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

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

He was on Earth. Wow. It had certainly been a while.

"Interesting."

And that wasn't cryptic or anything.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sciclone]

"Fascinating," Cosima agreed, a little snarkily. "Like, that Starbucks over there? Very exotic."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

Well, they had Starbucks everywhere. It was like a disease.

"What year is it?"

Next logical answer for him. Also, ignoring the snark. Because rude.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sciclone]

"It's 2015," Cosima told him, and that was too weird a question to be snarky about. "May 2. Are you messing with me?""

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

"No." He was just covering his bases. He looked around the airport for it Wyoming was there. Though, he'd probably have heard a knock knock joke before spotting him.

"I can't say I expected this."

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sciclone]

"So ...wild guess,you aren't here to enroll in summer school?"

Cosima thought she was funny.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

Cosima was the worst.

"Probably a few years late on that," Wash replied dryly. "If I had to guess, I'd be a teacher."

This was somehow worse than he expected from the director. No one liked high school. No one.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[sciclone]

"Oh." Cosima took a second to think about that one. "But ...no idea what you'll be teaching?"

That did not seem to be the usual order of things.

Re: Wait for the Shuttle

[worstofalltime.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure I'll find out." He just sounded so happy about it.