Chapter 13: Molly and Lucy
Coffee flavour: baked alaska
Extra prompts: hotel, luxury
Molly and Lucy were in the kitchen, trying to decide which flavour of ice cream to have: vanilla (Molly's favourite) or baked alaska, which Lucy loved.
They were treating themselves by making ice cream. Their parents rarely allowed them to have ice cream or anything unwholesome - it was a luxury, only for special occasions - so the moment Percy and Audrey left for the hotel, the two girls had raced each other down the hall into the kitchen. That was when they hit the which-flavour-to-have snag.
Molly could feel herself relenting, even though Lucy was very deliberately not making a case for baked alaska. There was just something irresistible about Lucy; she held the world in the palm of her hand without even trying to, and not even her sister could deny her anything.
"All right," Molly said, "we'll have baked alaska."
Lucy shook her head. "Oh no. We'll have vanilla, you like vanilla."
Molly had forgotten how stubbornly self-sacrificing Lucy could be - so much so that she was almost selfish. This was what caused most of their arguments.
They were still trying to work out what to do when the doorbell rang. Molly looked up, startled.
"Oh, don't worry," Lucy said. "I invited Lorcan and Lysander round because their parents are out as well."
Molly frowned a little. "I wish you'd said something," she said as she walked towards the front door, Lucy at her heels. She opened the door and there stood Lorcan and Lysander Scamander, blonde-haired and grinning.
"We come bearing gifts," said Lysander, smiling wider. "Vanilla, for mademoiselle," he continued, holding out a tub towards Molly.
"And baked alaska for the other young lady," said Lorcan, doing the same to Lucy.
Thank Merlin for the Scamander twins; they'd never be able to decide anything without them, least of all what flavour of ice cream to eat.
Thank God for Ben and Jerry's ice cream: otherwise, that whole drabble would have been complete nonsense. Baked Alaska flavoured ice cream? Ridiculous!