A/N: Thank you for clicking on this story! This story is dedicated to my teammates of the Appleby Arrows, with who I competed in The Quidditch Fanfiction League for months. Thank you guys, it has been truly an amazing rollercoaster ride these last few months. I've learnt so much and couldn't have wished a better team. Thank you!
This chapter is dedicated to our Beater queen-sheep, or as we know her, Kitty. You've been with the team since the very beginning, always available to do something extra for the team and with reason chosen as the most valuable player of our team. Thank you! I hope you enjoy this :)
Actually, I hope all of you enjoy this!
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The Arrow in the Apple
Hot Chocolate
"It's cold," Tonks commented, not knowing what else to say but wanting to break the awkward silence hanging in the kitchen of Grimmauld Place 12.
"Yes," Remus agreed, "It's cold."
The pink-haired woman rubbed her hands together, if it was only to give herself something to do. Remus was just staring at the wall, and for her it seemed like the atmosphere was getting more awkward with every passing second.
"Do- do you want some hot chocolate?" Tonks finally said, not able to stand the silence any longer. Remus looked up, disrupted in his thinking, and looked at her puzzled for a moment, before nodding.
"Yes, thank you, I'd like that."
"Right..." she answered, and with hands that were trembling for a reason unknown to her – nerves, probably, she told herself – she took two cups out of the kitchen cupboard.
"Oh Merlin," she squeaked just a moment later, as one of the cups dropped on the ground with a loud clang.
Startled by the loud noise, Remus jumped up, his wand at ready.
"Sorry sorry sorry," Tonks immediately said, picking up the pieces of the broken cup. "Just my usual clumsiness again, heh."
"Let me fix that," Remus said, suddenly standing at her side. "Reparo."
"Right, thank you, sometimes I forget I'm witch and I just-" she didn't know how to finish and instead just laughed awkwardly.
"Here, I'll make the hot chocolate," Remus said with a smile. "I need to get my mind off things anyway."
He took the cup out of her hand and Tonks couldn't help but notice when his hand touched hers. As she slowly got up from the ground, she heard him being busy with the hot chocolate, and when she sat down at the table, she heard him mutter a spell and all of sudden the smell of hot chocolate filled the kitchen.
"There you go," he said, handing her the cup.
"Thank you," Tonks replied, and gave him her brightest smile. Remus smiled tiredly at her in response, and a sad feeling settled in her stomach, but she continued smiling at him.
"Everything is going to be okay," she suddenly said, not quite knowing why. At this, he smiled again, but this time with a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"I know."
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