Inky and a few other House Elves appeared to help clean up the room. They eagerly divided their portion of the curry and roti up and ate it, praising Harry and asking him how he made it.
"You were right," Padma said, "he is very good. I'm still really surprised we got it so close to the original, especially since it was his first time making it."
"Told you," Parvati smiled. "There's something about his cooking that makes it taste extra good though. It's weird, it does taste really close to home. But different in a nice way."
"It's very comforting," Lavender said. She liked seeing Harry happy, showing the House Elves what he did. He looked animated as he talked to the eager Elves.
After finishing chatting with the Elves, Harry and Lavender and Parvati taught Padma the Scouring Charm to keep up with club appearances. After some spellwork and some handwashing, they left the club room. "Thank you so much," Padma said. "This was really nice. I didn't know how much I missed eating Indian food too."
"You're welcome. Thank you for teaching me," Harry said.
"We'll have to get more recipes and bring them here," Parvati said. "I'd love to do this more."
"Me too, and maybe we can learn more stuff together," Lavender said.
"Yeah, that'd be really great," Harry sighed happily.
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AshokaTheGreat - I'm trying really hard to have them be more like their age, or as reasonably as I can as far as I know. I like trying to have a bit of nuance and plausibility. Of course Draco could be a mustache twirling caricature of a person pretending to be cartoonishly evil, but this way feels more understanding and relatable and hopefully more satisfying. I actually prefer banana bread or muffins without nuts haha, I feel the nuts get in the way for me. I hope you like their eventual development as characters.
Jaysto - I didn't even think that was much of a cliffhanger haha. I had some doozies in Family and Defiance though that I definitely intended to be major cliffhangers. Thank you for reading, I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Arnie1701 - Don't make any assumptions.
.master - Thank you for the kind words. I'm really wanting them to feel like believable characters, acting their age and the like. I want there to be a touch of subtlety and real life, something that people can recognize and empathize with. Thank you for reading.
SvenHPotterFan - I do intend on growing things as it makes sense. As a Muggleborn, I'd love a club like this. Imagine all the fun useful spells you learn instead of just learning how to turn animals into snuffboxes or tea kettles.
alix33 - Aww, that sounds really nice for your family.
poka - Muffins are basically cake for breakfast, what's not to like?
odonnellzoo99 - I've been working on the magic theory and have plans for it too, so look forward to that. I'm leaning more into gremlin Hedwig from the get go so I hope you don't tire of Hedwig being the best. I will never tire writing that.
DOOOOOOM Lord of Waffles - Playing the long game, as is my usual modus operandi.
Sugarcane Juice - That'll be a common sentiment in this fic.
CleddyF - I'm glad you liked the bit with Pansy. I'm sure everyone has felt that kind of change in things and gotten shaken up in a similar way before, so they can feel like it's real. There will be future romance, but it will be a long while yet. Hope today's chapter explains a bit more behind Ron's thinking. Hermione will have a lesser role comparatively compared to my other fics, but I still like her as a character so she will still be around.
kaya - I'm glad, thank you.
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