Although usually Anne ate with Vianne and Anouk when they had guests, she had plans of her own tonight for one reason or another.* So it would be just the four of them. Vianne had prepared
Chicken Mole, along with rice, refried beans, pico de gallo and guacamole. It was a fairly simple meal, though the sauce had many exotic ingredients (chocolate and special hot peppers among them).
Anouk was setting the table, and their guests should arrive shortly. Anouk was happy they were coming, even if they were her mother's friends and therefore unlikely to actually pay her much attention. She didn't mind. She liked sitting at watching, learning things about people. And she shared her mother's interest in Severus. He was so secretive, so hard to read, and just different.
Vianne's interest, of course, went a little beyond that. She wanted to know him, she wanted to be his friend. More than that she didn't think about much.
Lily they'd only met recently, at the Thanksgiving party, but Anouk thought she was pretty and nice and Vianne had also enjoyed meeting her. It had been fortuitous, as Vianne had been plotting drawing Severus out over the holidays, and suddenly found someone who could be a co-conspirator.
This dinner was just the first instance.
*[[ooc: hope this is okay, Robin?]]