fandomhighdorms | The Roof; Sunday Evening.

Cal had never seen anything like this sky before in his life; he'd be damned if he didn't appreciate it. From the height of the dormitory's rooftop, the view was even better, and it also added a bit of consolation in the theory that, perhaps, if anything did erupt, he was at a bit of a high ground, even if he was pretty sure lava could manage to do quite a bit of damage to the base of a building. Maybe they were far away enough that it wouldn't matter, anyway.

But, God, it was gorgeous. It certainly did wonders to pull Cal out of the reverie that had been holding him back all day about his father. About how the last time he'd seen Milton was when they broke the news about Cal's...condition, how he'd never said a word to him after that, because he'd run away and, by the time he got back, his father had died. He'd called Tessie, but the ensuing conversation was short, awkward, and left him overly thoughtful. Sitting on the roof now with a cigarette between his lips as he took in the electricity in the air, though, he started to feel a little better.

[[ it's a roof; of course it's open =D ]]

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"I think enjoy is an okay word as long as all the potentially lethal effects stay over on that island," she replied. "Which is pretty much deserted from what I've heard. So it's like a watching a disaster movie in really high definition."

"It is," Peter said. "Deserted, I mean. At least as far as I could tell when I was over there."

Somehow Isabel wasn't surprised that Peter had gone over to check on people. "Does Nathan know you went over there?"

"I may have not mentioned it," Peter said, going for his best innocent look.

Isabel snickered. "Why am I not surprised? He probably would have locked you in a closet or something if you had mentioned it."

"I'm sure he was busy and would've hated for me to bother him," Peter replied. "Who am I to interrupt?"

"That's your story and you're sticking to it. I like it," she laughed. "So what else is up in the world of Peter? Anything exciting?"

"Not much," Peter admitted. "Keeping an eye on the calendar, mostly."

"Ohh," Isabel sighed, her eyes on a particularly wild lightening display. "You miss school that much? Or is there something else you're counting down the days to?"

"I seem to recall somebody saying she might be leaving?" Peter said.

"Ahh, yeah, that," she said. "It's not so much a might be as it is a definitely now."

"How long?" Peter asked.

"We're leaving the morning of the twenty-eighth, so two weeks from yesterday," Isabel told him. "We've got just over 1800 miles to drive and we want to do some sightseeing along the way. Leaving then will give time to do that and still make it home by the Fourth."

"Don't suppose the puppy eyes would convince you to stay?"

"Oh no. Anything but the puppy eyes," she laughed, covering her eyes. "I can't resist the puppy eyes."

Well Peter had to go with the puppy eyes at that.

Isabel peered through her fingers. "You're mean."

"I'm not the one who's leaving," Peter pointed out.

"I've graduated. They've got rules. I'd have to leave eventually," she pointed out. "Leaving now means I get to spend some time with my brothers."

Peter gave her a sad and woeful look.

"Like you'd really pass on spending time with Nathan if he wasn't here?" Isabel said, raising an eyebrow.

"Okay, good point," Peter admitted. "I'd die without him."

"Exactly," she said quietly. "Max and Michael are finally getting settled back down after everything. I just want to spend some time with them and just be. Does that make sense? It's the first time in years that there's no secrets, no new trauma. I just want to enjoy it."

"Makes sense," Peter said. "I want the same thing with Nathan when we can."

"You're lucky enough to have it here. I'm going to have to drive for it."

But a road trip with her boyfriend really wasn't such a bad thing. Especially given what they had planned. "Actually you'd probably like our drive. We're planning on hitting places featured on the Food Network."

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