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"So what are we going to do when we get to Paris?" I shrugged.
"Find a relatively cheap hotel and then whatever we want, I think we should stay for little bit longer though, I've always wanted to go!" We were on a train, traveling to the City of Light. The boys were playing some card game and I was painting my nails black. The trip so far hadn't been all that exciting, but I had feeling things were going to get more intense in the big city.
"Ooh ooh!" Sirius waved his hand around in the air and I sighed.
"Yes, Sirius?" He grinned.
"We should go to Amour de Minuit." James' eyes grew.
"Yes!" I shook my head.
"No."
"What is it?" Remus and Peter look confused, I rolled my eyes at Sirius and James' pleading looks.
"It's a night club, one I have no intention of going to, especially with you lot." Sirius pretended to look hurt.
"And what is that supposed to mean, Cassandra!?" I glared at him.
"It means that you four probably get into enough trouble when you're not party and getting drunk, and I would rather not be around to that happen!" The two boys sighed.
"Fine." As the train came to a stop, I got up and looked out.
"Dammit." I cursed under my breath and frowned.
"What is it?"
"It's pouring out!" I groaned. "Great, that's going to do wonders to my hair." I heard Sirius snort.
"Oh, the woes of traveling with a woman." I turned around and glared at him.
"Come on, let's just find someone to stay for the next few nights." They got up and followed me out. I put my purse over my head and looked around for a moment. After several directions from strangers we finally managed to check into an Inn. The boys dropped their luggage onto the floor and fell onto the beds. "Oh, stop your whining! We haven't been traveling for that long!" The responded with rude hand gestures. "Well fine then! Look, I'm just going to go find a market for some food, alright? I'll meet you back here, if I'm not back in a couple of hours send help." They nodded their heads without looking and I walked out.
I noticed it was still raining and cautiously looked around, taking out my wand. "Accio umbrella," I whispered pointing at my purse. It appeared only a moment later and I smiled. I then set off on my walk. I hummed as I walked, enjoying the peace; I had always wanted to go to Paris, but I had never imagined it being like this: rain pouring down, cheap hotel and food, staying with four boys I barely knew. I shook my head and sighed.
"You're crazy, Cass!" I smiled at my best friend, sitting in front of me.
"Why is that crazy?"
"Because your dad would never allow it!" I shrugged.
"Maybe he doesn't have to know!" She gave me a look. "Come on, Talia! It will be easy, I'll just spend a few nights in Paris before meeting up with you in Bonn! Then we can sneak away from your family!"
"I was going to bring Christian, though!"
"Well I never said you couldn't, did I?" She sighed.
"I'm just not so sure about this, what if we get caught?"
"We're not going to get caught, Talicat! Don't you trust me?" She wrinkled her nose.
"Is that a trick question?" I pushed her off of my bed.
I bit my lip, thinking of that day, I looked up at the woman I was buying the food from. "Excuse me, do you know the date today?" She looked at me, curiously.
"It's the fifteenth of June, Fille." I nodded and sighed. I had a week to get to Bonn, and I hadn't even told the boys yet, I wasn't sure how they would react. As I kept walking, the rain started getting harder. I could hear a faint barking sound off in the distance. I started off in that direction and soon came across a big black lump on the ground, it was whimpering.
"Shh shh, it's alright." I ran my hand over its wet fur, it was trembling. "Come on." I shifted the bags in my arms and led the dog back to the inn. I snuck in through a side door and went back up to the room. "Miss me, Boys?" They immediately all shot up and took the bags from my arms, digging through them for food. I laughed and shook my head. "Yeah, I thought so, I found a stray on my way!" They all finally looked up and noticed the dog next to me.
"Where did you pick it up?"
"Just on the side of the road, probably lost." The dog shook water out of its fur next to James, he cringed. It then padded happily over to Sirius. He smiled and petted its fur.
"Hey, it likes Padfoot! Must be a girl." I laughed as Sirius looked and nodded.
"What's your name, Beautiful?"
"Not sure how it works in London, Black, but dogs usually don't talk." He rolled his eyes but continued petting her. "Never would've pegged you for an animal lover, Black." He shrugged and smiled.
"No, just a dog lover." The other boys snickered and I was left standing there, momentarily confused.
"Anyway, so I think we'll just camp out here until the rain stops, after we leave again, we'll make a quick stop in Belgium before heading to Germany, there's a town there I want to make a quick stop in." Remus rose an eyebrow but the others looked unfazed.
"Where do you need to be in Germany?" I didn't meet his gaze.
"Just a town called Bonn, I uh- There's just a few things I want to pick up there, it won't take too long." He looked at me for a few more moments before turning away, I let out a breath. There was something about him, or at least something about me that he didn't trust, not that he should. I was lying to all of them. But still. It was strange. We all sat around and ate our food, Sirius was still playing with the dog a few hours later he looked up at me, a look of hope in his eyes.
"Can we keep her?" I sighed.
"Sirius, she won't exactly e welcomed on the train, and what if she has an owner out looking for her, they must be worried." He pouted.
"Please? She doesn't have a tag! Plus I already gave her a name!"
"I don't think we sho- wait! What?" He nodded, smiling wide.
"Isobel, isn't it fitting?" I gave him an incredulous look, I rose an eyebrow at James and he sighed.
"Don't try to understand what goes through his mind." I shook my head.
"If she stays with us, she's your responsibility, Black." He nodded again, still smiling.
"I will! Promise!" He said, feeding her a piece of bread. He gave her a loving look and scratched her head. I smiled at the exchange.