Tonks' Story
Sometime between the 5th and 6th Harry Potter's
Everybody left the room, leaving just her and Remus. There was an awkward silence until Remus spoke.
'Should we start cleaning all this up?'
'Oh-yeh-er,' was all Tonks could manage.
They gathered all the empty bottles of Butterbeer and goblets which moments before were filled with Firewhisky. As they worked, neither of them talked. They wiped every table, washed every goblet, and cleaned everything they could. They did almost all this without magic, probably to avoid having to say anything. As they rushed around, Remus and Tonks both went to grab the same empty bottle, and their hands touched. It felt like a fire had been lit and fireworks were exploding all around them, until Remus moved his hand away and continued working. The silence was even more awkward until-
'Have you ever been in love before?' said Tonks before she had a chance to stop herself. Remus stopped his work and looked at her. She loved it when he looked like that, but the moment was so intense she could not smile at it like she usually would. They held this stare until Remus broke it, turning to continue his work.
'Once,' He said rather quietly. Not even her mind could suppress what she wanted to ask next, who, but decided that that would be a bad idea. So she broke the silence with a different question.
'How do you know...?' she asked earnestly. No one spoke for what felt like hours. Remus stopped cleaning to look at her again.
'I think,' he said, 'it's just one of those things. When you look at this person, you see happiness, love, everything you could possibly want in the world, and... you just know...'
Suddenly it felt like the room was on fire, everything was tense and Tonks didn't realise how close she was to Remus. She moved closer, almost touching him. She leaned in, as he did and she could almost feel his lips touch hers....
All of a sudden, Remus ripped himself away from Tonks, and knocking over several things in the process, stormed toward the door and grabbed his coat.
'Remus...' Tonks said pleadingly, but he ignored her. He went out the door, slamming it behind him, leaving Tonks alone in a burnt out kitchen.