Date: April 8, 2005
Character(s): Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Roger Davies, Viktor Krum, Neville Longbottom, Lavender Brown
Location: 33 Alpha Lane
Status: Private
Summary: Easter dinner for 'family'
Completion: Complete
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Old winter's cold and snows have past, New life, new hopes, are here at last )
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"Dinner's to a point where I just need to heat up a few things, so we're good in here until we all decide to eat," she said thoughtfully, checking once again to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.
They started to head outside when she felt the wards shift, soon followed by a knock. "Someone's here. You can go on outside while I answer the door," she decided, leaning up to kiss him one last time before company arrived and meant no more kisses.
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He raised his newly-freed right arm and knocked on the door, suddenly nervous all over again.
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"Good afternoon, Neville," she said, smiling slightly. "I'm glad you were able to come over today. Happy Easter."
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Nibbling on his lip, he looked down and remembered the lily in his hands. Holding it up, he said, "I brought this for you. It's an Easter Lily. I thought it might be appropriate for the occassion. It's heavy, though, so I'll put it wherever you like. And if there's anything I can do to help you, just let me know. I'm rather crap at cooking anything not out of a tin, but I do know how to stir... and, err, cut. Things like that." He wrinkled his nose and rolled his eyes. "Sorry, I'm rambling."
Smiling at her again, he said, "Happy Easter."
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"Oh, thank you. It's lovely." She reached out to touch the lily and considered where she'd like it. She'd probably take it to the shop for her office, but, for now, she'd just have him set it in the kitchen. "I think the kitchen might be best. There's good light back there, though I'll take it to the office with me tomorrow, most likely, so I can enjoy it more."
"The cooking is well in hand. Roger helped earlier, and it's mostly done now save for heating a few things before we eat later," she told him. She smiled. "There should be a cooking class for all you single blokes who consider dinner whatever tin you happen to have nearby."
Once they were in the kitchen, she motioned to where he could put the lily. "Harry and Roger are outside, so we can go on out and join them."
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Zuzu was still wrestling with the hunk of rope and seemed reluctant to give up the fight. "Oi, you can take it with you," he said as he picked up puppy and rope alike and headed out the back door. He looked back o find Crookshanks following him, and smiled.
He stepped outside to where Harry was wrestling with Cocoa, and set Zuzu down. She forgot about the rope and set off in wild circles over the lawn.
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He waited patiently while Hermione found a good spot for the lily and then followed her to the back of the house, seeing a tall, good-looking fellow with a dog, who looked vaguely familiar. The man, that is. The dog, while gorgeous in a still-growing-into-its-paws sort of way, was not at all familiar.
He felt himself slowing down as they drew closer to the man, and straightened his shoulders in irritation at himself. He wasn't a bumbling child anymore, dammit. Pasting a somewhat confident smile on his face, Neville hurried to catch up with Hermione.
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Smiling slightly, Roger headed over a bit more quickly. "Sorry," he said. "Trying to get her to stop doing that. No, Zuzu." He glanced at Hermione with a half-grin, then offered a hand to her friend. "Er. Hullo. I'm Roger; good to meet you."
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"Hello, Roger. Neville Longbottom. Nice to meet you."
He looked back at Hermione and, seeing the way she looked at Roger, realised that there was something more than friendship between them. He smiled faintly, pleased for his friend.
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The food smelled good when the went into the house, though it was strangely quiet and Lavender couldn't see Harry or Hermione anywhere. Then, she heard what sounded like a small dog yapping playfully outside. "The garden?" she suggested, and they went out to see where everyone was. The weather was lovely, so Lavender could see why they'd set out blankets and the table to eat out there. She gave a friendly smile. "Hello!"
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The wards shifted slightly, and it wasn't long after before Ron and Lavender came outside. Now that Ron was there, things felt complete. Viktor was a good friend and had become like a dependable older brother in the last few months, but Ron was her brother. Now that he was there, she had her family.
"Hello, Lavender. We're happy that you could join us. Ron, there are drinks on the table if you two are thirsty," she said, motioning to where Roger had set out the beverages he'd brought.
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Ron hugged Hermione's shoulders. "Hey, everything looks great." Then he and Lavender walked over to where the drinks were, chose some and sat down across from Neville.
"Hullo, stranger," Ron said. "Haven't seen you in awhile. How's the greenhouse doing?"
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She walked past Roger and squeezed his shoulder slightly, smiling down at him before she went inside. She checked on the warming charms to make sure the food was okay on her way to the front door. Once there, she opened it and blinked when she a very brightly colored Maire.
"Good afternoon, Viktor. Happy Easter, Maire. You look very colorful today," she said, stepping side so they could enter.
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Viktor laughed and handed Hermione the bread. "This is traditional, my family. Eggs, which are cooked in, you are take out as you tear off bread, and then, is hit eggs at each other, until last person with no cracking, is lucky." He paused. "Is hit eggs, for not like throw. For like, as hit glasses at each other before to drink?"
He shrugged. "If is not fit, for dinner, then is gift."
He followed her into the house, keeping an eye on Maire, who was currently looking under the couch.
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