Second Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

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Andrew was fixing some fine food: tomato soup and grilled cheese. An American classic. There was a fairly large pot of the soup, and he had enough bread and cheese to share if anyone else was hungry.

There was also some groovy Latin jazz playing, and he was dancing about the kitchen, head bobbing and hips swaying -- sometimes in time with the music. Life was good.

[common room open as they are]

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[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"I worry that I'm being too public about it though," he whispered. "I don't want to be annoying about it, but it's pretty much all I can think about."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Does Liir mind?" she asked. "Because really? His is the only opinion that matters. Everyone else can suck lemons. I think it's cute though."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"No. At least, I don't think he minds. I hope he doesn't." Andrew was suddenly slightly worried.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure he doesn't," Isabel assured him. "Don't worry. Just go with it."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you're right. He's all that matters," Andrew said.

"So, change of subject, how's everything with you? How's the boyfriend?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He's great," she smiled. "He got me out of a bit of trouble last week, and it was his birthday this weekend so we did a little celebrating."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry I missed it," he said. "I was a little preoccupied."

Then he looked at her closer. "Trouble?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully you were preoccupied in a good way."

"I'm fine," Isabel told him. "I was in a small accident on Wednesday and wound in the ER. Which wouldn't be such a bad thing except that they took blood. And that's the surest way to tell I'm something other then human."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Small accident?" Andrew took a step closer to Isabel. "But you're okay? Nothing is broken?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Not anymore. Wyatt healed me," she explained, holding out her arms and turning around for inspection. "Then there was pampering."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Well, pampering is always a good thing," he said with a smile.

"Still, I'm sorry I wasn't there. I should have known. I should have listened to the radio."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"No, you had now way of knowing," Isabel smiled. "And besides, I just wanted to get some sleep. Three of us in the bed would have been a bit crowded."

"But enough about me," she said with a glance towards Liir. "How did all this come about. Did I hear something about laundry?"

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew turned really red at that. "He was, um, showing me how to wash my clothes by hand," he explained.

"We might have gotten a touch carried away with it." He was so not going into details. Not in the common room at least. Not unless she really wanted to know.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"And decided to wash your clothes while you were wearing them?" she teased gently. ""That's good though. I'm glad things worked out."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Something like that," he admitted. "But it was an accident. We kind of just fell in the tub."

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"See now that's an accident I wouldn't have minded," Isabel laughed. "It sounds like fun. And things have built from there?"

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

He nodded. "Things certainly have," he said. "I feel like I need to keep pinching myself."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Don't pinch too hard. You'll leave bruises." Isabel raised her arm in an invitation for a hug. "I'm glad for you. I'd been worried."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew sat down his spatula and went for the hug. "Worried? About me?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yes," she said, giving him a hug and trying to sneak in a hair ruffle while she was at it. "When I saw you at the store you were pretty unhappy."

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"Oh, yeah, well..." He hugged a little tighter. "I'm just lucky he was forgiving."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel squeezed back. "Can I ask what needed to be forgiven? Or are you just going with bygones?"

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

"I kind of broke things off with Liir before they even really had a chance to get going," he explained.

"And I handled it badly."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"But not badly enough that he wasn't willing to try again," Isabel said quietly. "And that's what matters. Here and now."

[So sorry. It has been A DAY...]

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew nodded in agreement. "And he's hot," he added, breaking into a smile.