Tall Tales?

(There is a lot of somewhat late posts.)
Tonks waited impatiently for him to finish with the healing of the wound then, still struggling to hold up the towel with one arm, she took the cloth from Remus and bent down to wipe up the blood drops on the floor. She then stood up again and said "Thank you both, but Dumbledo-...I mean Albus, next time can you please not come in? It is a tad akward when a woman is in nothing but a towel!" She laughed, shaking her head and going over to the bath to drain it. The spider crawled across the floor and she screamed falling backwards into the tub and hitting her head on the edge.

He stood outside the bathroom feeling awkward.
His stomach felt as though it was doing back flips. He waited patiently
for Albus to leave, but he jumped from Tonks's sudden scream.

He
pushed the door open and went in looking as white as a ghost "... what
is going on?" he asked , his eyes darting around the crapped bathroom.

"Ow..." Was all Tonks moaned at first as she rubbed the back of her head which landed on a metal bar used to help people stand up. She then pointed to the spider crawling across the bathroom tile. "Spider. I hate freaking spiders! I don't like any animals or insects except Moth's, dogs, and stags." She explained, climbing up on the toilet like a monkey and rubbing her head still. "Someone kill it!" She said, wining mostly from the pain in her head. The spider jumped towards the wall and she yelped again before running out of the bathroom, slipping in the doorway and going to the study with her clothes in one hand before slamming the door.

Remus looked from Tonks to the little pest "I rather not kill it Tonks.. as least this critter is better than one rat I know." he removed his wand and used it to levitate the mini monster. He then left the bathroom and wondered down to where the loft hatch was . He used his free hand to pull the cord to gain access to the ladder.

He pulled himself up one handed and brought the spider along with him. He removed the spell and the spider fell to the floorboard, quite happy in the dust and the shadows.

He twitched as he heard Harry voice eching up from down before. He cringed and hoped there would't be another argument.. though it proberly served him right for starting the last..

Tonks came back out a few minutes later wearing a black and white outfit that made her look sofisticated. Her hair was now almost white and in a tight bun with a few strands hanging down in her sparkling eyes. She peeked into the bathroom and put a hand on Remus's small of his back. "Is it gone?" She asked softly, looking around and slipping closer to him as if a bigger one was going to come out and feed on her at any moment.

"..I put it up in the loft.. it will be too happy up there to come down here.. to bother you or any of us for that matter.." he gave a yawn and tucked his wand away into his pocket of his jacket.

"..I am going to sleep.. if anything happens.. wake me up.." his eye were shadowed and half open as he fought against his body to fall asleep right there and then.. He gave her a rather timid kiss on the cheek before bowing his head and leaving the bathroom like a dog with its tail between its legs

She was a bit shocked but soon blushed and smiled at him. "Goodnight Remus." She whispered close in his ear before backing up and walking out of the bathroom downstairs, starting up the stove and making some food for herself. This time, if anyone wanted any she wouldn't give it to them. While she worked, she started some coffee as well.

He made his way down the hall and to his bedroom. He pushed the door open and stepped in yawning once more. His eyes were just about closed as he dragged himself to the bed.

He fell onto it and kicked off his shows and placed his jacket on the dust covered floor. He laid on his back and let his eyes close. His stomach growled loudly and he turned over feeling unsettled

Tonks added spices to the steamed vegetables and the noodle soup she was making before walking over and putting some sugar in the coffee. With a wave of her wand the coffee started stirring itself as she walked back to the stove and continued working and busying herself. The smell of various spices, greens, and coffee beans filled the room and lingered up the stairs, making her cough a bit. She went to her bedroom which was across the hall from Remus and got a recipe book from under her bed before leaving and reading it closely.

He turned to Lily and looked at her, he needed to fill her in. "After you disappeared, people blamed Sirius for what happened; Peter Pettigrew framed Sirius for killing him by transforming into a rat and disappearing, cutting off his finger and blowing up a gas tank, destroy the down. Sirius was in Azkaban for 12 years, everybody thought he was guilty... Two months ago, in the Department of Mysteries Bellatrix Lestrange killed him. Knocked him into a Veil where he disappeared. He's dead, Lily."

He stood there for a moment letting Lily take it in. "For my Protection Charms to work, Harry had to be with family until the moment he turned seventeen. Otherwise Voldemort would have been able to kill him easily by entering the house... They did not do what I asked, they did not treat him like family, they did not love or care for him; but they fed him. He has turned out to be an excellent young boy... as you saw."

Remus stood in the door way looking half asleep. His eyes half closed and shadowed ".. I still don't know what he was with them.. there were others.. you could have let myself look after him, seeing as Sirius was in Azkaban.." He had been there listening for several minutes and he wanted to have his say, once Lily and James has *been killed* he had been left in the dark, specially after his friend was framed. ".. I might.. have a problem.. but I could have taken care of him.. "

He finally walked into the room and pulled out a chair and seated himself, waiting for what else would be said,..

"..who wanted you to Suffer? Albus?" he asked looking shocked from Harry's raw outburst. He was a little lost, not knowing who it was aimed at fully.. "I aggree with you Harry I do.. but.. if you were in the muggle world... it would be much harder for them to have found you.... I doubt you would be here otherwise.. if you were here.. people could see you.. it would be the same as being with the Dursley's.. well.. similar.. hiding away from eyes and gossip... you are better off than what you would be if you were to have stayed.."

He sat beside Harry on the step, very much like the time in his private Patronus Lesson, takimh about Harry's memories of his parents.. "I wish I could help you more Harry.. but all we can give you.. is words.."

He bit his lip "I know what you mean Harry.. at the moment we are on a fine line, swaying to success or Failure.. you do have to understand...we are trying to do what is best for you... then when you were younger.. but I think you need to know everything you can.. if we are going to stand a chance..." He patted Harry's back slilghtly "If I knew what the Dursely's were like before I head stories, once you had begun Hogwarts, I think I would have jinxed them all.." there was bitterness in his voice as he spoke of them, thinking up Jinxes to make them pay. He wanted nothing more to have a family, and it made him furious to know that some people like, them are given a child and they treated Harry like.. a animal.
His fist tightened but soon eases ".. that is over though Harry.. you can think back to it all you want.. but it's the future.. now that matters.. that is where I have been going wrong myself.. but I rather not talk to much about that... I am sure you heard Tonks shouting about it earlier this night.." He heard Lily snap back and Remus instantly pulled himself up off the step to his full height, looking rather protective "... he has been left in the dark Lily... kept.. innocent to what is happening around him... he does need up.. but to tell him what he needs to know!" he barked at her. He then looked down to Harry " perhaps.. we should leave for a few hours.. come back tomorrow.. we are getting nowhere.." he said glancing over to Lily and then Albus

"ENOUGH!" Tonks yelled, stabbing the knife into the counter. She just wanted to let everyone sit around the table and laugh and talk but it had turned into such mayhem. She could handle all of that but when someone else made Remus mad she drew the line. Her hair turned red as she tried to catch her breathe, staring at the stove.

She finally, but very slowly, turned around looking at everyone. "Remus, calm down sweetheart. I will make you some tea so you will feel a bit better. Harry, you have every right in the world to be angry if you ask me but do not blame anyone. Lily, please just...sit down and drink some coffee or something." She sighed and the entire time she talked in a very low whisper her eyes remained closed and her fingers held onto the edge of the counter, almost indenting the wood. She opened her eyes to scan over everyone before turning around and finishing the supper.

When it was complete she sat down inbetween Remus and Harry and started eating. She had made herself some tea but she passed it to Remus instead, like she promised. She whispered in Harry's ear "Do not worry, Harry. Everyone get's mad sometimes." She ruffled Harry's hair, smiling at him before continueing to eat.

"Good night, Lily." Tonks called to her as she made her way out of the kitchen, smiling in her direction before moving back to her food and continueing to eat slowly. She began to get thirsty and she said to Albus "Do you mind making me a cup of coffee please, Albus? I would really appreciate it." She smiled at Albus warmly, trying to test to see if kindness could create calmness in the room as she continued eating.