A/N: Hi Hi! :[ very sorry about this short and late chapter. During this glorious month I started college, my grandpa had a stroke, my dog was attacked by a fox, and I found out that I was going deaf in one ear due to a tumour! I was having trouble being able to just sit down and type because I experienced some serious Vertigo, so I decided to just make a quick mini chapter.

Chapter 6: An Evening

"Tom! Asparagus is gross! Stop cooking it!"

"No, you need to eat vegetables. They're good for you," Tom replied as he turned the asparagus over in the skillet. After a couple of days of practice, he had finally gotten the hang of cooking.

"They taste like butt," Rosette huffed unhappily.

Tom smirked, "How do you know what butt taste like?"

"There's a jellybean of that flavour. It's bad. Don't ever try it," she answered. She went into the fridge to pour herself a cup of chocolate milk. She would need it to wash down the taste of "butt".

"There we are! All finished!" Tom exclaimed as he fixed Rosette's plate. Along with the asparagus, he had made her bratwurst and macaroni as compensation. Rosette eyed the asparagus as Tom set her plate down. Tom rolled his eyes as she promptly laid her napkin over the asparagus and began to eat her other options. Ok, I won't be buying asparagus again.

After dinner, the two went to the living room. They had developed a routine in the few days that Rosette had begun to live there. Every night after dinner, Tom and Rosette rendezvoused in the living room to share the highlights of their day with each other.

"And THEN, the potion turned blue!" Rosette exclaimed. Tom had been away for most of the day overseeing a raid with a few Death Eaters, so he had no idea what his sister had been up to while he was gone. "-And then I added a unicorn hair and it turned every single colour possible for like, ten minutes! Oh, you should have seen it!"

Tom smiled at her, "I hope your lab is still in one piece…correct?"

"Of course! It was only a little mistake."

"What were you trying to make?" he asked.

Rosette smirked and looked away, "I dunno. I was just trying to be creative!"

The colour drained from Tom's face. She's going to blow up the house while I'm gone one day…

"I will not! I knew that it wasn't going to blow up. I just wanted to see some colours!" she pouted.

"I- how did you- I didn't even know you were in my mind! Stop that! It's intrusive and disturbing. I would never do that to someone." he said as Nagini slithered by, snickering at his huge lie. He shot the snake a glare before returning to Rosette, who was upset about the light scolding. Tom's heart sank as tears welled up in her eyes

"I'm s-sorry…" she sobbed. She didn't mean to intrude. It just happened.

Tom sighed, "No no, please don't cry. I didn't mean that. I'm just still getting use to your extraordinary aptitude in Legilimency. Now, stop crying and come here," he said, beckoning her towards him. She slid off of her couch and trudged over to his. He picked her up and set her on his knee.

"Would you like me to tell you about my day?" he asked.

She nodded quietly.

"Well," he started, remembering that she wasn't someone whom he wanted to divulge all of the terrible things he did that day, "I had a meeting with my… colleagues. We took a trip to a small town to make plans. We want to improve the quality of the town. We…asked a couple of wizards and witches that lived there what they thought of our plans. Some of them didn't really like our idea, but we were able to convince them."

"How are you gonna improve the quality?"

Tom paused for a moment. I don't want to tell her anything just yet. "Mmh, well… It's a surprise." he said, and left it at that. Rosette decided that the conversation was over and took over.

"We should play a game! Wizard chess?" she asked her brother.

Tom hadn't played a game of wizard chess in a long time, but he remembered the basics. "Alright, you're on."

Rosette conjured up a simple playing board and chess pieces.

"I win, again!" she squealed. They were on their 14th game of chess. To Tom, it didn't even feel like a game anymore. More like 'See how badly I can slaughter my brother in a game of chess'. It took everything in his being to not make the board burst into flames. She's such a natural at this game, he thought as he ran his fingers through his dark hair and sighed.

"Ok, no more. You keep mercilessly beating me, and I don't understand how," he muttered, waving his wand at the board to make it disappear.

Rosette giggled, "You just need more practice! If you play more, you can maybe win against Apep!"

Tom groaned loudly, "Even the bloody lizard is better than me?!" He then, dramatically, fell face-first onto the couch. Rosette, still laughing, walked over and climbed up to sit herself square on his back.

"It's ok brother. I still love you. Even though you are a terrible chess player. We can play something else next time."

She leaned forward to kiss the back of his head.

Tom almost let a tear fall. How can someone be so sweet? "Thank you, Rosette. That means a lot to me."

When she didn't respond, Tom lifted his head to try and see what was going on. She had fallen asleep on his back. He hadn't noticed before, but it had gotten very late. He was in no rush to wake her peaceful form, so he let her be.

"I'll take her upstairs in an hour," he yawned.

It had gotten pretty late, and Rosette had not come to bed yet. Apep began to worry, so he made his way out of the room and down the stairs. When he peeked out from around the corner, he saw Rosette sleeping, sitting up, on top of an also sleeping Tom's back. He chuckled and went back upstairs.

A/N: Thank you, Julie .fjad , for another review :)