Maxwell shook his head. "No, i'm spending the first few days of the summer with my sisters, but I'll see you again before Dad's party."

Damon sighed, "I'm going off with Sage for a few days, I'll be back the day before Jack's open house." He wasn't even going to act like he was going for Maxwell's company, "So it'll have to wait a while."

Tay laughed, "Oh yeah i forgot you were going to your sisters and i forgot you will be with Sage." She smiled, "Where is he now?"

Damon shrugged, "Who knows? If I had to guess he's probably back in Romania."

Tay laughed and smiled, "He goes there a lot does he?" She tilted her head, "Are you sure he doesnt have a family there?"

Maxwell nodded. "Yeah, i wanted to see them before they went to American for most of the summer." He said trying not to be left out of the conversation about someone he didn't know.

Damon couldn't help but laugh, "It is Sage we're talking about here..." He shook his head, "The idea of commitment and staying in one place seems to terrify him."

Tay smiled, "That is nice that you want to see them." To Damon, "That is very very true, from the little bit i heard about him, i can tell." She laughed and smiled, "Would you rather be like Sage or Puck though?"

Damon sighed, "I guess, a little of both. I do want to married one day, with kids; like Puck... but at the same time I'd enjoy traveling around the world; like Sage."

Maxwell smiled. "But i'll be at Dad's house the week after the party." He pulled a large bug out of his pocket and tossed it to Helios, watching it crunch the bug to nothing.

Tay smiled and laughed, "That would be nice." She nodded, "Travel some and then settle and have kids." To Maxwell, "That is good. MAybe we can hang out some while you are there."

"Finally someone who get's it!" Damon smiled at her, "Though, I will admit, I wouldn't be too enthusiastic about staying in a tent half my life." He chuckled.

Maxwell smiled. "That was what i was hoping, Dad says we're not too far from the ocean. We could go to the beach."

Tay laughed and smiled, "Yeah i rather not do a tent but what about hotels?" To Maxwell, "YEah the beach sounds good." She looked over and nodded. Taylor sent him a smile.

"I could do hotels." Damon nodded with a smirk.

Alyssa walked by and immediately spotted one of her older 'fake' brothers, Dallin. She poked her head into the compartment."Uh hi there, I know that this compartment is for the grown ups but is it okay if I hang out with you guys for the time being? If you'd rather be alone, I'll go find another compartment to hang out."

Maxwell joined in their conversation. "My dad says he's lived in caves before, but that was on mount Everest." He hoped he wouldn't be instantly shunned by Damon.

Tay laughed and smiled, "How can you stand staying with Sage?" She looked over at MAxwell, "Yeah.... i dont think living in caves would be much fun either." Taylor laughed.

Damon looked at him, "Sage's has probably done that." He said it with a smile, he was stuck on the train with him, no point in being rude, "There's hardly anything he hasn't done."

Maxwell nodded his head. "Where's he been?" He asked Damon curious about this 'Sage'

With Louis, the teal pygmy puff, on her shoulder, Ellie made her way to the very end of the train, where Dallin said they would meet. Why the back? It was so far from the front. Pff.

Walking down the narrow hall, Ellie peeked inside all the compartments. She came to one and saw Dallin and Alyssa standing in the doorway.

"Hey, guys," she greeted with a smile. Why were they just standing outside? Ellie opened the compartment door all the way... and saw Brooklyn. And up until recently, Ellie didn't have a problem with Brooklyn. Until she discovered that she was another girl that Dallin had planted his lips on while he and Ellie were on their break.

Louis crawled to the end of Ellie's shoulder to get closer to Dallin. He sniffed his sleeve... and sneezed on Dallin's shoulder. Well. This should be fun.

Jory walked down the train corridor looking for an empty compartment while lugging his trunk behind him. "Darn, this thing's heavy,'' he thought and made a mental notes to empty, clean and repack it neatly for the next year. He adjusted his owl Tobias's cage beneath his left arm. And his pygmy Puff he'd adopted from Care of Magical Creatures class was riding on the boy's shoulder, squeaking in his high pitch. "Furball, you're gonna make me go deaf,'' Jory said patiently scanning the place for an empty compartment and Furball gave a smaller squeak this time

He spotted one not too far from where he was standing. He slid the door aside and after a bit of a tussle with he trunk, he managed to stow it above. He placed Tobias's cage on the seat opposite and let Furball sit next to the cage. He knew the Pygmy Puff wouldn't go far even if it wanted to. Jory'd make sure the door was in place all along.

Jory pulled off his robes revealing his muggle clothes. He wanted to read a book and didn't want to be disturbed for anything until the ride came to an end. He placed his rob into the trunk and took out a book he had is mom send specially for him. The Hufflepuff spotted the other books he'd finished reading over the year and hoped he'd see Gwen. He had promised to lend her some of those books.

Settling down comfortably, Jory began his book and was soon wrapped up in it to notice anything else.

Lilly pushed and shoved to a compartment at the back of the train. Smartie jumped on to her lap, wanting a cuddle. He didn't get one. She didn't know whether anyone else was in the compartment, and she didn't care either. At all. Smartie jumped off in a strop and sat on the floor. Lilly didn't care. She put her legs up onto the seat, head in her hands, and cried. Not because term was over or anything, that would be stupid. She was coming back next year. Because of her mum. And her dad. And life, too. That stunk, especially hers. But because of her mum. Her dad, not so much. If he really wanted his daughters back, he'd pull himself together and get a job. He could if he put some effort into it. Lilly couldn't help him there. She didn't bother looking up to see who might be staring at her, there was no point. She could hear Harvey and Minnie somewhere, but they probably weren't in this compartment.

Stepping on the train, Zeke was psyched to be finally going home. Hours and days and weeks of doing all that he wanted. No more stressful whatnots. With a smile on his face--yes, an actual smile this time--he dragged his trunk as he looked for a place to sit. Definitely not where he'd find girls hopefully.

As he saw a guy seated down, Zeke grinned at him and asked, "Hey, mate. Think I could share a seat with you?" The guy he was talking to was talking to an owl. Hm, perhaps next year Zeke would finally reconsider buying a pet and bringing him along. He's never had a pet since then.

He waited if the guy would allow him to sit or not as he just stood there.

Ira still couldn't believe that her second year had ended! This fast! Time really flew fast! It meant that she would soon be a third year!

She was happy that she would finally get to home and stay with her parents, and meet up with her muggle friends. Oh! How she missed them! But she knew that she would be enjoying her summer to the fullest!

She slipped into a compartment and loaded her trunks up into the overhead compartments. Once she was sure that her baggage was safe, Ira looked around for a seat.

And saw her.. Ira didn't exactly know that girl but had seen her in classes. And she seemed to be sad.. no, wait, she was crying! Ira didn't like anyone who cried.

So, she went ahead and sat besides the crying girl and laid a hand on her shoulder to comfort her, and said, "Hey.. what happened?"