Day Two (a bit late again): Shannon (JailyForever). Merry [Holidays].

Assignment 9: Home Economics: Write about one of these witches preparing a meal with magic for a romantic interest: Lily Evans Potter

Word Count: 600

you put me under (your magic spell)

Lily loves using magic. It sends delight racing through her veins and excitement pumping in her heart. Apparently, that is normal to feel, but Lily doesn't feel like her friends appreciate it as much as she does, especially James and Sirius spent their childhood near magic.

When James comes in late from working, Lily can be found at the stove preparing a meal for him. James always thanks her, but says she shouldn't strain her magic so much and should only prepare meals like Muggles do so she can conserve her energy. Lily doesn't listen, of course. The use of magic exhilarates her.

She's cooking a shepherd's pie when James walks in. "Smells lovely, Lils," he says, placing his arms around her waist. "What're you cooking?"

"A type of pie," she says, pointing her wand to the potatoes and causing them to cut into smaller pieces before putting them in the boiling cooking cauldron. "It's got mash, carrots, and lamb in it, among other things."

Lily starts to cook the lamb as James sits on top of the counter that has nothing on it. "Oh. How long will it be done in?"

"Once I put it all together, only fifteen minutes. Why?"

"I thought we could have a snowball fight." James looks up at her hopefully. "It's been snowing and I haven't had a snowball fight in ages."

Lily smiles at him. "Fine."

Half-an-hour later, they tumble back into the house, snow in their hair and laughter in their eyes. Lily gets the shepard's pie out of the oven (it has been under a Stasis Charm for the past fifteen minutes, because Lily knew that they were going to be out there longer than fifteen minutes) and dishes it out before sitting back down on the table with James. "Thank you, Lils," he says, before tucking into his meal.

Lily smiles at him, huddling over the warmth of her plate whilst taking small bites out of her meal. Due to the energy they spent up when they were playing in the snow, it isn't long before they both finish. James puts a cleaning spell on the plates and cutlery before putting them back into the cupboards, whilst Lily got a cake out of the fridge. Lily lays in on the table, and starts to eat it straight out of the box before James comes along and pouts at her. "What about me?" he complains, so Lily picks the box up and shoves it in his face.

It is a waste of cake, she will admit that, but it is worth it to see the shocked look on his face. The box drops to the floor and makes a mess, but Lily doesn't care. She does care about the face that James grabs her head and rubs her face against his, getting cake in her red hair and up her nose. "James!" she complains, but she's laughing over the mess that has been made.

"Just showing that I love you," James says sincerely, pressing his lips to hers once again.

They taste like cake, but better. Lily wraps her arms around his shoulders and falls into his kiss, her wand pointing down to the ground to clear up the mess that the cake has made before the cat can eat it. Maybe tomorrow they could cook a meal together without magic.

(Although they attempt to cook a meal without magic the next day, they end up having a huge food fight, so Lily has to order something in at the last minute. Maybe it's better to cook with magic after all.)