'This is... not the moment to discuss it'

Those words rung in Tonks for the rest of her visit at Hogwarts. It was never a good time to discuss the 'relationship' between herself and Remus. She waited outside the castle waiting for a certain someone to pass by.

When he finally walked through the doors with Molly and Authur Weasley she took a deep breath and grabbed Remus's arm. She watched his face fall when he saw who it was. Molly and Authur exchanged glances and left, leaving the shaggy middle aged man, with the young vibrant woman.

Tonks looked up at Remus and said ' we need to talk'

'Tonks, how many times do i have to tell you, I'm too poor, I'm too old, and to top it all off im a were-'

'AND I DON'T CARE!' Tonks yelled, feeling the tears slowly surface in her eyes, she wiped them off with her sleeve and looked down at Remus's brown shoes, that looked like they had been sown up the Muggle way in places.

Remus looked down at the woman that reminded him so much of his past, his youth, his life before the Potters death, when he would go out and have fun with his three best friends, only to wake up in the morning with a terrible headache. 'Thats what life should be like for her' he thought, ' I can't drag her down when she should be experiencing the best years of her life''

But a little voice in the back of his head kept on saying 'In the conditions that the world is in right now, how is she going to have the best years of her life?'

'Please Remus, just give me a chance to prove that we would be good together' Tonks pleaded to him. It broke his heart to hear some one plead to be with him, usually it was the other way round.

Remus sighed, ' Tonks, i meant what i said in there' indicating his head towards the castle,' it just wouldn't work. You should be going out, having fun.Having romantic...

Remus gulped,' ... having romantic moonlite dinners with someone special'

Tonks knew how low his self-esteem was, she knew that he was too poor, she knew he was too old, she knew he was a werewolf,an outcast. But did she care! No. She looked up at the man whose eyes made her melt, whose hands looked like they could rip a bear apart, whose hair had a tint of grey that glistened in the sunset. She loved him, she needed him, but he didn't want her, and it tore her heart apart just knowing this. Why this man? Why now? She didn't know the answers, but she knew that this was the man that made her life worth while.

'Please Remus, just answer me one question. Do you like me?

Remus looked her straight in the eye. Of course he did.

'I really like you Tonks but…..' He hesitated,' but say we were to be in a relationship, I don't want you to have to suffer with the endless taunts that I get. But if you really want to date me…. I guess The Three Broomsticks should be still open if you cared for a drink….as more than just good friends'

Tonks's face lit up at these words, and before she knew what she was doing she grabbed Remus's neck and kiss him passionately on the lips, it was the most wonderful thing she had ever felt before, and it felt even better due to the fact that he was kissing her back.

As they pulled away he held his hand out for her, she took it and they left…..

……together.

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