Mélanie giggled again at Jim’s apparent lack of knowledge about Canada. “Don’t worry about it, she must be from, uhm… Alberta or something. Maybe Toronto?” She attempted to see if anything would ring a bell with Jim but it seems as if they’ll have to pick up their geographical conversation a bit later.

Mélanie listened to the other girl talk, obviously flirting with some of the guys there. She watched as Jim and Henri walked into the convenience store and laughed when Paul mentioned the possibility of bears in the woods. “Come on, we’re not going to get attacked by any bears unless you mess with the little baby ones.” She grinned at Paul as the group moved towards the vehicle.

Dominic asked her about the guitar slung over her back. “No, I got it. I’m not, like, overprotective or anything, but I like to have it with me during transport you know? Don’t want any chance of it being broken if we hit a bump or something.”