Disclaimer: As much as I want to own Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin and the rest of the Harry Potter world, I don't. I only own the plot, and my OCs. Everything else you recognize is the genius', JK Rowling! Oh hail JKR! Runs to her JKR shrine

Author's Note: Ehem Okay, so I'm writing another story all over again… But, anyways, just a few knick-knacks before we get started: some characters are quite OOC in this chapter (or story, in general) especially Andromeda Tonks, because she's going to be kinda childish, feisty and… well, let's just say she wants some grandchildren really, really soon.

Oh, and special thanks to KHKairiNamineFanatic for proofreading my story… as you can see she's an obsessed Kingdom Hearts fan but she went out of her way to help me with my Harry Potter story! Well, okay, it's more like her job to help me anyway, since she's my friend (Hehe!). And she didn't go out of her way voluntarily. More like she was 'bugged to death to'. Luv ya lots, bestie! (Not in that way, Jez...)

Well, all I can say for now is… hope you enjoy the story! Here we go!

Here Comes The Bride

Summary: After the long wait, Remus and Tonks are finally getting married! But still, things aren't so smooth flowing. With our bride's crazy parents, the groom-to-be's obnoxious and everything else that comes with it, will Tonks make it alive to the altar?

Chapter One: Engagement Hooplah, Paranoia and Pandemonium

"Oh, Nymphadora, dear, I can't believe it – engaged! My one and only daughter is finally engaged!" Andromeda Tonks said happily, kissing her daughter in the forehead. "My dear, we shall have a special dinner tonight. Tell me, what dish is Remus fond of?"

Tonks just blinked at her mother uncertainly. "Um… Mum? You don't suppose you're a bit too excited?" She said, hoping to get a 'no' for a reply.

"Of course, dear!" She said cheerfully, sending Tonks' hopes down. "Who wouldn't?!"

Andromeda walked over to the kitchen, took out her big book of recipes and flipped through the immense pages to find the perfect dish for the occasion. Tonks paid no attention to her mother and her eyes shifted over to the wooden door which leads to the study room.

She looked at the wall clock and sighed. Remus and her father have been inside for almost 30 minutes, and the door didn't creak or move which meant they would be inside for a very long time. She rested her cheek on a loosely clenched fist and continued to wait.

An eerie silence filled the room and Andromeda broke it by starting a conversation. "So, Nymphie, dear…" She started, "What are you going to name your children?"

Tonks almost hit her face on the table when she heard what her mother just said and managed to cough loudly "E-excuse me?!"

"You know, your children! MY grandchildren!!!"

Tonks looked quite anxious as she answered, "Um… actually, we never had it yet…" She said quietly and coyly. Her mother looked enraged at the reply.

"Are you serious?!" She started shouting. "Your father and I had intercourse way before we even got married!"

"But that's because you weren't actually allowed to." Tonks reasoned out, looking slightly annoyed and rolling her eyes at the remark.

Unfortunately, her mother saw this and her eyes started showing a light fire in them and placed the back of her hand on her hip. "Dear, would you want me and your father to prohibit you from getting married?!" She said with an arched eyebrow

"NO!" Tonks said quickly and loudly. "No. B-but… It's just odd, you know, hearing my own mother talking about that."

Andromeda just smiled cheekily at her. "Well, you know, dear, it's an obsession."

Right, an 'obsession'; when I tell her that Remus finally proposed to me she acted like this! She thought and glanced at the study room once again. Seeing no sign that they'd go out any sooner, Tonks sighed slowly.

This announcement was getting a bit off-course and disastrous, so to say. First, his father wants to have a 'little chat' with Remus that lasts for all eternity, and now her mother was talking about… that, and being absolutely childish. She thought that her parents would even object to the marriage. Or, at least, they'd be their normal selves.

Well, apparently not.

Their strict demeanor and usual scolding-a-palooza on the importance of her job, money, home and her – may his soul rest in peace – 'ole, good goldfish was even better than having them talk about intercourse!

So, instead of talking or making any noise that would distract her mother, Tonks just decided to watch the wall clock tick. 6:37 p.m.The door wasn't opening yet. She tapped her fingers on the table like a wave.

6:54 p.m. There was not a creature stirring in the house except for her mother, preparing dinner and what seemed to smell like a crossover between stew and steak.

7:02 p.m. Tonks was getting really impatient. What exactly were they talking about? Hopefully not about… intercourse, Tonks thought with a shudder.

7:15 p.m. THAT'S IT!

She walked towards the mahogany door and pressed her cheek on it, being able to hear the voices of her husband-to-be and her father even though the door was very thick.

"Dear," Her mother said, while stirring the contents of the pot with a ladle, "Don't do that. Wait for them to come out."

There. She sounds like her old self again. "But I-" Tonks said in a loud voice.

"Shh!" Andromeda warned, placing a finger to her lips.

Tonks rolled her eyes. "Mum, I'm dying of curiosity. Can I just listen in peace?" She just shrugged and returned to her cooking. "Thank you!" She added with a hint of sarcasm in her voice.

From behind the door, Tonks can hear her father pacing around the room. "Now, just tell me one last time, Remus, do you really love my daughter?"

"I do, sir." She heard Remus say politely, although she can tell he was getting impatient. Just about how many times did he ask him that? Ten... Twenty?! Is he seriously in doubt that my Remus is smitten with me?

"Remus, I guess you two are serious about this and I believe that you are a good man, so I give you my blessings." Ted said this carefully, obviously choosing the right words to say.

"YES!" Tonks shouted, forgetting the fact that she was actually eavesdropping.

"T-Thank you, sir. I promise I will take very good care of her." Remus said, still quite not able to believe this good news.

"I know you will," Ted said, and Tonks could tell he was nodding and smiling, with tears sparkling in his old, wise eyes.

Hearing her daughter shout, Andromeda came out of nowhere holding a spatula and jabbed it near to Tonks' face. "Seriously, dear. Don't you know the rules of eavesdropping?!"

Tonks waved her hand up and down, showing that she was shooing her mother away. "Mom! Not now!" She said as she smiled and started doing a victory dance.

She heard footsteps walking towards the door. She was about to go and run when the door swung open revealing her humored father, chuckling and shaking his head while walking out. "Goodness. Women!"

Then, her fiancé went out, looking very handsome (Though he always is, thought Tonks) and wrapped his arms around her, which she did to him as well. Then, he breathed into her ear, "We've been allowed by your father."

"I know." Tonks whispered, revealing her pearly whites. "I was listening."

Suddenly, Tonks' parents started bursting with laughter. "Dear, they're being really secretive, aren't they?" Her mother said, still busy with cooking. Tonks turned a bright shade of red.

Ted nodded. "They remind me a lot of the both of us when we were still in our heyday." Andromeda, this time, blushed, and, chuckling, continued to cook her stew-and-steak crossover or whatever it was. "Then again, like mother, like daughter." He added and Remus smiled at this note.

"Mmm… Mum, that smells good. What is it?" Tonks asked, sniffing the air.

Andromeda looked up with a quizzical look on her face and finally said after 5 seconds, "Oh, this… it's, uh, pasta. Spaghetti Bolognese."

"SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE?!" Tonks screamed. "But, mum, that's like the last kind of food I want to eat on special occasions and you know that!"

"Is this a special occasion?" Ted asked no one in particular.

Her mother looked shocked. "But dear, you told me a few weeks ago that Remus likes Bolognese…?"

Tonks just scoffed, which Andromeda took as a 'yes'. Tonks felt absolutely grumpy.

"Oh, okay. Whatever." Andromeda started humming a song that sounded operatic (and it didn't fit her at all) and threw in a 'lil bit of garnish into the crazy Bolognese mix. Tonks was plain dumbfounded and Remus noticed this.

"Nymphadora, are you alright?" He asked in concern. Aww, how sweet. "Do you want to sit down?"

But all that Tonks could do was nod slowly in reply and sat down without uttering a 'thank you' to her fiancé. She looked up into thin air stupidly as she thought deeply. Remus… my fiancée. That sounds really, really good...

"Nymphadora, are you seriously okay?" Tonks was snapped out of her dream wonderland reverie. "You don't seem to be like your… er, normal self."

Tonks glared at him in surprise. "Oh, great. Now that you've mentioned something about 'normal selves', I do have a problem." She lowered her voice into a whisper. "Mum's being weird. She's been talking about your favorite dish and our children-to-be's names and… and…" She felt her hands shaking.

"And what?"

Tonks took a deep breath. "And… intercourse." She said her voice as low as ever. Remus started laughing. "Don't laugh! It isn't funny!"

"Then what?" He asked her, still laughing. "Agonizing? Bubbly? Depressing? Annoy-"

"Agonizing and depressing." Tonks said uncomfortably. "She was asking if we had it yet." She added coyly.

Remus stopped laughing, feeling a bit sorry for Tonks, but cheerful all the same. "Are you… you know, pressured?"

Tonks gasped and looked as if she was taken aback. "No, I'm not… Not that I don't want it, but… well, probably during the honeymoon. Unless you don't-"

"No, no. It's okay." Remus said, chuckling. Then he took his hands in hers. "Look, you're shaking. Let's not talk about that. When do you want to get married? Perhaps you should think of a date?"

"Um… what about… 7 months from now?" Tonks said, making a safe estimate.

"Exactly?" Remus asked with a hint of confusion in his tone.

Tonks shrugged then shook her head. "No. That's the full moon."

He just nodded at her and smiled at her understanding. "I'm sorry; the full moon really gets in the way. I've told you this before but-"

"Remus," Tonks said seriously. "We're not going to talk about this again, are we? Not now that we're engaged and everything?"

Remus shook his head quickly. "No. No, of course not."

"Dinner's ready!" Andromeda's happy tone rang out in the whole first floor. "Spaghetti Bolognese a la Andromeda Tonks!"

Tonks just shot Remus a knowing smirk as he shrugged in understanding. The both of them sat next to each other on the table while Andromeda set the spaghetti on the table.

"That really smells good, dear." Ted commented, grabbing a forkful of spaghetti. However, Andromeda slapped his hand.

"Up, up, up!" She scolded her husband who looked extremely uncomfortable. "My future son-in-law should get the first spoonful." She smiled dreamily to Remus.

Remus blinked. "No, ma'am, seriously, your husband can get first -"

"No, I insist." Andromeda shoved the platter in front of Remus. "And, by the way, you should call me 'Mum' and Ted 'Dad'. And will it be alright if I call you 'Dear' like I do to Nymphadora?"

"Mum!" Tonks told her in a hushed whisper. Remus was wiping his starting-to-get-sweaty forehead.

But all Andromeda did was laugh.

"Oh, Remus, dear, don't mind Nymphadora. You know she's all paranoid on situations like this. You should get used to it."

Remus just laughed along with her and nodded, in which Tonks glared at him. "Do you seriously want me to call off our engagement?" She warned in a low voice.

Remus ignored her and placed an arm around her. "You know, I agree, Mrs. Tonks. Nymphadora's really paranoid. Right, dear?"

Tonks shoved off Remus' arm from her shoulder. "Don't you dare call me 'dear'. And, no. Don't call me Nymphadora, Remus. It's Tonks." She sneered.

Remus grinned at her and caressed her cheeks. "But you won't be Nymphadora Tonks forever."

Even if she was pretty much annoyed, Tonks find this bit of trivia quite exciting. She just beamed back at him and sat still.

"You know, you should think of the Bridal Entourage now." Andromeda commented, while Tonks was fiddling with her fingers and Remus was reading a book. He looked up at her.

"I think she's right. I know who I would have as my best man." Remus said with a dash of pride in his voice.

Tonks glanced at him then rolled her eyes. "Sirius. Obviously."

"Oh, Sirius! Yes, he was a lovely cousin of mine! He's really nice and all that, but he got arrested. Good thing they found out he was innocent." Andromeda said absentmindedly, grabbing a piece of parchment and a quill.

Ted glanced at his wife's writing materials. "Dear, why don't you use a ball pen instead?"

Andromeda scoffed. "You and your bloody ball pen. Try shoving the ball pen into your mouth and then let's see if it's better than a quill."

"Dear, it's not about taste. It's about convenience-"

"I find a quill perfectly convenient, thank you very much." She snapped at him. Ted just gave up and continued forking his chocolate cake.

Tonks just looked around at everyone, staring at a person for at least 3 seconds then she fiddled with her fingers again. They noticed this and looked at her. "What?"

Ted took a deep breath before talking. "Why aren't you talking?"

Tonks arched an eyebrow. "And… what am I supposed to say?"

"Any suggestions? You know, your Maid-of-Honor, your Bridesmaids, etcetera, etcetera." Andromeda pitched in.

"Dear, I'm sure she can think of her Maid-of-Honor and her Bridesmaids, but I'm not so sure with the 'etcetera, etcetera'." Ted joked, laughing madly.

Andromeda rolled her eyes. "Ha, ha. Very funny." She said sarcastically and Ted kept quiet. "What about you, Remus? You're also quiet."

"Huh?" He said, looking up again. "Well… I'm not quite sure what to say, Mrs. Tonks."

Andromeda laughed in a school-girl kind of voice. "How very modest! And you're quite handsome too. Nymphadora, you're really wise to marry this man. Oh, and Remus, I told you, just call me 'Mum', okay?"

Remus just nodded slowly and hesitantly. "Oh, alright, then… mum."

"There, that's it." Andromeda said happily. "It sounds good, you know? Coming from a boy. I never had a son. I actually wanted Nymphadora to be a boy but when she came out she was a girl, and then-"

"Mum." Tonks interrupted, "If I became a boy you wouldn't have a son-in-law who's 'so modest, and quite handsome', right?"

Andromeda snapped, "Quiet, Nymphadora. I'm still trying to talk to my son."

"My fiancé." Tonks said, beaming proudly. "And I am your daughter."

Andromeda nodded. "Exactly! He's my son!"

"Well, not yet!" Tonks said loudly.

"He's still my son, and you're just the fiancée. Between the both of us, that is saying something." Andromeda argued.

Tonks looked at her in disbelief. "What? What do you mean by 'just the fiancée'?He's going to be my husband!"

"I know, but for the meanwhile, he isn't, so relax." Tonks pouted. Andromeda noticed this and patted her head like a dog. "Don't you worry, you'll be able to spend wonderful days and – and fun nights when I'm not around. For now, let me talk to him."

Tonks smirked with glee as Remus just cleared his throat. Ted wasn't listening to what his wife, daughter and his soon-to-be son-in-law were saying and he started licking off the chocolate icing on his fingers.

"Oh, yes… mum, by the way, I forgot. I was wondering if we could invite my sister to the wedding." Remus said this slowly and quietly.

"Huh? Oh sure, sure…" Tonks said absentmindedly, until the words which came out of Remus' mouth actually went to her ears "Your sister!?"

"You have a sister?" Said Andromeda, raising an eyebrow and peering at him.

"Chocolate Icing?!" Ted asked. Somehow it just came out of his mouth but no one minded him anyway.

Remus nodded. "Yes, yes, I do. She's 6 years younger than me and she lives right now in Italy."

Tonks bit her lip, tried to smile and nodded. "Am I sure I'm hearing you right, Remus? You mean you're inviting your sister – the posh, snobby, obnoxious one?"

"Nymphadora, there are two things that are wrong with your sentence," He said as he pushed a 'peace sign' in front of her face. "One, I only have ONE sister," said Remus, followed by an eye roll from Tonks. "And two, she isn't snobby and obnoxious. She's just feisty and very, very painstaking." He explained.

Tonks nodded, trying to convince herself, once more. "Oh… right. Right. Okay, so, when do we contact her?" Hopefully nowhere really soon…

"I already did. She's arriving here in three days, actually, this Saturday, to help out with the wedding."

"WHAT?!" Tonks screamed. "Oh, no, Remus, you didn't… you didn't do that."

Remus looked at her, apprehension written all over his face. "Nymphadora, calm down, she's going to like you, okay? And she's only my living family left, so we need to invite her."

"I really don't know… Seriously, does she have to come? We can perfectly well manage without her!" Tonks said, looking really nervous. I can stand my childish mother but his obnoxious sister? Oh, honestly…

"Look, Nymphadora, she isn't bad at all. Why don't you come with me this Saturday to fetch her from the airport?" Remus asked, sounding quite pleading.

Ted decided to join in the conversation (even if he didn't know who they were talking about) and said, "Yes, Nymphadora, why don't you come with him to the Saturday to go airport-ting?"

"What?" Tonks said, sounding aghast. "What airport-ting are you talking about?"

Ted looked clueless. "But… I thought… you were going to this place called the Saturday to go airport-ting?"

Tonks slapped her forehead, bit her lip and closed her eyes. "Dad, Remus is going to the airport this Saturday to fetch his obnoxious sister!" Remus glared slightly at her but Tonks returned the glare as well and rolled her eyes.

"W-what?" Ted stammered. "Then… is that so bad?"

Tonks just arched an eyebrow and lowered her head, so that Remus wouldn't see and she smiled angelically at him. She turned back to Remus. "Okay fine. She can come to the wedding and what not," She said as Remus started showing a huge smirk. "But do I HAVE to fetch her?!"

"You will meet her early if you do."

Tonks looked perfectly edgy right now. "I can meet her after a week!"

Remus pretended to look sad. "You mean you won't come with your fiancé to fetch your future sister-in-law?"

"…"

Tonks knew she loved Remus, but she was immune to his puppy-dog eyes anyway, so doing that wouldn't work. Bring it on!!!

"You know, Nymphadora, dear, you should go and meet her! Who knows, maybe she can bump in some sense to you about your pink hair and patched pants and strange T-shirts." Andromeda said, nodding.

Tonks just gave her a funny look. "Ha ha. That was a lot of help, mum. Thank you so much."

"Come on, Nymphadora, come with me. Please?" He looked at her with puppy-dog eyes, bulged his lower lip, tried his hardest to make his eyes glitter and he started making a whimpering noise. He knew she couldn't resist him and that way cuter look whenever it came from him.

Bugger.

"Oh, fine." Tonks sighed at last. "But I'm only coming with you because you're my fiancé."

"Good." Remus smiled at her. "And...?"

Tonks looked at him dejectedly and groaned. "Because she's going to be my future sister-in-law."

Author's Note: Hah, finally! Done and done! So, how'd you find it? Was it nice? Or not? Naughty? Sad? Stupid? Just practically annoying? Or plain okay? Click that 'lil go button down there to review and tell me! ) See you on the next chappie! Bye! waves her handkerchief in the air from afar