Arrivals
Alicia already knew she was going to be early at the party. The twins’ request that everybody showed up via Floo meant that she had to Floo in from work. Either that or Apparate home, shower, get dressed, Apparate to the Leaky and from there Floo to the twins’ flat. No, it was easier for her to just get ready at work, and then Floo from there. Briefly she had considered the option of borrowing the twins’ bathroom and simply get ready there, but just as quickly as that idea had appeared she had banished it, not really trusting that full privacy could be ensured while in there for a bit longer than usual.
So once work was done, she had spent the time she could – without drawing too much attention – in the locker room, showering, dressing and even putting on a bit of make-up, before she had covered the dress up with her Healer robe and then Floo’ed to the flat in Diagon Alley.
“S’just me!” She called out, surprised to see that she wasn’t the first one to arrive. Once she had found her footing and cleaned off the soot, she shrugged off the Healer robe, and headed to the table she figured was for the presents.
“So, what is it?” she asked Charlie as she put her own present on the table. “Something lacy, I bet.”