Order Only: Private Message to Harry and Draco

[alt_hermione]

Hey, how was your boys' get-together at the safehouse?

Bea gave us all Valentines and somehow got Kreacher to make cupcakes. Then she got frosting in her hair.

It was quite an exciting day.

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[alt_draco]

Snitch. We just lounged around and caught up, mostly. I tried out my Bellatrix impersonation on him, but there was firewhiskey so it all ended up being more hilarious than it ought to have been.

Too bad Hydra didn't show up - I was hoping to get her opinion. Oh, but Sally Anne came 'round and then Ron did, too. It wasn't til after they left that we realised they were probably hoping to have the place to themselves.

A Kreachercake? That sounds dreadful. Did it taste of mould and spiderwebs?

[alt_hermione]

Actually the cake was quite good, you know he can bake really well if he wants to. (Actually, you know who really bakes well? Mr Snape. It's not something I think he'd like Sirius to know, though, if he doesn't already.) Anyway, it had pink icing and little balloons on, which if you touched them popped into little strips of confetti.

I can't quite imagine Bellatrix drunk on firewhiskey, though. You'll have to recreate it for me.

I'm reasonably certain Hydra was stuck training with Auror Crouch.

[alt_draco]

That doesn't surprise me about Snape. Potions is a bit like cooking, but with more complex recipes.

Auntie Bella would never drink - has to keep her senses sharpened at all times. It's a wonder how anyone ever convinced her to actually lower herself to have sex. Probably the Lord Protector insisted she have some sprogs, and that's all it took.

Harry said that Hydra and Crouch were in the castle's salle this morning. Would he really have kept her all day? Brutal.

So in that case, yes, he probably did.

Did you save me a kreachercake?

[alt_hermione]

It's hard enough to think about Mr Snape with flour on his face; please, please do not make me think about your aunt having sex!

(But speaking of that...now that I think about it, I doubt Auror Crouch did keep Hydra all day. It's Valentine's Day; surely he wanted to spend some of it with Daphne? Talk about things I don't want to visualise....)

There are plenty of cupcakes. Are you coming back tonight? It's not too late to have another, but I'm not sure they'll go with whiskey.

[alt_draco]

I brought it up as a complete hypothetical, it's not my fault if your mind adds images and sound effects for good measure.

Urgh, imagining Crouch is even worse. Thanks for that. I guess we're even?

I was thinking of sleeping here at the safehouse, but I could probably be fit to apparate here in a little while. Are there any rules or superstitions about eating valentine themed food if you don't have a valentine? I feel like there are but I can't remember them.

[alt_hermione]

I think you should sleep, if you're worried about apparating.

As for valentine's food, well Bea will gladly be your valentine, I'm sure. I don't think there's anything wrong, though, but once I heard Montgomery and Stevens saying that they thought it should all be black, if they weren't going to be able to have boyfriends on Valentine's Day. (That was when they were single, though!)

Anyway, I'll be sure there's a preserving charm on the cupcakes so they don't go stale before you get back.

[alt_draco]

Stale spiderweb kreachercakes.

Yeah, I think I'd better sleep here, it'll be longer than I thought before I can apparate.

'Night, Hermione.

[alt_harry]

The gossip back at the castle was that everyone saw Crouch and Daphne going into the Protector's Circle, you know, that inn in Hogsmeade.

That was at around noon, so Hydra had the afternoon free. I didn't hear anyone mention what she'd been up to, though.

[alt_harry]

I rather imagine Mr Snape's cupcakes would be the result of endless experiments on large and smaller quantities of bicarbonate of soda and whether it would improve things to grate the chocolate, shave it, chop it, or dice it before melting it. With endless notations in each cookbook. With the result being the world's most perfect chocolate cupcake that no one else ever makes because their own recipes are just fine and his requires too many charms to keep the temperatures perfect.

[alt_draco]

Sounds much better than a kreachercake. I want a snapecake now.

[alt_harry]

Isn't he still living in 12GP? You could ask him to bake you some cupcakes.

[alt_draco]

I think I'd have to make him think it was his idea, first.

I know - I'll tell him the Kreacher claims that his kreachercakes are superiour to snapecakes. There will be a bake-off.

[alt_harry]

DO IT.

Then send me a sample through the colocation box. I'll be the judge.

[alt_hermione]

You know, the disadvantage of you staying in the safe house is that I can't confiscate your journal when you get like this.

Go to sleep, Draco!

(Oh, but drink some water first or you'll regret it in the morning.)

[alt_harry]

Are you saying I should stop winding him up?

Private Message to Harry

[alt_hermione]

You're the one who let him get drunk! Did he even have anything to eat at all today?

Re: Private Message to Harry

[alt_harry]

Of course! Well, I mean, I was eating. There were biscuits.

[alt_draco]

I am being brilliant right now, do you not realise?

I'm going to make sure that we get to try snapecakes. Aren't you excited?

[alt_harry]

I'm excited!

Maybe I should be sleeping instead of excited, though.

[alt_harry]

It was really, really good to see you today.

[alt_draco]

You too, mate.