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A/N: Please R&R
02
"I am not being ridiculous," Remus said steadily, "Tonks deserves someone young and whole,"
"But she wants you," said Mr Weasley with a small smile. "And after all, Remus, young whole men do not necessarily remain so." He gestured sadly at his son, lying between them.
"This is… not the moment to discuss it," said Lupin, avoiding everybody's eye as he looked around distractedly. "Dumbledore is dead…"
"Dumbledore would have been happier than anybody to think there was a little more love in the world," said Professor McGonagall curtly, just as the hospital wing doors opened again and Hagrid walked in. Remus took his chance when everyone was distracted and he left knowing full well that Tonks would follow him.
"I don't want to hurt you Tonks," he whispered when they were far enough away from the hospital wing.
"Bit late for that Remus, in case you haven't noticed I've been a wreck this year, I almost lost my job last week, only Kingsley stepping in at the right moment saved me," she replied curtly her previous hysteria lost, "Though to be fair it wasn't just you, my mother was murdered a few months ago in case you hadn't been paying attention," Remus winced at the acidity in her tone.
"I didn't think you really liked me, I tried to make myself believe it, I still don't understand why you do, I have nothing to give you, I might have to sell my house to pay for food and clothes, they can only be repaired so many times you know," he sighed still not looking at her, she came up behind him and made him face her.
"Your more of an idiot than I thought then, if I wanted money I would have dated Sirius, he had more money than he knew what to do with and he could have done with a girlfriend," she laughed sadly, she didn't want to have to bring up Remus' dead friend but it made him look at her, "Please Remus can we just try? The full moon was last week which means we've got just under a month before the next one, it also means we have dates for Bill and Fleur's wedding," she pleaded.
Remus didn't know what to say, he was really worried that he would hurt her, but he couldn't keep saying no, it was eating him up. He didn't reply he just kissed her, like she said the full moon was weeks away they had ages to worry about it. She broke of and smiled properly, she concentrated and her hair turned back to its bubblegum pink. Remus grinned; there was the Tonks he loved.
"You got invited to their wedding?" he asked and Tonks laughed her face lightening and months of sadness lifting off her.
"Oh, I think they cut you off the list for treating me so badly, but I'm sure they'll put you back on... I think," she said and they headed back up to the hospital wing, their hands entwined together. They laughed and Remus wondered why he had ever worried about her, she could look after herself. He turned her and kissed her again, they spent the next few minutes making up for the year since they had first kissed.