Hello, I hope you all like this chapter, after this I'm gonna skip to Christmas, because I really want to do a Christmas chapter. :)
Chapter 15: A day out
Sadie and Anubis walked through the town centre towards the bus station, Zoe beside them. As they neared the old station Sadie pointed to a sign saying "stand C1" where a bus was just pulling in. As they stood waiting they saw a girl step off the bus, a smile on her face, long, naturally blonde hair hung down, almost, to the small of her back. Her clothing consisted of a black and white patterned short-sleeve top, some denim jeans and a pair of black, heeled boots. Not to forget a small, black, handbag slung over her shoulder.
Instantly, Sadie recognised her, "Sarah, over here!" she shouted, waving madly. Anubis stood awkwardly behind her next to Zoe, unsure if he should wave.
When Sarah reached the trio she was met by a bone crushing hug from Sadie, while Anubis stood back, waiting for Sadie to introduce him.
When she broke off the hug, Sadie span round and introduced Anubis, "Sarah, this is my boyfriend Anubis. Anubis, Sarah. Sarah, Anubis."
Sarah studied him for a second, "So, your Anubis. As in, the Anubis?"
"I am" he replied, feeling awkward under her scrutiny.
"Pleased to meet you" Sarah said, holding out a hand.
Anubis shook her hand, blushing slightly.
Sensing his feelings of awkwardness Zoe butted in, nudging Sadie's leg.
Sadie looked down at her, having almost forgotten the dog. "oh, and this is Zoe, our newly adopted dog."
"oh, she's also gonna have puppies." Anubis added.
Sarah rubbed Zoe's chin, "well its very nice to meet you as well Zoe"
In return Zoe barked her thanks, tail wagging happily.
Reaching into her bag, Sadie pulled out a timetable for the buses, scanning through she found the one she wanted. "Right, we need to be on stand C2 err... like now." she said with a smile as she began to walk off to the stand.
The group paid their fares and got on the bus, sitting together on the back row. "So, where are we going then Sadie?" Anubis inquired.
"to the starbucks in Freeport me-thinks."
"Freeport?" he asked, clueless.
Sarah filled him in, "Yeah, its this shopping 'village' built on top of a closed mine. It's actually called Junction 32 now, but everyone just calls it Freeport."
As the air-brakes squealed the bus to a stop outside the shopping centre Sadie was already stood up, pulling Anubis up with her. Sarah and Zoe followed swiftly behind. They got off and thanked the driver.
Zoe lay content under the table while the three above her talked in the rare British sun. "So how'd you two meet?" Sarah asked Anubis.
"Well, We first met about four years back, when Said came for the feather." he said, giving a glance at Sadie, "and more recently I was sent, it seems, to live with her."
Sarah took a drink from her hot chocolate, "hmm, Interesting."
Sadie waited a while, but the lack of conversation was bugging her. "Sarah's also a magician as well."
Anubis chuckled, "Yes Sadie, even I worked that out."
"Less of the cheek mister, or else your not sleeping with me tonight." Sadie threatened.
Sarah raised an eyebrow, "You two sleep together?"
Sadie nodded in agreement, wondering why it surprised Sarah.
"Anyway, college, what've you taken Sarah?" Sadie asked.
"photography, IT, biology and physics; how about you Sadie?"
"Um, lets see... history, biology, photography... and music." Sadie replied, "the same as Anubis."
"haha, Aww bless you two, you make such a couple." Sarah smiled, inadvertently causing the pair to blush. Anubis attempted to hide this behind his mug of hot chocolate, Sadie just scowled at Sarah, flicking a strand of red hair out of her face. Zoe popped her head up to see what was happening, interested in how Sarah was reacting to Anubis; quite well actually, she'd even made him blush.
After they finished their drinks the group decided to wander round to some of the other shops, picking up supplies for college; books, folders, pens, pencils. Everything they would need. Before long the sky was growing dark and the air was cooling. Leaning over to Sadie, Anubis whispered in her ear, "Portal?"
Sadie nodded, "we need somewhere where no-one will see."
"how about the women's toilets?" Sarah suggested.
Sadie thought for a second, "Yeah, that'd be perfect!"
Anubis however had already found a flaw with the plan, "Ahem, what am I supposed to do Sadie?"
"Well you'll just open the portal through the duat and the..."
"Sadie, I can't go into the women's toilets can I?" Anubis pointed out.
"oh, yeah I forgot... wait. A boy may not be able to, but my dog can!"
"Sadie... where exactly will I change? In my dog form I can't exactly open doors." Anubis replied.
Smiling, Sadie pointed to the disabled toilet. "There should be plenty of room in there!"
Excitedly she dragged him in, leaving Sarah and Zoe outside. Judging by Sarah's expression Zoe decided this behaviour was normal for Sadie.
Meanwhile, in the large toilet room Anubis was stark naked, ready to change into his dog form, just placing his clothes into Sadie's bag. Once he'd done this the boy was gone, replaced with a lean jackal, wearing a golden collar, which Sadie swiftly clipped a lead to. From the look he was giving her Sadie could tell Anubis was displeased.
Sarah couldn't help but laugh as she saw Sadie exiting the toilet with a rather annoyed dog at her side. Zoe barked to Anubis, "What's up?"
"She's put me on a lead, surely its obvious I won't run away." He replied.
"Maybe she has other reasons to put you on a lead..." Zoe suggested.
Anubis raised an eyebrow, "like?"
With a swish of her tail Zoe smiled, "Well, I can't tell you that myself."
Suddenly Anubis was jerked to one side by the lead as Sadie was now half way through the bathroom door. Stopping, she turned around, "Come on, hurry up" snapped Sadie, catching him off guard. He quickly complied, trotting into the bathroom.
When the group were gathered and they were sure there was no-one else in Anubis stepped forward to open the portal, before he could raise a paw however he noticed Sadie at one of the sinks, inspecting herself in the mirror. "Aww, do I really look this crap?" She complained to herself, inspecting some near invisible mark on the side of her face. "Ah, what the!" She yelped, as Anubis had nudged her bum with his damp nose. "ok, fine, lets go."
Sarah smiled, Sadie hadn't changed over the summer at all.
Anubis held up his paw, a sand portal appearing there. Sarah and Zoe went through first, followed by Sadie and himself.
On the other side Sarah was shaking sand out of her hair, "I really don't like those things."
"Nor do I" Coughed Sadie, brushing sand from her arms.
Anubis padded out of the portal, fur somehow untouched by the sand.
"I'm going to change" Anubis told Sadie telepathically.
Trying it, Sadie replied "testing, one tw... hey, it works! Wow, this is amazing. Yeah, off you go."
Bast entered the room as Anubis left, she swiftly spotted Sarah. "Sarah, how nice it is to see you" She said, giving Sarah her second rib crushing hug of the day. "Nice to, ah, see you as well Bast" Sarah struggled, taking a gulp of air when the cat goddess let go.
"Hmm" Bast purred, "Lets get you a bed for the night."