Suite 518/520, Monday morning

[demonbelthazor]

Despite not having class until fourth period, Bel was up earlier, waiting for Isabel to come by. He'd fed the cats, made breakfast, and was now lounging on the couch, flipping through the channels on the TV until he found Enchanted reruns. The fact that it was the vampire episode didn't influence his decision to stay on that channel, not at all.

[For izzyalienqueen, but open.]

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Fighting an incredible desire to just call the whole trip off, Isabel knocked on the door.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel got up and walked over to the door. "Hey, come on in," he greeted Isabel as he opened it.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, and thanks for doing this," she said. "I don't think I could deal with sitting on a plane for hours waiting to get there. Plus they'd want me to stay longer. How are you doing? How's Phoebe?"

[demonbelthazor]

"No problem," Bel said. "I'm glad I can help again."

He glanced toward the closed bedroom door. "I'm trying to convince Phoebe to go to class this morning, but I'm not having any luck so far," he said. "She just wants to hide in our room."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Ouch. I didn't find out she was involved until lunch Thursday," Isabel replied. "And even up until Wednesday night I thought it was just Lana. God, what she did to Jack and then to Cedric. But at the same time, that was kind of the tip-off that it wasn't her. I mean Lana? Make someone her love slave?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Yeah," Bel said, nodding. "Phoebe seemed off, too, but the witch hit me with a spell to keep me from figuring it out. Then she just froze me and left me up here until Parker found me."

He twitched a little at the mention of "love slave." He still had Anders to deal with.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel noticed the twitch and frowned. "Yeah, about that," she said, thinking of the voicemail about Anders and Phoebe Dawn had lefter for her. "Whatever happened, you can't kill him."

[demonbelthazor]

"Phoebe wasn't in control but he knew what he was doing," Bel growled.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He got played just like everyone else this week," she said firmly. "They were master manipulators and knew exactly what buttons to push to get what they wanted."

[demonbelthazor]

"He knew better," Bel said stubbornly, unconvinced. "I told him to keep his hands off her. He knew how I'd feel and he did it anyway."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"He probably did," Isabel agreed, but at the same time grateful that everything happened before she warned him. Because she'd have to kill him. "Just like you probably knew better when you first fell for Phoebe. Did that stop you? No."

[demonbelthazor]

"She didn't have a boyfriend or anyone claiming her," Bel said. "Especially not someone who was supposed to be a friend." He faltered a bit on the last word, because he wasn't entirely sure what he and Anders were.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna knocked on the door, Faithful perched on her shoulder.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel had just returned from shimmering Isabel to Roswell when he heard the knock at the door. "Hey," he said, answering. "What's up?" Seraphim and Valkyrie materialized at his feet, mewing at Faithful.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna smiled sweetly and reached over to slap Bel. Faithful ignored all the commotion and meowed his greetings to the two cats.

[demonbelthazor]

"Hey!" Bel said, rubbing his cheek. "What was that for?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Alphabetically or chronologically?" Alanna asked, still cheerful.

[demonbelthazor]

"Whatever it was, I didn't do it," Bel grumbled.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna shrugged. "But it made me feel better. So how are you?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Uh, okay I guess," Bel said. He eyed Faithful. "Do you have any idea what her problem is this morning?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Faithful shrugged and made himself more comftorable on Alanna's shoulder. "She's a human girl, stop expecting logic." Alanna rolled her eyes. "Never ask Faithful for any kind of advice."

[demonbelthazor]

"So are you just going door to door slapping people or did you want something?" Bel asked, keeping an eye on Alanna's hands.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Well, I do have a list." Alanna said with a grin.

[ismyhairout.livejournal.com]

One of the tumbleweeds that was rolling around town chose the face-slapping incident as the time to roll on by past Bel's door. It stopped for a moment, mentally shrugged and kept going.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel caught the movement of the tumbleweed out of the corner of his eye. He glanced down the hall, almost expecting to see a pair of cowboys facing off. But he didn't, so he shrugged, and went back to sulking at Alanna.