Re: After Dinner - Harry and Al
He tried not to laugh when he saw the look on Al's face, but it was proving rather difficult because it did look entirely ridiculous. Mastering himself, Harry took the liberty of banishing the peppery tea and replacing it with the non-pepper spiked variety. "Try this instead," he said, adding a touch of milk to it. "I promise it's better than pepper."
He didn't add his two lumps of sugar because he'd not failed to hear Albus say he was trying to cut down, which wasn't a bad thing at all. Instead he listened to what he had to say, forcing down the frown that wanted to appear at those words.
"Yes I am aware of that. Painfully so," he added. "How is it that you know?" he asked casually, because that was usually the best way to gain information from Albus. Ask and ask again, the more specific the question the better.