BWI Airport, Portalocity Lounge

[rebelseekspizza]

It was That Time Of Year again. At BWI airport, they knew well that this was not the kind of thing you wanted to be asking questions about. So when a teenage boy showed up wearing a ratty long red-and-black coat, an expression that blazed hell and a large series of bleeding scratches on his face, well, they didn't ask. About anything.

Dante didn't mind. It meant he could walk into the nice warm Portalocity lounge and crash on one of the benches. Had to sleep off the day he'd had... yesterday? Was it yesterday now? Who cared.

By the time he jerked back awake about an hour later, the scratches had vanished and his expression had gone sleepy, though the ratty coat remained. He sat up, rubbing at his eyes. Guess he wasn't alone anymore, huh? Fine, whatever. "Who knew the public still showed up for transport?"

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Wait for the Shuttle

[rebelseekspizza]

It's coming any minute now.

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[candycrushlove]

For all of her agreement to go to the boarding school, Maria was still a little unhappy as she disembarked her plane from New Mexico and found her way to the Portalocity Lounge. She had a rolling dufflebag and her mom said that anything else she wanted could be shipped to the island.

Island. She, girl from the arid desert was about to start school on an island. This was almost too bizarre for words.

She entered the lounge right as a boy around high school age -- she was bad at ages -- seemed to wake up from a nap and ask about the public transportation.

"I'm guessing it's because it's the only way to get to this school we're going to?"

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[rebelseekspizza]

Blame the sleep-groggy face on... well, the fact he'd been sleeping two minutes ago. Dante squinted at her. "Wait, what?"

There was an airport, and he figured this was the bus section or something. (Okay, so maybe he hadn't figured a whole lot of a lot besides the fact that he needed to sleep off busting out of that last place.)

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[candycrushlove]

"You asked about public showing up for transport," Maria said with a slight shrug. "I'm assuming people show up because this is how we were told we'd get to the school."

Because Maria was helpful.

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[rebelseekspizza]

"Right," Dante said. "The school."

What school? He sure as hell wasn't going to ask - itch on his abdomen said he could use at least another half-hour of sleep, so he didn't exactly want to give someone a reason to kick him out. "Yeah, you're totally right."

He was not a fantastic liar.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Eggsy was feeling fresh as a fucking daisy after a trans-Atlantic flight to get here. So. There were now two surly teenage boys who wanted sleep in the lounge.

He adjusted his hat before settling into one of the chairs to get in a bit of people watching before everything inevitably went to shit.

Though he did spare a nod at the other guy there.

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[rebelseekspizza]

Why hello there, equally friendly-looking teenage boy!

Dante would return your nod with a vaguely slasher-esque smile and a raise of his eyebrows. As one did, when complete strangers nodded at you.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

In horror movies, sure they did.

Eggsy rolled his eyes in response, slumping back in his seat with his legs spread in typical dudebro fashion. But he at least looked amused rather than tired.

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[rebelseekspizza]

"You bored or what?" Dante asked.

He looked like he was either bored, or trying to start shit. And Dante really didn't want to get kicked out of this lounge.

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[sampippy]

Oh, God. This was already the worst. And that was coming from someone who'd been stuck in Connecticut for what had seemed like an eternity.

Sorry, everyone. Xanthippe was going to stand over here in her oversized (and expensive) plaid flannel shirt and occasionally look up from her phone in a surly fashion.

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[rebelseekspizza]

After about fifteen minutes of being good, Dante was bored.

So he got up out of his seat, made an idle lap of the lounge (ignoring that itching in his abdomen)... and totally didn't on purpose bump into her phone.

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[sampippy]

Which fell.

On the floor.

"Hey!" Xanthippe snapped, looking up, incredulous. And very annoyed. "Watch where you're going!"

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[rebelseekspizza]

Dante shrugged at her, grinning brightly. "You have to be careful with those things," he said. "Microwaves."

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

One plus side to going to some weird fucking boarding school looked to be that it was co-ed. And the girls weren't bad so far.

Which would be why Eggsy was offering the rich one a quick smile. Posh girls loved a bit of rough. Proven fact.

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[sampippy]

That was not actually a proven fact. At all. Especially not with this 'posh girl'.

Who was now raising her eyebrows slightly at him. Please note the lack of a smile.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Rude! He was being polite and everything!

Eggsy raised his eyebrows right on back at her. Because it was a thing.

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[halfaclink.livejournal.com]

Frank walked up to the lounge wearing a nice suit, holding martini glass, and carrying a large bag that wouldn't stop clanking.

"Huh. I would not have guessed that the school would be in an airport," Frank declared. And then he took a drink. If you're playing the drinking game at home, take a drink and then reconsider your choices before you need to be hospitalized.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"...this ain't the school, bruv," Eggsy informed him, eyeing the suit and then the martini glass. "You sharin'?"

Yes, get the shuttle drunk, Frank. It'll make it the best shuttle ever.

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[halfaclink.livejournal.com]

"No, and I don't think I've ever even met a Sharon," Frank said. "I'm Frank, and I'd be happy to let you pour one for yourself if you'd be kind enough to pour another for me since my glass is practically empty." His glass was mostly full. But in the seconds it took him to produce another couple glasses and a bottle from his bag, it was empty! See, he wasn't exaggerating at all.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

"Might wanna ease up on that, yeah?" Eggsy suggested, having absolutely no problem topping off the weird drunk kid's glass as long as he got some too. "Not really subtle."

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[cuzfriendship]

The sight of the tiny redhead with seven huge suitcases on one arm might be a little alarming to some travelers, but April was steady enough on her feet as she approached the Portalocity lounge that the rest of the people in the waiting area had nothing to worry about.

Unspoken rules about personal space in an airport lounge aside, she plunked down next to the first person she saw and swiftly began arranging her luggage under the chairs. "Hi, I'm April!" she said brightly, extending her free hand as soon as she had one to spare. "Is this where we meet for the school bus?"

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[halfaclink.livejournal.com]

"That's what somebody's told me," Frank said, refilling his glass. "But I prefer to think of it as a place where I can drink until the bus gets here."

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[cuzfriendship]

"I thought you weren't allowed to have liquids in an airport," April commented. Although from the amused look on her face, she wasn't about to rat Frank out to anyone. "Did you bring that from home?"

If so, she was impressed.

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[myfaireggsy.livejournal.com]

Thanks to Frank, Eggsy was a drink or two in already. Which is why he was at the point where the whole luggage thing was only causing a little frown. "'lo, April."

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[cuzfriendship]

"Hiya," she chirped. "Nice to meet you. Did you have a good trip in?"

Yes, she was just going to try to make conversation with the sleepy-looking guy until he explicitly told her not to. And possibly still after that.