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The Perk, Thursday Late Afternoon/Evening

After the ~~not yet played~~ discussion with Wilson and some of their student-friends about the weekend's ski trip, Aziraphale felt a little more cheerful as he headed over to the Perk to meet Lana. He wasn't necessarily looking forward to their chat, but he was feeling better about about things in general.

[ooc: Aziraphale is here to see Lana, so their thread is closed to them. But the post is here for all your afternoon/evening Perky needs.]

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Aziraphale found himself a table in a quiet, out of the way corner, and settled in with a cup of peppermint tea to wait for Lana.

Sometime during the late afternoon, after a ~~handwavy~~ phone call, Xander slipped away from the apartment offices leaving Willow in charge, to finally meet up with Isabel. He was hoping the visual wasn't too much of a surprise, when she actually saw him.

Even though Jack had warned her, Isabel still was a bit shocked to see Xander's eyepatch. Mostly because despite her best efforts, her brain kept insisting that he was fine when she saw him Saturday night. But she pushed it aside and smiled a genuine smile. Because all things considered? She was damn glad to see him. "Hi!"

"Hey, you." He stood up to give her a hug, not yet having ordered because hugs + coffee = oh such potential for disaster, yo.

Technically it probably didn't count as tackle hugging since they both stayed on their feet. Enthusiastic, energetic and tight would be appropriate adjectives though. "Oh my god, I've missed you. How are you? And thank you for being distracted and not following through on my attempts at picking you up on Saturday night. That was you right?"

"Younger, deader, eviler me whose leather pants I in no way fit into anymore, yeah."

"Well I was the eviler, skankier version of Vilandra. Or as she liked to call herself, Lonnie," Isabel said, rolling her eyes. "I'm sure they would have gotten along great."

Xander blinked, then remembered something. Which was as good a way to bring it up as any, he supposed. "Ah, the evil twin from New York."

Isabel took a seat and stared. In shock. "You've heard of her?"

"There's a you in my dimension; she came through Sunnydale. That was part of the whole coffee-story thing." Xander gestured to the counter. "Maybe I should bring you back some?"

"The largest mocha they have. With extra whipped cream. I have a feeling I'm going to need it," she said. It was one thing to know about alternate dimensions in theory. But to hear about another Isabel? And not the skanky ho one.

Xander came back with two of...pretty much the same thing, except his had two extra shots of espresso in it, for lo the caffeine monkey becomes your friend when you do a lot of driving from town to town. He slid the other one across to her.

"So, yeah. Stuff was going on in Sunnydale - a lot of girls who might be Slayers if something happened to Buffy or Faith were being chased down and killed, so they were all coming to us for protection, and right around then, other-you and the rest of her...family, I guess? Blew into town."

"Great, so in addition whatever Hellmouth insanity you were dealing with, the alien sideshow came to town?" she asked, rolling her eyes. "Was Max still a stubborn ass?"

"He was worried, mostly, I think. I didn't actually talk to him, just sort of saw the rest of them from ..um. Behindatree." Xander grinned. "I think other-you just wanted a break from constantly being with the same people all the time, and she knew Max would freak at the idea of somebody knowing who they were."

Isabel took a sip of her mocha, not sure if she wanted to know the answer to the question she was about to ask. "Who was she with? And why? Something happened didn't it?"

"Max and Michael. And I think some of your regular-people friends from Roswell? Liz and Maria." Xander took a swig of coffee as well. "And another guy, built kind of like me now. Kyle? They were on the run, yeah. Somebody'd turned them in to the government."

"Son of a bitch," she said quietly. "We always worried that something like that would happen. God..." Isabel picked up a napking and twisted it in her hands, trying to imagine leaving everyone behind.

Dawn had an early morning class and then there was homework, but when she started falling asleep at 4:30, she decided it was time to wander into town and get something with caffeine.

And then she saw Xander sitting at his table and stopped dead. Eyepatch. Oh, Xander. Maybe he hadn't noticed her yet...

Lana slipped in quietly and made her way over to the table. "Hello, Mr. Phale."

"Good afternoon, Lana. Please come and sit down. Would you like a cup of tea? Or...well, this is a cafe, perhaps you'd like coffee instead?"

"No, no, tea is fine," Lana said and sat down across the table from him. "So... this is awkward, isn't it."

Yeah, so much for that idea. "Dawn!" He half stood and waved at her.

She gave in and walked over, unsure of her reception. He didn't seem unhappy to see her... "Hi."

"Yes, it is," Aziraphale agreed, pouring Lana a cup of tea from the little pot in front of him. "But it could be a great deal worse. And really...I know it must be awfully uncomfortable for you, considering...well, if I say 'age difference' I think you'll know what I mean. But I've been thinking, and I've come to the conclusion that we can at least be glad that we're friends. Because this would be so much more awkward, I think, if we'd never really liked one another much to begin with."

Lana smiled a little ruefully. "Actually, I feel less badly about my behavior with you because of the age difference. At least you're an adult. I was pretty... pushy with the guys my age and pretty brutal when they turned me down. I don't feel as guilty about you - except for the you being my teacher and friend and... everything."

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