"Ouch! Who would put a table there?" mumbled Tonks as she straightened herself up after tripping on a table leg.
"Tonks? Is that you?" shouted Sirius from the kitchen of Grimmauld Place.
"Yeah!" She walked down the hall and pushed open the door of the kitchen. Sirius, Kingsley, Mad-Eye and a handsome middle aged man with several scars on his face sat at a large table. Sirius stood up to greet her.
"Good to see you Nymphadora. So what's my little cousin been up to lately?" asked Sirius with a cheeky smile on his face.
"I swear to god, if you call me that one more time I'll march you right back to Azkaban!" her hair turning a bright shade of red.
The man with the scars on his face laughed and Sirius shot him a look.
"Shut up Mooney!" said Sirius with a smile still on his face.
"Oh I suppose I should introduce you two. Tonks this is Remus Lupin, Grimmauld Place's resident werewolf, And Remus this is my little cousin Nymphadora Tonks, Who insists on being called by her surname" said Sirius.
"First of all I'm not little any more, I'm 22, and secondly, you would too if your mother had called you something as ridiculous as Nymphadora!" retorted Tonks.
"Pleasure to meet you Tonks" said Remus, his hand outstretched.
"Same to you" Tonks said with a broad smile as she shook his hand.
"Ok now that we're all acquainted, Can we please get on with the meeting" Barked Mad-Eye.
"Of course" Said Remus shooting Tonks a smile.
Once the meeting was adjourned, the members dispersed and went to relax before dinner. Tonks decided to have a look around the house. She walked up the first flight of stairs and wandered down the hall. There was nothing down there but closed doors which she assumed were bedrooms. She walked up the second flight of stairs and immediately noticed the door which was a-jar with light pouring out of it. She gently pushed the door open and entered. The room was filled with books and smelled of new parchment and coffee. Then she noticed, at the end of the room at a small desk, reading a large book, sat Remus Lupin.
"Oh sorry for intruding, I didn't know you were here! I'll leave if you want." said Tonks apologetically.
"No its fine I was just finishing reading" said Remus.
"So what you reading?" inquired Tonks.
"Oh nothing" said Remus shutting the book. "So Sirius tells me you're a Metamorphmagus."
"Oh yes, Do you want to see?" said Tonks enthusiastically.
Remus nodded and Tonks proceeded to transform her nose in to that of a pigs, and then into a beak.
Remus laughed and clapped. "Bravo, very impressive".
Tonks bowed comically "Thank you, thank you".
She straightened up and smiled at Remus who was smiling back at her. They starred in to each other's eyes for a moment before Remus broke the silence.
"I'd say dinner is almost ready by now so I'm going to head downstairs, if you'd care to join me?"
"Yeah sure" said Tonks with a smile. She followed Remus down the stairs and in to the kitchen. She wasn't sure what it was, but there was something about him.
Sure enough the table was laid with all sorts of dishes that Molly Weasley had prepared. Tonks took a seat next to Kingsley and Remus sat at the other end of the table. Every so often she would catch his eye, but he was quick to look away.
After dinner Tonks offered to help clean up with Remus. Neither of them said anything as they cleaned. Tonks decided to break the silence.
"So… do you ummm… do you have a job?" as soon she spoke she regretted it, it made her sound like a silly little girl.
"Not currently" said Remus. He sighed sadly "I struggle to hold on to any job for very long on account of being a werewolf".
"Oh I'm sorry, that was a stupid question" said Tonks. She could feel her cheeks turning red.
"No don't worry about it, you were merely inquiring" said Remus comfortingly.
"Well it looks like we're done here, so do you want to go relax in the sitting room?" asked Tonks, trying the change the subject.
"No thanks, I really should be getting on with my reading" said Remus. "I suppose I'll see you later" and with that he exited the kitchen. Tonks couldn't help but feel as though she'd upset him.
At 11pm, Tonks decided that she better go to bed. On her way up the stairs she met Remus.
"Oh are you heading to bed? Well good night then" he said with a smile.
Before she could stop herself she was giving him a hug. "Good night Remus, see you in the morning".
She pulled away from him and noticed the startled look on his face. She ran up the stairs as fast as she could and shut the door of the guest room behind her. Had she actually just hugged a man she had met for the first time today? She wasn't even sure why she had done it. She had just had a sudden urge to hug him. She felt like such an idiot.
She took off her robes and through them on the end of her bed, pulled on an oversized t-shirt and climbed in to bed.
That night she dreamt of many things, but the one thing that stuck in her mind was Remus Lupin. She dreamt that they were walking along a river bank, that they were holding hands, and most worryingly of all, that he had kissed her.
She awoke at 3am and sat up in bed. What was wrong with her? First she hugged him and now she was dreaming of kissing him. She put her head in her hands. She was so confused, but one thing she was sure of, she defiantly had feelings for Remus Lupin.