A Taste of Magic

Chapter 117: 117th Course - About Time Honestly

"Knew it would be an invasion," Millicent grumbled.

As per usual, the friends spent a lot of time in the Uncommon Room, with the addition of the little siblings now. They had followed their older siblings and entered as if they belonged there. They sat in the corner together, working on a Charms paper together with Astoria helping somewhat.

"At least we have the keys and they don't," Pansy sighed in agreement.

"That's true," Millicent said. "But Harry won't let us lock them out."

"Because that would be cruel and rude," Harry sniffed, not looking up from his task.

"I'm not entirely disagreeing," Millicent said, "but they're being cruel and rude to us, just saying."

"Are they?" Harry asked, looking up.

"Well not at this moment," Millicent conceded. "Sorry, I'm just being a bitch."

"What else is new?" Pansy asked and yelped when Millicent kicked her stool and made her fall off. "I'm a prefect you know!"

"What else is new?" Millicent replied snidely and they laughed at that, even Pansy, but she kicked Millicent back. "Just saying it was nice having them not in my business and all, a place where they weren't but I guess that's part of the role of being an older sibling."

"Oh, that makes sense," Harry said after some thought. "But they're doing their thing over there and not actively being bothersome, and I'll try to keep them from being too rowdy."

"Thanks," Millicent said gratefully. "What are you making by the way?"

"A vanilla and strawberry mille crepe cake," Harry said. He finished the last layer to the cake and put it in his personal icebox to chill and firm up. "A treat to make the start of the new year better."

"For them?!" Daphne gasped. "Their woes are nowhere near like ours are now!"

"Which is why we have this one first," Harry said, taking out the one that was already inside and ready. "Did you really think I'd not think about you lot?"

"I never did," Luna said brightly, hugging him.

"That's so pretty," Hermione said when Harry cut out the first slice. The many crepes within the mille crepe cake showed a very pleasing cross section with slices of strawberries and thin layers of vanilla cream in between the crepes. The top was dusted with a little powdered sugar and the entire cake looked soft and sweet.

"This is so good," Sue said, licking her lips after the first bite. "Thanks Harry!"

"It must take forever to line up the layers and everything," Tracey said admiringly.

"A bit, but it's worth the effort here and there," Harry nodded. "It's nice to focus on something like this though sometimes. Not think about anything else and just focus on lining up the layers and all. It's not that bad if everything is done ahead of time but it can be a bit tedious. The results are lovely though."

"You know, I do feel bad sometimes," Millicent sighed as she watched Harry take the second cake to the others in the corner. She smiled at how happy they looked and they thanked Harry profusely, chatting with him easily. "There really isn't many that would be so kind to them just because they're our sibs. I was being a bitch about it and he's just being kind."