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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[seveninches]

Isabelle doesn't know how Billy spent his birthday last year, but from the surprise on his face at this little party, it can't have been much at all. He deserves more than that, so Isabelle had been determined to do something, even if a party wasn't really what she wanted right now. Today isn't about her, it's about Billy, and she's determined that he have a good time.

He asks how they met, and Isabelle smiles despite herself. "He fell off a fire escape," she says, a smirk on her lips. Sometimes she can't believe that that's where they started all of this; with Billy falling off a fire escape and Isabelle pointing a knife at him.

"It was the day I first got here, and he was trying to show off. I threatened him with a knife, the rest is history I guess." It had been a long while before she entertained the idea of a relationship with him, though. He'd been dating someone else, back then, and mostly she'd liked flirting with him just to see him blush. Things are different now though, except she can't put her finger on when exactly the shift happened.

[theyoungdetective]

Tim laughs outright. Billy absolutely has a type.

"That sounds like him. And that's totally a meet-cute, by the way. When I met the girl I had the longest relationship with back home, she smacked me in the face with a brick. Stuff like that makes me think that maybe a bad first meeting is actually a sign of good things to come in a relationship."

[seveninches]

She doesn't think it had necessarily been a bad first meeting, though she can see why he'd think so from what she's told him so far. But she'd enjoyed messing with Billy that first day, until he caught on to who she was and took her to Alec. That alone had proved he was someone worth trusting.

"That sounds painful," Isabelle says with a grimace. A brick is hardly an elegant weapon but she supposes that whatever is on hand would do the job. There's clearly a story there though, but she wonders if he wants to talk about it. If he's talking about back home, there's a good chance that girl isn't here.

She thinks of her own back home, about how as far as her confused memories are concerned, she'd fallen in love with Simon. She thinks about their first meeting, the way he'd forced himself to eat her cooking just to impress her. It hadn't been a bad first meeting for her, but it probably was for him. Still, thinking about Simon sends her head in circles these days, so she shakes it off.

"I'll make sure to tell Billy he needs to forgive me for the knife thing, then." She's pretty sure Billy forgave her a long time ago, in actual fact, but they've never really brought it up again.

[theyoungdetective]

"It was, but the brick did very little to slow down falling in love with Steph," he admits with a shrug. Really, the only things that slowed down anything between them before getting together were the fact that he couldn't reveal his civilian identity and, well, Ariana.

"I doubt it's necessary, though. I've caught how Billy looks at you."

When Stephanie disappeared, and he found out she was Billy's girlfriend, Tim was honestly nervous that Billy wouldn't move past her. Maybe it was projection. After all, Tim never did, not really. But he still had it in himself to fall in love again, albeit quietly, and let it slip by until he got over it. Now he can be happy seeing how happy Billy is, even chat up his girlfriend.

[seveninches]

Isabelle is about to move on, but the name catches at something in her brain and she pauses. She doesn't know Tim very well at all but she knows the name Steph well enough. She remembers the way Billy had been when she left, so utterly distraught to the point where he wanted to fight her.

She knows that Billy and Tim are friends, obviously, but she never knew they were that close.

"Not Steph as in Billy's Steph?" she asks, just to make sure. She could be totally off base, but somehow, she doesn't think she is.

[theyoungdetective]

Tim rubs a little nervously at the back of his neck. That was a fast conclusion.

"Yeah. Also my Steph," he admits. He mixes another drink, feeling like he'll need it.

"We dated on and off back home since I was 15. But it was really complicated between us before I arrived here. I heard elsewhere that she was around and younger than she was when I left Gotham, so I avoided her until I knew how to approach her. But I never got the chance to talk with her at all. Didn't even know she was dating Billy."