San Francisco State University, Wednesday evening

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Wyatt was lying on his bed, idly flipping through the channels on the TV. He glanced at the phone on his desk. Normally, he'd call Isabel, but lately every time he tried to talk to her she was short and cranky with him. He dared not suggest PMS for fear that she would somehow alien-fu her way through the phone line and strangle him, and so he had given up for now, hoping whatever it was would pass soon.

[For she of the phone line crawling.]

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There was a knock at the door.

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"It's not locked," Wyatt called out.

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The door opened and a bear (http://www.gocollect.com/images/SteiffBears/200/666414.jpg) flew through the door and tackled Wyatt.

Well, as much as any sixteen inch tall stuffed bear could tackle anyone.

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"What the hell?" Wyatt said, grabbing hold of the bear. His first thought was that his teddy bear was evil again. His second was that the bear was dressed for Halloween, and he doubted a demon would go to that trouble. His third was that the bear was flying. He looked to the door.

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"Hi," Isabel smiled sheepishly, poking her head around the door frame. "It's not evil. I promise."

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"Are you?" Wyatt said, eyeing her warily. Not that he suspected she was truly evil, just cranky. He sat up and swung his legs over the side of the bed.

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"No," she said, coming into the room and shutting the door behind her. "I'm not evil. I'm sorry. I know I've been horrible the last few days.

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Wyatt patted the bed beside him. "Want to tell me what was going on?" he said. "I was worried."

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Isabel took a seat and immediately leaned into Wyatt's side. "So was I. It was a timing thing. I was worried about particularly bad timing."

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He slipped his arm around her shoulders. "What do you mean?" he asked.

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"Last weekend. We weren't particularly careful," she explained, unable to help a tiny shudder at the memories.

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"Why didn't you tell me?" Wyatt said, rubbing her back. "Why did you . . . oh. Oh."

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Isabel nodded. "Yeah. Exactly. Can you say Springer episode?"

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Wyatt did his best not to flail. If his little brother had knocked up his girlfriend, he didn't know what he'd do. "But you're not, right?" he said, needing reassurance.

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There were many things Isabel would tease Wyatt about. This was not one of them. "No. I'm not. So all the fretting and crankiness was for nothing. So again, sorry about that."

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"Good," Wyatt breathed, wrapping Isabel in a big hug. "But you should've told me," he added. "Instead of just worrying alone."

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"I couldn't. Because you would have been all flaily and probably would have given Chris a hard time," she pointed out, returning the hug tightly. "The weekend's caused enough trauma. There was no reason for more."

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"No, I wouldn't have," Wyatt protested, even though she was totally right. And he was still going to give Chris a hard time. "I love you. And that's in good times and bad."

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It would have been very awkward and bad times. But fortunately, they were lucky and it wasn't an issue.

"And in sickness and in health?" Isabel teased. "That sounds kind of familiar."

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"'Til death do us part," Wyatt said. "Marry me?" He hadn't quite planned on saying that, but it slipped out.

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"But it's not like there's a reason for my dad to get the shotgun," Isabel pointed out, just a little flustered.

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Wyatt was a bit flustered as well. "Not right away," he said. "I don't even have a ring yet. But I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

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"I thought was a given ," she smiled. "After all, there's a little girl waiting to make an appearance at some point. But since you asked, yes. When the time is right, I would love to marry you."

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"I kind of imagined this moment as under the stars and a lot more romantic," Wyatt confessed ruefully.

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"Think of this as a dress rehearsal then," Isabel told him, turning her head to steal a kiss. "I promise I won't change my mind."

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"I'll surprise you again later," Wyatt promised, doing his best to turn that stolen kiss into something more lengthy.

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"I'm looking forward to it," she murmured before forgetting all about talking for a while.

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Wyatt fell back on the bed, pulling Isabel down with him. He did pause a moment to TK the lock on the door just in case his roommate returned early.

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"Have you worked out some sort of signal yet?" Isabel asked in between kisses. "Something that says go away and come back in an hour?"

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"Not really," Wyatt said. "He studies too much to have girls over, and I'm usually visiting your room."

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"True enough," she nodded. "I would have called you to come over, but I thought you might like a surprise visit from me and the bear."

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"Or you," Wyatt said, nuzzling her neck. "Bare."

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It took a moment to process, after all the nuzzles were a little distracting, but eventually Isabel groaned at the pun. "Oh that was cheesy."

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"Do you expect any less of me?" Wyatt laughed. "It was right there, I had to go for it."

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"No. I didn't," she smiled. Wiggling just a little closer, Isabel batted her eyes at him. "There's other things you can go for you realize."

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"Definitely," Wyatt said, kissing her again. Then he rolled them over so he was on top, allowing him to sit up and lean over to his desk, pulling out a drawer. He withdrew a wrapped condom. "No more scares," he said, grinning as he waved it as Isabel.

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"No more scares," Isabel agreed, shaking her head vigorously. "Although, honestly if it was just us. If there wasn't weirdness involved. I think we'd do okay."

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"We know we'd do okay," Wyatt said, stretching out beside Isabel again, kissing her cheek as he wrapped his arm around her and turned her on her side. "We've seen what we're gonna make."

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"Trouble. In a very cute package." And Isabel wouldn't change a thing about her.

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"Mmm hmm," Wyatt said, his hand creeping up under Isabel's shirt. "So we owe it to her to practice as much as we can to make sure we get it right when the time comes."

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"Are you sure it's not like studying for exams?" Isabel asked, semi-seriously. "There reaches a point where you have to stop otherwise you're going to mess up."