Everyone Knows

*~*~*~by Iced Mahina~*~*~*

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters...blah blah blah. I don't own any of it. The plot is mine, but that's about it.

A/N: This has OotP spoilers, so if you haven't read it, don't read this. This is my first real fic, so tell me what you think in a review. Tonks' age in this fic is going to be 25, so deal with it.

Now on with the story:

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Ron Weasley stormed into the Gryffindor Common room, very upset. The Order had just held a meeting that Harry, Hermione, and himself had been allowed to go to, and then return to Hogwarts. It has been boring, compared to what he had expected. Snape talked (although he would call it complaining), people voted, and then Dumbledore talked. No thrills. His mum cooked dinner, and everyone ate, the end...or so he had hoped. After dinner, Harry disappeared, and he went off to search for him, hoping to head back to school. Ron looked all over the place, and found him behind a tree in the yard...but not alone. He had his arms around, and was kissing Tonks. Harry seemed like he was about to explain, but Ron ran to the portkey that would take him back to school, which brought him to where he is now.

How could he?!?!? She's older than him, he's 16 and she's 25. The worst part is that Harry had never bothered to tell him. 'He is supposed to be my best friend', Ron thought to himself, very pissed off. Ron face turned bright red, and decided to get revenge on his best friend that didn't trust him.

Ron grabbed a piece of parchment, and wrote the one person who could make a difference, Molly Weasley.

Dear Mum,

You will never believe what I just found out...it was after the meeting and I was looking for Harry, and I found him...KISSING TONKS!!! How could he??? I can't believe it, and he didn't even bother to tell

me--his BEST FRIEND. I know you can help me out by talking to him...so please do, and don't be afraid to yell. This is so unfair.

-Ron

Ron grabbed Pig, and told him to rush the letter to his mum, after giving Pig a treat. Ron sighed thinking of what to do next, he looked out the window and saw a wolf-like figure running into the forest, and suddenly it hit him, 'I'll write Remus, too. I can also write Dumbledore, and McGonagall, and Hermione' he thought to himslef, but then the other side of his brain chimed in, 'Why do you want to do this? You will get Harry in trouble, would it be more mature to talk to him yourself?'. At that Ron started to rethink his idea, but the first side of Ron's brain talked him out of it, 'Come on, he deseves it. You know it's true...and you already sent one to your mum, what more harm will it do?'

Ron dismissed his good loyal side, and wrote the same letter as the one that he wrote his mum to Remus, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Hermione. He walked with them down to a school owl, and sent them off, sulking. After that, Ron felt an odd twitch in his stomach, and headed up to the 6th year Boys' dorm to get some sleep.

In the morning, Ron ignored Harry the best he could, by waking up at the sunrise and getting ready very fast, then going down to breakfast and sitting in the middle of people, so he couldn't sit by Harry. He then saw Pig flying down towards...Harry. Pig happened to be carrying a red envelope, a Howler. Harry gulped nervously as it landed by him, he tried to run out of the room with it, but it exploded before he got half way out. The loud, booming, and very upset voice of Molly Weasley filled the Great Hall:

"HARRY, I CAN NOT BELIEVE YOU. WHEN RON TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING OUT WITH A GIRL 9 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU, I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, UNTIL TONKS HERSELF CONFESSED. YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY EXPECT ME TO APPROVE OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP. YOU BELONG WITH A NICE YOUNG LADY YOUR OWN AGE. I KNOW I AM NOT YOUR MUM, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE FAMILY, SO YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT I ONLY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU, SO PLEASE END THE RELATIONSHIP NOW. I'M SORRY, I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT---"Molly's voice broke off in tears, and everyone in the Hall turned to stare at Harry. 'Crap' Harry thought, as he realized that everyone knew about his...unconventional relationship. His face turned white as he saw a school owl zooming towards him, carrying 2 letters. He grabbed the letters and ran upstairs to his dorm to read them privately.

The first one had handwritting on the envelope that he recognized as Remus', he tore it open and read it:

Dear Harry,

Ron informed me of you relationship with Tonks, and honestly I don't know what to say.

I'm happy for you, really, but that doesn't cover my surprise at hearing of you in

a relationship with a woman 9 years older than you. Please be careful, ok? I don't

exactly like the idea, but I want you to know that I support your relationship.

If you ever want to talk about anything, I'm here for you.

-Remus

PS: Please consider being more respectful of your friends

Harry sighed, and picked up the other one, which he noticed was from Dumbledore, he opened it up and read through it nevously:

Harry,

I must say I should have forseen this, I do admit that you and Miss Tonks

happen to be perfect for each other. Even though I have never encouraged

cross generation relationships, I do approve. She makes you happy, I can

see that. While I don't see why you hid it from Mr. Weasley, I do encourage you

to..what's the muggle term...keep it on the down-low?? Either way, I would appreciate

it if you keep your personal life to yourself.

Sincerly, Professor Dumbledore

Headmaster of Howarts school of Witch Craft and Wizardry

Harry read the letter and jumped back onto his bed, stressfully.

~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~Gryffindor Common Room~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~

Ron sat in a red arm chair, working on a particularly bad potions essay, when Hermione's new owl Teacup, who was the size of a teacup, zoomed in with a letter for Ron. He opened it with intrest, and read it slowly:

Dear Ron,

Yes, I know about Harry and Tonks' relationship, I personally call it Honks.

He told me about it from the start. We together decided not to tell you,

because we knew you would over-react. You just proved our point.

You should be happy for him, and understand why we were

hesitant to tell you sooner. I'm really sorry, so please don't

be mad at me, or Harry for that matter.

Love Hermione

Ron mouth dropped open with shock after he read Hemione's letter. She knew?!?!? How could she let Harry keep it secret from him?!?!? He moped down to the Quidditch Pitch to take his mind off it, after thinking, 'You know, maybe I should tell her that I don't understand why they were hesitant, and have her explain it to me, so I can be understaning and supportive', sarcasticly.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Tonks' apartment~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Tonks flicked her wand to clean up the mess she made when she tripped over the table leg, knocking a vase to the floor. After seeing that her kitchen/dinning room was in order, she sat down to see an elvelope lying on her counter. She picked it up, and saw that it was from McGonagall, and read it curiously:

Tonks,

I got a very interesting letter from Ronald Weasley, saying that you were in a

relationship with Harry Potter. I don't know if there is any truth to it, but if there

is you must understand why this disturbs me. Even thoguh I am hard on him,

I really think about his well-being before the other students, I would even go

as far as to call it favoritism. I don't want you to hurt him, he has so little

in life that he can count on, he really does have a hard life, and I think that

if you are in a relationship with him...I should be worried that you will be

another thing to disappear from his life (despite the reason). I really don't like this,

and you know it, but I want him to be happy, so if you make him happy...go for it.

Sincerely,

Professor Minerva McGonagall

Howarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry

Tonks re-read the letter shocked, how had she known? 'Harry must have let something slip...I told him to be careful', Tonks thought biting her lip nervously. Then she saw the word Ronald Weasley, and knew he had found out...which was obviously not good.

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