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Peter turned over in his bed and squinted at his alarm clock. It read 2:37 am. He sighs as he gets up, puts his slippers on, and quietly walks out of his room and into the kitchen. He flicks on the light and jumps when he sees Pandora sitting at the table, using a blanket as a cloak, and drinking tea.
“Jeez Dora you scared me”, Peter says, holding a hand to his racing heart.
Pandora huffs out a laugh. “Sorry Pete. Now what’s got you up this late tonight?”
“Oh you know… this and that.”
Pandora laughs again before telling him, “There should still be hot water in the kettle if you want tea.” Peter nods his thanks before he walks over and prepares his tea. Once he’s finished, he sits across from Pandora.
“So Dora, what’s keeping you up this late?” he asks.
Pandora takes a long sip of her tea before saying “I was woken by a dream I had which then made me start thinking, what if we had an extra finger? Like what if we had six fingers instead of five?”
Peter nods along. “Which finger would be doubled though? Or would a new type of finger just be made.”
Pandora pauses for a second. “I mean it would probably be a second thumb. That makes the most sense doesn’t it?”
“Oh yeah, totally.”
They fall quiet, the both of them collectively sipping their teas. Then Pandora whisper-yells, “We should make cookies!” This abrupt announcement causes Peter to nearly spit out his tea in surprise. His mouth feels very hot. Pandora realizes this and runs to grab him a glass of cold water.
Once Peter’s mouth has cooled off, he agrees. So he and Pandora go around the kitchen and the pantry trying to find the ingredients.
“Where are the chocolate chips,” Peter asks as he stares into the pantry.
“Check on top of the cupboards. I’m pretty sure Marlene has been secretly eating them,” Pandora answers. So Peter brings one of the chairs over and checks above the cabinets. Sure enough, there is a large, half eaten bag of chocolate chips. Peter jumps off of the chair and puts the chocolate chips on the counter. And so the both of them begin to make chocolate chip cookies.
After about 40 minutes, Peter and Pandora are sitting at the table with a tray of cookies in between them and two glasses of milk. Pandora still has the blanket wrapped around her shoulders as her chin is propped in his hand.
“Maybe we should be off to bed, Dora,” Pete says once he sees Pandora yawn for the fourth time in 2 minutes. She nods her head and stands up. They both grab their milk and a few cookies before shutting the light off. They enter the hallway where all the rooms are connected just as Dorcas walks out of Marlene’s room.
She freezes when she sees Pandora and Peter grinning. Then, another door opens. This time it’s Lily leaving Mary’s room. Dorcas’ eyes snap to Lily and Pete and Pandora just sit down at the end of the hall.
Evan’s door opens and out walks Barty Crouch Jr. His hair is all disheveled and he isn’t wearing a shirt. He squints at Lily and Dorcas before he starts to quietly laugh. And that’s when they see Sirius leave Remus’ room.
Now Sirius doesn’t realize he has an audience. His back is turned as he tries to quietly shut the door. He tip-toes in a circle and stops short when he sees Dorcas, Lily, and Barty watching him.
Lily is squinting at him while Barty is cackling. Dorcas just gives him an unimpressed look. Peter and Pandora are just sitting on the floor of the hallway. Pandora at some point had placed her blanket over both their laps and they quietly ate their cookies as they watched the scene unfold before them.
“Crouch quit laughing,” Sirius hisses at Barty. Barty is bent over laughing. He looks back up at Sirius and there are tears in his eyes.
“Crouch, shut up or I'll shut you up,” Sirius tells him.
Barty winks at Sirius. “Oh yeah? Make me.”
Sirius starts to walk to Barty saying, “Oh you bloody bast-“
He stops in his tracks when James’ door opens. Well, more like Regulus opens James’ door. Silence falls before Barty starts laughing all over again. Pandora and Peter are trying to cover up their laughter as Dorcas and Lily’s jaws are on the ground.
“Reggie?” Sirius whispers in confusion. Then his eyes widen when he realizes what’s just happened.
“Regulus!” Sirius says, except louder and sterner. He begins to walk towards Regulus, who is staring at his brother with wide eyes. Once he realizes Sirius is advancing on him, he scrambles for the door handle on James’ door.
“Nope. Nuh uh. I am not doing this with you right now. Not until I have at least three cups of coffee,” Regulus says just before he shuts the door.
Sirius stares wide-eyed at the door before turning towards the rest of them. Barty is curled up on the floor, still laughing. Dorcas is trying (and failing) to hide her grin and Lily is just biting her nails.
“So… you and Mary huh?” Sirius says to Lily and Peter and Pandora finally burst out laughing. Lily, Dorcas, Sirius, and Barty turn towards them and see them both laughing on the floor with milk mustaches. Barty resumes laughing once he comes over his surprise of seeing them both.
“James and Regulus are probably contemplating their lives right now.” Peter laughs so hard he spills some of his milk. Sirius scowls at him.
“Oh my god!” Pandora says,wiping away tears. “His face! He looked so-“ She starts laughing again before she can finish her sentence.
“Appalled! He looked like the world had done him a great disservice!” Barty supplies from a bit away, still laughing.
Lily rolls her eyes before she goes back to Mary’s room. Dorcas chuckles as she turns around and opens the door to Marlene’s room. Sirius flips them off before stomping back to Remus’ room, leaving Peter, Pandora, and Barty laughing in the hallway so hard they can barely breathe.