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Maybe It's Not So Bad
"Remus – there you are!"
Those four words made Remus stop stock still, his body leaning rigidly against the hallway wall, his enquiring thoughts into the identity of Tonks' crush grinding to a startling halt. It wasn't the words per say that made him freeze, a cute 'dear-in-the-headlights' expression taking over his face, it was the realization that the melodious sound came from the very person he'd just been thinking about, the same person whose private thoughts he'd heard early and had since attempted to exploit to discover a personal secret. He pushed gently off the wall and spun around to face the sound of the voice, a blush creeping up his neck as he noticed Nymphadora Tonks stalking towards him down the hall, an extremely satisfied smirk lighting up her pretty heart-shaped face.
-// Finally, only walked the whole bloody house looking for him.//-
As Tonks drew closer towards him, her spiky pink locks swaying ominously as she moved, Remus found himself desperately darting his gaze around the confined hallway, pleadingly searching for some way to escape. He really didn't want to hear anymore of her thoughts, he'd already heard too many things tonight as it was, and the only way avoid inadvertently discovering secrets was to avoid women at all costs until he could fix his 'little-problem'.
-//Gods he looks pretty nervous, he's up to something. Either that or he's taking Mad-Eye's constant vigilance way too far.//-
He stopped fidgeting immediately, figuring he must look like a complete tool standing there looking shiftily around. He really was turning into a head case. When he looked up he saw her staring at him with a strange curious look on her face, her eyebrow arched high on her forehead in a way that made her look adorable. Deciding that there was no feasible way out of this because she'd already seen him, he plastered a warm smile on his face that didn't quite meet his eyes and he stood up straighter to meet her. He figured that if he got through this quickly than he could retire to his room to figure out a way to reverse the spell without gaining to much irreversible knowledge. But just as he made eye-contact with her, her toe caught on the grotesque crimson hall-runner and she was sent tumbling towards him, her eyes widening in horror as she desperately tried to find her balance, but it was too late, she crashed into him and they both went tumbling towards the ground.
-// OOF - And the award for most graceful goes to...//-
He quelled the urge to laugh at her inner monologue as he lie flat on his back on the cold wooden floor with Tonks' sprawled on top of him, not that he minded having a pretty young witch lying on top of him, in fact maybe he liked it a little too much. Desperate to avoid a potentially embarrassing situation, he rolled to his side, dumping Tonks unceremoniously on the floor beside him in the process. He noticed a heated blush creeping up her slender, creamy neck and when she shifted her head to meet his gaze, an apologetic look settled on her young features, her bottom lip jutting irresistibly out in a sexy pout.
-// Oh sweet Merlin, why do I always have to act like a total spaz in front of him. He's going to think I'm gagging for it or something, I always seem to end up on my knee's when he's around. //-
Remus let out a small snort of laughter as he heard her silent thoughts, thankful that inner-Tonks had the same sense of humour as outer-Tonks, the same one he'd come to whole-heartedly enjoy. He soon regretted laughing however when Tonks apologetic look turned a little dourer, tears slowly beginning to pool in her eyes as she scrambled back further away from him, her blush turning a deeper red.
-// Great now he's laughing at me! Why does this always happen around him?//-
Remus felt like a real prat as humiliation took its unnatural place in her eyes, she'd never seemed perturbed about her clumsiness before. He had to make her understand that he wasn't laughing at her, well he was laughing at what she thought but she didn't know that he knew what she thought, so she just thought he was laughing at her. Gods this reading mind thing was beginning to be a pain in the ass. He struggled to sit up, resting on his elbows as she leant casually back against the hallway wall, hugging her knees to her chest. She scoffed slightly.
"Guess I won't be winning any Grace awards this year."
She tried to laugh it off as a joke as she put on a brave smile but Remus saw the pain of embarrassment flash across her eyes as her pink spikes appeared to droop a little. He gave a cheeky smirk at her attempted joke, his fringe falling gently in his eyes as he pushed up from his elbows and struggled into a sitting position on the floor, her smile faltered.
"Sorry bout –," she gestured to his form, sitting half-sprawled on the ground as she gave a guilty grimace of sorrow. Remus put up a hand to silence her.
"Nonsense, I've grown accustomed to our unusual greetings. It just wouldn't be the same if we didn't end up tangled on the ground when we saw each other."
Her face quickly changed into a bright smile and her rosy cheeks blossomed as she let out a small giggle at his ridiculousness. He slid over closer towards her so that he was sitting next to her, leaning against the wall.
-// Yeah right//-
"Yeah right!"
He put his hand to his chest and acted mock-offended at her apparent disbelief in his thin story, slightly amused by the fact that she'd spoken her thoughts, she seemed to do that a lot.
"No really, I'm serious. I quite enjoy the fact that you are so overcome with emotion when you see me, that you feel the overpowering need to crash-tackle me to the ground."
Her face constricted in a mock stern look at his affectionate jibe, but the corners of her mouth betrayed her as they curved up into a smile.
-//Well he's right about being overcome with emotion but it's not to tackle him to the ground, well maybe it is...//-
His eyes widened slightly at her suggestive thoughts and she lightly smacked him in the chest when she noticed his slightly shocked expression, letting out a small giggle.
"Prat!"
Her giggling was infectious and he soon found himself joining in with her unabashed laughter, glad that the happy sparkle had once again regained its rightful place in her twinkling blue eyes. When the laughter finally died down, Remus pushed up from the floor and with a slight grunt before gentlemanly offering his hand and helping Tonks up as well.
"As much as I enjoy being knocked to the ground by you, I must admit that I am getting a bit too old for it."
-// Not again with the getting old bit, I get it already - you think you're too old for me//-
"Remus you're not old and I swear if you keep saying it I'll be forced to hex you."
Remus looked at her quizzically as she brushed the dust of her pants, glaring up at him from a half-bent over position. What did she mean he thought he was too old for her, too old for what exactly? He was definitely too old for her in a romantic sense, no matter how much he wished otherwise, but surely that wasn't what she was insinuating. He was perplexed as to what she meant and he wanted to know but he couldn't exactly ask her without her knowing that he was listening to her every thought. He was brought out of his musing when he heard her sweet voice again.
-//Oh, he's definitely not too old, especially when he gets that thoughtful professor look on his face//-
He snapped his head up quickly to find Tonks watching him dazedly with a sly smirk on her face. When she noticed him looking at her she cleared her throat, a blush once again fighting its way up her neck.
"So, erm, where'd you nick off to anyway? You were acting real strange at the meeting and then you ran out so fast when it finished, you had us all worried. I've been looking for you for ages."
A flash of concern crossed her face again as she scrutinised him, as if inspecting for any outward signs of illness.
"Oh, the twins asked me for advice about one of their products and I just wanted to talk to them without Molly around."
Her forehead wrinkled a little and her nose scrunched as she struggled with whether or not to believe his story.
-// Why do I get the feeling that there's more to the story?//-
Her mouth opened slightly but before she could question him about it, Remus cut her off.
"Um – Why... Why were you looking for me anyway? I thought you'd be having your usual after-meeting drink with Sirius"
He gestured wildly with his hand as he desperately tried to draw her attention away from his absence after the meeting. She eyed his flying hand strangely so he gave it one final flick before folding his arms in front of his chest, leaning over slightly as an enquiring look slid onto his features.
-//My someone's awfully defensive//-
He noticed as her eyebrows rose at his suspicious stance and he smiled sheepishly at her before he unfolded his arms and let them fall to his sides. She relaxed a little as well.
"I was about to but I was wondering if maybe you'd like to join -//me drunk//- for a -//advantage//- as well."
Her thoughts and her speech jumbled together and Remus' eyebrows furrowed together on his forehead as he tried to decipher them to figure out exactly what she'd said. A hopeful glimmer shone in her eyes as her eyebrows arched high and she seemed to be waiting for an answer to something but he had no idea what. He smiled sheepishly again.
"Sorry I didn't catch that."
"I was asking if you wanted to join Sirius and me for a drink?"
-//And I was wondering if you wanted to get me drunk and then take advantage, Merlin knows I wouldn't mind.//-
Thankfully this time her thoughts and speech came out separately however her thoughts had left him rather speechless, had she really just said what he'd thought she'd said, thought? She couldn't like him, he was 12 years older than her but there was really no other way to misinterpret what she'd said. She gave him a quizzical look and he realised she was still waiting for an answer. He knew that he should decline the drinks offer and return to trying to find a way to reverse the boys spell, it was the proper thing to do, listening into other people's private thoughts was wrong, but even though he knew it was rude he really couldn't wait to hear what else the beautiful nymph had to say, well think.
"It's just a drink Remus."
-//It's really not a hard decision, seriously!!!//-
He was brought out of his stupor to find Tonks watching him curiously, her arms folded across her chest, foot tapping on the ground silently conveying her intolerance at his inability to answer fast enough. The corners of his lips curved up in a slight smile as he looked at her comical form.
"You really are quite impatient aren't you?"
-//DUH!!! And that still doesn't answer my question.//-
She stopped tapping her foot and unfolded her crossed arms, letting out a huff of annoyance before she shot him a sly smirk.
"Alright I will join you and Sirius for a drink, but we'd better hurry, I have a feeling he's already ahead of us."
She let out a small giggle, a cute smile delicately gracing her face, her hair morphing a brighter shade of pink. They started walking towards the stairs, him lightly guiding her gently with his hand on the small of her back.
-//I love when he gets all gentlemanly like that. Gods I get shivers just from his hand on my back, I'd probably faint from sensory overload if he ever touched me for real//-
A smug smile lit up his face at her thoughts and he reluctantly removed his hand from her back when they reached the stairs, he could have sworn he heard a disappointed sigh emanate from her lips. He shook himself mentally, Tonks couldn't like him like that, no he was just imagining it. He was broken from his thoughts when she nudged him with her shoulder.
"And I'm not impatient, you're simply undecisive."
He was momentarily confused about her off comment but when he cast his mind back, he scoffed slightly as he realised her meaning.
"You mean indecisive."
She rolled her eyes at him.
-//whatever – trust him to nit-pick my grammar when I'm trying point out his flaws.//-
He let out a quite chuckle at her snarky inner-comment and he was just beginning to enjoy being privy to her inner-most ponderings when her next thought caught him completely off guard.
-//Actually I'd say I'm quite patient really, I've been waiting for you to ask me out for ages.//-
He stared at her for a second, eyes wide open in shock. She wanted him to ask her out, but that would mean she liked him and she couldn't like him, could she? Of course he liked her, he'd be a fool not to – she was gorgeous and funny and witty and completely amazing and he was, well him. Her liking him was inconceivable and yet he'd been hearing thoughts to the contrary all evening. He was so caught out by her thought that he missed the next step and swayed on the edge, arms flailing about wildly to obtain balance, before he inevitably felt the plunging feeling in his stomach as he tumbled down the rest of the stairs, landing at the bottom with a crash loud enough to wake Mrs Black's grotesque portrait.
"MUDBLOODS, BLOOD-TRAITORS, SHAPE-SHIFTING FREAKS!! BEGONE FROM THIS HOUSE YOU VILE FILTH!!!!"
He let out a groan of displeasure as he lay still at the base of the stairs, a tangled mass of limbs, face flushing deep red at the embarrassment of it all. Tonks was almost doubled over with laughter as she carefully made her way down the rest of the stairs, clutching her side as her loud bursts of childish laughter filled the halls. Her giggling subsided a little as she caught sight of Remus' stern look and deciding it would easier to tease him without the horrific screaming's of her Aunt, she reached around to pull her wand out the back-pocket of her faded blue jeans.
But just as she went to step over Remus' sprawled form to get close enough to aim a silencing spell at the portrait, he decided to get up and help as well and she went tumbling towards the ground, knocking him back over in the process before landing on top of him. It was at this point that Arthur and Molly Weasley burst into the hall brandishing their wands, the latter shaking her head in disapproval as she spotted them both lying on the ground, faces blood-red from laughter. They cast a few quick spells and the dreary house was silent once again.
-//I should've known it would be Tonks, that girl can't go a day without disrupting this house.//-
Remus sobered immediately when he felt Molly's fiery gaze on the pair of them and he felt slightly offended on Tonks' behalf by Molly's critical thoughts as he yet again raised himself off the dirty threadbare carpet, before graciously offering Tonks his hand to help her up as well. She smiled at him gratefully as she accepted his helping hand before jumping to her feet with energy he envied. It was common courtesy to help someone up if they'd fallen but even if it wasn't, he'd help her up just to see her smile. He loved her smile, the way her plump lips would curve upwards at the corners forcing her rosy cheeks higher, eyes squinting slightly as that one little dimple revealed itself on her left cheek – he would do anything to make her smile. He continued to look at the beautiful, although slightly tousled, witch before him with a stupid grin on his face until Molly's shrill voice brought him back to reality.
"Remus dear are you alright?" She scrutinised him carefully for injury before turning to the pink-haired witch beside him who was shaking her head vigorously to remove the dust lodged in her spiky hair. "Tonks you really ought to be more careful, you could've hurt poor Remus."
Tonks stopped shaking her head immediately and stared defiantly at the older witch.
"Molly it wasn't my fault."
Molly shook her head slightly, a disbelieving look taking over her rigid features. "I know dear, the umbrella stand has it in for you but do try to take more care, we can't have you hurting yourself because of a tumble."
-//Or somebody else for that matter//-
With that she walked past them and followed Arthur up the stairs, Tonks stared at her retreating form indignantly, her hair morphing from vivid pink to a fiery red.
-//I'll hurt you in a second//-
"Geez I get blamed even when it's somebody else's fault."
-//And the umbrella stand does have it in for me//-
Deciding he didn't want the rest of the night to be ruined by Tonks brooding over Molly's harsh critique, he decided to lighten the mood so he nudged Tonks lightly with his shoulder.
"Well it's not all my fault, if you hadn't tried to step over me," he shot her a sly smirk but she cut him off before he could finish, an incredulous look appeared on her features, replacing her look of rage at the Weasley matriarch.
"If you hadn't fallen down the bloody stairs in the first place. Who's the clumsy one now, eh?"
"Well that's not fair I never called you clumsy when you tripped on the carpet upstairs."
"No you just laughed at me instead."
-//Which made me feel 10 times worse//-
The teasing disappeared from her voice as a more sombre tone took over, her eyes suddenly finding something interesting to stare at on the floor. Remus' smile faltered as he watched her.
"In all fairness I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at the situation."
-//Yeah right//-
"Sure you were."
"I was," he gave a little chuckle, "C'mon you've got to admit, it was kind of funny."
-//Oh yeah – it was hil-ar-ious. Crashing into you, hurting my knees and my pride – it was absolutely hysterical//-
She shot him an unamused look and he stopped laughing immediately, shrinking away from her a little as her hair glowed an even brighter red. Deciding he didn't want to end up the focus of her mis-directed anger at Molly, he subtly changed the subject.
"C'mon, we'd better get to the kitchen before Sirius has drunk all the good stuff and we're left with the ghastly elf-made wine."
Tonks made a gagging face as Remus grabbed her hand and dragged her down the entryway towards the stairs that led to the basement kitchen.
-//Ooh holding hands, aren't we moving fast.//-
Remus almost dropped her hand in shock when he realised that they were in fact holding hands, albeit inadvertently, but the smile on Tonks face and the now vibrant pink colour of her hair made him grasp her hand a little firmer. When they reached the kitchen door at the base of the stairs he gave her slender hand one final squeeze before he dropped it, he wasn't so sure Sirius would be happy with his little cousin holding the hand of a lecherous old werewolf.
When they opened the door they found Sirius sitting at the table, opening a new bottle of Ogden's Finest, an empty bottle already sitting on the table in front of him. He was leaning back on a chair on the far side of the table, his long black hair dishevelled, eyes a little glazed over and he had the look of someone who'd reached the too-much-alcohol limit hours ago but when he spoke, surprisingly his words weren't slurry at all.
"You right Tonks, I heard the crash – sounded like it musta hurt a bit."
-// Why does everyone automatically assume it was me, I'm not the only one capable of falling over you know.//-
"It wasn't me that fell, it was Remus."
The teasing tone of her voice went unnoticed as Sirius stared at his old-friend with upmost concern, instead of taking the piss out of him like she'd expected.
"You fell," Tonks watched with curiosity as Sirius continued to appraise the man beside her, "You sure you're feeling alright mate?"
Remus tried to convey his wellness to Sirius but before he could say anything, Tonks cut him off.
"Alright what's going on here? First you rush out of the meeting like you had better things to do, claiming that you had to speak to the Twins. Then I find you in the hallway staring into space and now Sirius is unnaturally concerned about you – what exactly have you been up to?"
Remus walked around the table and sat down next to Sirius as Tonks watched him suspiciously, her foot tapping impatiently against the floor. Remus summoned two glasses and filled them both half-full of amber liquid before pushing one glass across the table in Tonks direction. She got the hint and took a seat opposite him, an expectant look still clear on her face as she took a sip, her face screwing up in dislike at the awful taste. Remus put the glass to his lips and, refraining from breathing the putrid smell in through his nose, he downed the drink in one go before explained the situation.
"I tried one of the Weasley twins new inventive products this afternoon and I was feeling a little strange so I went to ask them what was in it."
The eyebrows on Tonks forehead rose and her eyes almost bulged out of their sockets as she shook her head at his stupidity.
"Are you kidding me, you willingly tried one of their products? Are you completely mental?"
-//OMG – and I thought he was smart.//-
"Well it wasn't exactly what you would call willingly."
"It was the result of a bet that Moony lost."
"A bet in which I was hoodwinked by their carefully executed conspiracy."
-// You got duped by two teenagers and a drunk, you really aren't smart.//-
Remus gave a slight huff of indignity at her thoughts. Just because he'd tried an untested sweet offered by two untrustworthy boys, it didn't mean he wasn't smart. He was slightly annoyed that both inner-Tonks and outer-Tonks were laughing at him and he kicked her lightly under the table but her giggle was infectious and he soon found himself laughing with her at the stupid predicament he landed himself in.
"What was the bet anyway?"
"Sirius bet that he could fit 30 Druballs in his mouth."
Her eyes widened in shock as she stared blankly at Remus, "How did you lose, that's impossible."
Remus shot an I-told-you-so look at the scruffy wizard beside him but Sirius just smiled smugly.
"Yeah but ol' Moony here forgot to stipulate on the use of magic, so I shrank 'em all."
Tonks laughed loudly again before she downed the rest of her drink. Sirius topped her glass up after he'd refilled his own and she tried to stop him.
"I shouldn't drink too much, I've got work tomorrow and then guard duty tomorrow night, only one boring shift again this week."
-// Well it won't be all boring, at least I get to spend it with Remus//-
Tonks shot Remus a sweet smile but before he could say anything, he was cut off by a rather indignant Sirius.
"You should try being me, locked up here 24/7." Sirius let out a rather large huff of annoyance. "I don't know what you're complaining about, at least you got a shift."
-//I got one little tiny shift, you jumped-up, egotistical...//-
The ends of Tonks hair began to morph a fiery red again and Remus knew he had to stop things before they escalated out of control, Black tempers were not something to mess with.
"Tonks if it makes you feel any better I've only got one guard shift this week as well and I'm glad it's with you."
The smile that lit up Tonks face at his words made him grateful of his new found ability. He turned his attention to Sirius.
"And Sirius almost everybody in the Wizarding world is keeping an eye out for you. If you were spotted while doing guard duty, not only would you earn a one-way ticket back to Azkaban but you'd expose the Order and you get Kingsley in trouble, you're meant to be sunning yourself in the Caribbean this week."
Sirius grumbled loudly as he leaned back in his chair, staring angrily at the glass of Firewhiskey he was currently nursing.
"For Merlin's sake Sirius, you're a bloody fugitive. Were you honestly expecting Dumbledore to ask you to break into the Ministry?"
Remus let out a cheeky grin as he teased his sulky friend, running a hand through his silky greying hair.
-//Ooh, I love when he does that, he looks way sexier with his hair all tousled like that. I wonder if that's what his hair looks like after...//-
Remus spun around quickly to face Tonks, cheeky grin still in place, but when he caught her eye she quickly turned away.
-//Nice one Tonks, just pretend you weren't staring at him, it wasn't like he caught you or anything - idiot. Gods could I have acted anymore like a lovesick teenager//-
Remus listened concernedly as Tonks continued to silently berate herself whilst she downed the rest of her drink before refilling her glass. Her thoughts shocked him a little because she'd always come across so confident, to hear her second-guess her actions was a strange thing. She continued to stare anywhere around the room but at Remus until Sirius called attention back to himself.
"Oh by the way Moony, Molly wants us to share a bathroom on the third floor. She mustn't want the girls to sneak a peek at my gorgeous form in the shower."
Sirius gave a pretentious smile, his whole attitude reeking of smugness. Meanwhile Remus just turned towards him, staring at him with a look that conveyed scepticism, one eyebrow raised higher than the other on his forehead, mouth twisting into an unperturbed grimace of doubt.
"I'm sure she's just trying to protect them from the emotional scarring of seeing your 'form'."
Tonks let out a small chuckle at Remus' comment but Sirius just looked on indignant.
"Or maybe she's just trying to protect them from the 'emotional scarring'," he used his fingers to lazily illustrate air-quotes, "of seeing their former-Professor in a towel."
-//I don't know, Professor Lupin in a towel – now that I'd pay to see//-
Remus turned to face Tonks and without realising that she'd made the comment in her head and not out loud, he responded.
"Trust me, it's not worth a knut."
The effect was instantaneous, a fierce blush took over her face as she looked away from the table, embarrassment filling her eyes as her hand went to her forehead, her eyes just peeking out from between her fingers. She let out a small groan.
-// OMG - I can't believe I said that out loud//-
Remus eyes widened as he realised that he'd responded to something she hadn't said and he sat in his chair silently hoping that Sirius wouldn't say anything. Sirius just scratched his head in confusion but before he could say anything, Tonks had turned her gaze back to the boys and pushed her half-drank glass of Fire-whiskey away from her.
"You know you've had enough when you start to say things out loud that were only meant to be in your head. I'm going to call it a night. I'll meet you here at 6 tomorrow night for guard duty Remus."
Remus nodded his head in agreement as Tonks walked past him and out of the kitchen. He watched her walk out before he turned to face Sirius who was staring blankly in front of him, a confused expression lighting up his rugged features.
"I don't get it Moony, she didn't say anything about knut's, did she?"
Checking to make sure Tonks was indeed out of earshot, he finally revealed his secret to his old friend, hoping for some advice.
"No she didn't but she thought it. And because of the Weasley twins stupid sweet, now I can hear women's thoughts."
He spoke in a hushed whisper and he wasn't sure that Sirius had heard him until a delighted look lit up his face.
"The spell worked, and now you can hear women's thoughts. Well that's pretty cool now, innit."
Remus shook his head at the blasé attitude of his friend.
"No it's not cool Sirius, it's a complete invasion of privacy. You've got to help me find a way to reverse it."
"Like hell I will. Why in Merlin's name would you want to get rid of such an incredible gift? Every man on earth wants to know what women think and now you do. Besides this could come in handy, especially when it comes to a certain pink-haired witch."
Remus attention had begun to wane when he realised that Sirius wasn't in any state to help him but when he heard him mention a 'pink-haired witch' he snapped his head back to focus on his drunken mate.
"What are you talking about Padfoot?"
"Geez Moony, you don't have to be able to read minds to know that my little cousin has a big crush on you. And if you haven't noticed that than you're a blind bloody fool."
Remus face went from one of piqued interest to vague realization in an instant, Sirius wasn't telling him anything he didn't know. After just over an hour with Tonks, he'd come to realise that she definitely saw him as a romantic interest but he couldn't let anything happen. Surely her feelings weren't as strong as her thoughts, it was probably just a naive crush.
"I've noticed but I didn't think it was a big deal."
"Yeah well now you know it is so you can use this ability to your advantage. Just listen to what she thinks and you'll have her in no time." Remus went to protest but Sirius cut him off. "Don't pretend you don't want her too, I've seen the way you look at her and I've seen you flirtin with her."
"I have not flirted with her."
Sirius put on a high pitched squeaky voice – " 'I only have one Guard shift this week and I'm glad it's with you' – pathetic maybe but it's still flirtin so just listen to her thoughts and maybe you'll do better."
Remus let out a long extended sigh as his moral self took over.
"I can't Sirius, it's wrong. I'm just going to have to tell her the truth, she has a right to know that I can hear her private thoughts."
"You can't tell her the truth because than she'll know that you heard everything she thought tonight. Look at the way she reacted when she thought that she'd said one little thing out loud, now imagine how she'll be if you tell her that you heard everything. She'd be mortified and she'll think you're a prat for not telling her straight away. Just do as I say and everything will work out. Trust me."
"Trust me – now where have I heard that to today. Oh yeah, it was just before you swindled me out of winning the bet, forcing me into this situation in the first place."
Sirius shot Remus a creepy smile that was meant to convey trust as he got up and patted his mate gently on the shoulder.
"Trust me, don't trust me – your choice really. But if you want to end up with Tonks, and don't pretend you don't, you're going to have to trust somebody – coz your rubbish with girls mate."
With that final parting comment he stumbled out of the kitchen leaving a confused Remus behind to contemplate the impending disaster that was bound to be guard duty.
Ok so that's Chapter 3 done. Coming up next 'GUARD DUTY – with R/T' – should be a good one. I don't know when I'll be able to update next but reviews seem to get the creative juices flowing faster – HA HA.
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