Disclaimer: I wish I owned Harry Potter, but I don't. ;;

Synopsis: Tonks worries that Remus doesn't love her the way she is, so she decides to change in order to please him.

Chapter One: Change of Mind

It was a late night at the Ministry of Magic and she was the only— Tonks sat up and looked around the office— yes, the only person left, save for the janitor. She looked glumly at the clock, which read 11:09. Yes, she had stayed quite a bit late, considering she usually left between the hours of 8 and 9. However, it couldn't be helped. That was one of the downfalls of being a worker for the Ministry and the Order of the Phoenix: extra work.

She bent back over the daily report she was finishing, sighing quietly. She had been trying her hardest to stay on top of things, but sometimes it was just so difficult to manage two things at once! She raised her eyes to the picture of Remus on her desk, whom was standing beside her and putting his arms around her, staring into her eyes with utter happiness. Three things, she reminded herself, I'm managing my relationship with Remus now.

She sat back in thought (Perhaps she was here so late because she couldn't focus?). She still thought it was remarkable that she and Remus were together. At first he was so reluctant...

/Flashback/

"Nymphadora, I simply can't do that."

"You can, Remus, and call me Tonks, for Merlin's sake!"

Although Remus was calm, Tonks certainly was not. She glared at him, her hands on her hips in defiance. Her eyes blazed with passionate fire, refusing to back down. Remus looked back at her coolly, an ice that refused to melt under her heated insistence. It was an endless game of Muggle tug-of-war between the two of them, both determined to get their point across.

"You can love me, Remus. You will."

"Nym— Tonks, my feelings for you don't reach that extent. Even if they had at one point, they're gone now. Vanished. There is nothing in my heart for you now but friendly compassion. Nothing more." He replied, accentuating the last two words.

/End Flashback/

It had taken much effort, but eventually he revealed that there was something left inside for her, something that he hadn't counted on. He revealed one glorious day that he felt he was able to return her affections, and that he would trust her and her judgement. If Tonks wanted to date a werewolf, then she may, even if he felt against it.

Tonks smiled at that. The pair had been working on being truly comfortable. She was convinced that their love was strong enough to overcome anything. Remus thought that the full moon would be what tore them apart. However, she was slowly easing Remus into accepting that she didn't care, that his wolfish other half didn't bother her.

She smiled widely, continuing to write her report. He acted as if he was the only outcastin society! Didn't he realize that all her life she'd been shunned as well? Her powers as a metamorphagus were rare, and they set her apart from other people. People looked at her with a peculiar gleam in their eye, as if she was some sort of flawed being, far worse than the rest. They thought that her powers were a genetic defect and that she herself was therefore some sort of odd mutation. She shook her head at the thought, scribbling a bit harder on the parchment.

Ridiculous! All of these people were ridiculous! Why couldn't they just accept people for their differences and carry on with their lives? No, instead they made the people in question begin to think that they were some sort of freak. Tonks looked up at the clock again. 11:23. Damn. She had to be up at 5:30 to go to work again.

"Why even bother leaving?" She muttered. She glanced at the picture of herself and Remus again. Ah, of course, she wanted to leave to see him. She frowned. It was too late to see him now. They both needed their rest.

She kept on writing, but her thoughts kept reeling. When she actually got out of work on time, she usually dropped by to see him, but the last few days were so busy that she was too exhausted to visit after work. Was he mad at her for not going to visit?

Uh-oh, Tonks thought, here we go again.

Tonks, aside from her clumsiness, had another small problem. This little problem was called Insecurity, and it really liked to rear its ugly head when Tonks was tired and began to question herself. Insecurity didn't care much for Tonks, and Tonks didn't care much for Insecurity, either.

Insecurity started asking questions like, "Does Remus really love me?" "Is he happy with me?" "Does he want me to look like someone else?" "Should I look like someone else?" etc. At this late hour, as Insecurity began to gnaw at her insides, she looked again at the picture of herself and Remus as she put the last sentence into her report.

She... she could experiment, couldn't she? She could change herself in various ways to see what Remus really wanted... She wanted to please him, after all. She stood up and grabbed her cloak off the back of her chair, nodding to herself as she tied it around herself. She could try. She would try. For Remus, she would do anything.

TBC!

A/N: I hope the ending had the affect I wanted it to... oO; Please review! I need to know what you guys think:)