A/N: This was my first fiction ever. It takes place after the hospital wing scene in book #6, where Tonks and Lupin argue over why he isn't the right for him. It is said that before the funeral, they were happy and holding hands, but it wasn't written, how they worked it out.

Here is my suggested alter version :)

Disclaimer: All characters belong to their creator, J. K. Rowling. I look up to her for being so creative.

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After Harry had left the hospital wing with professor McGonagall and Hagrid, the people around Bill's bed started facing each other with grave fear and confusion. What were they going to do next? How was the school going to survive, now that Dumbledore had passed away?

Lupin was still arguing with Tonks. He wanted Nymphadora to understand that he couldn't possibly be with her, she didn't know what it was like, to hang around a werewolf and to be despised by the community. But Tonks didn't stop, she kept on saying that she didn't care, that she was like Fleur, to whom the scars on her fionceé didn't matter. After ten times of repeating his main argument – too old, too poor, too dangerous – it grew over him.

He had had enough, so, almost yelling at Tonks, with leaps going on in his heart, he made sure she would get it this time: „Will you stop it already? I've been to this over and over and over and I wish you would drop it. I can't be with you and frankly, I don't wish to, either. I've had enough, you are weak and not wise to understand when to let something go. I bet your silly little crush will be done in a week and then you probably won't even remember why you liked me in the first place. Understand now, Nymphadora Tonks, I'm done!"

With shocked faces turned to Lupin, he instantly regretted what he had just said. He looked at Tonks, whose face looked as if there was no blood behind it, she was as pale as snow. Her eyes widened with every second she had to think about what she'd just heard. She felt the tears forming behind her eyes but she didn't want to cry in front of everyone, especially when Lupin had just called her „weak".

Molly Weasley stepped behind Tonks and patted her on the back, saying „it's okay, dear. You can go if you want to." And she did, she turned around, without any expression reckonable on her face, and she walked out of the hospital wing, with everyone's eyes on her. As Tonks had left, the eyes found another sight to inspect. Lupin looked at Molly Weasley, who started speaking.

„Remus, you took a wrong step here." Mrs. Weasley felt the utter sympathy for Tonks as she had almost been like a second mother to her during the last year. She knew that Tonks's love wasn't „just a silly little crush that would end in a week". Tonks had been sorrowing for almost a year now, after Lupin pushed her affection back for the first time.

„No, it was the right one, it was for her own good," replied Lupin, more or less for self-defence, since everybody looked accusing.

„Well, she didn't seem to think that," came from Bill. Lupin looked at him in surprise. Even Bill took Tonks's side and he still didn't know how it was like, to live as a werewolf, to be distinguished in a bad light. Bill, however, continued, „you really hurt her."

„N-no, I said, it was for her own good, she'd be over me in a week and she'd regret it later," said Lupin, feeling he needed to adjust himself.

„No she wouldn't, Remus. Tonks has been in love with you for a year, even more. At first it was a secret, till she told me that you had pushed back her affection last summer. That's why she's been so grey, her own emotions were a mess!"

Lupin felt bad, but he still continued, „Molly, it's not that. She doesn't understand that I'm too old, too poor, too dangerous for her."

„Of course she understands, didn't you hear what Tonks said, it doesn't matter to her, she wants to be with you, despite the facts the whole house heard you throw at her, she knows them and accepts them!" Lupin was unable to speak. Suddenly he really realised, for the first time, how big of a mistake he had made. He had just shouted at the one person, the first and probably the last person in his life, who loved him for who he really was. Tonks was the person, who accepted his problem, it didn't matter to her. And Lupin….he had just yelled at her for being stupid and weak.

Suddenly Bill started coughing and everyone turned to him, which gave Lupin the opportunity to walk out of the hospital wing.