Chapter Fifteen

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28 December, 2015; 5:30 p.m.

The door to the Hsiao Manor opened with a flourish. Victoire pursed her lips.

"They really aren't intimidating," Teddy pressed her shoulder, "plus their parents are never around."

Felix bounded out.

"MATE!" he boomed. "You stopped for pizza!"

Five boxes were floating behind Teddy. Thank fuck he was seventeen and could levitate them instead of carrying them all.

"Victoire, pleasure as always," Felix took her hand and led her inside. "Welcome to chez Hsiao. Don't be afraid to ask for anything."

"Thank you," Victoire smiled.

"Leave your shoes by the door, please."

Felix led Teddy and Victoire down the hall. "Mum's here," he commented, "but she's busy talking with Dad. The Chinese Ministry wants him to move out east for a year." They passed an office, and Felix waved inside. Mrs. Hsiao waved back warmly at them and went back to speaking rapid Cantonese into a telephone. She had high cheekbones and chin length black hair.

The trio turned a corner and went down some stairs.

"What exactly is it we're doing here?" Victoire asked.

Before Teddy could answer her, Ailsa and Caspian opened the door.

"I think we bought out all of London," Ailsa joked.

Victoire looked inside and gasped. The Hsiao's screening room had a table filled to the brim with all kinds of sweets and crisps. There was barely room for pizza.

Disney films were piled up over the DVD set.

"It's marathon day," Teddy smiled at her.

"No fucking way!" Victoire laughed, "we're watching all of them?!"

"Well, the ones we have," Ailsa patted the couch where she was seated. "I hope you don't mind staying late!"

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

"This is hardcore pedophilia," Caspian shoved a chocolate bar into their mouth.

"And necrophilia," Victoire shuddered.

"Well, she's technically not dead," Teddy added.

"He doesn't know that!"

Pinocchio

"He's such a little shit."

Ailsa took the lolly out of her mouth. "If all these pubescent boys are on Pleasure Island, 'no girls allowed', does that mean all these boys are gay?"

Caspian choked on their spit. "It does now."

Alice In Wonderland

"This one is one of my favourites," Victoire sighed.

"I was thinking the other day," Felix said, "I don't think a muggle could have this much imagination. Maybe Lewis Caroll was a squib or something."

"Maybe The White Rabbit was a Babbity Rabbity type situation." Teddy agreed.

"Yes!"

Peter Pan

"Every fucking time I watch this I regret growing up." Teddy sniffed.

"Me too," Caspian said, "I always feel like I've committed some crime when the film is over."

The Jungle Book

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