Author's Note:This is my first time writing the HiC girls, so I hope I've written them IC. I'm setting this around the end of S1 of HiC, so we haven't met Elka's boyfriend, Roy, yet. There will be enough people resembling other people here w/o explaining why Daphne's father-in-law looks like Elka's boyfriend! Other than that, enjoy, and please R&R!
Melanie entered the kitchen, where her two housemates sat. "What do you guys know about Seattle?" she asked.
"It rains a lot there," Joy replied with a shrug.
"Bill Gates lives there," Victoria said. "Strange that he never returns my calls."
Melanie let out a sigh. Clearly they weren't getting it. "You guys! I was thinking maybe we should take a little vacation."
"To Seattle?" Joy asked. "Why? Wait, you've been watching Sleepless in Seattle again, haven't you?"
Melanie smiled. "It's just so romantic when they finally meet on the Empire State Building. How can you not love that?"
"Trust me, it becomes a lot easier once you've been left at the altar!" Joy said.
Melanie rolled her eyes, refusing to give in to Joy's usual pessimism. "You'll see, this'll be an adventure. Just like when we flew to Paris!"
"You mean we're going to make an emergency landing in another midwestern city?" Victoria asked.
"No!" Melanie answered immediately. "But we could meet some men."
"Melanie, in case you haven't noticed, there are men right here in Cleveland," Joy pointed out.
"Yes, but these would be out-of-town men. No strings attached."
Joy considered this for a moment. It had been so long since she'd had a little no-strings-attached fun. Not since that time with the "Nooner." Actually, it was even longer than that, thanks to the text from her long-lost son. She was definitely overdue. "OK," she finally said. "I'm in."