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Janine scrambled at the last minute, shoving bundles of clothes into the messenger bag at her hip. The hem of her light pink pleated skirt flitted about as she spun from one corner of her bedroom to another. [b]"Janine!"[/b] her mother called into the bedroom, her voice flat and uninterested. She stood in the doorway, bracing her weight on the frame and watching her daughter scramble about for her clothing. "Huh? What?" Janine muttered, wrapping both her arms around a pile of clothes on her [url=http://archdeco.org/designs/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/7fb7f3764d61.jpg]bed[/url] and shoving them into her bag, disappearing into the small white fabric. She turned to face her mother, smoothing her hair back with a white headband and pulling her bangs out with her hand before forcing a smile to her mother. "See? Presentable." she insisted, motioning down her sides with her hands for her mother to examine her choice of [url=http://i1340.photobucket.com/albums/o740/Eleda_M/JMP-Outfit_zpsc6707441.jpg]clothing[/url]. She wore a sleeveless white denim vest adorned with a feminine touch of sequins near the shoulders on top of a plain white tank top. Her pleated skirt rest at about halfway down her thigh leading down her slim legs to the white ankle boots she wore. 

[b]"Yes, yes. Presentable enough.."[/b] Nora droned, glancing down as Sadie rubbed past her calf. [b]"I assume you'll be taking Sadie with you. Such a shame. I'd love to breed her with one of the others."[/b] Her voice perked up slightly at the end of her statement, the corner of her mouth twitching into a semblance of a smile. As soon as the words left her mouth, Sadie scampered across the floor, hopping up onto the foot of Janines bed. "Mother! Sadie is mine. And we had an agreement." she insisted, swooping her companion into her arms. Rolling her eyes, Nora strode to her daughter and placed her hands firmly on her shoulders. [b]"I'm sure you have everything you need. You double checked and triple checked just yesterday. Go on. Have fun."[/b] she whispered, her voice cracking as raw emotion threatened to escape. [b]"Be safe."[/b]

Janine let Sadie snuggle into her chest as she gave her mother a one armed hug. Her mother had been different ever since her father had passed but, they'd managed to get by. Taking a step back, Janine grabbed her wand from her nightstand and clung a bit more tightly to Sadie. "Right. Well. Paris, here I come." she mumbled giving her mother one last smile before feeling the suction of apparating consume her. 

Before she could begin to feel nauseous, Janine felt herself being spit out in front of a gift shop she'd recalled from one of the wizard photos in the paper. Readjusting her skirt and tucking her wand into her bag, she massaged her fingertips into Sadie's fur, knowing the cat would be unsettled from the apparition. She felt a vibration of a purr, letting her know her actions did not go unnoticed. "Don't worry Sadie. Hopefully, we won't have to do too much of that." she whispered to her feline friend, turning down the street towards the large silhouette of a tower in the distance.