BWI Airport, Portalocity Lounge

[sciclone]

So ... this was the East coast, huh?

Cosima wasn't sure what she had expected to see, and the bland nothing of an airport lounge wasn't giving her much of an impression of her new home yet. She felt a sudden twist of worry mixed with homesickness. Maybe she shouldn't have obeyed the impulsiveness that had led her to transfer to some tiny boarding school thousands of miles from home. Not that San Francisco was doing anything great for her lately, but at least she knew people there.

If she looked at it logically, she knew not to let her nerves wreck the experience. School would be fine, and if it wasn't, she could go home at the end of the summer -- or even sooner if she wanted. But logic wasn't the easiest thing to have when you were 16 and alone in a strange airport.

She lounged in a hard airport chair, earbuds in, and poked at her phone until she found a new science podcast to listen to. It was comforting.

Comments

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

Ada smelled food. Ada was gonna zero-in on the kid with the food.

"You only pack cookies, no clothes? I mean, I'm pretty sure it's not a nudist school," Ada said, plunking down next to him. "Or if it is, that's news to me, and oh wow Uncle Chester will ground me for a lifetime."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[omgnochecksyet]

"What?" Eric said, cheeks turning a bit pink at the mention of nudity. "Gosh, no, I had all of that shipped ahead. Wanted to make sure I had room enough for these. And they're tarts, actually. You're welcome to take one!" Or two or three. He wasn't going to judge.

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[boneyard_girl]

Two, actually, one for each hand, and Ada saluted him with a tart. "Cheers, tart-boy," she said. "So you're headed to this school too?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[omgnochecksyet]

"Sure am!" he beamed at her. "And you can call me Eric. It's a little shorter than Tart Boy,"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"Oh, but 'Tart Boy' has sort of a ring to it, more memorable," she mused, grinning. "But you can call me Ada."

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[omgnochecksyet]

"But it's really not very accurate at all, I do so much more than tarts," Eric informed her. "I wonder if there are student kitchens... I've got a new pecan pie recipe that I've been dying to try out."