RP: What's a birthday celebration with your best mate... Date: 19th March, year two Characters: Scorpius and Al Location: Al's house! Warnings: TBD Public/Private: Private Summary: SURPRISE! It's your birthday! Status: Incomplete
Al's birthday was a big deal. How could it not be? Since becoming friends at Hogwarts, Scorpius had never missed one of Al's birthdays and he wasn't about to start now. They were in a strange place, yes and with strange people, but that didn't change anything. Al was still Al and he was still Scorpius. That meant a birthday celebration which, unfortunately, also meant a cake. Scorpius had spent the better part of the afternoon baking Al's cake. He's messed up on the batter twice, overcooked the third, and finally - hopefully - got it right on the fourth. Just in time too because if he'd needed to make another mix, he wouldn't have been able to frost it right in time to surprise Al for his birthday.
Thankfully, everything worked out just right and Scorpius was on his way to the address Al had taken him to the first time he'd ventured out. Another benefit of being best mates was that they tended to use the same wards and that meant Scorpius had a key to the backdoor as it were. It was something they'd installed together so that they could both get through each others wards. That just made things all the more easier to sneak into Al's house. Scorpius had expected his best mate to be asleep in bed, so he quietly climbed the stairs and slipped into Al's room, birthday cake in hand.