Claire leaves West a message asking him to come by whenever he "has time," which is a pretty good sign that something is seriously wrong--if the tremble to her voice doesn't make that equally apparent. After, she goes to clean herself up: fix hair, reapply mascara, take a few deep breaths in front of the bathroom mirror and stare at her reflection ( Read more... )

I'm going to be in my room for a while. West might come over. I don't feel well and I don't really want to talk to anyone but him, please.

Sorry.

Claire and West are on the roof of one incredibly hilariously named Radiant Research, which does in fact do animal testing. They are about to commit a terrible sin, which is to say, releasing all the animals from said research lab. There is actually a plan for this, of course, because while they are naive teenagers attempting acts of superheroism ( Read more... )

Is it okay if I stay out a little later than usual sometime this weekend? Elizabeth? Nathan?