fandomhigh | BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Sunday Morning.

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BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Sunday Morning.

Oh, praise Jesus, she'd finally found it! Libby felt the most immense sense of relief wash over her when she spotted that large, glittery banner hanging over the waiting area for Fandom High, like a shining beacon, and not a moment too soon! This was the first time she'd ever really been anywhere entirely by herself like this, and it had been incredibly overwhelming. Exciting, yes, but it was a lot to take in! The only thing she could really think to compare it to was when they all packed up to go out to the Wal-Mart for groceries, but even then, she had her whole family with her. And now it was just her and a single suitcase and a pamphlet clutched in her hand, and she thought she'd get lost entirely in such a big place all on her own, but she found it! This was the place!

And she was apparently even a little early, since it looked like she might be the first one there? And even that was a little bit of a relief, because that meant she could just move away from the crowds moving around the airport into the quiet little space under the sparkly banner, have a seat, and just sort of breathe again before the next leg of her journey. An actual high school! Well, a little bit different, she supposed, because it was a boarding school, but as she took her seat, she started to feel that terrible and wonderful nervous turning in her stomach again, and she closed her eyes and she breathed out and she put her hands together to say a little prayer for strength and guidance, and couldn't help smiling a little as she felt a sense of serenity settle her nerves again.

It was scary, being out here by herself like this, but it was also thrilling, and she'd made it this far already, she was halfway there! Now she felt relaxed and ready, opening her eye and looking around for a clock, fussing a little with her long skirt and buttoned-up blouse and wondering if she should have worn more worldly jeans after all, to fit in better, but she didn't need to make herself feel more awkward than she already did with unfamiliar clothes. She just hoped it wouldn't be too much longer for the shuttle to arrive to whisk her away to the next part of this adventure.

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Guillermo was a bundle of excitement and nerves as he walked over to where he was supposed to go for the bus to Fandom.

He had one suitcase full of clothes and a duffel bag full of dvds, books and action figures.

“Oh good I’m in the right place,” Guillermo breathed a sigh of relief when he read that glittery banner, he spotted the other girl who was already there.

“Uh hey,” he gave an awkward wave and pushed his glasses back up, “I’m Guillermo,”

He did not have a lot of experiences talking to girls … well to anyone really. He had not exactly been popular at his last school.

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There was a very good chance that Guillermo had more experience talking to girls than Libby had talking to boys, actually, with the distinct exception of her brothers, but they hardly counted. And that certainly wasn't going to let that...or anything she'd heard that might not have been flattering about more worldly teenagers, especially boys!...hold her back. He looked nice enough, anyway, and almost as nervous as she felt.

"Oh," she smiled, with a duck of her head, her only consession to her nerves and tucking her long hair behind her ear. "Guillermo?" She had to admit, the name felt a little tricky on her tongue. "Hello. My name's Liberty." There was an uncertain pause before she added, a little sheepishly, "Most people call me Libby, though. It's nice to meet you!"

“It’s nice to meet you too,” he tried not to seem too excited that someone was willingly talking to him who wasn’t Jeremy or his mum.

Well he figured she was being polite, it would probably change by the time they got to the school and she figured out how uncool he was.

“I’ve never been to boarding school before,” he revealed, “actually this is my first time being out of New York,”

"I've never been to a school before," Libby offered with a small smile and a shrug of her shoulder; she figured it wouldn't take people too long to figure out that she was a bit odd, so it would make sense just to come right out the gate with it. "And it's my first time being out of Tennessee, so guess we've already got a few things in common, Guillermo."

And her curiousity sparked a little more as she had to follow it up with, "Is that New York the state, or New York the city?"

“Oh New York City,” Guillermo explained, “I’m from the Bronx,” he added.

“you were home schooled?” he asked, intrigued when she said she had never been to school before, “what was that like?”

"Well," Libby shrugged a little again, with a faint, almost apologetic smile that she didn't have a better answer than this, "it's that only schooling I've had, so, to me, it all seemed normal. I'm the oldest, though, so it's mostly been me helping the Littles with their math and spelling when I finish with my Bible study and my accounting worksheets."

She seemed to hesitate a little bit before she followed it up by turning the question back at him, because now she was really curious; she'd heard plenty of stories from Zo, sure, but going to school in Jackson was probably nothing like going to school in New York City.

"What it like...going to a regular school?"

“It was …” he paused, not really wanting to admit that his other school hadn’t been that great, mostly because he knew that for other people it could be a great experience, “it was okay for school I guess,” he finally settled on.

“Bible study? Oh are you Catholic? That’s like me…I had to do Bible study as well, well that was more because of my mum that I had to but it’s just her and me at home so…” his voice trailed off awkwardly, “uh yeah …mum’s pretty strict but she agreed to let me go to Fandom especially after I won this scholarship to go,”

"Oh, no," said Libby, quickly. "Not Catholic."

Oh, she knew her father was already beside himself with the fact that Libby was going to be going to school with worldly kids; she didn't even want to think of what he might have to say about her going to school with Catholics!

"We're Christian, some people call what we believe in Quiverfull, because we believe that we are brought to this Earth to be arrows in the quivers of God's righteous warriors..."

And she supposed she should have taken this opportunity to explain that to Guillermo more,, but the last few month had made even her start to question some of those previously tightly held beliefs, and, besides, there was honestly something far more interesting to talk about than a religion that had been leaving her confused and full of doubt as of late.

"But you're going here on a scholarship, too?" She was clearly far more interested in that than any righteous warriors right now, holy or otherwise. "To work at the Fandom Clinic?"

“Oh,” Guillermo blinked a little at the explanation, “oh sorry I’ve never heard of …um…Quiverfell,” he said awkwardly.

He then considered her other question, “oh mine’s not to with the Fandom Clinic,” he told her, “it was kind of weird I got the acceptance letter in the mail and that my tuition and everything was covered with the scholarship, I never even applied for it,” he revealed.

"Oh." It was Libby's turn to blink a little at an explanation. "That sounds like a very good surprise, though! Almost as if God..." She smiled a little shyly at that; she had told herself that most worldly people didn't want to hear much about God, but Guillermo had mentioned Bible study and being Catholic, so maybe he wouldn't mind so much, and it would be nice, to know there was at least someone who wouldn't think her too odd for it, "set everything in place for you."

That was how she felt about Zo coming into her life, after all, especially when she did.

"I came across a work study program with the clinic on the island when researching things for nursing school," she added, the shyness still there but with a certain eagerness, like she was just excited for the chance to talk about it with someone. "That's what I'd like to do, when I'm older." And she was still marveling over the fact that she even had a goal for the future now. "A nurse."

“Oh wow that’s really cool, I have no idea what I want to do when I leave school, I suppose I’ll figure it out while I’m at Fandom, see what new opportunities I can get here,”

Well he knew what he wanted was to be a vampire but at that point he didn’t know they existed and there was the slight issue where he was supposed to carry on Van Helsing’s work as a Vampire Hunter not that he knew about that plan yet. He also wasn’t going to mention anything about his vampire obsession just yet, most people didn’t understand his fascination with them.

"I just found out that I want to be a nurse," Libby offered for encouragement, to prove that an inspiration for a calling could come at any time, especially when you least expected it, "a few month ago, when my baby sister Hope was born. She was the first of my siblings to be born in a hospital; the rest were all born at home, and they were all so kind and helpful. I just knew that was the sort of thing I was meant to do."

An actual calling. And not just to be helpmeet to some godly man she barely knew just to give him as many babies as she could.

“Oh wow that’s definitely a cool way to discover what you’re meant to do, working at the clinic sounds like a great opportunity to do that,” Guillermo said with a smile, “I’ll suppose I’ll just have to see what happens, I’m only a freshman so I guess I do have a bit of time before I have to decide at least,”

"That's...like a first year, isn't it?" Libby asked, with a tilt of her head. "They put me in the sophomore year, although I think I should technically be in the junior class? But since I haven't gone to a normal school, I think they were worried I might be a little bit behind."

Who were they? That was a good question. It wasn't like Fandom was about to offer her a more conventional education than she'd been receiving at home, but it wasn't like she knew any of that yet!

"It's first year," Guillermo nodded, "it will be a bit strange coming in mid semester, I suppose most people will already know one another," he said, he hadn't considered that aspect, he was already going to find it awkward being a new student and trying to fit in and make friends.

"Well," Libby offered encouragingly, "we already know each other, and they won't know us, so we'll be one step ahead of them there!"

Honestly, Libby was just thrilled to be able to meet any people who weren't related to her or in her church, so this was already pretty great!

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