Fourth floor common room, Tuesday afternoon

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

In an effort to keep himself from dwelling on things he didn't want to dwell on, Dean had abandoned his room and was sitting on the couch in the common room, listlessly flipping through the channels on tv. He paused on one of those court shows and shook his head after watching for a few minutes. "Okay, now those people are freaks."

[open as common rooms are wont to be]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Why?" Isabel asked, confused. "He was sweet." And could also kiss really, really well but Isabel wasn't thinking about that or how nice it was to spend time with him.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"He and I... he pretty much hates me," Lana said. "And I'm not terribly fond of him. All of which is made worse by the fact that when I was possessed... Isobel slept with him. And he thought it was me."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel wasn't particularly fond of Isobel herself given what she'd done to Jack and Cedric why Wyatt would be upset, even if it wasn't Lana's fault. "Oh...ouch."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I think he actually liked me better after we'd - they'd slept together - until he found out it wasn't me. I just felt terrible about the whole thing," Lana said, looking a bit sick. "I'm sure he's a nice enough guy, but we just... don't get along."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

That was not a twitch. Isabel had no reason to twitch. It was a muscle spasm. That's her story and she's sticking to it. "I'm sorry."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shrugged. "It's the way things are. But I'm glad the two of you get along so well."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"We're friends Lana," she said. "That's all. Anything else was just Fandom weirdness."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana looked at her curiously. "I wasn't suggesting anything else."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Sorry, Chris was just teasing me in class yesterday," Isabel explained.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Now, Chris,/i> I get along with," Lana said. "He wants me to go stay with him and Summer tonight."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You should. It's better to be with friends then moping on your own."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Right," Lana said. "And then one of them gets kicked out of their bed and I wake them up with one of my screaming nightmares. Not really anyone's idea of a fun night."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"They wouldn't ask if they weren't willing to deal with that," Isabel said.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"They... don't exactly know about the nightmares," Lana admitted.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Then tell them. They're your friends. They'll understand," she told her. Not that Isabel has told all that many people about her nightmares and fear of the dark.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana sighed. "I don't know. It's not something I just go around telling everyone. And I... I don't know. It's one thing to end up sleeping in the common room or something because I don't want to be in my room without him and it's another to go stay with other people and kind of admit I can't manage it."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I understand not telling people, trust me," Isabel said. "But it does help when people know. And somehow I can't see them giving you a hard time about it."

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I... they don't really know much about me. I mean, Chris a little more because he's heard about me from Phoebe, but I barely know Summer more than in passing." She looked down at the floor, staring at her shoes. "And I don't have it in me to talk about it all right now."

"I know it helps when people know, but..."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But the talking part is hard. I know. Trust me," Isabel said.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"I know you do," Lana said. "It's nice to talk to someone who understands."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Glad I'm able to help," Isabel smiled.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"You always do," Lana said with a small smile. "Thanks."