Coming Clean
By
Snivellus
Thanks for all the reviews. By the way, I tried to fix all the sentences that start with And. The only situation that I did not change it, is if it was speaking dialogue.
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Chapter 6
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Later that afternoon, there was a knock on Harry's bedroom door.
"Harry?" Eowyn called out.
"Yes, ma'am?" He answered.
"Please, stop calling me ma'am, it makes me feel old. Eowyn is fine. Don't mind Severus's formality. It was just that was how he was raised, and he thinks that it teaches children good values, but we can dispense of it for the moment, besides he has gone out with Sylvia to do some last minute Christmas shopping." She said smiling at him.
"Did you need some help with something Eowyn?" Harry asked.
"Well, I just came to see if you would be interested in baking some Christmas biscuits with me."
"Oh, well I am not really good at baking, I would just get in the way." Harry said shyly.
"Oh, posh! Come on, you have been sulking for too long."
So Eowyn dragged Harry out of his room and into their kitchen, where she had already set out the ingredients for the biscuits.
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"I have never really done any magical cooking, usually when Mrs. Weasley is cooking things are flying all over the place." Harry said smiling.
"Oh, well I was thinking we could make them the old fashioned way." Eowyn said looking up at Harry as she measured out the flour.
"Oh, are you muggle born?" Harry asked.
"No..." Eowyn said tentatively.
"Well then, how do you know how to cook without magic?" Harry asked again.
"I have learned." Was all she said.
"Oh, well what shall I do?" Harry asked, seeing that he was making her uncomfortable.
"Well, you can start by pouring in the flour over there, and then adding some salt and baking powder."
"All right."
So Harry spent the rest of the afternoon, helping Eowyn make Christmas biscuits in all different shapes and sizes. Some were snowmen; others were trees, and candy canes. Harry had forgotten about what had happened over the past few days, and felt almost as if he was part of a family for once.
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The magical clock on the wall said that Severus and Sylvia were on their way home, and so Eowyn cleaned up the mess in the kitchen without magic, which Harry did not understand why.
"Eowyn? I think I am going to go take a rest. I am still tired."
"Of course, here I have gone and kept you working, when you are still recovering." Eowyn said as she patted Harry on the back.
"Thank you, for this." Harry said gesturing at the biscuits.
"Why of course Harry. I know that you aren't really treated like you should be at your Aunt and Uncle's, and I feel bad that you have to spend Christmas with us, and not your friends."
"Oh, well it has been... interesting." Harry decided.
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Harry went and fell sleep right away in his bed. Eowyn went and wrapped a few more presents before Severus and Sylvia returned home. Eowyn loved Christmas. It was her favorite time of the year. She remembered how her mother would make biscuits, and played Christmas carols on the harp. She missed her mother sometimes. She always thought of her during this time of the year. In fact it was around this time that one of Voldermort's Death Eaters had killed Eowyn's mother. Eowyn's father had died when she was only a baby, and never knew him.
"Eowyn, we're home!" Severus called from the entryway.
"Coming! Eowyn pushed the unwrapped gifts under the bed, and went to greet her family.
"There you are, you weren't doing anything suspicious were you?" Severus asked with raised eyebrows.
"Of course not! So, did you have fun Sylvia?" She said happily.
"Yes, so much! Daddy took me riding on his broom. We went so fast. I want to play Quidditch when I grow up!" Sylvia exclaimed.
"Well, daddy will have to show you some of his tricks when you get a bit older." Eowyn said.
"Sylvia why don't you go wash up, and you can have a biscuit." Eowyn said patting her daughter on the bottom, as her daughter walked back to the toilet.
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"So what did you buy?" Eowyn said teasing.
"None of your business. Not until tomorrow."
"Did you get anything for Harry?" Eowyn asked.
"Yes, I picked him up something, well more than one thing really."
"Ooh, let me see!"
"I don't know, I think you will have to pay me first."
"Will a kiss do?"
"You know it." Severus smiled.
"So, can I see?"
"You never give up!"
"Persistence is one of my Gryffindor qualities!"
"Oh, which reminds me. Please don't let Harry know that you are a Gryffindor. I would never live it down."
"Are you ashamed of me?"
"No of course not, but I think the shock might kill the boy."
"Oh all right! By the way when are you going to tell him?" Eowyn asked.
"Later, I will do it later."
"No, Severus the sooner you get it off your chest the better you and Harry will be."
"Fine, I will do it tonight. Will that make you happy?" Severus said defeated.
"Yes, almost as happy as spending Christmas with you. Do you remember the song that they played at our wedding?"
"Let's see... it was 'If' by the Who, wasn't it?"
"Very good, you remembered, and it was a Muggle song too. I am so proud of you. Now show me the gifts!"
"All right already." Severus reached into a bag, and pulled out several new sweaters that he had bought Harry, along with some new jeans, and dress pants.
"Oh these are lovely! And you picked them out all by yourself? I'm impressed."
"I do have taste you know."
"Of course you do darling."
"I hope he likes them. I got red considering he is a Gryffindor, I figured he wouldn't like green or sliver."
"Good thinking. Oh he is just going to love them!" Eowyn exclaimed and took the bags back to their room, where the already unfinished gifts lay under their bed.
Severus however kept two bags with him, and took him downstairs to his study. As he looked around his study, his eyes stopped at one of his glass cases, and looked down at the wand that was incased there.
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By
Snivellus
Thanks for all the reviews. By the way, I tried to fix all the sentences that start with And. The only situation that I did not change it, is if it was speaking dialogue.
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Chapter 6
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Later that afternoon, there was a knock on Harry's bedroom door.
"Harry?" Eowyn called out.
"Yes, ma'am?" He answered.
"Please, stop calling me ma'am, it makes me feel old. Eowyn is fine. Don't mind Severus's formality. It was just that was how he was raised, and he thinks that it teaches children good values, but we can dispense of it for the moment, besides he has gone out with Sylvia to do some last minute Christmas shopping." She said smiling at him.
"Did you need some help with something Eowyn?" Harry asked.
"Well, I just came to see if you would be interested in baking some Christmas biscuits with me."
"Oh, well I am not really good at baking, I would just get in the way." Harry said shyly.
"Oh, posh! Come on, you have been sulking for too long."
So Eowyn dragged Harry out of his room and into their kitchen, where she had already set out the ingredients for the biscuits.
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"I have never really done any magical cooking, usually when Mrs. Weasley is cooking things are flying all over the place." Harry said smiling.
"Oh, well I was thinking we could make them the old fashioned way." Eowyn said looking up at Harry as she measured out the flour.
"Oh, are you muggle born?" Harry asked.
"No..." Eowyn said tentatively.
"Well then, how do you know how to cook without magic?" Harry asked again.
"I have learned." Was all she said.
"Oh, well what shall I do?" Harry asked, seeing that he was making her uncomfortable.
"Well, you can start by pouring in the flour over there, and then adding some salt and baking powder."
"All right."
So Harry spent the rest of the afternoon, helping Eowyn make Christmas biscuits in all different shapes and sizes. Some were snowmen; others were trees, and candy canes. Harry had forgotten about what had happened over the past few days, and felt almost as if he was part of a family for once.
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The magical clock on the wall said that Severus and Sylvia were on their way home, and so Eowyn cleaned up the mess in the kitchen without magic, which Harry did not understand why.
"Eowyn? I think I am going to go take a rest. I am still tired."
"Of course, here I have gone and kept you working, when you are still recovering." Eowyn said as she patted Harry on the back.
"Thank you, for this." Harry said gesturing at the biscuits.
"Why of course Harry. I know that you aren't really treated like you should be at your Aunt and Uncle's, and I feel bad that you have to spend Christmas with us, and not your friends."
"Oh, well it has been... interesting." Harry decided.
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Harry went and fell sleep right away in his bed. Eowyn went and wrapped a few more presents before Severus and Sylvia returned home. Eowyn loved Christmas. It was her favorite time of the year. She remembered how her mother would make biscuits, and played Christmas carols on the harp. She missed her mother sometimes. She always thought of her during this time of the year. In fact it was around this time that one of Voldermort's Death Eaters had killed Eowyn's mother. Eowyn's father had died when she was only a baby, and never knew him.
"Eowyn, we're home!" Severus called from the entryway.
"Coming! Eowyn pushed the unwrapped gifts under the bed, and went to greet her family.
"There you are, you weren't doing anything suspicious were you?" Severus asked with raised eyebrows.
"Of course not! So, did you have fun Sylvia?" She said happily.
"Yes, so much! Daddy took me riding on his broom. We went so fast. I want to play Quidditch when I grow up!" Sylvia exclaimed.
"Well, daddy will have to show you some of his tricks when you get a bit older." Eowyn said.
"Sylvia why don't you go wash up, and you can have a biscuit." Eowyn said patting her daughter on the bottom, as her daughter walked back to the toilet.
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"So what did you buy?" Eowyn said teasing.
"None of your business. Not until tomorrow."
"Did you get anything for Harry?" Eowyn asked.
"Yes, I picked him up something, well more than one thing really."
"Ooh, let me see!"
"I don't know, I think you will have to pay me first."
"Will a kiss do?"
"You know it." Severus smiled.
"So, can I see?"
"You never give up!"
"Persistence is one of my Gryffindor qualities!"
"Oh, which reminds me. Please don't let Harry know that you are a Gryffindor. I would never live it down."
"Are you ashamed of me?"
"No of course not, but I think the shock might kill the boy."
"Oh all right! By the way when are you going to tell him?" Eowyn asked.
"Later, I will do it later."
"No, Severus the sooner you get it off your chest the better you and Harry will be."
"Fine, I will do it tonight. Will that make you happy?" Severus said defeated.
"Yes, almost as happy as spending Christmas with you. Do you remember the song that they played at our wedding?"
"Let's see... it was 'If' by the Who, wasn't it?"
"Very good, you remembered, and it was a Muggle song too. I am so proud of you. Now show me the gifts!"
"All right already." Severus reached into a bag, and pulled out several new sweaters that he had bought Harry, along with some new jeans, and dress pants.
"Oh these are lovely! And you picked them out all by yourself? I'm impressed."
"I do have taste you know."
"Of course you do darling."
"I hope he likes them. I got red considering he is a Gryffindor, I figured he wouldn't like green or sliver."
"Good thinking. Oh he is just going to love them!" Eowyn exclaimed and took the bags back to their room, where the already unfinished gifts lay under their bed.
Severus however kept two bags with him, and took him downstairs to his study. As he looked around his study, his eyes stopped at one of his glass cases, and looked down at the wand that was incased there.
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