4th Floor Common Room, afternoon into evening

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The last time Isabel cooked dinner on this scale it was because she didn't want to think about everything that had been going wrong. This time? She's happy. And while it's not goulash, hopefully the gods of good times would appreciate a huge meal of paella and assorted tapas food shared with friends.

The CD was glowing on the counter as she stirred and chopped and Isabel could be found singing quietly and occasionally dancing along with the music.

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy the best that I can today
'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna but I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
You can stop the beat

[Open to all. Come eat!]

Comments

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander? Had an idea that Callisto had a few ideas. He facepalmed, still sadly grinning unsadly. "Sorry. Puppies, and I tried to make 'em sad, but they kept....there was frolicking."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Blink.

Blink-blink.

"...dirty?"

[soldtoarmenians]

Blink. Blinkblink. "NO! Well, not with the puppies."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"So dirty with Bridge, but not puppies?"

[soldtoarmenians]

More facepalm. "I was trying to think about sad pieless puppies so people wouldn't figure out about any dirty that may or may not have occurred."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto nodded. "Yeah, good luck with that."

[soldtoarmenians]

"It's possible I may have to re-think my strategy, yes."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Instead od puppies, just think of Angel naked," Callisto deadpanned. "It'll probably help you more than it does me."

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander frowned. Then grinned. Then frowned. Then grinned. Then frowned. Then-- "That was not helpful. It was only disturbing."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"But I thought you didn't like Angel," Callisto said.

[soldtoarmenians]

"I don't." Xander frowned. Then didn't. Then did. Then didn't. "Thus, disturbing."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Wow, and I thought he was just trying to make fun of you when he suggested that," Callisto said to herself. "Okay, stop thinking about Angel naked, as obviously that's not working and frankly I'm starting to feel at little jealous."

[soldtoarmenians]

"I'm not TRYING to! You're the one who said it!"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I was trying to HELP oh em gee!"

[soldtoarmenians]

"Would it help if I pictured Angel as a sad puppy with no pie?"

Xander considered his own question. "Actually... yeah. That kinda works." Not that he'd stopped grinning, but it was somewhat dimmed, at least.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto totally wasn't pouting now. "Helps you maybe."

[soldtoarmenians]

"You could try picturing him as a sad lonely puppy with no pie too?" Xander suggested. "Only make it a euphemism."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"You mean it wasn't already one for you?"

[soldtoarmenians]

"...No? I like pie."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Obviously, or you wouldn't be so chipper."

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander blushed, but didn't stop looking chipper. "I meant I like non-euphemism pie. I wasn't picturing puppies with no euphemism. They're puppies."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Of course puppies would be more worried about non-euphemism pie than the other kind," Callisto said. "But last I looked you and Bridge weren't puppies."

[soldtoarmenians]

"Yeah, but if I was picturing me and Bridge, it wouldn't help with the walking around with a goofy grin problem."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"True enough," Callisto said. "Although I imagine Bridge doesn't mind the grin, goofy or otherwise."