A Day or Two at Home [Mel]

[AARON THOMPSON]

Aaron was grateful that he was being given the chance to stop by home for a day or two. He was away at work during the entire school year, you would think they'd at least allow the married professors to have their spouses live at the castle with them. He had thought of surprising Mel, but something in him said that wasn't going to be a good idea, so it was just better to let her know he was getting a couple days at home during the weekend. He was feeling worn down from the workload of teaching, and seeing Mel was definitely going to be a huge relief for him. He smiled fondly as he remembered when the two first admitted they liked each other, noting that it took really only six years total since they met to go from meeting, to friends, to dating, and then to being married. Chuckling, he took a look around his office before sighing, figuring he'd take the floo network home. Grabbing the bag he had packed a weekend worth of clothes into, he entered the fireplace in his office with floo powder in hand, tossing it down while speaking clearly the address of his and Mel's home.

Arriving at their home, Aaron shook his head a bit, thrown off as usual by the Floo Network. Maybe apparating would have been better. Looking around, he at first didn't spot Mel, but figured he should at least call out to let her know he was home. "Mel? I'm home," he said as he walked out of the fireplace. He quickly remembered a few times where he had come out of the neighbors fireplace. Unfortunately they were muggles and were shocked the first time. Surprisingly they were quite easy to deal with despite that, as they didn't seem to mind the magical abilities of himself and Mel.

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[MELFINA THOMPSON]

Mel was in the process of making cookies when she heard the floo activate, it was probably Aaron but she palmed her wand just in case. Of course she wouldn’t go directly to the living room to see who exactly it was. She heard Aaron’s voice call out to her and smiled, at least he was home for a while, both of them had busy lives. With him being at the castle and her being at St.Mungo’s they rarely had time for just themselves. On the other hand she was glad they both had jobs they loved enough to allow it to put distance between them and also that they cared enough about each other to be able to survive in a relationship with said jobs. “In here!” she called from the kitchen as she finished making the batter.

She had finished off a whole bowl of cookie dough and this was her third bowl as she was making cookies for all the kid patient at the hospital. She thought about making some for the nearby orphanage and hurried around the kitchen getting the necessary ingredients. Putting her hand on her hip and looking up to the cabinets she got frustrated and used her wand to summon all the ingredients plus the ones she would need to make dinner and muffins. She smiled as Aaron walked through the doorway of the kitchen “How was work?” she asked with a raised eyebrow as she pushed as tray of cookies towards him.

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[AARON THOMPSON]

Hearing Mel's voice from the kitchen, he was quick to make his way there. It was good to be home, and it was good to be around Mel, as being away from her often left him feeling sad. He got through it all because of work, but he couldn't help but feel like the terms couldn't end quick enough. The Winter Holidays had gone by way too quickly for his taste, and he was certain this weekend would do the same to him. He could smell the cookies she was baking, something he couldn't help but smile at. One thing was for sure, Mel was a pretty good cook.

"It was work. Grading papers and dealing with whining students wasn't something I expected to be so difficult. I always thought it was easier. Funny now that I'm on the other side of that. How was work for you?" he replied, picking up a cookie. He then went and stood next to her, hugging her and giving her a kiss on the cheek. He was definitely glad to be home, as this was a needed relief and rest from all the craziness school presented for him.

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[MELFINA THOMPSON]

“Well, nobody died so I guess work has been good.” Melfina was busy throwing ingredients into a batter but turned to give Aaron a quick kiss in return. She was glad he was home as she missed him when he was away. “Well, maybe it’s just Karma from all the trouble you got into when you were a student” Mel said with a smirk, choosing not to mention she was the one who got him into most of the trouble. She liked to prank and sneak around mostly because it was fun and she didn’t have to worry about getting in too much trouble with her dad.

“Don’t eat to many you’ll spoil your dinner” she said sticking her tongue out at him, she always wanted to say that also the imagined the person she was saying it too would be much smaller. She just couldn’t help herself in situations like these, and she laughed as she put the rest of the cookies in the oven. She started on the muffin batter, hoping she had enough goodie bags for all of the snack she was making. “Oh we’re having Tacos for dinner”

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[AARON THOMPSON]

"Well that's good to hear," he replied with a nod. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and laugh when she commented on karma, when Mel knew full well what caused him to get into that much trouble. "Yeah, you dragging me into trouble is why I'm facing it now, right," he replied, still laughing. Her antics hadn't bothered him then, and they sure didn't bother them now. If nothing else they were more amusing, and yet he couldn't help but remember Matt telling him that Mel's antics were really now his concern.

"Well I can't help it. The cookies you bake are really good," he replied with a laugh. That wasn't a joke either, because they really were good. He didn't even think his mum could top Mel when it came to cookies, though he wasn't going to say that aloud. Hearing Mel say that they were going to have tacos for dinner, he smiled. "Good, haven't had tacos in awhile. They rarely actually have tacos at any of the meals back at the school," he replied with a shake of his head. He wasn't going to knock the house elves, but the least they could do was add more variety, right?

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[MELFINA THOMPSON]

Mel laughed, “Now you know why I didn’t want to be a school nurse, imagine the Karma” Well that and Mel found that being in a castle filled with children might deteriorate her sanity. Especially kids that had not learned any humility or manners from their parents. “Besides, I have no earthly clue what you’re talking about I was saint in school” she said once again sticking her tongue at him and laughing. She had started cooking, only because she knew if she didn’t she would cave and just order out. It had been a while since she had take-out and she was in the mood for Pizza…who wasn’t.

“Why thank you, but save some for the kids at the hospital, they like cookies too” she said as she waved her wand and the cookies started to put themselves into the bags. Okay so maybe having magic was a lot easier than doing it for fun. She still couldn’t understand how the muggle housewives baked so much for their kids schools and bake sales. She was tired after baking for her husband, not that she had a problem with it. She liked cooking except for when she had to put coverings on them, she had magic for that. Mel was a lazy person to her definition, lazy and also hilarious….she never said she was modest.

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[AARON THOMPSON]

"Karma is indeed a right pain the arse," he replied with a shake of his head. He was quick to respond with a you gotta be kidding me look when she claimed to remember their school years differently. "Is that so? Then who's idea was it to throw a secret party in the trophy room on a day where I was in the hospital wing with a broken arm?" he replied, trying to avoid sounding smug about that. It was clever really, but it wasn't exactly nice to bring up one of her failed plans. For all he knew, she might re-injure that arm that was broken.

"I know. It's somethin that helps cheer them up. Not hard to see," he replied with a laugh. He had visited Mel a few times at her work before he had popped the question, then had done so a few times since. Each time he saw a kid in St Mungos get a cookie, their eyes seemed to really light up. It was truly a thing to witness, and heck he remembered how he was when he was that age, always trying to steal from the cookie jar at home. It was just something little kids really seemed to like.

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[MELFINA THOMPSON]

Mel rolled her eyes, of course he would bring that up, “Pfft, I blame Mattykins for that one, honestly my other co-conspirator was in the hospital wing. I had no one to hash out the snags with.’ She said laughing. She loved her brother but he wasn’t the sneakiest person in the world. “Besides, I think we made a mistake not inviting certain people and they ratted us out. That and it was the trophy room.” even if that wasn’t her best plan.

“So any plans for the weekend beside being lazy.” That’s what most of her weekends consisted of, writing him and Being lazy, unless she was on call. Part of her wondered if she should’ve became the Herbology professor instead, that way she could be closer to Aaron but she lived her career as it was.

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