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Right now even I don't know where this story is going. I have ideas but it is supposed to be snippets from life of Remus and Tonks so it won't be a very elaborate fic. Lets see where this leads. Enjoy :)

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"I know that look"

"What look Sirius?" Remus replied without even lifting his gaze from the newspaper. Though Prophet could hardly be called newspaper now a days, more like rambling paper.

"You, lusting after a woman and trying your best to not show on your face by trying to act all too cool"

Remus promptly choked on his tea.

"I don't know what you are talking about. What woman" he said as calmly as he could.

"That woman who walked out of kitchen 10 minutes ago."

"Sirius! Granted that Molly is just a few year older than me but she's still a sort of mother figure for the order not to mention already married and mother of seven children" he said, knowing very well that he wasn't talking about Molly. God, he had wished and hoped that Sirius would be late to catch up on this.

"I am NOT talking about Molly. I am talking about our cousin Nymphadora"

"She's not my cousin Padfoot"

"Aha! Got a nerve there, did I? Alright then my cousin Nymphadora" he said triumphantly.

"Don't call her Nymphadora"

"Stop doing that"

"Stop doing what?"

"Stop trying to change the topic"

"Wasn't aware there was one. I was under the impression that you were undergoing your usual morning babbling chatter"

"Yes there is a topic Moony. Don't you try to dodge it. I have seen your lingering gazes on her when you seem to think no one is watching, but you forgot that I was the one who taught you to be so sneaky in matter of girls, old man"

Damn! He had thought he wasn't that obvious.

"If I am an old man Sirius, so are you, we are of same age, you know."

"We might be of same age but you often act older than our dear Bumblebee, whereas I? I am still sweet sixteen at heart" he said sweet sixteen in sing song voice.

"It's called maturity Padfoot, which you seem to be lacking"

"Damn you are stubborn, you are always doing that, trying to distract me from my track of conversation whereas when I try to distract you, you are adamant on it. I wish you would stop doing it"

"I wish you would wash your hair"

"..."

"What stop glaring at me? We don't need a second grease master in order now do we? And at the rate at which you are going you are not behind from Snape."

"You did it again! You again changed the whole track of conversation. You can't be always evasive you know, you will come back to me, crawling on your hide and begging for advice"

"God forbid, I hope that day never comes!"

"Be secretive for all you want, but for once trust me. Approach her there are more than 100 percent chance that she returns your feeling. You seem to have grown upon her"

His heart quickened at that. He hoped it didn't showed on his face. Had Nymphadora said something to Sirius about him?

"I am not a fungus Sirius" at that he got up, levitated his cup to the sink and ruffled Sirius's hair on his way to kitchen's door "Good day uncle Padfoot, hope to see you in the evening."

It didn't escaped to Sirius's notice that not once in the entire conversation, or as close to as one could have conversation with Moony when he decides to ignore the agenda, had he once denied that he didn't had feelings for Tonks.

The order meeting was about to start, almost all members have arrived, everyone were seating themselves, and Remus was waiting for Tonks. Where was she? Generally she was one of those who came earlier than required for meeting. Order was just not an organisation against dark force, it was also a group of friends. Members often come before to idle chit chat with others or have Molly's pre-meeting snacks. So it was never a surprise when Tonks came well before required time. She was hardly just on time or late. As it happens, every meeting before any one else arrive Remus and Tonks could be found already seated beside each other. There was yet a meeting to pass in which they haven't sat next to each other.

It was a small thing really, seeing that here they were gathered for much bigger cause, to uproot evil from society, such trivial thing as seating arrangement were unimportant. But still everyone among the members seems to know that the seat beside Remus was reserved. He felt like a small child in school, who reserves the seat next to them for their special friend by placing a handkerchief or their water bottle, so as to give other the signal that the seat was occupied. Of course he didn't placed a water bottle or his handkerchief or his shoe or something to reserve the seat for her, that's why he was a little more than annoyed when Dedalus Diggle came and sat next to him. He resisted the urge to poke him in ribs or kick him in the shin. Seems like Dedalus was busy balancing his hat in meetings so as to notice things such as who sat next to who.

And why was he getting irritated in first place? It was an order meeting, it was to consider several important matters, not to concentrate on the company next to him.

The answer came naturally to him. It mattered to him because in a way their friendship started from here. There were whispered comments exchanged between them during the meeting, the way their hands lingers on the other for a second more than necessary whenever passing something, he used to like the way she worried her bottom lip between her teeth and furrowed her brow whenever she tried too much to concentrate on the proceedings of the meeting when something or rather someone was distracting her, then there was constant presence of her smell, lime, which he found calm and reassuring, the way she claps hand over her mouth to stop herself from giggling whenever he said something funny in her ear during the meeting, whenever she said something in his ear he liked the way her breath felt on her skin, the say she gave a reassuring squeeze on his knee under the table whenever there was some bad news or a jibe from Snape, the way she often absentmindedly drank from his cup instead of hers or may be not so absentmindedly and he made a point to drink from the same side she drank so that he could at least feel the warmth of her lips, the sideways glance at each other, the way she some how had master making his tea without spilling or breaking anything whereas while preparing her own tea she was bound to break something and oh so many numerous reasons that yes it did matter that she sat beside him.

If people were to know that the logical and practical voice of the order, Remus Lupin, was getting worked up at the seating arrangement, they would laugh at him for behaving like a child. But that was the point wasn't it, that such thing weren't told or expressed to others. And weren't everybody, some where deep down, are child at heart?

She came stumbling down just as Dumbledore was going to start speaking. She apologized for being late to everyone in haste and the first thing he noticed about her was the disappointment that crossed her eyes as soon as she realized that seat next to him was taken by Dedalus. She resisted the urge to scowl at ever oblivious Dedalus and found a seat next to Mad-eye.

The next thing he noticed was that she looked a little disheveled and was out of breath. He looked at her worryingly and tried to ask from his eyes-

Are you all right?

She caught his eyes and smile reassuringly at him saying I am fine.

He forced his attention to Dumbledore wishing the meeting would be over soon.

"There you are!" said Remus as he found Tonks sitting in Library all alone. After the meeting he was caught up in conversation with Arthur and Kingsley and after that when he went looking for her, he thought that she had gone home, but her cloak was still hanging near the front door. Now he found her here.

She looked up at him and flashed him a dazzling smile that were enough to make his heart skip a beat but he couldn't help but notice it was a bit tired.

"Here hold this" he said handing her a tray and sitting next to her on the sofa. It was nice, having her all to himself finally for time being.

"What's this?" she said pointing at the tray containing assortment of stuff.

"This, Tonks, I don't know what is, but apparently Fred and George bought it from a near by bakery"

She raised her eyebrows at him at the mention of twins.

"Yes I know what you are thinking but don't worry, it's not some prank. Its rather tasty I think"

"You think?"

"Well yes, I haven't tasted it yet, everyone was rather praising it and seeing as only two were left I sneaked it out of their reach and bought it up here, one for you and one for me" he said a bit sheepish. It was some continental snack, triangular shaped, he had thought she had looked a bit tired earlier and had brought along tea as well.

She chuckled "Professor Lupin sneaking food? Hmm that's new" she said sending him a cheeky look and smile but looked grateful.

"I couldn't help but notice earlier that you looked tired, why were you late? And why are you sitting here all alone? Everything alright?" he asked softly with concern laced in his voice.

She sighed "Just a bit tired. Nothing to worry about. I was late because I got caught up in some work at Ministry and well, I came here because I have got a splitting headache right now, and it was bit noisy downstairs, I would have apparated home but apparating will only make headache worse so thought to get a bit peace her before apparating" she finished smiling at him.

"I am sorry, I didn't know I was interrupting your rest, I will leave you it" he said guiltily and made to get up but she caught his hand and yanked him down.

"Don't be silly Remus. I said it was noisy downstairs and you are anything but noisy" she said looking at him and then looked away saying in a quiet voice "Your presence is soothing, Stay" she closed her eyes and let her head fall backwards to the sofa, facing him.

He felt a smile grace his lips at her confession, he slowly raised his hand and tucked a strand of pink hair behind her ears affectionately. She smiled at it.

"Thanks for bringing tea, it will probably do some good to my head right now" she opened her eyes and took a sip of her tea as well as a bite of the snack he had brought. "Hmm this tastes nice"

He didn't said anything, for once he was just happy to let her talk or even sit in silence with her without other nagging or nosy presence. She looked beautiful in dimly lit room where only light came from fire. Orange and yellow flames danced on her face making her tired face glow.

He turned towards her placed his elbow on the back of the sofa and resting his head in his hand he said "You are tiring yourself too much, Tonks. Keep taking a break every now and then, if you want I will cover your next guard duty"

"No, don't worry about it. I got a headache because today we were practicing some new blinding spell, which produces some extra bright light which momentarily blinds the opponent and give us a distraction. We all practiced for about two hours and probably everyone returned with a headache."

He nodded sympathetically at her and squeezed her hand "Stay here tonight" he whispered, looking at her intensely.

"Hmm?" she looked at him with innocent eyes, a bit surprised with his statement.

He cleared his throat and said quietly and said "I mean, stay here tonight, don't go back to your flat, you are right, apparating will only make your headache worse."

She smiled at his concern and said "Don't worry, your tea helped, but I can't stay here tonight"

Why was she so adamant on not staying here tonight? It wasn't as if she didn't spend nights here, she even had her own room. Seeing question on his face she placed her hand on his hand, which he noticed was still resting on her other hand, and smiled at him "I can't stay because well then it will be two nights consecutively here and I never told you but I have got a bunny at my flat to feed" she said sheepishly

He chuckled "A bunny? I didn't knew you had a pet"

She smiled "Surprising isn't it? Auror Tonks got a pet rabbit to feed?

"No, I rather think it's sweet" and indeed it was sweet, she didn't cared about her headache but rather that her pet was probably hungry at home. It showed another angle of her caring attitude, It was definitely another aww factor about her.

"Well, it often gets lonely all alone at home and seeing my current bunny's grandparents were my first pet, its some sort of tradition" she looked a bit sad, mentioning being lonely and he couldn't help but notice that even an amazing witch like her who was surrounded by their friends and family was indeed lonely just like him. He squeezed his hand buried between her smaller ones but said nothing. He felt very peaceful and silence was comfortable.

They sat there for sometime without miraculously being interrupted by anyone. It felt like eternity. It scared him that how much he liked her company.

All too soon she, got up to depart, he offered to see her till door. They walked down, managing to avoid prying eyes, he guided her away when she reached umbrella stand by placing his hand on small of her back but didn't removed it until they reached the front door. She took her cloak and donned it and he impulsively buttoned it for, his fingers lingering than normal. She smiled at that. It wasn't like she couldn't do it herself but he just wanted to do something for her even something as insignificant as clipping her cloak.

"Good night Remus. See you tomorrow"

"Good night Tonks" he bend down and for first time kissed her cheek inhaling her scent and feeling her intake a sharp breath, and as soon as he did it he knew it was a mistake, not because he regretted it but because feeling her supple and warm skin under his lips invited him for more. She held his gaze for few seconds and then walked out of door, turning back once, flashing that charming smile of hers and waved one last time and disapparated.

He kept looking at where she had vanished in to thin air. He couldn't help but feel that something has changed today between them. He knew he was changing and he was terrified.

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