Harry and Tonks: a love story chapter seven

Firstly, I must say that some people have said that harry expresses his love for tonks too early: but it has to be – he's leaving and he wants her to know how he feels, also nothing in this relationship is noral so it makes sense. Sorry for the explanation if you didn't want to know.

I am sat on the Hogwarts Express, bound to Hogwarts, with my friends beside me: Ron and Hermione back from prefect duties, Neville and Ginny sat in here, with Ginny's friend Luna 'Loony' Lovegood, laughing away. I join in, yet I can't help but feel a longing and 'wish' to not be going back to Hogwarts, to be with the person I love, yet I cannot stay, I must go onto Hogwarts and spend a year apart.

"You alright there Harry?" Neville says to me, "Look a bit peaky there, like Trelawney!"

"I'm fine Neville," I say, "Just thinking about… who our new Defence Against The Dark Arts Teacher will be – there's been no word of one anywhere I wonder who it is?"

Nobody says a word, yet I think I was too slow on the uptake: I need better spontaneity!

Anyway, we continue our conversation, and in time, Ron and Hermione turn up from their Prefect duties and start mouthing off about the other Prefects: I don't listen because I'm back in my fantasy with Tonks; we're in Hogsmeade and its snowing so our feet leave footprints in the snow. Then we walk up to near the Shrieking Shack and begin kissing sweetly then more forcefully as we get into it. We fall to the floor and we move on in our relationship. Just as we are about to get further into our relationship, I am woken from my retrieve by Hermione yelling for me to wake up, that we were almost at Hogwarts and I had been asleep for the past 3 hours.

This surprises me because it feels like me and Tonks had barely gone to the Shrieking Shack, so I get confused.

Anyway, I pull on my robes and fix my belongings together, my stomach is rumbling so badly because I must have been asleep when the food trolley came around. I get distracted by Hedwig twit twooing, so I give her a few owl treats. Just then, there was a tapping at the window, and Ron lets the owl outside, that is as black as night, inside, and it flew straight to me dropping a letter onto my shoulder.

Intrigued, I open it and unfold the piece of parchment inside:

"Who's it from Harry?" Ron asks, and I look. Its from Tonks but I can't say that so I lie and say, "Sirius."

I wonder what she's writing to me for?

Dear Harry,

I swore to myself that I wouldn't write to you until later in the week, but I couldn't resist the urge; especially when I heard the news that you will find out about when you arrive at Hogwarts. I feel I will not be able to write very much, but you mustn't be too careful because the new Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher will be reading all the mail: she's Fudge's right hand woman.

I just wanted to say: I love you and I miss you, but do not contact me more than once per week at the most, because she will be taking note of how much mail you get: too much will arouse suspicions – understand?

I love you Harry – don't forget that.

All my love

Tonks

This letter is so sweet, yet so informative – we have a Ministry woman as our DADA teacher: this will be very bad given the fact that the Ministry hates us all at the moment. Oh, this could be very bad.

The train begins to halt, so we must be at Hogsmeade: we begin to leave the compartment, Ron, Luna, Ginny, Neville and Hermione in front of me as I dawdle, rereading the letter, trying to look at the words 'I love you' time and time again until I walk into the wall: therefore deciding to put the letter away in my pocket to charm it later.

I step off the train and begin to head up towards the gates and the horseless carriages when all the lights go out and I can no longer see more than a few cm in front of my face.

"Harry?" I hear Hermione saying hesitantly, "Harry where are you?"

Just as I turn round to answer, a mouth meets mine, and sparks fly. I feel the kiss spreading throughout my entire body, I touch her hair: it feels familiar, but just like that she's gone. The lights flicker back on, as suddenly as they turned off and I look all over for this girl, but she's nowhere to be seen.

"Harry?" I hear Hermione saying again, "Harry where are you?"

I turn around, and she's stood there on her own, nobody around her, which seems strange – she was in front of me before wasn't she? - but I move towards her, and we walk up to the carriages.

"Oh my god!" I practically shout as I see the carriages. There are things pulling them!

"Harry, what is it?" Hermione shouts, running to see if I'm alright. What is up with her, she's never normally this bothered about me: but it could be guilt about not bothering with me.

"there are things pulling the carriages!" I yell and she looks nonplussed at me saying this.

"Harry, the carriages are pulling themselves as always, but lets get on, I need to talk to you."

Just ahead, I can see Ron, Luna and Ginny all sat in a carriage moving swiftly from the station to Hogwarts – only Hermione and I of us year 5's are left. But we climb into the carriage; I intrigued about what Hermione has to say.

"Harry, I've been hiding this for a long time, I didn't know how to tell you, or anyone, it's serious….."

I stare aghast, at what she has just told me, wondering what I should do.

This was sort of a 'filler' chapter between two story lines in this story, but I still tried my best. Hope it was ok, review please!

P.S I have 7 exams in the next few weeks so I'm not entirely sure how regularly I can update but I will every time possible – I promise!

Vicky xx