las vegas; wednesday ft

[flickofawrist]

Flick had been trying to get home for his birthday. The Academy wasn't too strict about keeping him there and, even if they were, he just would have sneaked out anyway. What were they going to do, expel him? Okay, they probably would expel him and then he'd get yelled at by multiple Lightwoods and Joi and everyone else in the world. So, it was

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[seveninchmotto]

And here Isabelle had specifically gone to New York ahead of him to get everything ready. In fact, she'd just been in the process of putting some final touches on his gifts when the text came in.

There was only one response to that.

What?

[flickofawrist]

I'm stuck in Vegas.

Knowing that would probably tick her off, he didn't only send that. He added, Portal screwed up and now they're broken. I can't get to New York right now.

[seveninchmotto]

Hold on.

Yeah, she was already navigating to the Portalocity site the second after sending that. Because him being stuck in Las Vegas alone on his birthday was just unacceptable and she was not having it.

So, not too many moments later, she sent her follow-up message:

NYC to Vegas still works. I can be there pretty soon.

[flickofawrist]

That might be the best bet. I'm up in a hotel near the place. Here's the address.

He texted the address to her and added, Sorry, babe. I didn't mean for this to happen. Hopefully we can still have fun here.