Chapter 4

"Ugh, why is it so bright?" Ginny wondered. She remembered Hermione closing the curtains the night before. She rolled to her right, her eyes still closed against the brightness, when she felt something hard.

She opened her eyes, still bleary with sleep, "Oh no!" she gasped. Tonks was lying facing her, still asleep. She'd accidentally fallen asleep in Tonks' room. She got up quickly and glanced at the window wondering what time it was and whether anyone else was awake.

Just then Tonks stirred and opened her eyes. She grinned sleepily, "Hey."

"Tonks we fell asleep! It's morning!" Ginny exclaimed, trying to keep her voice down. Tonks sat up, suddenly looking very awake. "Shit." She muttered.

Ginny looked around the room helplessly. Then she spotted the book she had left there days ago. The book she had used as an excuse to come see Tonks in the first place.

She picked it up and turned back to Tonks. "If anyone asks me what I was doing, I'll just tell them I came looking for this." Ginny explained.

Tonks nodded then reached out and took Ginny's hand, pulling her back onto the bed. Tonks leaned forward to kiss Ginny softly on the lips. Ginny giggled, "I've got to go…" she stood up and made her way to the door, turning back to look at Tonks, who winked at her.

She carefully turned the handle and slipped out into the hallway, where she almost ran into Harry. He looked up, surprised. "Hey, what are you doing down here?" He asked.

"Oh, I just left a book and I wanted to get it." She lied hoping that he wouldn't question anything. He didn't seem to think anything of it and turned to go upstairs. Ginny breathed a sigh of relief and turned to go to the library and pretend like she was reading.

Later that afternoon, Ginny was sitting in the garden behind the house. It actually wasn't much of a garden anymore; it was just a mess of overgrown weeds. She was sitting on a bench sheltered from the sun by a bunch of vines that had taken over a trellis. She was hidden from the sight of anyone looking out of the windows.

She had found the spot when she was looking for somewhere away from everyone else a few weeks earlier. As she sat watching a bee fly around lazily, she found herself thinking about Tonks again.

It was crazy what they were doing. Amazing, at least to Ginny that Tonks had feelings for her. Ginny thought about how dangerous Tonks' job was, being an Auror and a member of the Order. She was scared for her, scared something would happen to her. She tried to force those type of thoughts from her mind, focusing instead on what they had been doing the night before.

Lost in her recollections Ginny didn't hear someone come up beside her. She turned to see Tonks standing there in a black t-shirt and jeans, wearing her trusty combat boots. It was almost as if Ginny thinking about her had caused her to appear.

"Hey, I was just thinking about you." Ginny said grinning towards Tonks.

"Oh really?" Tonks said, but she didn't smile back.

"What?" Ginny asked, worried.

"Oh, its nothing, I mean they're done at my apartment so I can go back tonight." She replied. Seeing Ginny's crestfallen expression, she smiled mischievously, "Although I was thinking… maybe you can come stay at my apartment with me later this week. I've got some vacation I need to use, so I was going to take Thursday and Friday off."

"Yeah, that would be good!" Ginny answered excitedly. Then she remembered her mother. "Ugh," she groaned. "we'll never convince my mum to let me go."

"Oh really?" Tonks said. "Well what if I already asked her?"

"You did?" Ginny asked.

"Yup, and she said you come. I think it had something to do with her finding some more of Fred and George's joke products. I think she was just happy to get you off her hands." Tonks said with a grin.

"Right…" Ginny said. "I guess you'll just have to deal with me…" Tonks laughed, then she helped pull Ginny to her feet. "Well, I'm going to leave before dinner because I need to do some stuff before work tomorrow." She said. She leaned forward and gave Ginny a peck on the check.

Ginny put her hand on the back of Tonks' head, pulling her in to kiss her on the lips.

"What if someone sees us?" Tonks asked,

"Oh well, let them watch" Ginny answered as she kissed Tonks again.

"Okay." Tonks said as she stepped back. "See you on Wednesday."

"See ya… Nym…" Ginny answered. Tonks smiled and turned to go back in the house.