Prompt: (dialogue) "There are seventeen shopping days before Christmas. So, there are sixteen days before we begin shopping."
Procrastination
"Sirius?"
"Yes darling?" Sirius looked up from his plate.
"I've been meaning to ask you something. You said you'd take care of James and Lily's gift this year, but I haven't seen it under the tree yet. Have you even got it yet?"
Sirius turned in his chair to look at the calendar behind him. "There are seventeen shopping days before Christmas. So, there are sixteen days before we begin shopping." He turned back to his food.
"Excuse me?" Marlene looked at him incredulously. "We? No no no, I've done all my shopping. You're crazy if you think I'd wait until the last minute to get everything for Christmas."
"Why not?" he asked. "Have you seen the shops lately? They're insanely busy right now. I'd rather wait until everyone's finished their shopping before I do mine."
"You and everyone else," Marlene said, laughing. "I have a lot to teach you about shopping during the holidays." She stood and took her plate to the sink, laughing again as she did so. "Christmas Eve is the worst time to go shopping. You'd be surprised how many people wait until the last minute to get everything done."
"Don't worry about it," Sirius said dismissively as he joined her, setting his plate in the sink. "I've got a plan." He kissed her on the cheek before leaving the room.
"Making Peter do it for you doesn't count as a solution!" she shouted after him.