It shouldn't surprise Harry that when he set dinner for 8:00, Hermione was knocking at 7:45. After picking up some beverages and dessert (as per Harry's request), she apparated directly outside the door of his flat. She waited impatiently for a moment, and then she heard the smoke detector. "Harry?" She called, knocking again, not wanting to yell too loudly to alarm the other residents of the building.
Another few moments passed by without a response and she looked down the corridor, making sure nobody was around before she pulled her wand. "Alohomora!" She whispered, and quickly pocketed her wand again as she heard the click. Peeking her head in, she saw Harry in a heated argument with an inanimate object. She laughed aloud and made sure to announce her presence. "Harry! Do you require some assistance?"
Hermione entered his smoke-filled flat and closed his door behind her, placing the bag she'd brought on the kitchen table as she removed her wand once more, pointing it at the smoke detector. "Petrificus Totalus!" The alarm stopped beeping at once, and then she waved her wand to clear the bit of smoke from the air. "It freezes the battery," she explained. "Just make sure you unfreeze it after you're finished cooking."
Sniffing the air, she peered out onto the balcony. "You're grilling? It smells delicious. What's for dinner, Chef Potter? Oh-- and hi, by the way!" She threw her arms around him for a quick greeting hug.
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Date: 2010-08-27 04:14 am (UTC)Another few moments passed by without a response and she looked down the corridor, making sure nobody was around before she pulled her wand. "Alohomora!" She whispered, and quickly pocketed her wand again as she heard the click. Peeking her head in, she saw Harry in a heated argument with an inanimate object. She laughed aloud and made sure to announce her presence. "Harry! Do you require some assistance?"
Hermione entered his smoke-filled flat and closed his door behind her, placing the bag she'd brought on the kitchen table as she removed her wand once more, pointing it at the smoke detector. "Petrificus Totalus!" The alarm stopped beeping at once, and then she waved her wand to clear the bit of smoke from the air. "It freezes the battery," she explained. "Just make sure you unfreeze it after you're finished cooking."
Sniffing the air, she peered out onto the balcony. "You're grilling? It smells delicious. What's for dinner, Chef Potter? Oh-- and hi, by the way!" She threw her arms around him for a quick greeting hug.