"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Remus asked skeptically.
"Remus can you just please shut your wolf face and relax for once." Tonks sighed as she fixed the wrinkles from the blanket she'd spread on the floor. "The moon isn't until a few days, I have time off to kill and last time I saw him Sirius was up reading a book to Buckbeak so he won't be interrupting us anytime soon." She reminded him patting the empty space beside her invitingly.
"As You Wish Amrâlimê "Remus answered with a wolfish smirk as Tonks blushed in the glow of the tv. "And if I didn't know any better Nymphadora I'd say you were flirting with me." he mused as Remus set the snack tray down on the sofa and joined her on the blanket spread on the floor in front of it.
"What do you suggest I do to relax then?" the werewolf asked sliding his arm around Tonks's shoulders "Well, I raided a muggle movie store on the way home from work." Tonks admitted shyly pointing to the small stack of movies laying beside the ancient looking tv "And when the girl at the shop saw the book I'd been carrying she all but shoved this at me." The Metamorphmagus grinned as she pulled the first of the movies out of the stack.
Remus flushed when he read the title The Princess Bride "Erm how about we start with this one first." He suggested pulling Gnomeo & Juliet out for a substitute. "Oh, that one." Tonks's eyes light up as she took the case from him. "They were playing it at the shop. It's like the statues are under some enchantment so they can talk and move." She grinned her eyes sparking with as she took one of the chocolate frogs from the tray and unwrapping it while Remus put the movie in the player.
"It's a movie Nymphadora so of course garden gnomes can talk in movies." He laughed while still enjoying the childlike wonder in her tone as she told him about it. "Don't call me that Lupin," Tonks growled back automatically as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders as she cuddled against his side.
"The Montague woman has Molly's voice," Remus announced matter-of-factly once they had both finished giggling about the opening prologue. "No way." Tonks countered around the chocolate candy stick she'd been snaking on while Remus just chuckled as he rewound the movie so she could listen for herself.
"Merlin's pants." Tonks gasped when she realized he was right. "That gnome has McGonagall's voice." She pointed out in amazement nearly dropping the box of assorted taffies in surprise. "Nuh-Uh." The Gryffindor sitting beside her argued too distracted by the woman cuddling against him to notice what was going on on the tv screen. "I swear on my Auror badge." Tonks countered teasingly turning up the volume "You of all people should have caught that." She laughed when he gaped at the tv the next time he heard the character talk.
"Who has Minnie's voice." Sirius asked from behind them "Merlin's undershorts Why is that garden gnome dressed like a flower and have paint taped to him?" the amigas asked watching the move over the back of the couch.
"That gnomes mother." Remus answered without taking his eyes away from the tv screen "Now kindly leave your crashing date night." Tonks finished angrily snuggling closer to Remus's side as she offered the wolf beside her some of her ice cream "And sorry but I think florescent pink and green spots look good together." She commented taking a drink from Remus's butterbeer "but not when she's trying to blind in." Remus and Sirius answered together earning an eye roll from Tonks.
"Sirius…leave now please or I will change out your shampoo for hair removing potion…again." Remus announced when the convict still didn't leave the room just took a seat on the couch behind the snuggling couple and helping himself to their snacks tray.
"Hold on that was…. you said that was Snivellus." Sirius hissed while Tonks hugged her stomach as she kept laughing "No…James said it was Snivellus but if you remember I was in the library fixing your lots potions essays with Lily." Remus corrected smugly his eyes glowing mischievously over the top of the butterbeer bottle in his hand as he took a long drink.
"My resourceful wolf." Tonks praised sweetly pressing a light kiss against Remus's neck ignoring the betrayed and hurt look her cousin was giving her. "If you don't want the truth don't crash our date night." She informed her now sulking cousin.
"I'm going back to Buckbeak. At least he won't destroy my beautiful hair." The former convict snapped grabbing the last four bottles of butterbeer from the tray and a new book from the shelf then disappeared up the stairs to the hippogriffs floor.
"Did you really switch out his shampoo that one time?" Tonks asked eagerly no longer watching the movie still playing on the screen.
"Of course not." Remus smiled "Like I said I was with Lily hunting the library for potions books so James, Sirius, and the traitor didn't fail in their potions essay seventh year." The elder marauder told her defiantly.
"I love that you think I'm falling for that." Tonks smiled as the werewolf she was leaning on pulled another blanket over them as the rain started to fall outside the window as they replayed the movie over again.