BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge- Saturday morning

[stacyexperiment]

A few days ago Gwen saw New York destroyed and drowned and her friend/roommate/surrogate brother type was presumed dead for a while- got a really amazing obituary for his alter-ego and everything. Today she was waiting for a portal that was going to take her to a school in Maryland. She was actually looking forward to school, just to get back to doing normal things again, but the timing was weird.

She seemed to be the first one here, and the banner meant she was probably in the right seat, so.

Gwen would be the sullen-looking girl sitting under the glittery Fandom High banner and showing too much midriff. And occasionally brushing at the top of her head with her hand because she was convinced the glitter was probably raining down on her.

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Wait for the shuttle

[stacyexperiment]

Meet new people! Make new friends! Exclamation points!

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Johnny was still carrying his life in his backpack, so it looked like, well, pretty much what you would expect from an American teenager spending three months adrift in Europe. He smelled better than you would expect from that, though. He might have been on hard times, but he was still vain as hell.

He found his way under the Fandom High banner and plopped down in a seat. He may have been staring at the ceiling after he did so, but he still gave a wave of acknowledgement at the girl who was already there... and who looked vaguely familiar.

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[stacyexperiment]

You'd have to forgive Gwen for not recognizing him outright. For reasons.

"'s up?" she greeted him, eloquently.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Things. School. Stuff. Y'know?" Johnny answered. And then he sighed. "Sorry, I'm usually more charming."

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[stacyexperiment]

"It's too early for charming. Save it for school," she assured him. "Gwen Stacy."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

At least the boys here were cute. Not, she thought hastily, that she was doing anything more than looking, not with Branden back home. But if she had to be in a free range psych ward or whatever, having a few nice faces to look at couldn't hurt.

Melissa would be all over him, if she were here. Of course, Melissa wasn't crazy, so she got to stay in Sterling where she belonged.

"Hi," she said, because she didn't know how not to talk to people. It was a trait bred into all charming Southern girls. "You look pretty comfortable all things considered."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Hi there. I've been in planes for days," Johnny said. "It's easy to be comfortable anywhere once you've spent enough hours in one of those."

"And it doesn't hurt that pretty girls keep walking up. That just helps put me in my element."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

That got him a smile, at least. "Funny, most boys would say that being approached by pretty girls makes them less comfortable."

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[giveherahand]

A small, slight redhead, hair pulled back into a no-nonsense ponytail and a black bag slung over her shoulder approached the chairs and glanced up uncomprehendingly at the sign that she couldn't read.

"Is this for Fandom High?" she asked in a British light Coruscanti accent.

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[stacyexperiment]

Gwen pointed up at the sign. "It is. And just as a warning, I think they might be big on glitter."

Sure enough, there was glitter on her hand when she looked. Dammit!

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[giveherahand]

Mara wrinkled her nose. "I am not...that big on glitter."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

It was the little things that helped Johnny kind of come back into his groove. Like how a few days ago, he was still talking to French girls on their turf. But now here was a British girl in his homeland. He could adjust to that. "Yep, just like the sign says. Gwen and I are the welcoming committee... entirely because we got here first. I'm Johnny."

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[giveherahand]

Mara looked momentarily flustered--there weren't a lot of boys her own age in her social circle of...pretty much no one...back on Imperial Center. "I'm--" she paused. Normally she went by Jade on an assignment, but this was a longterm infiltration, so, "Mara," she concluded.

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

This was an international school for crazy kids? Weird.

"That's a lot of glitter to go through for a joke if it isn't," Evie drawled, giving the girl a smile. "Even if it is, that's still a lot of glitter."

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[giveherahand]

"I've never seen so much in one place," Mara agreed.

Palpatine wasn't really big on glitter.

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[theheadkid.livejournal.com]

Just before stumbling into the terminal, Kyle had pushed his half asleep ass out of his truck and laden him down with his bags. He'd patted Travis on the shoulder, given him a hug and shoved him in the direction of the Fandom terminal.

During the walk, Travis had managed to wake up a bit though there was still sleep in his eyes. It'd been a long drive and Kyle drove like an old lady sometimes.

But, Travis had gotten there and he hadn't even bothered with a scarf to cover up his scar. Whatever, if anyone saw it and recognized him, he was tired enough to tell them to buzz off.

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[stacyexperiment]

Another new guy. Gwen supposed it was good not to be the only new kid at the school?

She gave him a wave.

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[theheadkid.livejournal.com]

He could do waving. He could do waving after checking to make sure she wasn't waving at someone behind him and he wasn't about to make a giant fool of himself.

He'd had enough of that lately.

So, he gave her a quick wave and a smile back.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Johnny nodded at the other guy. "Cool scar. Going to Fandom?"

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[theheadkid.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. Can't say it was fun to get but through therapy and counseling, me and my scar are learning to love each other."

He snickered and kept his arms crossed to force himself not to cover said scar. "Yeah, that's where I'm going. You too?"

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, so the neck scar thing was kind of eye-catching. Evie had no idea how he'd gotten in, but she was pretty sure she'd figured out why this kid was waiting to go to Fandom.

"Morning," she drawled. "Still waking up?"

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[theheadkid.livejournal.com]

"Yep." Travis nodded and stifled a yawn. "What gave me away?"

He had a few guesses of what gave him away but maybe he was projecting more exhaustion than even he thought.

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

Thank god Evie's mom had to turn right around and catch a flight back to Louisiana. Otherwise she probably would have held Evie's hand all the way through the baggage claim and stick around the lounge until the shuttle showed up. Maybe even handed her over personally to whatever goons drove a shuttlebus to a school for crazies for a living.

She didn't think for one minute it was because her mom missed her and wanted to spend every last moment together before they were parted again. Her mom just wanted a personal guarantee that Evie was going where she was supposed to, rather than somehow making a break for it and running away to...wherever there was to run away to in Maryland.

At least there's no mistaking where I'm supposed to be," she said aloud, pausing in front of her pile of matching luggage while she stared at the be-glittered sign. "Where's the sign with macrame?"

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[stacyexperiment]

"Probably waiting for us when we get there," Gwen replied.

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

"Do you think we get to make the signs for the next bunch of new kids?" Evie asked, trying not to blink at the other girl's clothing. That was a lot of midriff. Back in Sterling, she'd get sent home if she she showed up to school showing off that much skin.

Maybe that was why she was being sent to Fandom. Not everyone could be the brand of super-crazy that Evie was.

...Right?

"Or do you think we have to work our way up to special sign-making privileges with good behavior?"