“I haven’t a sodding clue where you’d get an idea like that from,” Alicia said, looking for all the world like the poster child for complete innocence, as if words that would make her mum threaten to introduce her mouth to a soap bar was something that had never even touched her ears.
That look of perfect innocent lasted exactly the few moments it took George to get up from the floor, and by the time he was back on his feet, Alicia’s smile had turned into a beaming grin of greeting as she stepped into the quick hug, giving him a slight squeeze by means of ‘hello’.
“Well, first off, I’m out of the Bruise-Healing Paste I got from you last year, and the Apothecary’s just isn’t as effective as yours is, and...” her mouth twisted a bit at what she had to ask of him, since it could potentially be seen as an offense. “Do you have anything that can... lessen noise? Aside from a regular silencing Charm, I mean.”