(A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed last chap! It's very nice adn thank you thank you thank you to my ounderful and busy beta Zarrian! 3))

Tonks' first class of DADA was after lunch. That meant she had to wait 5 hours to see him again. Most of the great feast, (and many feasts after wards,) consisted of her staring at Professor Lupin amazed to see him at the staff table even though he looked so young.

Now she was in Herbology, trying to take notes and not look at anxious for lunch to start. The sooner that lunch was over, the sooner she could go to Defense against the Dark Arts. 'No! No, Tonks- concentrate! Burbleroot helps to heal…' She thought, trying to pay attention. She really had done well, but the end of class was only 10 minutes away and she couldn't help but be excited. The teacher finally finished her lecture on Burbleroot. Tonks wrote down her homework assignment and flew out of class.

She usually liked Herbology well enough. She really didn't see herself taking it after the Owls, which was later that year, but she didn't hate it like she did History of Magic. Of course, she didn't adore it like she always had Transfiguration, Potions, and DADA. Potions had gotten a little harder since another young, yet nameless Professor, had taken over. Before long, she was at the Huffelpuff table taking a sandwich, and looking for Leo, another Huffelpuff. He was a friend for mainly this reason. They had fun together but she found his attraction to her quite disturbing, since she didn't exactly feel the same for him. Still, she let him grab something before they headed off to collect Shayna so they could go sit with Charlie at Gryffindor.

She sat, listening to the conversation yet, slightly out of it. This had not escaped the attention of any of her close friends. "You alive in there?" Charlie said reaching over and knocking on her lightly on the head.

"Huh? Oh yeah, just thinking, sorry. What's going on?" She asked, waking up and looking towards her friends.

"What's up with you and that new professor?" Shayna said shooting her friend an interest. "How much do you fancy him?" She asked, interested. Leo got a disgusted look on his face.

"What are you talking about Shay? She doesn't like the new Professor…. do you?" Charlie said very surely. He was more telling her then asking, but she blushed her hair getting a pink tinge it its canary yellow color.

"Only a little." She replied.

"See nothing to…. WHAT?!" Charlie exclaimed amazed at what had just come out of Tonks' mouth. "You like him?!" Charlie said.

"Let the whole school know, why don't you?" She shot back glaring at him.

"Sorry, but- a professor?" Charlie asked amazed. "I mean really Tonks It's illegal." He said, emphasizing the word that had been constantly running through her head since she'd met the handsome professor.

"I know, but can you blame me?! I mean look at him He's got every girl giggling! Well almost." She said waving her hand down the table at all the giggles and the mentions of 'the new Professor.'

"Yeah, but you're hard to please." Leo piped in looking like a bird with its feathers ruffled.

"I… still, I… I don't know…" She said not really having an explanation for it. "I don't know, maybe he's part something else. Something other then wizard that makes even Slithering girls go gaga." She said, still trying to cover her small crush.

Although attractive, most of the talk was not of how handsome the new professor was, but in fact how young he was. No one seemed to see him in the same way as Tonks and most though he was probably just some semi-muscled geek.

"He had a very familiar name, though." Shayna said trying to change the direction of the conversation slightly. "I mean- I think I've heard it before." She said thinking hard.

"Yeah well I'm pretty sure he went to school with my second cousin." Tonks said thinking a bit. "I mean their same age." She admitted to the only people who knew she was related to the Black family.

"You think. I heard he told some 3rd years he was in Gryffindor. Recon he was in that old group with your cousin…what was it called-?"

"The Marauders." Tonks said, easily remembering the group Sirius had described in all of his letters to her mom. "With James and Peter." she said sadly thinking of the boys killed in the war. Just then the bell rang and they were off to class.

She was there in a matter of minutes, and she immediately made her way to the first row- as close to the front as possible. She sat down, putting her bag on the floor. She was proud as she realized she hadn't tripped on the way there. She had little time to celebrate this accomplishment, because soon Charlie, Leo, and Shayna were sitting right next to her.

The class talked for a bit, but all quieted when Professor Lupin walked in from his office. "Hello Class!" He said brightly looking around at all the attentive faces. "Today we will be talking about the way this year will commence, and then we will start directly in on Banshees." He said, flipping his wand as a stack of papers flew up and started to disperse themselves amongst the students.

There was a small amount of murmuring as each student got their syllabus. Tonks could barely look at it; she was far too busy paying attention to each syllable that rolled off of Lupin's tongue.

"We'll mainly be focusing on different creatures in England as you can see." Remus said pointing to the first thing on the curriculum. He was looking mainly at Tonks and only looked to the other students occasionally. Or at least that's what Tonks though, or more, hoped. What she didn't know was if it was true.

Tonks looked down at her paper and just stared at her paper that, while usually filled to the brim with doodles and some notes mixed in for good show, was full with every word that had been spoken in the lecture with only a few of her normal hearts and band names. She packed up her stuff quickly and told the rest to go on a head. Leo looked almost green with jealousy of a man 11 years older then they, and Shayna looked unsure, but Charlie eventually shoo-ed them all to the library where they would meet to study.

Tonks walked up to Lupin after every student had left. "You did really good, professor." She said, stuttering slightly not all that sure why she had chosen to stay.

"Thanks! I'm glad it kept you interested." Lupin said looking up smiling. "But, how can I help you?" He asked not quite sure what she was doing left behind.

"I- Well, I don't know! Most teachers are really scared their first day, right." Tonks said trying to make something plausible up on the spot.

"Yes." Remus said nodding his head feeling even more butterflies rise in his stomach.

"Well I figured I'd tell you how good of a teacher you were, to lighten the fear." She justified. "I mean, I actually paid attention and took notes! I never do that!" Tonks said, smiling.

"That's very nice to hear Ms. Tonks." He said trying to sound teacher-y to hide the happy excitement that she had paid attention to him all class, though he made it sound proud and kind and like a harsh sort of thing you might hear from Snape.

"Yeah… so see you later." Tonks said walking towards the back. When she was almost to the back she turned back around. "Oh, and professor." She said smiling.

"Yes." She said looking up once again still fighting back a blush.

"Call me Tonks." She said smirking and blushing slightly herself and she lightly tanned her skin to hide and grew her hair out over her cheeks so no one would see. Then she walked out.

Lupin and Tonks both let out a breath as they relaxed somehow tense in each other's presence… of course, in a good way. They both smiled unknowing what the other was doing. "Tonks." Lupin repeated. I like her first name better…. Maybe Dora. NO! Lupin, she's a student. He battled with him self then he smirked. But I do like the sound of Dora.

(AN: Ok! So I decided that there will be one more chap before I post the chap that started this whole fic! It was going to be chapter 3 but I think it'll be chapter 4 now and I'll have a conversation I the library! Thanks for reading! And remember reviews are always loved! Thanks! 3 You're (trying to be) Faithful Author CrystalClearClphaba444)