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

[traded4an-oz.livejournal.com]

"At least if we're in the wrong spot, we're not in the wrong spot alone?" Jesse offered, with a tiny little something resembling a smile. "'Cause if I gotta be lost, I'd rather be lost with someone who's looking for the same place. Strength in numbers, all that."

Plus, you know, so far it was all cute girls. He was dealing okay.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"And I bite, so I gotta count for two, right? So, between you, me, and my mean streak, we'll be just fine," Ada decided. "H'lo. 'M Ada."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[traded4an-oz.livejournal.com]

"Jesse," he replied, vaguely waving the fingers that were holding his dufflebag. "You bite, huh? All the time, or only if I ask nicely?"

Come on, what else was he supposed to do with that? His hand had been forced.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"Well, no one's ever asked me nicely, so I don't rightly know," she said, grinning.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[traded4an-oz.livejournal.com]

"So it's only unprovoked biting?" Jesse asked, smirking and lifting a brow. "I'll have to be on my guard around you."