A/N: Ok, anyone who just read chapter ten of Greater Instincts is probably saying, hmm, Where's the Xan man? . . . or not! Anyway, since the story is kinda like my version of hooking people I think would be perfect for each other up (ex. K/D, B/C, D/H, and Andrew/Amy), I figured Xander needs love too. So I wrote up to the first full paragraph of this then went and finished the wedding scene in ch 10 of GI. Which I mentioned, it had me tearing up and I was writing it. I digress (big words, gotta love em). So this is my take on who Xander should be with. Not sure if it's gonna just be a little ficlet or more. Depends on everyone's reaction to it. It was originally supposed to be in chapter ten, but then I wandered away with Willow (which by the way, that was actually supposed to happen later in the story, but I needed to show off TA's powers) so I had to actually cut this out, cause I was jumping around too much for my taste to focus on another aspect in the chapter. So, as always tell me what you think.

Chocolaty Goodness

"I'm in the mood to kick a little ass."

"Um, ok. . ."

"C'mon, Tonks, you gotta know that one!"

"Sorry, Xander, 'fraid I don't watch that many muggle movies."

"Well, we're gonna have to fix that." He smiled charmingly at the Auror.

Nymphadora Tonks smiled softly at the young man as she shifted one of the sleeping children in her arms. She was actually enjoying hanging out with him, even if she was stuck minding the little ones.

"So, what is the movie?"

"Top Gun?" She answered weakly.

"Wrong. Cutting Edge. It's about this ex-hockey player who is kinda drafted into being this bratty ice skater's partner. They fall in love. And do a really cool flip thing."

"Sounds like a good movie."

"It's kinda a chick flick, but I'm out numbered." He shifted Jimmy in his arm.

Only a few hours ago, he'd watched on of his best friends get married. He was thinking about his own cancelled wedding. He and Anya would have been married nearly six years. But Anya was gone.

And here he was taking to an Auror who could change her features at will and was one of the funniest people he'd met in his life. And all he knew her by was her last name.

"Tonks, what's your name?"

"What's yours?"

"Xander."

"Mine's Tonks."

"Oh, you're gonna try and be all witty on the guy with one eye? Fine, I'll fess up. It's Alexander La Velle Harris. Your turn."

"Fine! It's Nymphadora Tonks. I absolutely hate it!" She blushed furiously in the darkness.

"That's a pretty name."

"I'm named after a bleedin classic sex symbol in Greek mythology. I ask you, do I even look like a sex symbol? Half the time people can't tell I'm old enough to even think about sex."

"Don't say that."

"Don't say what?"

"That you couldn't be a sex symbol."

"Why the hell not?"

"Cuz I happen to think you're very sexy." He said honestly as he opened the door.

He couldn't believe he'd actually said it though. Sure, he'd been thinking it, but he hadn't meant to sound creepy and blurt it out like that.

She couldn't believe he'd said it. She half-thought that he had just said it to be polite. Like when one was confronted with a very ugly baby but a very loving mother who thought it was the world's handsomest baby. You couldn't flat out tell her the baby was butt-ugly and that she must be daft to think it was even cute. You just couldn't be that rude. You lied through your teeth to be polite and keep on her good side. Yes, that must be what he was about. He was just being polite. But he had said it so sweetly. Damn.

After putting the four little kids on the couch, Xander led the way to the dinner table. They couldn't leave the kids alone to go back to the reception, which was nearly finished. The last song drifted to their ears.

"You didn't have to say that, you know." She said softly.

"Say what?"

"About me being sexy. Merlin knows, I'm not. I - I'm dead clumsy. I botch things up all the time. I nearly didn't pass Stealth training to be an Auror. I -" She was cut off by the feel of his lips molded against hers. She went utterly still for a moment before she kissed him back.

When they broke apart, she had to catch her breath. "You had a chocolate frog." He grinned at her. "You could tell? Let me guess: You tasted the chocolaty goodness on my lips?"

"Yes." She dropped her head down, not sure what to think beyond the taste of a chocolate frog on her lips from his.

"I didn't say it just to be polite. I said it cuz I meant it. I wouldn't have said it otherwise. And before you even think about it, I wouldn't have kissed you out of pity." His hand caressed her cheek. TA peeked an eye open as she watched her Uncle Xander lean towards Tonks for another kiss.

Pain wracked her young mind and she cried out. Jimmy and Joy shot up, tears forming down their cheeks as tears flooded to the floor. No, it couldn't -

Xander turned and raced back to the kids. He pulled them into his arms as they brought the news to him.

Tonks watched how he was. And knew deep in her heart that Xander Harris was what she'd been waiting for. The chocolaty goodness of life - no of love.

A/N 2: Cheesy, I know. I'm a freaking hopeless romantic. Bad or good?