Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, etc.
Thanks to ThisLoveHasNoCeiling for inspiration for the beginning part.
It was one of the best nights sleep Remus had gotten in a long time. His dreams were not nightmares, as he had been having more and more of lately, some including him turning into a werewolf and killing Tonks, but tonight it was actually very peaceful. When he awoke he met the face of Nymphadora Tonks with her long natural brown hair, which came out when she was sleeping. He didn't even realize how close they were this morning. After a few minutes, her eyes began to open slightly as she awoke, seeing his eyes looking lovingly at her. Remus smiled, before realizing that they were closer than they had been before. He quickly looked away and scooted as far as they normally were and stared at the ceiling.
"Remus?" Tonks finally said after a moment or two, "Are you ready to get up?" He simply nodded stiffly. The two tried getting off the bed in opposite ways, but it was impossible and pulled each other back onto the bed.
"Sorry," Remus said before moving to her side of the bed, next to her sitting up. The two slowly went through their daily routine, getting dressed, while the other looked away, brushing their teeth, and sometimes getting a shower, while the other stood on the other side of the shower curtain. It was actually quite awkward at first, but as they had been stuck together for awhile, they had gotten used to it. Just like every other day, they headed down the stairs, Tonks almost falling a couple of times, like she did almost everyday. Especially lately they had skipped breakfast and headed to the library. After Remus had finished reading his first book, Remus and Tonks walked down a the bookcases again in the library of the Grimmauld Place, which was full of old books, but useful nonetheless.
"Here it is Remus," Tonks said using her free arm to point out a book. Remus nodded and pulled out the book. Slowly the two walked over to the couch they normally sat at, and sat down. Before Remus could open up the book Tonks turned her body towards Remus, placing their connected hands on the back of the couch and her feet between the two in a crisscross applesauce manner.
"Remus, this is getting boring," Tonks said with a smile, "Can't we do something different, other than study?"
"This is important, Tonks. We don't have very long until the next full moon," Remus said to her with a slight sigh.
"Yes, but reading all these old books won't help, I bet there are several people working on this with new up to date information," Tonks replied taking the book from Remus' free hand, "I sincerely doubt that a werewolf is killed by a silver bullet." Remus couldn't help but chuckle slightly taking back the book.
"They aren't," Remus said holding the book up to where he normally read at, "But then again the older stuff may give information that the new leaves behind." Remus flipped open the book to around the center. Instantly a stream of black ink flew out of the center of the book, covering Remus' face. Tonks at first was surprised but let out a huge laugh.
"Ha!" the dog like bark came from behind the couch and the shaggy haired Sirius Black popped up from behind them, "For a second there I thought Nymphie would distract ol' Moony from opening up his book." Remus used his free arm and wiped the ink from his eyes and stared at Sirius that would kill if looks could kill. He held the glare for a second before he couldn't stop him from chuckling himself, as their laughter was quite contagious.
"I'll get you back for that one, Padfoot," Remus said with a smile before Tonks could reprimand Sirius for using the name Nymphie, pulling out his wand to clean up the ink, but the ink wouldn't come off, in fact it seemed to spread across his face even more. "What?" Remus asked, but Sirius simply laughed a bit more.
"Thanks to the Weasley Twins I was able to get my hand on some semi-permanent ink," Sirius managed to say through his laughs, "Won't wash off for at least another hour." Tonks laughed again, before she called down enough to speak.
"Good one Sirius," Tonks said with a huge grin, "You should teach me some time."
"No, that would just mean two Sirius' running around this house, and I don't know if I could handle that," Remus said with a laugh.
"It would help keep you quite happy I see," Sirius remarked with a grin.
"And distracted," Remus said quietly though still smiling.
"Yes, yes, but I'm quite sure you needed a good laugh just as much as I did, Remus," Tonks said still grinning.
"Probably needed it more," Sirius added.
"Keep one eye open when you sleep Padfoot," Remus warned.
"Ha! I know how heavily Tonks sleeps, you won't be able to drag her out of bed when I'm sleeping," Sirius barked like a happy dog wanting its owner to throw the stick.
"I can simply carry her, she's not at all heavy," Remus remarked.
"Either that or you could keep her busy half the night, if you know what I mean," Sirius suggested with a wicked grin.
"Sirius!" Both Remus and Tonks yelled at the same time. Tonks used her free hand and slapped Sirius upside the head.
"What? I was meaning by playing cards!" Sirius snickered.
"Right, that's so what you meant Sirius," Tonks said rolling her eyes.
"What did you think I meant?" Sirius said with a slight laugh.
"You know what you meant," Remus replied with a smile, before clearing his throat, "I'm going to make some lunch, is there anything that you want Sirius?"
"I want to have some fun, but I've already eaten lunch," Sirius replied shaking his head smiling like an insane person.
"Ok, come on Remus, let's go make that lunch," Tonks said with a wink towards Sirius as she quietly pulled Remus up and out of the library. While they didn't see it, Sirius silently smiled and laughed to himself. "They're so blind," Sirius whispered to himself seeing them walking out.
Once Remus and Tonks had entered the kitchen, Remus and Tonks made their way to the refrigerator, and Remus waved his wand, making a few supplies float out and onto the counter.
"Do you want anything, Nymph- I mean Tonks?" Remus asked as he spread some mayonnaise on a slice of bread.
"I'm fine, but we could always make some dessert for later," Tonks said with a huge smile.
"Like what?" Remus said finishing making his sandwich.
"Brownies?" Tonks suggested.
"Sounds good," Remus said with his smile regrowing and spreading across his still blackened face.
"You could always do something to a brownie for Sirius, make it turn him green, or something," Tonks suggested.
"That wouldn't work, he pulled that one on James in our last year," Remus laughed; just the thought of their last year brought a laugh to his lips.
"You know I've heard all about the fantastic pranks that James and Sirius pulled, but none of the fantastic pranks of Mr. Remus Lupin," Tonks said as Remus waved his wand and the supplies for a few brownies and taking another bite of his sandwich.
"Probably because I was the responsible one, though I did pull a fair share of pranks, in fact the book trick was my prank originally," Remus replied, "Placed a curse on an anti-werewolf book and the first person to open it would be sprayed with ink. It was quite... funny, and irresponsible, since the first one to open it was Professor McGonagall." Tonks laughed loudly.
"I would've loved to see that!" Tonks laughed as Remus began mixing the chocolate and other supplies for the brownies.
"Sirius found it hilarious, until McGongall blamed him," Remus remarked with a smile of mischief.
"How could you've fallen for your own trick?" Tonks asked.
"I wasn't paying attention. Sirius probably got a kick out of that," Remus said shaking his head, "Tonks could you pass me the Baking Powder?"
"Oh yeah, of course," Tonks said, and Remus soon realized his mistake. Tonks took a small step to the side pulling Remus' arms slightly, but managing to retrieve the baking powder, just before falling over, sending the baking soda container flying, and in the process of trying to prevent falling, Remus had instinctively grabbed the nearest surface, which was the bowl of the almost complete brownie mix, causing the bowl to tip over landing right in between the two. The baking soda landed right on top of them giving them a layer of chocolate and a small layer of white powder. Tonks stared at Remus with an innocent smile, and Remus simply stared at Tonks, until the two burst out into laughter.
"You've got a little bit of chocolate there," Remus said gesturing to her whole face.
"You have a bit there too," Tonks said taking her finger and wiping a bit of chocolate off his face and tasting it. At this point the two were quite close. For a moment, when the laughter died down silence remained and the two stared at each other, almost forgetting the chocolate all over them. Tonks wondered if he was going to... no, he didn't like her, he couldn't, unless that image in the mirror was what he saw, not what she saw... yeah right, like that was it. Remus cleared his throat before turning away and standing up, helping her up as well.
"We better get cleaned up," Remus said waving his wand making the chocolate mix disappear from them, still leaving the ink all over his face.
"Do you want to try again?" Tonks asked looking slightly let down.
"Yes, but this time, I'll make sure to keep you away from everything," Remus chuckled.
"You're so mean!" Tonks pretended to pout.
"I know, I know, I live to be mean to you," Remus replied with a happy smile, moving slightly closer to her, as she did the same. It was once more they found them close to each other wondering, coming closer and closer to each other until they were less than an inch away. Just then a loud bang came from the nearby small round table. Remus turned quickly, almost causing Tonks to trip once more, but she managed to stay up, and he pulled his wand as a precaution.
"Sirius! What are you doing under there?" Remus asked with almost a sigh.
"N-Nothing!" Sirius said scurrying from under the table holding his head which he had hit on the table before, and walking from the room. Tonks shook her head frustrated.
"We should... go," Remus said clearing his throat and starting his way towards the door with Tonks following.
"Remus..." Tonks began, but Remus ignored her and pulled her along. Right before they exited, Remus waved his wand and everything put itself away.
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