Stressful journey

[ams]

Elodie dropped her trunk for the third time that day and just like before she quickly picked it up again and carried on rushing. She wasn't late, her Dad had made sure of that. The platform was packed with students but she swiftly found a door and entered the carriage.

She breathed a sigh of relief when she got on the train but it was no better. It was packed to the gunnels and she immediately had to start struggling past students. She eventually found a compartment with a seat near the window and she let herself in, smiling at the other students as she sat down. If she was honest, she couldn't wait to get there.

[Ashley Lotti]

Ashley pushed her way into the terminal. The travel from her parents house had been uneventful, as she had expected. Ashley had been too fixed on the window to realize she was at the train, getting booted out of the car with her brother and their trunks.

She opened a compartment, and spotted a girl looking as old as she. "May I sit with you?" Ashley asked uncertainly.

[ams]

Elodie had been looking out the window at the busy platform. People were still rushing to get on the train, sayng goodbye to parents and siblings and meeting friends they hadn't seen in weeks. She looked up when she heard the compartment door open. She smiled at the girl who entered and watched her walk through.
"Of course you can sit here" Elodie said in reply, shuffling over in her seat a bit so there was a little more room. "I'm Elodie by the way" she said introducing herself.

[Ashley Lotti]

"Elodie? That's a pretty cool name," Ashley smiled happily as she pushed her giant trunk on the top shelf. Of course, her mother had forced her to take way too much then actually needed. THat was Kathy for you. "I don't think I've seen you before. And you look around my age. Are you new?" Ashley asked, plopping down on the seat, exhausted from the trunk excersize.