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Rosemary and Lily worked in the kitchen for two days, and they finally cooked up a decent Christmas dinner. Originally, among the three sisters, Petunia did the best housework, but since she didn't come back this time For Christmas, Lily and Rosemary had to fend for themselves, flipping through recipes and spending a lot of time preparing.

Lily turned on the oven, and there was a burst of aroma. She used a fork to pierce the turkey stuffed with onions, lemons and various vegetables to see if it was cooked.

"Is it cooked? I don't know if it's enough to eat." Rosemary asked worriedly as she wrapped the sausage in bacon.

"It should be enough." Lily closed the oven door and said uncertainly. "Isn't there still that Christmas pudding you made yesterday? That's quite a lot."

Rosemary thought of the Christmas pudding that was baked yesterday, she was a little uncertain, and asked with reservations: "Well... what if that one can't be eaten?"

Lily's eyes widened in disbelief. "Didn't you say that's what your mother taught you?"

"Yes, but it's the first time I do it." Rosemary frowned. "I tried it yesterday, but it still doesn't seem to be as good as my mother's."

"Forget it, anyway, there are Christmas cakes and beef stew bought from outside..." Lily said while mashing the mashed potatoes with a wooden spoon.

"I'm still not sure if it's enough...that's four boys." Rosemary didn't have any confidence in feeding four teenagers.

Lily was obviously also worried, and the frequency of mashing the mashed potatoes became more and more urgent, making a thumping sound.She gritted her teeth and said, "If they dare to say they want to attend at the last moment, they will have the consciousness of not being full."

It turned out that they invited Lupine because they were worried that it would be too deserted this Christmas, and Snape's family had an accident, so they must have asked him to come. Who knew that Lupine suddenly sent a letter from an owl, saying that he invited him without authorization. James and Sirius spend Christmas together.

Only then did Rosemary know that James' parents were killed by Death Eaters during the summer vacation, and Sirius was kicked out of the house during the summer vacation of the fifth grade and stayed at James' home.

Is it because this is a precarious era?How come one after another, like a curse of fate, they can all form an orphan club?

Rosemary sighed, while thinking, she arranged the rolled sausages one by one on the baking tray, ready to wait for them to be sent into the oven, and Rosemary began to mix the eggnog.

At this time, the doorbell rang, and Lily put down the mashed potatoes in her hand and rushed to open the door.

The people who came were Lupine, James and Sirius. As soon as the three entered the room, the atmosphere in the whole room was different, and it began to be full of voices and laughter.

Sure enough, more people are more fun, right?Rosemary smiled slightly, poured white rum, whiskey and cream into a large bowl, and started stirring vigorously.

Lupine came in and asked if he needed help. Seeing that everything was almost ready, Rosemary and Lily asked the boys to set the table.

After stirring the eggnog evenly and putting it in the refrigerator, Rosemary washed her hands and said to everyone, "I'll go find Severus, I'm afraid he's locked himself in the house again."

Sirius smiled and asked: "Do you still have to invite him? Such a difficult person, why do you insist on him coming?"

Before Rosemary and Lily could refute it, Lupine spoke first: "Sirius..."

Sirius looked at James with a foolish smile.

Rosemary put on her coat, and replied with a smile, "You broke your nose with a punch from me, so how come you have the nerve to come to my house for Christmas?"

Hearing this, everyone laughed out loud, even Sirius who was teased couldn't help laughing.

When Rosemary brought the reluctant Snape back home, the dinner was almost ready, and they were seated one by one.

Rosemary asked Lily to sit at the main table, and she sat directly opposite her, with Lupine and Snape on either side of her, and Sirius and James sitting on the side close to Lily.

Although there were not many people, all of them were close in age and they were all classmates, not to mention that James, Lupine and Sirius were friends from the beginning. The topics at the dinner table became more and more lively and very pleasant.

But at the dinner table there were still aliens, and Snape felt that it was a mistake for him to appear. This was a group of Gryffindors that made him feel out of place, and even Lily started talking and laughing loudly.

Rosemary ate some turkey and pudding before putting down her fork, sipping eggnog from a mug, watching James and Sirius chatter about which Quidditch team was the best.

During the debate, James became anxious for a moment, and turned to Rosemary for help: "Please, Lumi, tell Sirius that the batter on that team is so weak that you can beat them to pieces."

Rosemary giggled, thinking it was very interesting.

Snape couldn't bear it any more, felt that he was wasting his time, and really wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Rosemary sensed his impatience, but she didn't mind it. If you don't want to talk, eat more. She added some food to his plate: "I made the pudding, and the turkey is Lily's masterpiece. It should be okay to eat... If you really can't eat it, the Christmas cake was bought from a famous store, so it should be okay."

Snape felt very uncomfortable being taken care of like this, but when he turned around, he saw Rosemary selling the sausage she made to Lupin again, "It's just wrapped in bacon and put in the oven, I think it should be very Is it delicious? said Rosemary.

Snape didn't know why he was getting more and more unhappy, and it was difficult to maintain a calm mood, so he just kept his head down and continued to drink eggnog, not participating in the conversation.

Seeing this situation, Lupine pondered for a while, and tried to talk to Snape: "Snape, why did you think of helping the hostages during the Triwizard Tournament last time?"

Snape had no intention of socializing at all, especially when facing Lupine, so he coldly let him shut the door: "Maybe it's because the walking dead are here?"

Seeing this, Rosemary immediately interrupted them. She stood up, picked up a jug of eggnog from the refrigerator, and asked everyone, "Anyone want more?"

After adding a round of drinks for everyone, Rosemary put the eggnog back into the kitchen and poured whiskey into her own glass.

"Fill it up for me." Snape's voice came from behind, and he handed over the empty glass, asking Rosemary to fill it up.

Rosemary was kind enough to pour him wine. "We can stay in the kitchen, but you can't leave early."

"Why?" Snape took a sip of his wine, feeling calmer.

"Because Lily and I will feel very sad and feel that we are the masters of failure." Rosemary said playfully, tilting her head.

Snape turned his head away from her.

Rosemary poured another glass of whiskey──her drinking capacity has been practiced in her previous life. As a model, she has to participate in all kinds of parties, and it is not uncommon for people to go straight to the bar after a show. trouble.Knowing how much she could drink, she took a sip with confidence.Holding a cup, she asked, "Are you leaving the kitchen?"

Snape handed the glass forward again, "If I have to go out, I have to at least get myself drunk."

"Please, they're not so bad!" Rosemary rolled her eyes, and continued, "And Lupine obviously wanted to talk to you, and you deliberately ignored them."

"Why should I be friends with a group of immature and arrogant Gryffindors?" Snape said slowly, leaning against the wall.

"They're not so bad, are they?" Rosemary always remembered that when she fell off her broomstick, James wanted to rush out to help her; and Sirius, in fact, she never understood what the rift between the two of them was. - and Lupine is her good friend all the time. In her opinion, Snape really has no reason to hate them.But after a while, she suddenly felt blessed in her heart: "Could it be the grievances from the previous life?"

Maybe it was because of the Christmas atmosphere, maybe it was the alcohol, or maybe it was because his emotions were particularly fragile recently, Snape spoke for the first time. "Yeah. We've always had a hard time. I hate them."

"Well, I believe that." Rosemary tried to imagine Snape in her teenage years, and it was no surprise that he would have conflicts with James and Sirius, those two were the culprits, and Snape refused The disadvantaged personality, coupled with the conflict between Slytherin and Gryffindor... "Then you handled it pretty well, at least I never saw you go to bully them."

"I don't care about dead people and children." Snape took another sip of wine, his voice lowered.

Rosemary paused for a long time before she spoke, "Are they dead too? How many people did the Dark Lord and his minions kill?"

"Countless." Snape said as calmly as possible, without any emotion.He wondered if he could tell Rosemary that he, too, had been one of them.

But like telepathy, Rosemary looked at him directly, "Are you one of them?"

"Do you mean being his minion, or being killed?" Snape said, staring into the void, "I am both."

Rosemary didn't answer, just looked at him straight.

Snape looked at the girl's clear eyes under the warm light of the kitchen, and the restlessness that could not be calmed down in his heart became more intense. "Are you scared? I'm just the kind of cold, evil Death Eater you hate the most."

Rosemary still looked at him and said nothing.

Snape became more and more uncomfortable with her watching, he simply clenched his wine glass, took out his wand with the other hand, and said "Apparition", wanting to stay away from this place altogether,

But Snape didn't expect that at the same time he Apparated, Rosemary also put her hand on his arm, and followed him back to the house in Spider's End.

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