Kate had decided it was her best intentions to stay away from the victory party. Not feeling up to dressing up to get drunk and to wake up in the morning to remember nothing from the night before. This was only enhanced by the fact that the day that would be filled with hangovers and headaches, just happened to be the unfortunate day that she had been born.
As she laid in bed attempting to sleep, all she could do was toss and turn as the unbearably loud party was going on in the common room. All houses, years 5 and up, it was most of the Hogwarts student body, jumping, dancing, chatting, shouting, singing. Kate couldn’t find it in herself to fall asleep, it felt like the entire tower was vibrating. Kate sighed before deciding she was to run off to the kitchens once again, for the calm solitude away from the crowds.
Now was the plan to get through the group and out of the common room that wasn’t the window.
Nerves ran through her as she hurried and pushed through the crowds in her nightdresses and gown. Hoping to be unseen as possible as she shoved through to get out of the party.
Even just the portrait of the fat lady shutting close, even though she too had vacated. It was quieter already.
The path to the kitchen was old and familiar, Kate walked quickly and quietly, avoiding professors, annoying paintings and portraits and peeves as she walked in the pitch black.
Cupcakes.
Kate felt slightly silly baking her own birthday cupcakes in her pyjamas and the new apron she has treated herself to earlier in the year.
Kate took a step back to count the bowls and made sure of the right ingredients when the painting of the fruit bowl swang open once again and the hinges screeched.
“Will you ever leave me alone?” Kate asked as James walked in.
“Never.” He answered. “You said you’d reach me how to bake.” She rolled her eyes at his dramatics.
“You’re currently having a party thrown for you and your big win, you shouldn’t be down here with me learning how to bake.” Kate argued.
“Please.” He begged and she rolled her eyes once again.
“Fine.” Kate grabbed her old apron and threw it to his chest. “Put it on, your clothes will get dirty otherwise.” Sneeze watched as he struggled to tie it at the back but eventually figured out how to bow in the back.
“Ready.”
“Mix the butter and the caster sugar together.” Kate instructed and saw him begin to do that successfully.
“Ok done!” He smiled.
“You need to keep whisking it till it’s fluffy, like this.” She took the bowl from him and started to whisk it properly. “Once done there should be no grains.” And passed the bowl back.
She had noted that he wasn’t constantly talking for once and was actually listening to a teacher.
“I’ll do the dry ingredients. Um. Once you think you’re done add in the eggs one at a time.” Kate said.
“All good boss.”
Kate was debating on what to say, she was immensely confused to say the least, James Potter loved a party. But he was in the Hogwarts kitchens making cakes.
“Why are you here with me and not at your party?” Kate asked awkwardly while whisking together the flour and small pinch of salt.
“Just wasn’t feeling it. Would rather be baking.” He replied. “But same goes for your, why are you baking and not partying.”
“It is my birthday in an hour.” She answered and points at the small clock in the corner.
“That’s more of a reason to be getting wankered is it not.” He replied and tipped the bowl towards Kate. A thumbs up.
“Now add in one egg at a time.” Kate reminded. “I don’t want to get wankered because I’d rather not be hungover on my birthday.”
“Fair.” James replied. He looked up from the bowl and caught Kate in a moment of deep concentration, she was counting the drops of vanilla extract to drip into her mix. The blonde hair that always of a crowd was flayed around her face as the tip of her tongue peeked out in focus.
“Now you’ve got to pour yours into mine.” Kate explained and held out the bowl and let James drip his mixture into hers.
“That good?” James asked.
“Yea, I’ll mix this one.” She then quickly mixed the batches together showing James up. It felt like he hadn’t even had the chance to blink before Kate had evened out the mixture into the dips of the cupcake tray, already lined and the oven preheated.
“How did you do that so fast?” He asked in shock.
“Practice love, if you asked me to throw a quaffle into a hoop, I’d have no idea.”
“True, I am quidditch captain.”
“A quidditch captain who is currently missing his party.” Kate said and sat down on her chair.
“How long are the cakes going to take?” James changed the subject and impatiently bounced his legs.
“Only 10 minutes, I charmed the oven, and then i’ll cast a cooling charm so we can ice them right away.”
“Ok!”
The two of them fell into an awkward silence and eyes flitted around the room to avoid eye contact.
“Soo.” James started. “What are you doing this summer?” He asked leaning on his elbows onto the table.
“Well the girls and I are going to Alice’s beach house for two weeks.” Kate answered.
“Alice invited my lot too.” James smiled.
“Can I ever get rid of you?” Kate shook her head and laughed. “You’re everywhere.”
“Nope, you’re never getting rid of me now.”
“I don’t think I can put up with you forever.” She breathed.
“I’m not that bad.” He looked offended and she just laughed at him once again, then got up to slide on the floral print oven mitts and slid out the baked cupcakes. The cooling spell was easy enough and now was onto the icing of the cakes.
“I’ll do five and you five?” James asked and grabbed his bag of white icing.
“Yea, I cannot wait to see yours.” She giggled and turned her back, beginning to ice hers in perfect swirls and spirals.
His were, well. Iced.
It has pooled on top of the cake and began to drip down the side of the cake liner.
“How’s yours looking?” She asked him from across the kitchen and just finishing her cakes and just about to turn around.
“Wait! Don’t turn around!” He shouted in a panic.
“They can’t be that bad James, christ.” However Kate complied and kept her back turned.
“You can turn around now, but keep your eyes closed.” He said.
“Ok…” Kate slowly turned around, slightly clenched in fear.
“Open.”
Her eyes opened.
“Happy Birthday!!” James bubbled out and his messily iced cake had a small candle lit atop it.
“Make a wish.”
She wasn’t looking at the cake, she was looking at him. His eyes, getting lost in their deepness before her thoughts were interrupted.
“Kate, a wish.” James repeated and held the cake closer up to her face.
“Oh, yea.” She muttered and squeezed her eyes closed, blew and wished. The small flame blew out and left a small trail of smoke in its path, winding up towards the ceiling.
“What did you wish for?” He asked and handed Kate the messy cake.
“If I tell you it won’t come true.” She smiled sweetly and turned around to put the cake on to the counter.
“Well I wished to see you in a bikini in a couple weeks on the beach.” Kate could hear the smirk in his voice. It was then she grabbed a small pinch of flour from the bag and flicked it all over James’s face, leaving dots of it all over his face and his hair.
“That was for that comment.” She said and flicked her hair over her shoulder in a dramatic manner.
“And this was for the flour.”
James scooped up a finger full of the white icing and smeared it over Kate’s nose and lips, and he laughed at her shocked face.
“Do you think the party is over now?” Kate asked while licking the sweet liquid off of her lips and wiping it from her nose and also eating that.
“Well I think everyone but our friends will have cleared off by now.” He said and grabbed the cakes and began to walked to the paining.
“Why? Lily goes to bed quite early, so does Alice so I’m not sure.” She laughed.
“I told them to wait up.” He shrugged nonchalantly and continued to walk away.
“But why?” Kate asked confused.
“Because it’s your birthday.”
Kate shook her head at him as they made their way back to the most likely trashed common room.
“I’m in my pyjamas.” Kate stated simply.
“Yes. What’s the problem with that?” He shook his head in confusion.
“They’re not like, what everyone else is wearing.” She blushed. Kate knew that she wasn’t too unfamiliar with wearing rather revealing clothes. But these were a pair of her sexy pyjamas and felt a little embarrassed being seen in them and not having them being taken off.
“You can have my jumper.” James offered politely, ready to pull it off.
“No!” She answered quickly. “It’s fine.”
The girls would go absolutely mental if she turned up wearing his jumper.
They had finally gotten to the common room and the music had disappeared, the floor not vibrating anymore.
“How drunk are they going to be?” Kate asked and opened the portrait.
“We better go and find out.”
The two of them found their groups of friends lounging on the set of furniture circled around the small coffee table.
“Happy birthday Kate!” They all shouted when they spotted the pair all clambering over each other.
“They’re fucked.” Kate whispered to James.
“100% gone.” He whispered back.
“Kate! Come sit down! Gifts tomorrow, drinks now!” Marlene jumped up and dragged Kate down to the sofa.
“Guys, I don’t want to drink tonight.” All of their faces dropped in disappointment.
“Awh ok.” Alice said, draped over Frank.
“But. You guys get drunk for me ok?” she smiled at the group.
“You heard the birthday girl. SHOTS!” Sirius shouted and poured shots for the group.
“Goodnight guys.” Kate said and made her way up to the dorms, not before snagging a cupcake, which had been left on the small table.
“Goodnight.” The entire group echoed.
Kate laughed lowly knowing that horrid hangovers they were going to have tomorrow.
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an/
i had so much fun writing this chapter and i really hope you all enjoyed it.
jate forever.
The next chapter will probably be shorter as i have less time over the weekend to write.
Thank you for all the favourites and comments they make my day.
All my love <3
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