his head, Cameron hummed softly as he studied her. "What's wrong?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Just thinking," she said and then admitted, "I'm worried about Angel." Of course she didn't add the fact that she was worried that Veronica might be suspicious about what she'd been doing when she caught Isabel doing the dreamwalk.

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Radio said he was sick," Cameron frowned. "Which admittedly sounds bad for a vampire because I didn't even know they could get sick. What's going on?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He's been poisoned by something, or someone." She remembered what Angel had said in the dream and added. "I think Darla did it somehow. But I saw him at the clinic yesterday. He's unconscious, feverish. He really isn't doing well. And Janet says they're not sure what the poison is or how to counter it."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Shit," Cameron cursed and turned away from Izzy, mind racing. "Darla did it? Then we've got to find her, ask her what poison she used..."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I know," she said. "But there needs to be some kind of organized effort. It's not going to help Angel if people get killed in the process of trying to track down an answer." The machine beeped as the cycle ended, and she climbed off. Grabbing her towel, Isabel wiped her face. "I'd talk to Veronica, or one of the Halliwell's. The radio said they were working on trying to help."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Right, of course." He scowled down at his floor, more than mildly annoyed that no one had bothered to tell him what was wrong with Angel. "Any luck?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she admitted. "I haven't seen Veronica since yesterday. I'm going to call her when I get back to my room."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Let me know how that goes?" He shook his head and picked up a pair of gloves, moving to the punching bag which seemed to have magically fixed itself. They'd barely made it out of their confrontation with Darla alive last time, going off alone was suicide.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I will," she said. "I guess I'll go call her now. I'll talk to you later."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," he steadied the bag and turned towards her. "Are you pissed at me? Because I'd get it if you were. It's just," he frowned and shrugged. "My mood had nothing to do with you."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm not," Isabel said as she shook her head. "I was wrong. I pushed when I shouldn't have. It's okay."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

Swallowing, he looked at the bag again and poked it. "It does matter, your friendship. I just don't know how to deal with things right now," he blinked and glanced at her. "But I'm trying."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I know," she said. "And I do understand, trust me. I wasn't in the best of moods myself the other day. The bouncing..." She smiled just a bit. "At least that's over now."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Good, the world's a lot nice in colour too." He smiled back.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I see," Isabel said. "No more clashing colors." She tought about making the offer to listen one more time but decided not to. If he wanted to figure things out on his own, it was his choice. "Let me go make that call. I'll see you later."

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "Sure, you know where to find me if they need anything," he said before turning back to the punching bag.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I will," she said and headed out the door.