As the young witch, Bobbie Granger, enters her seventh and final year at Hogwarts she anticipates her time to be full of secret parties in the common rooms, cheering for her friends at Quidditch matches, and studying endlessly for her N.E.W.T's.
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"Surprise!" The dining area of 12 Grimmauld Place shouted as Bobbie entered the room with the Weasley twins. Bobbie gasped as a smile grew upon her lips. Every member of the Order had a cheesy paper birthday hat on their head and the room was littered with banners and balloons.
"Happy birthday, Bobbie," Sirius smiled as he pulled the string of a popper and confetti burst over Bobbie's head.
She pulled her friend in for a hug. "You guys didn't have to do this," she said to the room.
"We wouldn't have even known it was your birthday had Remus not suggest we host a small party," an elder member, Elphias Doge, reported happily. He worked for the Ministry as a jurist, and was one of Dumbledore's closest friends.
Bobbie peered over at Remus who was looking awkwardly down at his tattered brown shoes. "Fred and I came up with the idea," he shrugged. The girl chuckled and reached to ruffle the ginger boy's hair, before taking a seat in the chair Fred pulled out for her.
The crowd burst into the tune of "Happy birthday" as Mrs. Weasley brought out an enormous cake she worked on baking all day, placing it in the middle. Bobbie smiled around the room to everyone's cheery faces, enjoying the happy spirits that filled the house.
"Go on then, blow out your candles," Tonks said from a few seats over.
Leaning in, Bobbie inhaled before letting out a mighty breath over the candles. Her brow furrowed when the candles lit back up, and she attempted to blow them out for a second time. After a third, she turned to the twins who had mischievous smiles on their faces. "We charmed them," George admitted, finally allowing his laugh to break free.
"Happy birthday beautiful," Fred said as he made the first cut into the cake, dishing a piece for the birthday girl. As he handed her the plate he leaned down to kiss the top of her head, sporting a huge grin as he did so.
Sirius glanced over to his friend, who was already staring intently at the pair. Remus looked away from the girl to meet Sirius's eye, a knowing look residing there. The room broke apart from the table, the members scattering about the room to drink their butterbeer and feast on the delicious cake Molly had prepared.
Remus saw Bobbie move out of the room to go sit alone on the steps. He silently tucked out of the door to follow her, plopping down on the step next to her. "Alone on your birthday?"
Bobbie shrugged and stabbed at her cake before placing it on the step in front of her. "Harry was all alone for his birthday," she whispered, feeling guilty for having a party thrown for her when she knew Harry received nothing. His birthday was just a week before her own, and she couldn't even write to him or send him a gift due to Dumbledore's orders.
"We'll throw him his very own party when we bring him back here in a few days," Remus said. He loved how much she cared for the boy, his parents would be thrilled to know Harry had someone like Bobbie. Remus waved his wand and the parcel he had poorly wrapped for Bobbie appeared on his lap.
