~Tommy POV~

Dumbledore gave me permission to cook the food for the Weasleys and I don't think they'll expect any goodness from this!

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Like I said in the beginning, in my family, dinner was always a big thing. There was a side like a homemade garden salad and there was a meat or a fish.

An elf named Kwawpy offered to cook the sausages while I worked on the sauce my Aunt Marie's famous for and my god, I know this recipe by heart because I've been learning from her so much that I want to help people with this.

Kwawpy: Kwawpy wants to know how Tommy Gallo is able to cook this sauce?

Tommy: What you need is a half of white onion which is diced, peeled tomatoes, minced garlic, olive oil, red chili pepper flakes, basil, oregano, and tomato paste.

Kwawpy: And what is tomato paste?

Tommy: I got this can right here. It's small, but I came prepared with the can opener, which is this for the tomatoes and the paste.

I opened up the tomatoes and had a bowl prepared, along with a sauté pan ready for the cooking. I poured the tomatoes into the bowl and started crushing the tomatoes into bite sized pieces.

Kwawpy diced the half of the white onion up in bits of pieces as he crushed three garlic cloves and minced it as well.

Tommy: You learn fast?

Kwawpy: Working with Tommy Gallo so far has been brilliant.

Tommy: Well, I think we might work together again sometime.

Kwawpy: Sounds swell, Mr. Gallo.

I oiled the pan and once it was hot enough, I put the onion in and sweat it out for a few minutes until it became translucent, and that's when I put the garlic in, and when I heard it sizzled, man it brought back memories.

I added the dried basil, dried oregano, the pepper flakes and the paste soon after.

Kwawpy started with the sausages as I was still working on the sauce.

After stirring it all around, I added the crushed tomatoes and started stirring it up before I told Kwawpy to stop searing the sausages and put them on a plate, which he did. I added a tiny bit of sugar to give that authentic Italian taste and it was starting to keep cooking.

The reason I added the sugar is because of the acidity in the tomatoes, as it will bring it down while cooking. It's not traditional in Italian cooking, but this is what I grew up with.

After stirring regularly for 20 minutes, I put the sausages in there and put the lid on the pan to let the heat boil the sausages.

Ten minutes later, the sausages were done so I added some freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano, the real stuff, not that fucking pre-grated shit, into a small bowl and went out to the dining hall to see Ron and his family waiting to try the food.

Ron and Harry were excited as they saw me, and they knew that it was heavy for me to carry the pan. Fred and George conjured a mat on the table as the pan was on the mat.

When I took the lid off the pan, the aroma filled the room.

The Weasleys were overcome with the smell of the sauce as they took their plates and grabbed one with cheese and the homemade sauce.

Harry was the first to take a bite and he looked so happy that he had to say this!

Harry: This is so good!

Ron: Yeah! Bloody hell, Tommy! The sauce is brilliant!

Tommy: Aw come on, when you come to my house, you gotta have my aunt make the sauce instead of me to get an idea on how good it is!

Fred: Ron and Harry ain't kidding mate. This is amazing!

Tommy: Well, I think I can take some credit.

George: And the link? It's very good!

Tommy: Thank Kwawpy, the elf cooked the sausages while I did the sauce.

Harry: How did you do it? The sauce?

Tommy: You just add some crushed tomatoes, minced garlic, diced onion, oregano, basil, some tomato paste, and some sugar to sweeten it and give that authentic flavor. I'll show you guys how it's done sometime.

Ron: This is probably the best Christmas dinner I've ever had in a while.

Harry: Same here.

Fred/George: Great job, Tommy!

Tommy: Thanks, but I think I know would've made this moment better.

Harry: And what's that?

Tommy: If Hermione was here.

Ron: You mean that nightmare? You really wish she was here right now?

I was outraged by what he said and jumped the table to try and beat him, but Harry was quick pulled me off of Ron before it could escalate further.

Harry: Are you done?

Tommy: Yeah, but Ron, I swear to God, if you say another word about Hermione, I'm putting your fucking head in that sauce. You hear me?

Ron had known that Hermione meant something to me and for him to disrespect her again had made me furious.

Hermione is someone I've grown attached to and I don't want anyone talking shit about her, especially Ron, who's a huge fucking dickhead almost half the time!

That shut Ron up for the rest of the time being as we all carried on a conversation as if the argument never happened.

It was fun though as I received a letter from Hermione and it warmed my heart.

I opened it and it said...

"Dear Tommy,

Thank you so much for your gift! I really loved it! I heard you were cooking the sauce and I wish I was here right now to have a bite! I gave my parents the recipe and they're going to give it a try sometime!

I hope you, Ron, and Harry are having a great Christmas over at Hogwarts and trying to find out information about Nicholas Flamel, but Ron slacks off, well, you know what to do.

I'll be back after Christmas so you can tell me what you three found and if you don't, don't worry. I won't be mad at you, I'll be mad at Ron and Harry.

Anyways, I'll see you soon!

Love, Hermione"

My God, what Professor McGonnagall said, it's true. She likes me.

Well, we'll have to see later on when she comes back.

When our dinner was done, we all went back to our Common Room and before I could step foot, I felt a hand on my shoulder, stopping me from entering before I saw that MALFOY of all fucking people had to stop me.

Malfoy: You proved to be a good cook while in the Dining Hall, but what would you do when there's no one to help you.

Tommy: So you really think you have a chance of trying to be the better person? Think again, Malfoy.

I noticed that his hand was on my shoulder, but his arm was shaking with fear. Malfoy's just a tough guy wannabe, always looking to get attention and acting like a pussy despite acting like he's destroying it all the time.

Tommy: And you better get your hand off my shoulder, before I rip it off and shove it up your ass.

He started to get scared before Cancer and Goyle were coming towards me, I pushed Goyle into Crabbe to create some space, and punched Malfoy away before focusing on his boyfriends and I was in a fighting position as they were crawling away from me.

They knew that once in a fight with me, they're going to be flat on their asses, so Malfoy helped them up and started running away in a frantic as he had to yell...

Malfoy: My father will hear about this, Gallo!

Tommy: Yeah yeah yeah, go cry to your daddy, you little shit!

He stopped before looking at me and ran away before I could say something else.

I went inside just steaming mad as Harry knew what happened and Ron was still oblivious and not wanting to know what just happened out there.

I reported to Minerva about what happened by telling her the whole story.

By the time I told her everything, she was so unbelievably outraged that Minerva gave me 50 points for defending myself and took away 50 points each from Malfoy and his boyfriends for provoking me, making that 150 points taken away from those yahoos.

I know that if it happens again, I just wanna bust Malfoy's head open so badly to the point that fucking jagoff would just die.

Now that's done, we gotta find some information on this guy named Nicholas Flamel.