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

[bestatmystery]

"It's not very French," Lottie said. "But I guess it'd work. They almost all speak English, anyway."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"Wait, they speak French?" This was sounding like a worse plan by the moment. "Hold up, I know it's an island, but why don't they speak English?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[bestatmystery]

"Because they're French," Lottie said. Come on, now, that was simple logic. "We're historical enemies, you know."

'We' being the French and the English, naturally.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"What?" Yes, that was pretty much all Ada could manage. "That's a thing?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[bestatmystery]

"Being historical enemies?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[boneyard_girl]

"I'm pretty sure stuff like 'historical enemies' is only still going in places like Alabama."

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[bestatmystery]

"Is that in Eastern Europe?"

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[boneyard_girl]

"Southern United States," Ada said. "...where are you from?"

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[bestatmystery]

"Tackleford. That's in Britania."

Or, you know, England.

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[boneyard_girl]

"What's a Britania?" Look, Ada wasn't the best at geography.

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[bestatmystery]

"Only one of the most powerful countries in the world," Lottie bragged. "The sun never sets on it, you know."