A/N: Hey, this is my first RemusxTonks. It's definitely going to be longer but I'm not sure how it's going to fare with all the necessary fluff involved in a RemusxTonks. I'm not a particularly fluffy person. But I've got two more chapters written. I hope you like it. And I wasn't sure what the rating should be, but it's pretty harmless save for the stray curseword.

Would a woman who could sit on a typewriter and land a publishing deal be posting her crap for free?

Tonks Uses Protection

"You kissed him Tonks. You can't just take it back. You haven't even given him a chance," Sirius sighed.

"Why can't I? Guys do it all the time-take things back I mean."

Sirius looked at her incredulously, "And you hate them for it every time they do it. Why would you do that to him? Give him a chance he's a nice bloke."

Tonks flounced across the room and threw herself into one of the old parlor's couches sulkily, "What about when it goes south faster than Merlin's old broomstick? You gonna be sitting in the parlor with me holding my hand then? No ones there to protect poor little Nymphadora from evil men, and no one's there to make it better when they hurt her." Sirius opened his mouth as if to speak, but Tonks was quicker, "And don't say you'll be there for me cousin. He's your best mate. You'll side with him no matter what?"

Sirius couldn't help but be a bit shaken by his little cousins suddenly jaded outlook on men, "He's not an evil man. Just what-"

"No men are evil until you date them," She said matter of factly.

Sirius continued on determinedly as if he hadn't heard her, "He's a good man and he likes you a lot. Whether or not he cares to admit it he's been mooning over you for weeks. And whether or not you like to admit it his feelings are just as important and they require just as much consideration as yours. He won't-"

"I'm sure his feelings need just as much consideration as my feelings do. The difference is I'm the only one here considering my feelings, and he has you. I apologize for not making any friends, but it isn't that easy for me to put myself out there."

Sirius rolled his eyes a bit, "Your my little cousin. I wouldn't let anyone, even Remus, h-"

"Don't give me that. He's your best mate." Tonks said resolutely.

"Well since you don't trust me trust him. He's a considerate guy. He would protect you if you let him."

Tonks just sighed,"Of course he would protect me, when he isn't the one hurting me."

"Why are you such a coward?" He asked a little disdainfully.

"No one is afraid of fire until they've been burned," She replied cryptically.

Sirius looked sadly at his cousin for a moment trying to gather the depth of her sorrows. She sat there avoiding his eyes playing with the tassels on a damnable old pillow emblazoned with the black family crest. The morning sun filtering through the curtains cast shadows over her face.

"As heart breaking as you sound, I apparently can't be trusted to care about your feelings." She opened her mouth to speak, but he put up a hand to silence her before plowing on, "So you just tell me how you'll handle this. You can't just kiss him and leave him out there confused. You'd be a cruel bitch to do that. How are you going to let him down?"

Tonks stood up and folded her arms challengingly, "I dunno," she said, "I suppose I'll just tell him I'm afraid of werewolves or something. Nothing personal you know?"

Sirius's eyes bugged out of his head. He couldn't believe what a load of insensitive crap had just flown from the lips of his little cousin. "Well then you must really be a Black, as cruel and bigoted as my dear old mum. And more to the point it's not only cruel it's unbelievable. You're an auror you're supposed to be brave and whatnot! And-"

Tonks raised her voice over his, "I have to fight all sorts of scary dark things and I'm afraid of them. Just because you know one personally doesn't mean I suddenly have to become a lycanthrope lover. And it's not irrational fear. Werewolves are creepy dark creatures that wander around at night, and shape shift every full moon. There also quite deadly. It's not so far fetched Mr. Black. And at least I've kept the phrase filthy half-breed out of it!"

They were both roused from there argument by the sound of glass breaking and a very disgruntled, "Fuck." Sirius could only look horrified for a moment. Remus had chosen a very inopportune moment to be walking by with his dish of chocolate ice-cream and glass of milk. He heard all of Tonks' bigoted tirade. Sirius shot Tonks the severest look he could manage before stepping out to see a very disgruntled looking Remus repairing a broken glass and scourgifying the carpet. He gave a forced little smile and a poor excuse before disappearing up the stairs. Sirius head the door shut a few seconds later.

He ran back into the parlor and rounded on Tonks, "Your pathetic! What was that a pre-emptive strike? You figure you'll get him before he gets you!"

"But I didn't mean to," She said shakily and still not fully understanding the gravity of what she'd just done.

"But you did, and now you have to fix this!" He commanded, "You went to far, way to far."

"So what does this make me, a bitch a bigot and a coward?" She said looking up at him.

Sirius left.

A/N: I tried to make it interesting, but keep reading. It gets better [and I know this for sure because I've written it].

Ahh! The mystery. Where did Sirius go? Did Remus ever get anymore milk? Why is Tonks so afraid? Well stay tuned for the next episode!