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]

Isabel was also not dwelling on things she could be dwelling on. Hence, common room and hopefully a distraction. "Five words," she said, coming in taking a seat. "The gene pool needs chlorine."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I hear that," Dean said.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Seriously, nobody should be that stupid. What are they arguing about today?" Isabel asked as she tossed a piece of chocolate towards Dean. "Here. It help keep your brain cells from dying from exposure to the stupid."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Dean said, shoving the entire piece in his mouth at once. "Something about a coin on Ebay, I dunno."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Thrilling," she said, nibbling a piece of her own. "That's what happens when you buy from dealers that don't have a good rating."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"You gotta have some common sense. If something sounds too good to be true it probably is." Not that Dean was thinking of things other than the court case they were watching. Nope.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Damn straight," Isabel nodded, also not thinking about anything other then the court case. She sighed and opened another piece of chocolate. "Should I ask how your weekend was? Or are you going with the tried and true, I was in my room studying all weekend, I don't care what the squirrels say."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Oh I absolutely was. But some idiot named Alec who thought he was a model was running around getting lucky with his brother's girlfriend."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel held out the bag of chocolate to Dean. He needed it more. "Alec had good taste?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean took a handful of the chocolate with a wordless nod of thanks. "Oh, I can't fault Alec the model's taste. But it makes things a lot more difficult now."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"If it's Sam? I don't think he was playing solitare all weekend," she pointed out. "So he really has no right to say anything. Anything else? Can I interest you in a cruise on the River Denial? The water's fine and there's free sunscreen."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Sammy and Dawn will be fine," Dean said firmly. He'd make sure of it if he had to. He sighed and took another bite of chocolate and glanced at Isabel ruefully. "Does that cruise cover best friends who take off with nothing but a note left behind?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana wandered in aimlessly. "Wow, You look almost as good as I feel," she said to Dean. "Is the crazy TV helping at all?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana waved at Isabel. "Hey," she said quietly.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"It's a distraction at least," Dean said, gesturing at the couch in an offer of a seat.

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny stood in the doorway watching for a moment before she said, "Don't these people have better uses for their time? Like counseling?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

For both their sakes, Isabel hoped so. "That cruise covers whatever you want it to cover. You haven't heard from him at all?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hey Lana," Isabel replied with a small smile. She'd heard radio and could only imagine how Lana was feeling. "You doing okay?"

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Not since he left, no," Dean said. "Though I didn't really expect to. He has to be really under the radar. I'd rather he didn't contact me than take a risk that Manticore gets his scent."

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Dr. Phil's on at four," Dean replied.

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana shrugged. "As well as can be expected, I guess. With a little extra feeling stupid for really thinking this time would be different."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She'd spent most of her life living under the rader, Isabel understood completely. "I understand that. Trust me."

"What if I said there's a way I might be able to get in touch with him for you? And no one would be the wiser?"

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," she said, taking a seat. "Distractions are good. I need lots and lots of distractions."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It's not stupid to want things to work out," she said.

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"What kind of way?" Dean asked her.