Billy Batson's Big Birthday Bash

[sayshazam]

If it had been anyone else Billy totally would have begged off hanging out with them after work that night. He had school the next day and was a little tired but he'd have to be mostly dead before he cancelled on his girlfriend. Even then he'd probably do his best to make it to her, especially with everything she was going through right now. She'd told him to just let himself into her place, which gave him a good idea of how she was feeling.

Sliding off Naga as he arrived at her apartment building he sent the polar bear dog off to do whatever it did when not hanging around with Billy. Eat fish and bother Ellie, probably. Izzy had a lot of black clothes and it turned out polar bear dog fur was kind of a pain to get off of fabric so he figured .

Heading up to her apartment he fought back a yawn as he adjusted his backpack. It wasn't even that late but maybe he could just crash at Izzy's place tonight and head straight to school from here. It would definitely save him some time.

Testing the door he found it unlocked and pushed it open. Anyone else he would have definitely said something about how dangerous it was but if someone broke into Izzy's apartment to rob her then they were totally the ones in danger.

"Babe, you in?" he called out, frowning when the lights weren't on. That didn't seem like a great thing, if she was here with the lights off. "I brought some food from work if you're hungry..."

[ooc: Tag Billy by shouting "surprise" at him or hit him up after that while he's wandering around the party. Feel free to tag each other too.]

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[high_warlock]

Magnus snickered behind his drink, then took a sip and grinned without bothering to hide it.

"I'm giving you shit," he pointed out. "You all need to relax, superheroes and Shadowhunters alike. Every surprise isn't an attack. But you did shit your pants, I'm glad we can agree on that."

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"I am pretty glad I keep a change of clothes here," Billy admitted with a smile. He knew better than to argue with Magnus. Especially when Billy had totally freaked out when everyone shouted happy birthday at him. Izzy had done a better job surprising him than some super villains did.

[high_warlock]

He smiled appreciatively as Billy conceded the point.

"Anyway, happy birthday, properly. I hope you're enjoying yourself," he continued. "Isabelle put together a pretty good party, despite everything. By which I mean, of course, not asking for my help." Of course he didn't. Of course he meant despite the loss of Max wearing on her heart, but it was a party. "I'll spread around some glitter, but nothing else. I promise."

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"Yeah, she did good. Not too many people and I like everyone here. She didn't have to do it though," Billy said. But he couldn't really tell Izzy that because she'd gone through a ton of work even when she was going through the stuff about her brother's death. He could talk to Magnus about it though.

"You're- you're from her future, right? Do you know- I know she won't ever get over it but is there anything I can do to help her? I want to help her but just... don't know how"

[high_warlock]

His gaze flicked down and away, refocusing on his drink when Billy started to ask his question. The look on Isabelle's face when she confronted him about knowing and not saying anything, the sting of it lingered, despite the fact that her hurt feelings did not seem to do the same.

"I don't know," he admitted quietly, honestly. He sighed, lifted his head again. "Back home, she had his murderer to chase. She had something to do about it. Even though she knows that that man died, it's not the same as seeing to it yourself, you know?" Magnus shook his head. "I imagine whatever you're doing already is helping. Just keep loving her and eventually she'll find her way through it."

[sayshazam]

Billy opened his mouth to say that didn't love Izzy. Which sounded pretty bad but he totally didn't mean it that way at all, just that that's not how he felt about Izzy. But when he thought about how he'd say how he did feel about her he realized that he totally did love her. He loved Isabelle. A lot. Completely. Unlike he'd ever loved anyone.

Snapping his mouth closed he just nodded. It wasn't really the answer he was hoping for, he kinda hoped there was some sort of thing that happened back home that helped her but he knew that it wouldn't really be that easy.

"I can' do that," he said with a nod. "That's- that's pretty easy to do."

[high_warlock]

Magnus noted the pause, how Billy opened his mouth and then shut it, but he didn't take too much by it. He didn't think he had said anything wrong; his words were perfectly innocuous. Perhaps Billy thought to press and ask for details, beg for some more instruction, but there was no point, really. Magnus was no better armed to deal with this with his own Lightwood than Billy was.

He nodded and clapped Billy on the shoulder. "You'll be fine," he promised. "And for right now, you can enjoy your party. I think the fact that Isabelle decided to throw one is a very good sign, even if she is in white."

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"Yeah, it was pretty awesome of her to do this," Billy agreed. Izzy liked planning and throwing parties but he knew she wouldn't have done this for anyone else, really. It made him feel pretty special.

"Wait, what do you mean even if she's in white?"

[high_warlock]

Not realizing that Isabelle hadn't explained the significance of the color, Magnus blinked in mild surprise. Then again, he realized, it would be something she just did and didn't think about or explain. She looked fabulous enough in everything that he doubted Billy would have noticed.

"Shadowhunter thing. Black for hunting through the night, for death and mourning, the color's white," he explained, in that singsong way of someone reciting a poem, not really speaking.

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"O-oh," Billy said. The way that Magnus said that it made total sense. When you normally dressed in black then wearing that for a funeral didn't make a lot of sense. He felt kinda like an ass for not knowing that before though. "I just thought she was wearing it because she looks so good in it."

And now he felt kinda bad for staring at her in it so much. You totally shouldn't be thinking about how hot someone looks in funeral clothes, that was messed up.