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[ Sarah will receive a flurry of texts back. ]

What happened to your car?

Or Beth's car, technically.

Wait, do you even have a license?

Oh my god, Sarah, please tell me you haven't been driving around without a license.

And no, Beth's doesn't count.

Jesus, Alison. No need to get your lululemons in a twist.

The car's fine. I just had to ditch it for a bit.

[ no comment on the driving thing though, shhh ]

Now will you please say you're coming to get me?

[ consider her lululemons officially in a twist, good job Sarah ]

DITCH IT??

[ and then a long period of silence. ]

Okay. I'm calm.

Despite your best efforts to give me a heart attack. What happened?

It was an emergency!

[ almost a last ditch effort one might say. why couldn't cosima live closer? at least she'd be less of a hassled mum. ]

I was getting chased and I... improvised.

Chased by WHO?

How is it you are always the first one trouble finds?

Believe me, I'd pay to know.

[ it's really just her luck... and also probably her propensity for diving headfirst into things. ]

I don't know who exactly it was. Figured out someone was tailing me though when this black car started showing up everywhere I went.

[ okay, remember that calm? nope, taking it back. she is more than a little flustered right now and her fingers slip as she types quickly ]

Where a re you? Did you lose them??

Yes. [ and that's accompanied with an huff she's glad the other clone can't here. ]

I wouldn't be texting you if I hadn't.

I'm not too far from the suburbs actually.

[ which is a good indicator of how far she drove to try and ditch her would-be stalker. ]

Go find a street corner and stand on it.

[ while Sarah does that, Alison is going to be hustling the kids out of the house asap ]

Uh, say again?

Go find a street corner and stand on it!

Then text me where.

I thought you wanted me to come get you.

Alright, alright. Just making sure.

[ and texting her the intersection not too long after. it might be a bit on the outskirts of the city. srynotsry alison ]

[ she swears to god Sarah ]

You owe me. Big time.

[ after some time, she pulls up by Sarah in her minivan, looking around anxiously. ]

Get in before someone sees you.

Calm down, Alison. There isn't anyone else around here for miles.

[ even though she knows the other's right and she should be exercising more caution. it's what gets her into the car with less of a fuss and only when alison begins to drive does sarah let herself relax. ]

...Thanks.

You're welcome, Sarah. [ she doesn't miss a chance to hope that her impeccable manners will somehow rub off on Sarah ]

What were you even doing? How did this happen?

It's not like I go looking for this trouble.

[ most of the time. don't mind her, alison, but the combination of everything plus the other clone's questions is making her defensive. ]

I told you, I just saw that car and made a break for it.

[ Alison begs to differ but in the spirit of keeping a somewhat harmonious environment, doesn't voice it.

instead, she drums her fingers on the steering wheel. ]

Okay. Well, until I feel confident we're not being followed anymore, we are not going back to my house. [ and she was having such a perfectly normal Saturday afternoon too... ]

Are your kids still back there?

[ they were sweet children and yeah, sarah definitely did not want to be responsible for getting them involved in anything. there's a silence that hangs in the air, but it isn't long before it's broken by the sound of sarah's grumbling stomach. ]

...We should go to McDonalds.

No, I sent them to a friend's house.

[ and then Alison gives Sarah a Look out of the corner of her eye, because road safety ]

Please tell me you're kidding. [ it's MOM time ] Do you know how unhealthy McDonalds is for you? It's not just junk food, Sarah, it's trash food. No, absolutely not. If we're going to eat, we're going to eat something wholesome and healthy.

What? [ frown ] I haven't got that much cash on me.

[ plus, she'd had plenty of years when it was about the only food that she could get (for cheap) and eat on the go. that'd been one of the unfortunate consequences of being on the move constantly, but it was far from being the worst or most worrisome in her eyes. ]

You can't put a price on a healthy lifestyle. [ in any case, if her day was going to be disrupted by this- this clone business, she was drawing the line at fast food. ]

I know just the place. And before you say anything, it's on me, so no objections! [ well that and she's the one driving so, your move Sarah ]

You don't have to do this.

[ she's not taking that "no objections" rule to heart, sry alison. it comes with not wanting to owe anyone anything. ]

Well, technically, you owe me for picking you up, so you can make it up to me by letting me take you to an actually decent place to eat. [ yeah. that logic is infallible. she's used to going out for lunch dates with her girlfriends, but she never thought she'd be doing that with another clone.

Alison will just be pulling into the parking lot of a fairly cozy looking diner, and then turning to Sarah. ]

Are you going to sit here and argue with me, or are we going to get some food?

That doesn't make any —

[ whereas sarah would be fine and dandy with having a row about this, her stomach just isn't on the same level and the mention of food gets it grumbling again. the clone can only frown before holding her hands up in defeat. ]

— fine. But only because I can't be bothered.

[ and Alison will consider that a victory. Alison: 1, Sarah: 0.

she'll lead them both into the diner, and greeting the host warmly before they're led to a booth table. Alison picks up the menu in front of her, before sliding the other across the table to Sarah. ]

Here. I recommend the chef's special club sandwich. We come here for brunch every weekend, and the kids love it.

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i need to sleep but i love these two omg

i enjoy their threads so much ahh and ok sweet dreams!

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SO SORRY FOR LATE, hope you had a good christmas!