Boredom (open)

[rebel]

Jasmine folded a napkin in her lap and looked around the room, trying not to look amazed at the decor and impressive size.

[malfoy]

Isaac placed his hands on the table and began to chew on his tongue. The silence was unnerving him, somebody should be saying something. Draco seemed to answer his nonverbal plea for conversation. "So, Miss Winters, how long have you and Isaac been together?" Draco asked, the words were barely out of his mouth before Isaac responded. "Dad!" he groaned. "Silence, Isaac, I'm just curious." Draco said, then turned back to "Vanessa".

[rebel]

"Vanessa" blushed a fervent red yet again. "Oh... well, that's...." she stumbled over words, trying to come up with a convincing lie. Draco looked so longingly at her, and it frightened her a bit. She glanced towards Isaac.

[malfoy]

Isaac's quick-working brain immediately came up with a good lie, his father was sure to eat it right up. "The day after you sent the Howler about that Weasley" he sneered the name "girl. I figured you were right. Slytherin girls are better." Isaac finished. Draco beamed at him. It hurt Isaac to lie this way, the subtle proof was that he was grasping his small bundle of silverware so tightly his knuckles were white.

[rebel]

"Vanessa" laid a comforting hand on Isaac's, concealing the fact his knuckles were as white as the tablecloth covering the long table. She smiled. "That's right. It was so long ago, it escaped my mind." sh replied, trying hard not to tear her gaze away from Draco's eyes.

[malfoy]

Isaac only released the silverware wrapped in a cloth napkin when he became dimly aware that he had dented all of it. He let go quickly, then folded his hands on the table, trying not to fidget too much. Draco too beamed at "Vanessa". He was eating these lies right up. Isaac found it almost painful to watch.

[rebel]

"Vanessa" smiled at Draco across the table, her hand resting on Isaac's. Turning a concerned look to Isaac, she did her best to worry, although she wanted to laugh out loud. "Are you alright Is?" she asked, thinking quickly of a pet name for him. Draco beamed even broader when she said it, so she took that in like he approved.

[malfoy]

"Is", wow, that was pathetic. Whatever, as long as Draco would play along with it, he didn't care. Oh, crap. How was he supposed to respond? Did boyfriends usually respond back with pet names? He never really used them with Gabriella, he might call her "Gabby," but everyone did... "No, I'm fine Nessa." said Isaac.

[rebel]

"Vanessa" tried not to grimace at the name. "Alright." she replied. Removing her hand after she was sure Isaac's was no longer white, she turned back to Draco and beamed.

[malfoy]

This was positively painful now, Draco was still lapping up all these lies. Isaac wasn't sure how he'd be able to remember all these things. It was hard enough to not laugh when he saw the attempt "Vanessa" had made a covering a grimace. Please think of something to get us out of here... Isaac thought desperately, although he knew "Vanessa" wasn't a telepathic.

[igloogirl]

Just then the doorbell rang. Gabriella was waiting patiently outside, but she looked nothing like herself. In her place was a pretty blonde with sparkling blue eyes. Earlier that day she had decided that she would talk to Isaac and see if they could be friends, for Angel's sake at least. And find out why he broke up with me, came a small voice from the back of her mind. Gabriella pushed it away, trying to think that she didn't care.

The door swung open to reveal a house elf. "I would like to speak to Isaac Malfoy," Gabriella said formally, hating the tone she had to use for the house elf. "Right this way Miss," the house elf squeaked, showing her towards a fancy parlor where Isaac and his parents were sitting, along with a pretty girl. Gabriella's immediate thought was that Isaac had found a new girlfriend, and she blushed slightly, but not enough for anyone to notice, because she had quickly realized that it wasn't a Slytherin girl. It was Jasmine. Gabriella tore her eyes away from her cousin, pretending not to notice her. "Isaac, may I speak to you?" she asked, looking in his direction and trying not to let her heart float up into her throat.

[malfoy]

Isaac's eyes darted from the blonde, to "Vanessa", to his father, and back to the blonde again. Her face looked vaguely familiar, but he didn't know where he'd seen her before... "I'll be back." Isaac said to his father and "Vanessa", then got up from his chair. He walked over to the blonde. "Shall we go in the other room?" Isaac said, noticing his father eying them from his spot at the table. Without waiting for her to answer, Isaac led the both of them through a door into a small sitting room. He quickly closed the door and locked it. "Do I know you?" he asked the blonde.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella nodded slowly and as she did so her disguise melted away. She heard his audible gasp, but started talking before he could. "I just wanted to tell you that I hope we can still be friends even though we aren't dating anymore," Gabriella said. "Because you're with Jasmine, although I have a feeling that's just a prank." Gabriella glanced away from Isaac, looking around the room.

[malfoy]

"It is just a prank. It started as a lie to save our asses, but now it's spiraling out of control." said Isaac, scratching his head, just behind the left ear. This was awkward. He still really liked Gabriella, but she was off the market, dating a stupid punk that would dump her in a matter of time. There was a brief moment where his eyes met Gabriella's, he felt like bursting out into laughter, so he looked away quickly, going just a little pink around the ears. "I think we can still be friends." Isaac said after a long pause.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella gave him a small smile. "That's good," she replied. She thought for a moment and then changed back to her disguise. "So, as a friend, I think I'll help you and Jasmine out. What name is she going by now?"