Over the sounds of Lucy's delighted squeals, Allegra laughed. "Oh, if you must you must," she played along. "Only do leave me her face, will you? Because I have often said I could just eat that face all up."
She moved in close to Gemma so that she could press kisses to Lucy's rapidly reddening face. "And I suppose you better leave some for Daddy, because he'd be awfully upset if we ate Lucy all up without him... but aside from that yes, drag away."
"I like s'ghetti, Auntie Gem," Lucy said, still catching her breath and choking on stray giggles.
"Spa-ghetti," Allegra corrected, gently but firmly.
"Spa-ghetti," Lucy repeated obediently.
"Good girl." Allegra picked her wand up off the coffee table and flicked it, setting the table. She opened her mouth to say something snide about the way muggles would have had to do that all by hand, but then she remembered Lucy was sitting right there, and she really didn't want to say anything that might get repeated to Percy and piss him off right now.
"So how was your day, Auntie Gem?" she asked, taking Lucy from Gemma and sitting down with the little girl curled up in her lap.