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Tony Foster ([personal profile] wantstodirect) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2008-08-29 04:14 pm

Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Portalocity Port, Saturday Morning

Tony's first airplane ride wasn't as interesting than he'd hoped. It was rather like riding the bus, only with less space and more pretzels. Although "boring" was probably the way to go when it came to air travel.

He'd spent a bad half hour in Customs after his flight had landed. They'd pulled him from line and fingerprinted him and for a bit he was afraid he'd be barred from entering the US. But they apparently realized he was neither a drug dealer nor a terrorist and let him through.

He retrieved his oversized duffle from the baggage claim and followed the instructions on the crumpled printout of an email from the school. He took a quick detour to buy a horribly overpriced breakfast sandwich with his shiny new American money. (Dollar bills? What was wrong with coins?) He made a wrong turn on the way back, but he managed to orient himself and find his way to the Portalocity terminal.

A piece of paper tacked on the wall in one corner of the room said "Fandom High." Looked like he was in the right place. He sat down on a bench under the sign, duffle near his feet, and clutched his laptop case as if it might walk away. (It wouldn't, would it? Arra would've warned him if that was a possibility.) It seemed he was the first to arrive. Not surprising, since he'd taken the red eye out of Vancouver. Late-night flights made it easier to say goodbyes to vampire ex-boyfriends.

[Newbie airport shuttle! Open to all new students and teachers, no matter which world they're from. Posted early for great slowplay. OCD coming. We can has OCD!]

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Good to meet you," Claire nodded. "Yeah, I am. I even got like a week into classes back in L.A. before they shipped me off here."

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Senior year's not so bad. I should know, I already did it once," Jess said with a smirk.

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah?" Claire giggled. "So, what, you flunked and this is your second chance?"

She may have sounded slightly awed.

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
"It wasn't so much flunking as not going," Jess said, not wanting her to think he was a total idiot. "I've been told the second time around might be more entertaining. Or else."

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Or else what?" Claire wanted to know.

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] noboynextdoor.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Jess was pretty sure that telling her he'd effectively be kicked out of every home he had was the last thing he wanted to do. "Or else I won't get my diploma, and I'll have to work at Wal-Mart for the rest of my life," he said.

Re: Waiting for the shuttle!

[identity profile] swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com 2008-08-30 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"And you'd have to wear that blue vest," Claire said. "Okay, that's tragic."

"I think my mom would kill me if I dropped out," she mused. "She's freaked enough when I say I don't want to go to college." Which was, of course, precisely why Claire made that point so often.