la cucaracha! la cucaracha! [closed]

[subourbon]

WHO: Clone Club + "friends"
WHERE: Mexico!
WHEN: Feb 17 onwards
WHAT: Clone Club's first family vacation across the border! They're probably all going to fight over the bathroom, tbh
WARNINGS: N/A

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[helladoomed]

[Chloe took the glass, just staring into it for a moment.]

That brave is just another word for stupid and she should be here with me.

[Aaaaand...drink.]

[coppelganger]

Sounds about right.

[ Sarah huffs a laugh and takes a seat opposite Chloe with her own drink. ]

She'll be okay. She's smart, she can handle herself. [ Actually, Sarah doesn't really know Max well enough to make these kinds of statements, but Chloe doesn't need to know that. ] This is a situation where people like us just fuck shit up. People like her are the ones who end up saving all our arses.

[helladoomed]

[That actually made Chloe laugh too.]

Max saving my ass is pretty our baseline normal.

[Chloe was a fuck-up? WHO KNEW?!]

[coppelganger]

So give her a few days to do her sneaky shit. Have a little faith in her. And if anything goes wrong, we can be back in the States in, like, a day to fuck more shit up.

[ That Sarah, always with a pep talk at the ready. ]

[helladoomed]

...Guess I can't argue with that.

[Even if she clearly wanted to. Instead she'll just have another drink.]

[coppelganger]

Cheers.

[ When in doubt, get drunk. If Chloe's going to live with Sarah, she'll learn this coping mechanism. ]

[helladoomed]

Motherfuckin' cheers!

[And down goes the rest of her glass. And then she's reaching for the bottle...]

[coppelganger]

[ Sarah doesn't take the bottle from her, but she does watch carefully. ]

Take it easy.

[helladoomed]

Mm...[Chloe contemplated this idea for a few seconds, watching the liquid swish around in her glass.]

Nah.

[Aaaand, drink.]

[coppelganger]

Well I'm not cleaning up after you if you get sick.

[ Or worse! ]

[helladoomed]

This is not my first misery drinking session, Sarah.

[Chloe shrugged.]

I know my limits.

[coppelganger]

[ Sarah has to choke back a disbelieving laugh at that. How many times did she say something similar when she was that age, and how many times did she regret it later? A lot. Still, she's not Chloe's mother. She's not about to tell her what to do. Besides, people need to make these mistakes for themselves, right? ]

If you say so.

[helladoomed]

[Hey, regrets were the spice of life. Chloe took another long drink and kind of flopped back in her chair.]

So you've been here like, a day right? What's there to do in Mexico?

[Ah, something to think about that isn't thinking about shit.]

[coppelganger]

Dunno yet, really. Alison hasn't been big on us going out and sightseeing. [ And as Chloe may be learning already, you kind of want to listen to Alison just to keep the peace. ]

I know there's a nice pool downstairs, though.

[helladoomed]

Why? We're in Mexico what are they gonna do, sneak snipers in the country or something?

[Chloe was pretty sure they weren't that important.]

Pool. Well, I know what I'm doing later.

[coppelganger]

Let me know if you're going swimming. I'll go with you, unless you'd rather be alone.

[helladoomed]

...No, that sounds cool.

[She grinned.]

Long as you don't mind me smoking at the same time.

[coppelganger]

[ Sarah waves her off. Smoking is the least of her worries when it comes to Chloe. ]

You're good.

[helladoomed]

[Chloe took another swig and sank down some in her seat, letting out a little sigh. The alcohol was finally starting to kick in.]

So, your whole family came down here huh?

[coppelganger]

The ones who are here, yeah.

[helladoomed]

And they shoved you all in the one place...

[Chloe looks amused.]

I've got a whole apartment to myself.

[coppelganger]

Aren't you lucky, you little smartass?

[ Seriously, Chloe, take someone with you. ]

[helladoomed]

I completely am. [She nodded sagely, then snickered.]

I guess one of you could crash in there if you want though. [She seemed to think it over.] Cosima, probably.

[coppelganger]

You're gonna leave me with Alison, are you?

[ A little loyalty would be nice, considering who Chloe is crashing with back in the States, but Sarah's not really upset. She can see how Cosima, who's (at least for the moment) single would make a better roommate than Sarah, who would be dragging George with her. ]

[helladoomed]

She's probably not gonna frown at everything you do and lecture every time you go out to smoke, Sarah.

[In a way, Alison was nice because it reminded Chloe of having her mom around. But in every other way, she was such a buzzkill.]