Scrappy learns to cook (Remus)

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Charlie had left a note for her brother asking him if he would mind coming to dinner at her brand new home. Mors really had gone out and over the top with the home and had left much of the decoration choices up to her. Though she had never exactly been a girly person or one who had really done much in the way for designing things, She had chosen a simple and rustic look to the house. The warm browns had become a stately figure in the home, looking more like a hunting lodge of sorts on the inside instead of a stately Roman villa. There was a court yard in the middle with an open ceiling. It was covered with many different yet brightly colored flowers. A few training dummies, weight sets and a weapon rack were set to the side under an awning. She had a bit of information that she wanted to share with Remus. So after doing a bit of training, not too much, but enough that she could keep her edge, she showered in the large shower before pulling her hair back, bunching it into a pony tail as she then headed to the kitchen.

Charlie turned on the radio as she bustled around the kitchen. She had an idea of what she wanted to make, hoping that she didn't burn the food too horribly. She wanted to make something with noodles. It was what she had been deeply craving horribly. Noodles and anything spicy. Most of the time if it was just her, she'd get take away and munch on it, but she was going to do something differently. After grabbing a cook book from the bookstore earlier, she had decided on a meal perfect for her and her brother. She couldn't believe how lucky she had become. She had a wonderful man, a great brother, a new addition on the way and a beautiful house. Charlie really simply couldn't believe her luck. She had no real ambition to be praetor and was more than estatic when her brother had been given the job. And when Ronan had become the second praetor, she couldn't ask for a better partner for her brother. Her knife work was a little bit clumsy but it would get better with some practice. She scraped the vegetables into the pot along with a few pork bones and a pouch of herbs. Charlie then turned to reference the book before turning the stove on and adding a tiny bit of oil.

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Notes: I apologize for this being late, had word and brain issues lol!

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Remus was surprised to get a letter from his sister. He’d been entirely out of touch with her for… like a year. He wasn’t even sure if she was an active soldier anymore. How pathetic was that? He read the note over a couple times. Dinner at her house. Gods, he didn’t even know she had a house. Score one for being out of the loop. It was probably too late for a house-warming, as she could have been living there gods only knew how long. He sighed. He was coming to dinner though, so perhaps bring something for that. He put on slacks and a button-up and headed for New Rome to get something for the dinner. He picked up a nice rose from the vineyard. That would kind of be a good sneaky house warming, right? He congratulated himself on the choice and headed for the road named in the address given in the letter.

As he walked along that via, he was a little confused by the fact that this was the rich part of town. He was praetor for the greater part of his career and even he couldn’t afford this neighborhood. He thought he was pretty well off in his decent apartment. These places… they were huge. He could hear fountains gurgling with almost every step. At his home, if you heard such a noise, you better get the plumbing gear ready because you had a problem that was going to up the water bill. She lived here? That couldn’t be right. Unless she just had a very rich mother or something. Curious. And, yes, he was a bit jealous if she did, in fact, live in this neighborhood.

Then he saw the house referred to in the letter. He stopped at the road and stared at it. This couldn’t be right. This looked so Hollywood. He looked down at the letter again. No, it matched. He hesitantly walked the path to the elaborate door and knocked, feeling like a little boy again, outmatched by all the bigger kids in his elementary school.

As he waited, he looked around. The lawn was immaculate. And the architecture, at least on the outside, was obviously inspired by the old times when important families had big villas and hundreds of servants and their own private vineyard and stables and you name it. The good old days as many here called them.

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Charlie was pretty worried about this, no lie. She wasn't really a cook. She didn't cook and for the last few weeks she had been living off of snacks and take out. Sure she had tried a few things here and there, and they had all come out rather successful, but she had taken on a rather daunting challenge if she did say so herself. A small curse left charlie's lips as she heard the hissing and boiling over on the stove. There was a twitch of her face as she gave the noodles a stir and then reached to grab a pot holder to empty out the noodles into sink where a strainer was sitting and waiting. She gave the strainer a shake a few times before setting it back in the pot to finish properly draining. She didn't even know if Remus had gotten her note or if she was making this meal for just herself. Charlie then waltzed over to the fridge and pulled the door open.

There was a knock at the door and Charlie swore loudly as she had been pulling out the final ingredients for the chicken that was sauteing in the pan. At least the house smelled pretty damned good. She set the spinach and tomatoes down on the counter as she dashed to the door and opened it up. She flashed Remus a huge grin. "Hey glad you could make it!" She said as she opened up the door all the way after seeing her brother. At least it wasn't another faun that was trying to offer to chew the lawn down for a couple of cans. The fauns were just so weird. "Come on in!" She said as she gestured for Remus to follow her. "Sorry it took so long to answer, dinner is almost ready." She offered an explanation. She really felt weird and out of sorts now that she didn't have much of a scheduled. Sure there was somewhat of a scheduled, but it was nothing like being back in the legion.

"Come in, have a seat, you want something to drink?" She offered as she showed him to the kitchen. She had decorated this place herself. Most of the furniture was done in a rustic hunting lodge style, but it was well made and fairly inexpensive. It had been a bit of a change, that Mors had given her whatever she wanted. Charlie had grown up in a family that had to look at every single piece of money that went in and out of the house. "You're welcome here any time you want."

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Remus felt really awkward here. His hands were in his pockets and he swayed a little on his heels. Then the door opened and a red-faced, grinning Charlie appeared. She looked like the proverbial headless chicken. “Of course, Charlie. You okay? You look really winded.” He nodded and smiled and followed her at her beckoning. “It’s fine, really,” he said a little absently as he looked around. This was definitely the residence of his sister, which was a little mind-boggling. The decorating was obviously her though. He vaguely wondered how she could afford this place. Sure, Remus was tight when it came to spending his money even if he was pretty well-off after all his years as Praetor. The decoration seemed tasteful and, knowing Charlie, was probably only purchased at bargain prices. There was the sheer size of the place to consider though. He didn’t want to see the price tag she’d put up on the building.

He finally paid note more to her as she told him to have a seat. “Um, water is fine. Nice place you have here. You decorate it?” He didn’t think he needed to ask, but it was polite. Assuming was not the best idea in most situations. Then she told him he was welcome any time he wanted and he had to admit, he was a little surprised, though he couldn’t put his finger on quite why. “Really? I mean, thanks. I don’t want to intrude though.” He’d become much more self-conscious since last year. He used to belong in this Camp, but he felt like a little over a year ago he’d become the person everyone automatically walked on eggshells around. Well, everyone except a blessed few, like Ronan and now Ava. He was getting back in the groove of things, and going home at night wasn’t half as bad as it used to be. Nowadays he would fix his supper in the kitchen as always and instead of thinking about the bad memories, he had Ava’s visit there to cheer him up.

He found a comfortable chair, hoping this wasn’t, like, the one Charlie always sat in or something. He wouldn’t be surprised if Charlie was like him where there was that one great comfy chair that was his own personal throne back home. Well, Charlie had never been fluffy in the past. No doubt if she wanted him to move, she would alert him to this. “Thanks for inviting me.”

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Charlie's face flushed pink as Remus had mentioned that she looked winded. That had really never happened before, but it was a side effect. It was one of the things that the doctor said that she could look forward to among a few other things. There was a small laugh and a huge smile that tugged at the corners of her mouth as she stepped to the side to let Remus in the house. She had put a good deal of thought and work into this little dinner, so she wanted everything to be perfect, she was ever the OCD perfectionist of First Cohort. Not that people tended to like that about her. At least not the people under her at any rate. "Yeah I'm fine, just was not ready for the amount of work that went into cooking a big meal, I have total respect for the kitchen staff now." She said with a matter of fact nod. "Training for two days strait is easy, cooking not so much." She had really never needed to cook before, but now she was practicing. She wasn't the greatest at it. This recipe, however, was supposed to be a full proof one.

"Oh yeah, found all the stuff myself. It was actually fun to do." Charlie gave a grin as she turned the heat down on the stove before getting up on the tip of her toes to reach one of the glasses. She wasn't short by any means but she was starting to think whoever had done the cabinets in this place was a bit taller than she was. She filled up his glass with some water and ice before returning to her brother and handing the glass over. Sure she had an alternative reason for asking him here and she was waiting till the right moment to spring the news on him. "I'm totally stoked that you decided to come for dinner." She said as she poured out the water and noodles before mixing everything into the pot for a large portion of Chicken and shrimp Alfredo.

"I have some exciting news to tell you." Charlie said as she proceeded to get some plates down. "Well two things really." She said. Gods she was never really good at talking about things. It was the whole child of Mars thing. But she figured she should just come out and say it. "Mors and I are getting married, and we're going to have a baby. You're going to be an uncle." She said as she started to grate some parmesan cheese atop the massive plates of noodles as she slid the two plates to the bar that was sitting around the kitchen sink where the high bar stools were. It was a nice island, great for food prep with the sink in the middle.

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Was she okay? She looked embarrassed. Maybe she really was winded. Wow. The world really was going topsy turvy if his sister was taking a beating. He followed her in anyway. He chuckled as she commented on her new-found respect for the kitchen staff. “Couldn’t agree more. I like to cook though. So I like having my own kitchen. Just lots of leftovers, since there is no such thing as a good single serve.” Training for two days straight, ah, he remembered those days. In fact, he had one coming up next week. Shadowing first, of course. First was in his time and would remain to be… completely nuts.

He mentioned her home décor and she seemed much happier. “I bet it would be. Very creative of you, Charlie.” He noticed, a minute too late, that she was straining to get a glass. He started that way to help her, but she got it before he got to her. “Looks like you need a stool there, short stuff.” With a grin, he nudged her. He filled the glass with ice water and handed it to him. “Thanks, squirt.” Yes, tormenting his sister was making him more comfortable, and he liked to think it made her more comfortable too. “Glad you invited me. Is this a full Mars family meal, or just us two?”

He leaned against the counter and took a sip of his drink. “Tell away. And you better start telling me how I can help too.” He waited for her to instruct him, but she seemed more intent on the news. Plural news, apparently. “Sure, go for it.”

What she said, nothing could have prepared him for. The glass of ice water slipped from his hand and mercifully did not break, but the water and ice cubes went all over the floor. Remus, however, didn’t seem to notice. He stared blankly at his sister. There was no way. She was his little sister. She wasn’t allowed to grow up. And since when could she marry without her big brother interviewing the man in question? Preposterous. “What?” Water made his dress pants – yes, he had dressed up for this – stick to his legs and chill bumps sprung up down his arms. He didn’t notice any of it.

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