A Hotel Room in Nowhere, Rhode Island. Late Tuesday Night Fandom Time.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma couldn't face the idea of staying another moment in Massachusetts, and they couldn't get a portal back to the island until morning.

Besides, Rhode Island was probably the last place anyone would think to look for them, and therefore safest. The hotel was also almost completely empty, so the manager was willing to cut them a deal to get two rooms for the night.

Emma just wanted a hot shower and a bed. And for someone to explain to her why she'd waken up on the lawn of the Clinic.


[OOC: Wrap-up and relaxation for the rescue rangers. NFB due to distance.]

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[icecoldfrost]

"We can hit up a gas station and get some in the morning," Emma sighed. "Maybe I'll go check the vending machines in a bit, see if they have one for cigarettes, or at least some chewing gum."

She rolled over to lay on her stomach and get a better look at him. "You look exhausted," she said bluntly. "How hard was it to find me?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Shrugging a shoulder, Alex turned until his back was against the wall. "I'm pretty tired but it wasn't that hard. It wasn't easy but it wasn't needle in a haystack hard either. I got the clinic address from one of your sisters, I think."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was shocked beyond words for a moment.

"One of my sisters?" she asked, incredulously. "What did she look like?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Uh." Alex had to think back to see remember what Cordelia looked like. "Short, dark hair? She was kind of bitchy, had an attitude that rivaled yours and mine put together. She wanted to kill me with nail polish."

[icecoldfrost]

"Cordelia?!?!?!" Emma continued staring for a moment before shaking her head. "Wow, she must have really liked you. And not completely high, if she remembered the address."

"She's the youngest," she said, as if that explained everything. "She resents me for leaving her there, and hates everyone else for, well, being them."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"We never exchanged names but she didn't call the cops like she threatened to do and she gave me the address so it looks like she's got some kind of soft spot for you," Alex said, shrugging. "I didn't even have to seduce her."

Joke, that was a joke!

[icecoldfrost]

Emma still had bruised ribs courtesy of her vacation, Alex. It really wasn't nice to make her laugh that hard.

"Oh, you wouldn't have to work too hard to seduce her," she promised. "You're just her type; older, sarcastic, and hot."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Then, why didn't I give her my number?" Alex asked, sighing for the missed opportunity. "I missed out on a younger chick! Dammit!"

[icecoldfrost]

Emma made a face and threw one of the pillows at him. "No nailing my little sister, Karev. Ew."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex managed to catch the pillow and tucked it under his head against the wall. "I wasn't actually going to do it, don't worry. She'd probably take the chance to shove nail polish down my throat."

[icecoldfrost]

"Waste some of her precious make-up? Never," she said. "It gets confiscated too often for that, or at least it used to."

"She'll offer you the pick of her stash before she'll give up her rebel war-paint."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I'm not a drugs type of guy," he said, shaking his head. "I saw my dad strung out way too much to want to even try so she can keep that all for herself."

[icecoldfrost]

Emma gave a half-shrug. "She's mostly the 'get high behind the bleachers type," she replied. "Or was when I lived there. She started off trying to get attention, I don't know what's going through her head now."

Her lips quirked in amusement. "I remember, once, I got a telepathic contact high, because she was having a party in the attic with some of her friends. That was an interesting experience; I thought my fingers were funny for hours."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Why's she sticking around that place if she hates it so much?" Alex wondered curiously. "Resentment would have had me running off."

[icecoldfrost]

"Where would she go?" Emma asked. "I ran because I didn't really have any other options left. She's never had a job, has no skills, and no one's going to take in a runaway Frost and risk my father's wrath."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Why not here?" Alex wondered, shrugging. "Not like you need a stuffed resume to end up here."

[icecoldfrost]

"I only wound up here by chance," she replied. "I'd been living on my own before moving in with Hank, and he told me about this place."

"It was only supposed to be for a semester, if I didn't like it."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Well, hey, if she's ever in Iowa, she can bunk with me," Alex offered, shrugging. "Not like I wanna encourage anyone to come to Iowa but, you know."