Written for fanfreak121's 100 Different Pairings Competition & for Cheeky Slytherin Lass' 100 Characters Competition
Prompt: wave (as waved) and down
Pair: Padma P. /Tonks, but with Ginny W. /Harry P.
Character: Tonks
Word-count: 442
The autumn weather was yellow, light blue sky.
Tonks chased her son up the playground tower, cold air tearing her throat, children screaming of happiness.
"Got you!"
Teddy laughed. He looked down the tower, while his mother held him tight. "Where's Harry and Ginny?" He tried to reach even further out over the edge. "There! There they are! Mom, look. Harry! Ginny!" Teddy waved fiery.
Tonks looked where Teddy pointed; Ginny was just about to go down the slide, Harry stared up the tower, at first, couldn't exactly place were the happy voice came from.
"Wow", Harry shouted and stepped closer to the playtower, "have you climbed that high all by yourself?"
"Yes! And I'm not even scared!"
"That's very brave of you."
"Maybe we should take a break and have some pumpkin juice?" Tonks said to both her son and Harry. She kissed Teddy's cheek, red from both excitement and the chilly air.
"That sounds like a good idea."
The four of them sat down on a bench, enjoyed the cold drink and the still warming sun – at least the grown-ups. Teddy soon became restless.
"Harry…" Teddy said and smiled mischievous. His hair and his cheeks were the same color.
"Yes, Teddy?"
The little boy gave his godfather another smile, secretively. Glanced at the playground. "Catch me if you can!" and then he ran off.
"Go on", Ginny said. "Catch him!"
Both Tonks and Ginny laughed as Harry stumbled after.
Two women, one with a stroller, stopped next to the bench. "Ginny? Ginny Weasley?" the one with the stroller said.
"Parvati?"
"Yes! Fancy seeing you here! How've you been?"
"Just fine, it's Ginny Potter now, actually."
Parvati shrieked. "Congratulation!"
"Thank you", Ginny looked into the stroller, "and this is?"
"Timmy, Timothy. He just turned two."
Ginny and Parvati kept talking, and the other woman sat down beside Tonks.
She gave Tonks a careful smile. "I'm Padma."
"Tonks."
"You didn't go to Hogwarts with us, right?"
"Right, I had already graduated when you started, I think, you're the same age as Ginny?"
"No, as Harry."
It was a small bench, Padma's arm pressed against Tonks. Smell of shampoo, soap, food.
They couldn't stop smiling, Padma's was still a bit careful, but Tonks could feel hers growing wider and wider.
Tonks laughed; a bit embarrassed.
Ginny and Harry walked hand in hand, Tonks carried her sleeping son.
"I think Tonks has a crush", Ginny whispered.
"Really? Since when?"
They stepped on crunchy leaves. An orange sun, clouds sailing in from east.
"Since about an hour or so."
Harry almost stopped. "You've lost me. She has a crush on whom?"
But Ginny just winked.