 for MJ and not-so-bby McCarthy Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
Three years of departures to school was more than enough for Nem to see that the first of September would never not be a day of total chaos. It wasn't helped, either, by timing of the brats' birthdays, nor by M&D's insistence on celebrating despite the fact that none of them would even remember it. The focus of the last couple of days had had to be split between a sorry excuse of a family party, and the preparations for the return to Hogwarts.
Last year only the paternal half of M&D had been there to see Nem and Pax off, but this time they had a full unit. Both parents were present (all six ankle-biters were with off some friend or other), because little baby Ezra was boarding the train for the first time and apparently that was a big deal. Nem had decided to fully embrace the role of afterthought, and slipped away and onto the train with a wink to Pax before either parent could notice. As such, there had been no dramatic goodbyes on his part, and no pointless warnings to behave and look after the precious little snowflake and whatever else M&D liked to bleat on about.
Trunk stowed away in the luggage compartment, Nem was now on the hunt for somewhere to while away the hours of the journey; Pax would either be along eventually or she'd be off plotting and executing some scheme for the whole train ride, time would tell. In the meantime, Nem moved down the train corridor, glancing into compartments, and scraping something hard and metallic all the way down the wall and doors as he went with an obnoxious scriiitch. He'd already seen multiple empty compartments and vetoed all of them, preferring to find somewhere that allowed for a little more entertainment.
Scriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch.
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