kyle, isaac, and cora headed back to new orleans via plane, an idea which cora found stupid.
"we could be there by morning if we travelled by foot." she said as she packed some important belongings inside her beaten bag.
"we can't exactly cross the atlantic ocean, you know." isaac pointed out. that's basically where the bickering and rolling of eyes started.
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they arrived unexpected in front of a classic, victorian era-esque building that could've been mistaken for a mansion.
kyle pressed a button and a bell rang like a melodic symphony. cora and isaac looked at one another and shrugged.
"kyle!" a blonde woman gasped - standing still for a few minutes before hugging kyle. "you should've told us you've already been released so we could've prepared a welcome home party." she said as soon as she pulled away and ushered them in.
"i wasn't officially released. you see what happened was -" cora coughed. "anyway, long story short i need to see madison."
"madison's not here for a whole month." she informed them. "oh where are my manners." she chuckled. "cordelia foxx, supreme."
cora introduced herself stiffly and shook hands with cordelia. on the other end of the werewolf chain, isaac gleefully introduced himself, mentioning the amazing building.
"this coven has been a safe haven for us witches since the hunt for our kind started in salem." cordelia sighed. "anyway, what do you need madison for?"
"i have this...hunch that she took zoe somewhere."
"you just can't assume that, kyle! she's been helping around here, recruiting and teaching beside me. i gave her a month long break because she deserves it. ever since the war, i noticed that she changed. sure, she still might have a defiant streak, but most of the time i'll catch her smiling for good reasons."
"did she leave or forget anything that belongs to her?"
"why?" cordelia asked, halting on a couple of steps.
"my friends," kyle motioned for cora and isaac. "they're werewolves. they could help track madison down and possibly zoe and chloe."
"you're still going on about that?" cordelia huffed. "fine. go up to the room she shared with zoe. she might've left something."
kyle nodded, apologized first before heading to the room.
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the room was bare, except for two beds with neatly folded blankets on top of it.
they split up: isaac searched under the beds, cora went inside the bathroom, and kyle checked the closet.
after 5 minutes of shuffling, they still haven't found anything and kyle was starting to get frustrated.
"look at this."
kyle whipped his head out of the closet he checked a million times and looked at isaac. he was holding something blue and silky.
"you'd look good in this, cora." he joked and got hit in the head by a box of soap.
"let me see that." kyle took the fabric, a sudden recollection of events flashing in his mind.
"this - this is hers."
"how do you know?" cora asked as she stepped out of the restroom, her shirt wet. isaac didn't ask knowing what cora would throw at him next now that she's surrounded with more things.
"i remember she wore this at the party. zoe - they both attended it and i remember this dress in particular because it was the only shimmering one i've seen that night."
cora nodded her understanding and asked if she could sniff it.
"hopefully it still hasn't been washed-"
cora's nose scrunched up and her face looked so sour. "definitely not." she struggled to say. "that girl wasted a shit ton of some expensive perfume on this dress."
isaac chuckled and shook his head.
"well, we better get moving then."
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they've travelled wherever the werewolves' senses brought them.
a day was spent scouting the city written on the piece of paper cordelia gave him. before they left, she said goodbye and wished them goodluck, and eventhough it sounded reluctant kyle thanked her for it.
"we need to get some rest." isaac suggested. "here, cora, drink some water."
cora thanked him and chugged the last bits of water down.
"this is leading us nowhere." cora complained while she wiped the sweat on her bushy brows. "we need some help."
"we could ask derek-"
"no." cora objected. "they don't need to get involved in this. besides, how would we call them? i don't even remember the last time i held a phone."
"zoe mentioned once that madison was a movie star so people around here might recognize her name." kyle tried to make a plan, but his stomach cried for food.
isaac and cora looked at him with a funny face.
"fine. we'll ask after we eat."
isaac raised his hand up, expecting a high five from cora, but didn't get anything and so he shamefully dragged his arm down.
kyle clapped him in the back as they headed out of the shade and into the nearest diner.
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"i loved their fries." isaac remarked as they continued walking around.
"yeah. you told us like five times already in the last 2 minutes."
kyle shook his head at both of them and smiled.
"hey, kyle. you said she used to be an actress right?" kyle nodded.
"wouldn't it be wise to narrow down the possible locations where she might be often seen?"
kyle smacked himself in the head for not thinking of it sooner.
"don't beat yourself up. it's probably just the heat frying your brain." cora joked half-heartedly.
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with no such luck, they decided to call it a day inside a hotel room.
"that was too much walking."
"you're a wolf, isaac, and you're telling me you're tired? talk about out of shape." cora mocked the grumpy brunet.
"my abs and chiseled jaw beg to differ."
"pssh, keep telling yourself that."
cora headed for the bathroom - saying "ladies first!" - to take a shower.
"what clothes are you going to wear? it's not like we had time to pack before we left."
"i have derek's stuff in my bag." the shower turned on for a few seconds and stopped. "don't open my bag, isaac." she warned before turning the shower back on.
"why did i just notice that?" isaac mumbled.
"notice what?"
"i've never seen cora in a dress besides the night we got out of the rehab. she always wear baggy stuff." he huffed. "maybe i should take her out on a shopping spree because she clearly needs it."
"that's it!" kyle had a eureka moment.
"you think so too? i've seen botiques around earlier and i was thinking i could buy her a dress or like-"
"that's not what i meant!" kyle laughed. "maybe i've been so wrapped up on the idea that she might be in one of those booths that i forgot how much she hoarded branded clothes."
isaac looked at him with such confusion.
"and no, i didn't check her clothes before all of this happened. zoe told me."
"uhhuh." isaac tilted his head from side to side.
cora didn't get out of the shower until 8:30pm, almost spent 35 minutes in the shower.
"is it really that hard to take a shower that it has to take you almost an hour?" isaac complained.
"for the record, that was the first time in probably 2 years so it's understandable." cora tossed back. "i don't know about you though."
"hey!" isaac objected and she just laughed it off, jumping on one of the two beds.
she looked over at kyle who was sitting next to the big window overviewing the city.
"a penny for your thoughts?" cora asked as she snuggled her way under the blankets.
"i'm just..i wish we find her soon enough." kyle sighed and closed his eyes.
"we will, kyle. we will and i'll make sure of it." he sniffled and went to cora's bed, giving her an unexpected hug just as isaac strutted out of the bathroom.
"ooh, wrong timing."
kyle pulled away, giving cora a great angle to throw something at isaac.
"ouch!" isaac yelped as a pillow hit him on the sides.
"guess those abs aren't working now, huh?" cora smirked.
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A/N: nooooooo winter break is over :( fml
01/03/2016
- lani