Supermarket Torment.
Taking her children grocery shopping was Hermione's worst nightmare, however things didn't always go to plan and Hermione found herself having to take her two children along when she did the weekly shop. The pair were supposed to be staying with her parents for the afternoon, but her father had spent the morning working in his garden shed and had accidentally superglued his fingers together, meaning a trip to the hospital for the pair of them. At such short notice, Hermione didn't have anyone else to ask for help, but she also couldn't avoid doing the shopping that day, unless her family were planning on not eating.
"I want the pair of you to behave," Hermione warned her son and daughter as she grabbed a trolley outside of the supermarket. Even though they lived in the wizarding world, Hermione preferred to do her shopping in the muggle world as in her opinion they had a wider range of food. "And I don't want to hear a constant stream of 'can I have'. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes," Nine year old Scorpius muttered, frowning at the thought of shopping. He hated shopping at the best of times, but muggle supermarkets were just downright tedious.
"Lyra." Hermione turned to her seven year old daughter, wanting her reassurance that she would behave. Lyra was much easier going than her brother, but put together the pair could be a handful.
"I'll behave, Mum," Lyra promised, shooting her mother an angel like smile.
"Make sure you do," Hermione said as she led the way into the supermarket.
As the trio began to make their way around the supermarket, Hermione kept an eye on Scorpius and Lyra and was pleased to find they were behaving pretty well. However, what she didn't spot was Scorpius making faces at his little sister whenever her back was turned. Scorpius continued to goad his sister as they followed their mother, but Lyra steadfastly ignored him.
After half an hour Scorpius was getting increasingly frustrated that Lyra was ignoring him. Making sure their mother was busy looking at food, he poked his sister in the back. Lyra immediately whirled round to glare at him, but she still didn't say anything. When she turned back around, Scorpius pulled a face at her back before giving her another poke.
Turning round, Lyra fixed her brother with an icy glare. "Stop it," She warned, in a perfect replica of their mother's most strict voice.
"Stop it," Scorpius mimicked, pulling faces at his sister.
Instead of responding, Lyra once again turned away from her brother and carried on following Hermione around the shop. Behind Lyra, Scorpius kept up his poking and pulling faces at his sister.
"Stop it," Lyra repeated, once again sounding like Hermione as she glared at her brother.
Scorpius merely chuckled in response, and kept on tormenting his sister.
"I won't tell you again, stop it," Lyra said firmly.
"As if," Scorpius responded with a cheeky grin.
For the next ten minutes, Scorpius continued to torment his sister. For a while all Lyra did was glare at him, unwillingly to react and give him what he wanted. However, even Lyra's patience only went so far and when her brother poked her in the back yet again, she turned and gave him a threatening glare.
"You'll be in trouble when I tell, Mum," She said haughtily.
"You wouldn't," Scorpius said, narrowing his eyes at his little sister.
"Try me," Lyra retorted.
Scoffing at the thought of Lyra telling on him, Scorpius very deliberately reached out and poked his sister in the shoulder. Shaking her head in resignation, Lyra turned around and walked the few feet to where Hermione was standing picking some yogurts.
"Mum, can I help you?" Lyra asked, smirking at her brother who'd looked seriously worried when she'd approached Hermione.
"Cherry or peach?" Hermione asked, holding out her choices.
"Peach," Lyra answered. She loved peach yogurts, while she knew Scorpius preferred cherry.
"Peach it is," Hermione said, placing the yogurts in her trolley.
As they continued shopping, Lyra remained at Hermione's side and every time there was a decision to be made regarding food, she made sure to answer before Scorpius and pick the option her brother liked the least. By the end of the trip, the trolley was full of flavours Lyra preferred and held very little of Scorpius's favourites.
"I told you that you should have stopped poking me," Lyra crowed quietly when they reached the checkout. "Now there's no food you like."
"Sneak," Scorpius hissed. He would have much preferred that Lyra had just told on him, but instead she'd found a better way to get her revenge.
"Thank you." Lyra smirked in a very Draco like way as she acknowledged that she'd gotten one over on her brother.
"Come on you two," Hermione called, gathering the duo up as she finished packing her bags. "Since you were both so good, you can have a treat this afternoon. I bought some popcorn, so we can spend the afternoon watching films."
"Can we watch Beauty and the Beast first?" Lyra excitedly asked.
"Of course we can," Hermione replied.
However, what Hermione didn't notice was the triumphant look her daughter shot at her son. Yet again she'd jumped in before him and this time she ensured the film they were watching was one Scorpius considered to be a girly film. Next time, Scorpius would think twice before tormenting his sister when he was bored.