Loyal was one way of putting it. Stubborn was another. Whichever, Sam definitely would not be forgetting her bestie's birthday.

"I dunno...I mean, just a gathering of friends, I guess. Nothing too big. I wanna birthday cake though, and those little bags which you give out at the end." Honestly, she didn't have clue what was in them, never having had one herself, but she wanted to do it all the same. "I always wanted a party at Florean's, but it'd be cool to decorate one of the rooms at yours. What d'ya reck'n?" It was Dora's house, after all. And strictly speaking her dad's money too, even if it came out of Sam's allowance.

That...was a lot of places, Dora! Sam grinned enthusiastically. "Sure. I ain't ever been to any of 'em, so I'm 'appeh to go wherever you fancy!" If Dora loved them, then she was sure to. Hopefully she'd have enough time to read up on them before they went! "I'd love to go to Paris whilst we're in France. We learnt about it in Muggle Studies last term...apparently the view from the Eiffel Tower is amazing." And then they would have to go find a local bakery for those flakey pastry things that were like croissants but a different shape and had chocolate going through them, and have a picnic underneath like in the picture in her textbook. Thinking of which... "Do they really wear stripey tops and have necklaces of garlic in France? Surely the risk of vampires isn't that high?" Plus not all vampires were scary; she happened to know a perfectly nice one who sometimes did business with her Pa.

Ahem. She was excited about it all, okay?

"You reckon?" Sam gave a little sigh, and curled another mint leaf between her fingers. "You and Al, you're so different...and yet I know you have this bond; you'd fight the world together if you had to." Being an only child was freeing, she supposed, but oftentimes lonely too. "Hope we'll have time to see them all before we go travelling...do yeh think we should get the baby a present?"

Was that really a question, Dora? Sam looked at her, and lightly shook her head with an exaggerated roll of her eyes. Sam had a sweet tooth, but there was one flavour that she loved above all others. There was a reason why her birthday bar from her Pa was so special to her growing up. "Chocolate, duh. With sprinkles."