Oct 8th: Cooking Lessons
Pairing: Ron Weasley & Molly Weasley
Length: Triple Drabble
In the Kitchen
"Ronald Bilius Weasley, what in Merlin's name did you do to my kitchen?" Molly screeched louder than any Howler when she came home to see the mess that her adult son…who stood in the middle of it all, covered in flour…had made.
"Oh, hey, Mum!" Ron tried to act natural before he looked around the room and realized that it was a lost cause. His embarrassed explanation then poured out of him in a torrent.
"I was trying to make Hermione something nice for dinner because she normally cooks for me and I saw how she looked when Ginny went on and on about that special dinner Harry made for her, but he has been cooking forever because of those wretched Muggles he lived with, and I thought how hard could it be with magic, you always make it look so easy, but my kitchen is too small, so I came here, and then this broke and that caught on fire, and…well…I just don't know what to do now!"
At his frantic admission, Molly's face softened and her anger dissipated immediately as she took out her wand. "Follow my lead," she said and sketched a movement in the air as she told him the words of a basic cleaning spell.
When Ron repeated the movement and said the spell himself, the mess around…and on…him disappeared.
"Thanks, Mum!" he exclaimed in relief and she smiled.
"I probably should've done this a long time ago, Dear," she admitted. "However, you never seemed interested before…"
With Ron's fervent assurance that he was definitely interested now, Molly proceeded to teach him how to cook all of his girlfriend's favorite foods.
To her maternal pride…and to Hermione's later gastric delight…he proved to be a surprisingly apt pupil!