A/N: I cut this scene from my full-length fic (which is nearly finished, by the way) but liked it too much to not post it - so here is a 'deleted scene' :-D

Good News! (drabble)

Harry jumped down the last three steps and sprang into the sitting room with a flourish, causing Ron and Hermione to simultaneously jump and then look at their grinning friend as if he'd grown another head. "I have good news," Harry proclaimed, as delighted as if Voldemort had just sneezed whilst casting Avada Kedavra and taken out all the Death Eaters in one go.

"Really?" Hermione squeaked, at the exact moment Ron demanded,

"Tell us!"

"I've discovered how to knock a month off the brewing of the Felix!" The silence that followed this statement was testament to his friends having expected something more mention-worthy.

"Er, great," Ron finally said, far too late.