Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-10-20 09:22:00

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Without You I'm Not Okay (open)
Anya stood in Terminal B of Logan airport and stared at the screen of departures. She wasn't sure how exactly she ended up here, but she went for a drive and ended up at the airport. Her backpack with her laptop in it was over one shoulder and the only other things she carried was her small handheld which was computer and phone all in one. The only clothes she had were the clothes she wore.

She looked at the screen. Nothing stood out. There was no place she really wanted to go, but she knew she had to go somewhere. She didn't care where as long as she could get out of Boston for a few days and away from everything and everyone she knew.

The last two months were...they were the hardest of her life so far. She had been relatively okay as long as she kept busy, but not even she could fill every minute of every day. Downtime meant thinking about Steve and her heart would just hurt too much at the thought of him. She missed him so much and she had to wonder if he was ever coming back. She had to believe he was, but it was getting harder to keep the faith.

She went for a drive and ended up at the airport. Maybe getting away would do her some good. Her heart and head were no longer in school work or being a Thunderbolt and she wasn't interested in eating or sleeping. Alcohol didn't help keep the nightmares away anymore. She needed a break and needed to go to a place where she didn't know anyone and very few would recognize her.

Picking a place seemed to require too much thinking.

She stepped up to the counter of a random airline and looked at the woman behind the counter.

"Can I help you?" the woman asked.

For a second Anya thought about answering that with a line about only if the woman was a psychiatrist, but she didn't. "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?" Anya asked.

The woman seemed surprised by the question. It took her a moment to reply. "Someplace warm with a beach of white sand," she answered.

Anya thought about the woman's answer. There were so many places that fit the bill. Anya had done extensive traveling in her life so far. "That sounds like what I need. Please get me a ticket to anywhere that fits the bill," Anya said. "Preferably out of the country."

The woman smiled. "I know just the place."

Anya handed over her passport and a credit card.

A few moments later Anya had her boarding pass in her hand and was heading for the gate to fly to St. Barthelemy in the Caribbean. She sent a message to Goddard and had him get her a private villa for a week and to also hire a housekeeper/cook.

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	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-28 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	"Aw, you should give it a chance. If you do, then...I'll go to one of those crazy electronics shows where you might as well plug yourself into a computer in order to understand anything." Austin says. "What do you say?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-10-29 02:16 am UTC (link)
	She eyed him warily. "I think you're trying to trick me into doing something I'm going to regret." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-29 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	"You've got that about half right." Austin smiles. "I don't think you'll regret it, though. One day, you'll even look back and laugh." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-10-29 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	"We'll see about that," she said. "But I take you up on your challenge." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-30 12:19 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds good. Maybe we can get together again before I have to go on location for my shoot?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-10-30 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Anya thought about it for a moment. Austin was a nice guy and she liked talking to him. She knew what the tabloids would say, but her heart belonged to Steve and there was nothing wrong with making a new friend. "I'd like that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-30 01:27 am UTC (link)
	"Excellent. I bet we can find somethin' about campin' you like if we try." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-10-30 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"The only thing I usually like about camping is when it's over," she said with a chuckle. They reached their gate and Anya dropped her backpack on a chair and sat down in one next to it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-10-30 02:19 am UTC (link)
	Austin sits down next to her and pulls out his camera phone, aiming it at Anya. "Okay, picture time for you." he says, getting ready to take the pic. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-10-30 02:28 am UTC (link)
	Anya smiled and blew him a kiss for the picture. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-01 03:55 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I guess I need to keep this picture. The media would just eat it up if they could see that you just blew me a kiss to keep for my phone." Austin laughs, saving the picture under Anya's name with her phone number. "Hm...I wonder if you're ticklish..." he says, giving her a meaningful look. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-01 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not," she said but the look on her face said otherwise. "Not in the slightest." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-02 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, okay." Austin says, his expression saying that he didn't believe her at all. He'd find out in a few hours, after they were in St. Bart's. He wanted lull Anya into a false sense of security. "So, you think any of your friends and family are going to come looking for you while you're down in St. Bart's?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-02 02:45 am UTC (link)
	"With any luck? No. But if someone had to come and check on me after pulling this crazy stunt, it would be Toni. She's my best friend and personal babysitter. It's a genetic thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-02 03:15 am UTC (link)
	"Why do I get the feelin' that when she usually comes lookin' for you, it's to keep you from doin' somethin' crazier than runnin' off with a guy you barely know?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-02 03:30 am UTC (link)
	"Because it usually is, though in my defense, Toni does assume the worst. Like the time Steve and I went to Vegas for a concert and she thought we were running away to get married. They must have interrupted at least four weddings." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-02 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Austin laughs. He nearly falls out of his chair from laughing so hard. When he collects himself enough to speak, his eyes are still watering. "You...went to Vegas for a concert and they thought..." Austin laughs again, having to cover his face. It's a few more minutes before it's all out of his system. "You are true trouble, Anya. True trouble." he chuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2010-11-02 03:51 am UTC (link)

"They did. Of course they didn't stop once to actually call and ask us what we were up to. No. They followed us out there and busted up four weddings trying to find us."

By this point Anya was laughing too.

"Though I will admit that if any one of us is the type to runaway and get married, it would most likely be me. So Toni did have /some/ reason for concern, but a phone call could have saved them A LOT of embarrassment."

She grinned.

"Being good is no fun."

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	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-02 12:37 pm UTC (link)
	"I also notice that your story does not contain anything to refute the idea that you and Steve were gettin' married." Austin says, raising an eyebrow. "I mean, if your friend knows you and you go runnin' off...well, I'd probably disrupt some weddings too if I were lookin' for a friend of mine." Austin chuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-02 09:44 pm UTC (link)
	"We weren't getting married," she said. "I always keep my word and I promised Toni when we were five that I would never get married without her there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-02 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm sure that you keep your word, Princess Anna." Austin grins. "How long is the flight to St. Bart's? I might try to get in a bit of my new book on the plane." he tells her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-03 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"We've got three hours to Miami and then an hour and a half from there," she answered. Looking back going by suit would have been a faster option, but then she wouldn't have run into him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-03 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Oh yeah. Plenty of book time for me." Austin says with a smile. "I just got into this fantasy series and I'm really likin' it. It's called A Game of Thrones." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2010-11-04 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Cool. I wish I had time to read. I honestly can't remember the last time I sat down with a book." Anya always did have ten million and one things going on at any given moment. It was a Stark thing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-11-04 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"You could always /make/ time, Anya. You look like the kind of person that always has to be on the move, because you'd go nuts if you had to sit still. When do you take time for yourself that isn't spent on a computer or in front of some other machine?" Austin asks, genuinely interested in the answer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)