Tonks had some time off, and after an accident in my office, so did I.
"What happened?"
I looked at her, as I read the letter. I worked in the Ministry, and apparently there had been an incident with Ron.
"Something to do with Ron losing his temper. Apparently I'm lucky I wasn't there, my office was trashed along with some other damage in the department."
I handed her the letter and her hair turned bright red. OK, I shouldn't have given her that. I took it off her, and she looked at me.
"I never liked that idiot."
That made me laugh, they had gotten along reasonably well. Even with him being a complete and utter idiot.
"You used to get along. Although, I think you like about as much as I do now."
It's been a few days since we admitted how we felt. She's staying here for a while, and seems to be feeling better. Considering, everything that she's gone through.
"Yeah, you said he accused of cheating didn't you?"
Oh great, how the Hell do I explain this?
I nodded, sitting on the couch next to her. I threw the letter on the table and looked at her.
"Yeah, he did ... With you."
Her hair was going through so many changes, I was having trouble keeping up.
"Nym, you're making me dizzy with the changes. Slow down."
She looked at me, and her haired turned bright purple. She didn't say anything, for a few minutes. I was beginning to worry, when she spoke.
"Is that ... Is that why you freaked out and started screaming at him?"
I shook my head. It was the fact he was actually accusing me of cheating on me, not who. Yes, it was a shock, but I'd had enough of his constant complaining.
"It's not who he was accusing of cheating with. It was the fact he was accusing me of cheating, at all. I don't know why I ever dated him, at least you actually listen to me. Even if I just want to rant, you'll listen. Even if I do get dizzy with all the"
"Yeah, yeah. You know what happens when I get pissed off."
That made me laugh. When she got pissed off, her hair changed colour pretty fast.
"Yeah, you know it doesn't bother me. I can read your mood by your hair colour, but pink has to be my favourite. I"
"My mum prefers the blonde."
I knew that, but I still preferred the pink. Her hair had stopped changing colours and gone back to purple.
"Better?"
She nodded, taking a deep breath. She was fidgeting and I took her hand. She squeezed my and looked at me.
"Sorry. I can't believe he trashed your office."
I was just glad I wasn't there. But, I was surprised he hadn't turned up here. I was dreading when he did. One thing I knew about Tonks was that threatening people she cared about was a big mistake. She wasn't exactly rational in that situation.
"Yeah. Don't worry about that though. At least I have some time off."
That made her smile. She relaxed and put her head on my shoulder.
"Yeah. Hey, can I ask you something?"
I didn't say anything, and she continued.
"Are you OK with me keeping the"
I moved, so I could look at her. I couldn't believe she was asking me that!
"Nymphadora Tonks! How could you even as me that?! Of course I'm with it. I saw how excited you were. You're what ... 10 weeks now?"
She smiled, ignoring the use of her first name. That usually resulted in her slapping me playfully.
"Yeah, I am. And I'm going to ignore the use of my first name. I was worried about what you would think, now that"
"Nym, slow down. I would be amazed if you said you didn't want to keep the baby. You were so excited, when you found out. I'm here for you. I'm happy about you keeping the baby, actually."
That made her smile, and she moved a little closer, cuddling me. She had been in a real cuddly mood for the past few days. I wrapped my arms around her, and kissed the top of her head. Her hair turned pink, which meant she was happy. I meant what I said, she was so happy and I wanted to try and keep her that way.
"Comfortable?"
That made her laugh, and she kissed my shoulder.
"Very."
Later that evening, Tonks had fallen asleep on my shoulder and I didn't want to wake her. I looked at her, her hair kept turning pink and blue. It wasn't unusual for it to turn different colours when she was asleep. I thought about the past few days. I was surprised when she kissed me, but happy that she felt the same way. I didn't want to say anything to her, when she was so upset. But, she had been happier in the last few days. I looked down at her again, and her hair was now a mix of bright pink and dark blue. Odd, but I thought it was cute. She moved and muttered something in her shoulder. She woke up and lifted her head.
"Sorry."
I shook my head. Her hair hadn't changed, she wasn't fully awake yet.
"Don't worry about it. Hey, have you told Kingsley yet?"
She shook her head, and sat up.
"I'm going to tell him when I got back. So, that's desk work for me."
I knew she wasn't happy about that, but there was nothing anyone could do about it. Her job was dangerous and it was to risky to have her doing field work.
"It means I'll see you more, though. Now, that you're not doing field work."
She knew I was right. But, I could see she wasn't going to enjoy it. It made me feel better that I didn't have to constantly worry about getting hurt. Well, more than usual, she's a complete klutz. Sometimes, I wonder how she even qualified as an Auror.
"Plus, I won't have to worry about you getting hurt."
She shook her head, and stood up.
"I'm not that bad."
I just looked at her, and she shrugged.
"OK, maybe I am. But, I'm good at my job, desk work boring."
The end of that sentence turned into a whine and made me laugh.
"You'll live. Now, I think I'm going to bed. You feeling OK?"
She nodded, and I stood up. It was late and I was pretty tired.
"I'm fine. What about you?"
I smiled and kissed her. I'd started to do that a lot, and she didn't seem to mind.
"I'm fine, Nym. I'm more concerned about you. When's your next appointment?"
"Two weeks."
I nodded, and she just looked at me. I was worried about the effect the stress of the past few days was having on her. She took a step towards me and wrapped her arms around my waist. She's a little shorter than me.
"I can tell that you're worried. Don't worry, everything is fine. I was worse before I came here, but you made me see that he was the one who was losing out. I don't know what I saw in him."
I stood back, making her look at me.
"Hey, you wouldn't have this little one if you hadn't met him."
I put my hand on her stomach and she smiled. She covered her hand with mine, and pulled me closer to her. I wrapped my arms around her, and kissed her.
"You're right. Hey, could you"
"Of course, I'll go with you. You think I'd miss your appointment?"
I went into my room, and she went into hers. We weren't at that stage just yet.
Tonk' parents wee back two days later, and had heard about the breakup and where she was living. I'm not sure where. It was mentioned sometime between her mother turning up and my apartment and giving out to Nym for not telling them herself. But, they hadn't heard exactly why he had left.
"Really Dora, why didn't you tell us?"
Nym looked at me, and back at her mum, we were sitting on either side of her. Her dad hadn't come, he was at home. She looked a lot like her mum, well except for the pink hair, that is.
"There's more to this. It wasn't just an argument. I'm pregnant, mum. He left me when I told him."
Her mum had been sitting beside her, her long brown hair was tied up, but was starting to fall into her face. She brushed it away, as she listened to her daughter. She grabbed Tonks and hugged her.
"That's terrible honey! I'm so sorry he left. But, I'm glad that you're pregnant! How far"
"10 weeks."
Her mum was somewhere between anger at Lupin and joy for her daughter. We didn't want to tell her, or anyone else for that matter, just yet. So, we had to be careful how we acted around each other.
She left after dragging more information about work out of us, and making sure I knew that Tonks was to tell Kingsley. I smiled and told her that I would. Neither of us wanted her to get hurt in any way.
I closed the door, turning around. She was standing there, looking at me.
"So, you're going to tell Kingsley then?"
That made me laugh. I had to promise her mum, that I would if she didn't.
"I was only saying that, to keep her head from exploding. She looked like she was ready to explode when you told her what happened. I know you will, you know that you have to. Even if desk work is boring."
I walked over to her, taking her hand. She nodded, and we sat on the couch.
"I know, I thought she was going to realise what was going on between us."
Tonks kept leaning against me, and straightening up. Her mum didn't think much of it, because we'd always been close.
"Well, if you hadn't leaned against me, she wouldn't"
"It's nice, sue me."
I raised an eyebrow and she shook her head.
"Come here, you've been waiting for this all day."
We lay on the couch, cuddling for the rest of the evening.
