Elaine Hammond (elaine_hammond) wrote in omega_reality, @ 2012-08-30 16:44:00 |
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RP: The Hammond/Barrish family arrives
Who: Hammond/Barrish family, Team Alpha and Beta, Dom, Leon, Eric
Where: VT and Manchester, New Hampshire
When: August 30, 2012
Summary: A new arrival makes Leon regret that he's in charge
They were getting closer to the convention and Elaine couldn't wait to accept that nomination, but until next week, they would have to make a few stops on the campaign trail, hitting the swing states, smile a little more, kiss a few more smelly kids and pretend to enjoy what they were doing. God, she really hated campaigning.
"Why am I doing this again?" she asked while they were all sitting in the living room of their latest hotel room. Tonight, there was another found raiser, but she had to speak to two different places before that. One right after lunch and one in the afternoon.
"Because you want to become president," Doug answered without looking up from the paper in front of him, before passing the yellow legal pad to his father. "It's your speech for the convention. See if you like it." Not that Doug had any hopes that his father would read something he hadn't written, but he was in politics and he could pretend.
Elaine saw the circle of light. It was just a reflection in the window glass and she stepped away, closer to the couch were the rest of the family was sitting, but the light seemed to be moving. "Sam, Clark," she yelled based on a gut feeling, but before their Secret Service detail could arrive the light was gone and so was the room and the hotel. Instead, they were in the middle of a mall? "What the hell? TJ, what did you put in this drink?"