You're acting like you're like – 35 or something!" Ginny moaned. Tonks sighed. She was trying to organize the fruits and vegetables in the now cramped kitchen of 12 Grimmwauld Place as part of her attempt to act like someone who was ready to settle down and care about things like housework and chores. Ginny chucked a kumquat at Tonks.

"GINNY!" Tonks yelped. Before she could stop herself, she grabbed a spoon and plunged it in the whipped cream. With a skilled aim Ginny was soon wearing it in her auburn hair.

"That's more like it!" Ginny laughed. Hermione walked in just as Ginny tore a page out of a recipie book, folded it into a paper airplane and tossed it at Tonks. Hermione flicked her wand and it started chasing Ginny around the kitchen until she had to stomp on it. By this time the three young women were laughing. Tonks filled up the sink with soap suds, took a handful and blew them out of her hands. Ginny caught some suds. Some were resting on her nose. Soon she and Hermione were pretending the bubbles were blush. Hermione did a little spell to really turn the bubbles in the sink a nice fluorescent pink.

"C'mon, Tonks!" Hermione giggled. "Put these on your head!" Tonks looked at the thick suds and shrugged. She forced a smile as the two sixteen year olds went to work making Tonks appear as if she was wearing a bright pink 'fro. No matter how hard I try, I'm still a kid. How will anyone who's not my age appreciate me? They didn't notice the door open slightly. They didn't notice that a person was peeking through trying not to laugh aloud at the scene, not because he thought all three were crazy, but because the woman he was crazy about was being herself and not trying to impress anyone by being someone she wasn't. Tonks got off of the table and danced around as they used their wands as microphones. They sang a song Tonks was making up about wearing a pink wig to the ball. Remus Lupin closed the door before they noticed him there. He didn't want to ruin her moment of being carefree and herself. Please don't change for me. You are who you are. You are the one who has my heart.