Eddie had walked downstairs after leaving her Papa in the capable hands of Sirius, she was sure Papa was going to be unimpressed with her for that but she couldn't resist leaving her dear Papa to be nursed by the man he loved. He had always told her about Sirius and told her early on growing up that he was gay and that he loved his best friend until he had betrayed them all and leaving him broken hearted and completely alone. She shook her head at the memories when they both thought Sirius had been guilty Papa had called her his angel, saving him from his depression and loneliness where he had been since Sirius imprisonment and the death of the Potters and Peter. He had nothing to live for and had been living in an alcohol-induced hell for almost a year before she had ended up on her Uncle's doorstep as a toddler abandoned and needing him as much as he needed a reason to live.
She smiled evilly to herself as she entered the kitchen with Harry trailing behind her; she turned to Harry and asked
"How about Chicken and veg soup Harry?"
"Sounds good, how can I help?"
"Wonderful Harry! Girls love a man who can help or cook in the kitchen. I'll teach you something nice to impress the ladies with maybe tomorrow but for now can you cut up these"
She flicked her wand and a huge pile of vegetables in front of Harry on the kitchen table. She flicked her wand a second time floating a whole chicken through the air into a pot that came from the other direction, water filled the pot, varied herbs and spices dropped and shook themselves into the pot and started simmering away on the stove top.
"This is a lot of vegetables Ed? I can call you Ed right?"
"Sure Harry, Ed, Eddie, Edda whatever you like honey. Its a lot of veg because while a light meal for Papa he still eats more than probably you and Me together maybe Charlie too"
"Why?" Harry asked confused
"It's a werewolf thing Harry, they have incredible appetites because of there fast metabolisms which runs with there increased senses, strength and reflects mix that with there different mannerisms and enhanced speed all outside of the actual transformation causes werewolf to eat like crazy" She laughed
"I didn't know that" Harry exclaimed finding it odd that he had never seen Remus show any of those traits
"He doesn't show his natural traits because they are such werewolf like traits, he hides them for safety reasons there are a lot of wizards and witches that would hex and kill Papa he they realized he was a werewolf so he doesn't show his natural self "
Harry nodded dumbly, feeling sure that Hermione would of known all this and perhaps he should have paid more attention in DADA while continuing into cut up the vegetables by hand.
Eddie flicked her hand happily cutting the rest instantly and they all jumped into the bubbling pot, she was gently swaying from side to side while humming to the music that was playing on the old radio in the corner. She had her back to the door of the kitchen opposite Harry who was on the other side of the kitchen island, Charlie walked into the kitchen stopping short staring at Eddie as she slowly shaked her hips from side to side, Eddie exclaimed loudly over her shoulder as the song changed
"OH I love this song, it's an old classic Papa use to play when I was little. Dance with me Harry!" She stepped around the island holding her hands out to Harry.
Harry smiled nervously shaking his head "I can't dance"
"Of course you can Harry, I'll teach you an easy waltz" She laughed stepping closer "One hand on my waist the other up, that's it and one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three" Eddie repeated calmly teaching Harry the steps.
"Right now all you do is lead where you want your lady to follow, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three. Easy right" Harry was grinning as he gained more confidence with his steps, Eddie laughed as Harry turned them around smiling happily at Charlie who was laughing to himself. Eddie and Harry danced around the kitchen twice before Eddie felt a tap on her shoulder; Charlie was smiling again at the two of them
"Can I cut in?" Bowing slightly and offering his hand
"Why thank you"
Eddie giggled she kissed Harry on the cheek causing the teen to blush and gave her hand to Charlie; Harry sat down and watched as Charlie spun, twirled and danced Eddie around the kitchen with apparent ease. Eddie sung along with the song quietly, while Charlie smiled and occasional muttered something into Eddie ear that made her laugh. Charlie dipped her down low and pulling her back upright he kissed her hand as the song concluded before sitting next to Harry around the table and Eddie went back to the soup pot.
Eddie waved her wand, causing a bowl to fill with soup, toast to appear on a plate next to it and a large glass of iced water as well as a cup of tea with sugar and milk filled the last of the space of the tray that hovered next to her.
"I'll take Papa is lunch and be right back. He will sleep straight after from the potion and I'll come down with Sirius and we can eat" The boys nodded and Eddie went back up the stairs to stand outside the door and hear Sirius exclaim that her Papa was blind and how could he not of realized Sirius was in fact gay, she waiting for a natural pause in the conversation and hearing Remus state that he was no well and truly informed she counted to ten before knocking on the door, she entered once a answer responded and placed the tray in front of Remus with a cheek on his cheek
"Chicken and vegetable soup, toast with tons of butter, water with ice and finally tea, three sugars and milk, eat up then take your potion"
Remus rolled his eyes affectionately at Eddie
"Yes Edwina" He smiled before eating like a man who hadn't eaten in weeks, Sirius chuckled behind her asking
"So his table manners never improved huh?"
"These are his table manners" Ed shrugged
Remus ignored both of them and continued to eat heartily, Eddie informed Sirius that there were tons of soup downstairs and she will come down once she had Remus settled in bed fast asleep.
Sirius reluctantly left to join Harry and Charlie in the kitchen, he had reassured them that Remus was fine if only a little under fed and sore before Eddie re entered with empty dishes, Eddie sat down with a 'humpf' rubbing her temples for a moment before standing back up and facing the men
"Okay, soup and toast all round" Her smile was a little tight and she clearly seemed tired before firm hands applied pressure on her shoulders pushing her back down into her seat
"We got this don't we boys" Sirius stated, Harry and Charlie stood instantly springing into action. Sirius waving his wand filled bowls with steaming soup, Charlie toasted an entire loaf of bread and buttered it with another wave and Harry filled a jug of water carrying it over and placing glasses on the table. Eddie sighed as she happily picked up a piece of toast from the plate in front of her, she swoshed she wand causing the chicken and flavoring to disappear
"Vegetarian?" Sirius enquired
"Yes, well if I can talk to it I can't eat it" She stated
"Talk to it?" harry asked
"I'm a Lingua-orator," She explained before Sirius spoke looking at Harry who still looked confused
" It means gift of tongues, the gift of language, different witches or wizards have different degrees of talent, some can talk one language, several or all human based languages others can communicate to animals or magical creatures and a rare few can do all of it"
"Depending on the translation, I prefer 'gifted tongue'" She winked at Sirius who laughed
"So what can you speak?" Harry eagerly asked
"All of it" Eddie smiled back
"It means I can also mimic, copy and imitate voices"
"Really" Harry exclaimed
"Really" Eddie answered back perfectly mimicking Harry's surprise.
"WOW" Harry smiled
Eddie laughed before continuing with her soup and toast, the happy little party laughed and finished there meal before Charlie and Harry cleaned up and sent both Eddie and Sirius to have a nap as both looked clearly exhausted. After promising they would wake both if Remus's stirred they went off to sleep for a few hours, each clearly relieved and happy Remus had returned to them.