035. [the heroic return!]

[itsahotone]

[Sup, Wonderland! Guess who's back! That's right, this girl. Santana magically shows up in the music room, dressed like this.

She's a little confused.]

Wha--

Where did the stage go...Brittany?

[Looking around...looking...looking...here it comes...]

This looks like...

.......

..................

...Oh hell no. No way. This is not--SEND ME

Comments

[video]

[dashboardlite]

[Whoa. Whoa.]

Shit, when did you get back? You just disappeared.

[video]

[itsahotone]

[Heeeey, hotti--oh wait, she remembers him.]

I did?

[video]

[dashboardlite]

Yeah, for like a whole friggin' week. Maybe longer.

[He, uh. Might have lost count.]

Where the Hell were you?

[video]

[itsahotone]

[Psh, that's not 'just', Dean.]

Uh, I was home, actually, since you seem so interested. For like a whole year, almost. So you can imagine I'm thrilled to be back.

[video]

[dashboardlite]

You went home?

[Hold up. Dean and Philip talked about this. About people leaving. Leaving and not remembering anything about Wonderland while they were there, and then everything rushing back when they returned.

The part that terrifies him is the possibility of going home and not recalling anything, because in his own world, he doesn't exactly have friends.]

Do you- When you were there, did you remember me? Remember any of us?

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[itsahotone]

Nope.

[Ah, nice, blunt answers. Did you miss her?]

In fact, I almost didn't remember you right now, but all the flannel jogged the memory.

[video]

[dashboardlite]

[Fuck. Now he really doesn't want to go back.]

Gee, thanks, sweetheart. I missed you, too.

[video]

[itsahotone]

You're gonna get all hurt that I didn't magically remember you of all people while I was home? I didn't even remember--

[Wait. Shit. He's probably still gone. La la, casually as possible...]

So I guess certain other people didn't come back while I was away?

[video]

[dashboardlite]

[Who, Santana? You didn't remember who? It's not Tim, is it? Well, if it is, Dean won't say anything. He's not that mean.]

Nope. S'been pretty lame here.

[video]

[itsahotone]

[Figures. Since she lived a whole year or whatever away, the pain of that disappearance has dulled a lot. But it still sucks.]

Didn't think so.

[video]

[dashboardlite]

[Welp.]

So, uh-

[He gestures to all of her.]

Why're you dressed like that?

[video]

[itsahotone]

[Mask back in place! Thank you, Dean. She puts her hands on her hips, showing off her outfit a little.]

We were in a dress rehearsal. Looks good, right?

[video]

[dashboardlite]

[There's something different about her that he can't quite put his finger on. And the outfit looks really good.

...maybe he's just been out of his relationship for too long.]

What was the rehearsal for?

[video]

[itsahotone]

[Way to not answer her. God.]

Alcohol awareness. [Makes perfect sense.] You know how high schoolers love to listen to lectures about alcohol and how we shouldn't drink.

The best part is that we're all tooootally still a little drunk.

[video]

[dashboardlite]

...seriously?

[Why is he not surprised? Like, at all?]

How much did you even drink? You're tiny, your tolerance must be crap.

[video]

[itsahotone]

Ummm...

We had a party. So there was a lot. Then Wheely McNoLegs brought bloody marys to help the hangovers, and that kinda brought us up to now.

[Big happy smile!]