Millicent ran her fingers across the leathery spines of the books in the cooking section of Flourish and Blotts. She studiously ignored the ones that she really should read, such as Recipes Every Witch Must Master, and Burn Calories, Not Entrees. Instead, she focused on finding the book she'd specifically come for: Cooking For Creatures - Thrifty Feeding Tips For Breeders. She frowned as she came to the end of the shelf row without finding the volume.
She expelled a soft but frustrated grunt. Certainly there couldn't be that much call for the book she wanted! Millicent decided to try the creature training section at the front of the store and turned to see Charlie Weasley walking in. Since he'd taken up teaching at Hogwarts, she'd spied him around Hogsmeade, and overheard more comments about him than she needed to from Rosmerta and Tonks when they thought she was out of earshot.
She paused for a moment, then continued on her way. There were worse people to run into.