The day Cooper took Kurt and Blaine to Diagon Alley to get their school supplies was a perfect day- dry and sunny, yet cool enough that he could wear his (fake) dragon-skin jacket. Kurt and Blaine, of course, were wearing Muggle clothes, Kurt's more fashionable than Blaine's, chattering excitedly about Diagon Alley and clutching their supply lists in their hands. As they walked from the Underground towards the Leaky Cauldron, the three of them kept garnering looks- girls looking appreciatively at Cooper, older people looking curiously at Kurt and Blaine.
When they reached the Leaky Cauldron, business was booming (relatively speaking), while a large crowd of people hurried towards the front and back of the shop. Cooper grabbed Kurt's and Blaine's hands and walked with a bunch of other people towards the back of the shop, and inevitably, Diagon Alley.
Blaine could hardly believe that he wasn't dreaming. Actually being in Diagon Alley was really driving home the point that *he was going to Hogwarts*! After all, it was one thing to get a dry letter of acceptance- it was entirely another thing to be shopping for school supplies for Hogwarts, even though the store Cooper seemed to be dragging Kurt and Blaine to didn't exactly seem like it was for school supplies.
The store in question was clearly visible, with its loud, raucous colors and blaring noises. A sign proclaimed it as "Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes". Cooper said over the noise of Diagon Alley, "This store is the best place for students- you can actually use some of the stuff here for cutting classes, sneaking around, and-"
Cooper had turned to look at Kurt, and stopped sharply at the expression on Kurt's face. "I mean, it's really also a joke shop, and they sell really good stuff." Kurt looked slightly mollified, but still followed Cooper eagerly into the store.
When Blaine found that he was hungry, he was shocked to find that nearly an hour had passed in Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes. The store was really fun- too much fun, if the way he hadn't been paying attention to the time was any indication. Deciding that Cooper would be more persuaded to eat lunch if both he and Kurt put their puppy faces to effect, he went to find Kurt. He wandered around for about 5 minutes, before finding him reprimanding a ginger man in maroon robes for the color clash. Blaine waited for an interlude in the rant, before going up to Kurt, and tapping him on the shoulder.
Kurt turned around, only to see Blaine's puppy face, and Blaine said, "Kurt, can we go find Coop? I need to eat..."
"Of course," said Kurt. "Now, if we come back, I'd be happy to recommend a color looks better on you, but I have to go now." Having said that, he walked away with Blaine.
Cooper was, of course, unable to resist the combined power of Kurt and Blaine, which was how he ended up splurging on lunch for them, and now, ice cream. As he was sitting outside Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, watching Kurt and Blaine run around, someone settled into the chair beside him. He looked over to see Burt Hummel looking at him. "Hey kid. How's your day been?" asked Burt.
Oh shit. "Um...", Cooper replied, at a loss for words.
"I take it you didn't buy them school supplies, did you?" Burt said, pointedly looking at the Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes bag at Cooper's feet.
"No, sir. Sorry."
Burt looked like he was about to scold Cooper, but at that exact moment, Kurt and Blaine came running up, Kurt yelling, "Dad! Check out what Cooper got for me at Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes!" as he reached into the bag, pulling out a shirt with a Hogwarts crest with miniature live animals on it.
"That's cool, buddy. Do you want to go to the bank and get money for school supplies and a wand? I bet Cooper used a lot of his money to buy you guys stuff. That shirt isn't cheap, you know."
Cooper smiled. Disaster averted.