Author's note: I just watched the 7th movie. I have always been disappointed by the lack of Tonks/Lupin I the movies. This popped into my head and refused to leave so I thought I would share it. I dedicate this fic to fellow fans who cried or almost cried during the seventh book or movie.
Disclaimer: I do not own any plotlines or characters apart from my OC. Surprised?
Dora's friend
This is love.
Dora's friend was seething with rage. Her hands shook and her eyes blazed with fury. She had been best friends with Tonks for a number of years. Just out of Hogwarts and training to be an auror she quickly took to the older girl. Her clumsiness made her approachable but the girl was always in awe of Tonks' skill as an auror and her kindness. Tonks always looked after her, and now it was her turn. For months she had watched Tonks turn from a clumsy new recruit to the Order into a girl in love, then a heartbroken shell of her formerly bubbly self.
"Point me." She told her wand. She followed it towards one of the rooms in the Leaky Cauldron. She knocked on the door, there was no answer.
"Remus Lupin! Open this bloody door!" She yelled. She heard footsteps inside and the door slowly creaked open. As soon as his worn, tired face was revealed she pulled back her arm and slammed her fist into his nose.
He cried out in pain and shock and fell backwards onto the floor. She pushed his foot out of the way of the door, stepped inside, and closed the door. Remus lay flat out on the floor, holding his face.
"Wa da bludy 'ell was dat fo?" he choked out as blood flowed from his nose.
"Episky!" She said, pointing her wand at his face. There was a crack and his hands fell to his sides.
"You should know what that was for, git." She said. "The whole world's gone to hell, Voldemort's back, Dumbledore's dead, and war has begun again. The whole world's in danger, you or her my die at any moment, and yet you can't get past your own issues enough to give the woman you love the comfort she needs."
"I'm not good for her. She deserves-"
"To love who she bloody well pleases, and to be loved in return." She said, interrupting. Lupin got up and plopped himself into a chair, putting his face in his hands.
"That's true. She should love and be loved, but not by me. " He said, she took a deep breath in and out.
"Her life is about to turn into a living hell. She may die in this war, we all might. Whatever may have happened in her life before she met you, whatever she may have done, whoever she may have loved, she loves you now. Maybe if she had fallen for someone else, things would be different, but this is the way it is. She loves you, and although you try not to show it, you love her too."
He looked guilty and heartbroken. He leaned his head against the back of the chair and she guiltily eyed the blood on his face.
"I'm sorry I punched you. You're just so frustrating. You're so caught up with feeling unworthy that you can't see what a good thing this could be for the both of you. She told you to your face that she didn't care what you are. Why aren't you snogging her right now?" She asked, genuinely curious.
"I'm going on a mission. I'll be away and it'll be dangerous. I don't want to hurt her." He looked her in the eye. "Also, it's hard to snog someone when you have a freshly broken nose." He said, he finally had a bit of laughter in his eyes.
"You deserved it. Well, now that you've come to your senses I will have to remind you that I knew you both long before you knew each other. With all my experience with the pair of you I know that what you have to do is go running back to Dora's side." He nodded reluctantly at her advice.
"Then what?" he asked.
"Start groveling my friend." She said with a smile. She stood and went to leave. "Before you go Remus? You may want to clean yourself up. Also, breathe a word of this visit and I will break your nose, and perhaps a few other bones." She gave Remus a one armed hug and as she reached the door Remus called,
"That's blackmail." She turned.
"No, Remus, this is love." She left.
Keep reading, things will get better, and more intense as the story goes on. Please R&R!
