I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry that it has taken so long to update! I have had loads of work at college and yeah…. I shall compensate by typing up two chapters and giving them to you straight away!
Boxers of Draco was not online when I'd finished, so I have posted these unbeta-ed I apologise therefore for any mistakes.
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Hermione went back into her own room, where Tonks was sitting on her bed; a none too impressed expression on her face.
"Why wont you just admit that you like him?" she asked exasperatedly.
"Because I don't like him and he certainly doesn't like me." Hermione replied, not meeting Tonks' intense stare.
"Bollucks to that!" came the reply, as predicted. "I have seen the way he looks at you and I have seen the way you look back. Both of you steal glances at the other when you think no one is watching and nether of you can keep your hands off each other. We saw you on the way back from the Ministry. What's more I told him I was going to make my hair lemon yellow, and he agreed to it. Me? Lemon yellow? I don't think so. He was way too busy staring at you. I'm not the only one who has noticed. Remus has noticed too, possibly Lily and James as well." Tonks added triumphantly, daring Hermione to keep denying it.
"But - " Hermione stammered, a little unsure of what she was supposed to say in objection.
"He's good looking yes?" Tonks cut her off.
"Yes." Hermione nodded hesitantly.
"You are single?" Another nod.
"He is single?"
"As far as I know."
"Anyone else you are interested in?" Hermione shook her head.
"He has a great personality?" She nodded.
"Sexy, charming, almost annoyingly adorable, kind, loving, fun, interesting, a perfect gentleman who would spoil you rotten."
"Yes… he is all of those things." Hermione had a thoughtful look on her face. Tonks grinned. She was getting through.
"He's great with kids." She stated. Hermione nodded.
"Ok. Last question. Do you feel safe with him? Or, should I say, did you before he died? Because he hasn't changed. If you felt safe then, you should feel safe now."
Hermione thought about this carefully. That had been a long time ago, when she felt safe with Ron too. But Tonks was right, Sirius hadn't changed. Ron had. And Hermione had felt safe allowing him to share a room with him last night. And there was something warm and comforting in the way he had held her that morning when he was asleep and had pulled her into bed with him, and when he had wrapped the side of his over large coat around her.
She smiled softly. "Yes I feel safe with him." She whispered.
"Do you like him?" Tonks slipped in a sneaky question while Hermione's mind was elsewhere. In her dreamlike state the other woman nodded, making Tonk's grin widen considerably.
"Then I see no reason that you should not give him a chance. Yes you've been hurt, but Sirius is a different sort of guy. Trust him, and give him a chance."
Hermione nodded. "I'll think about it. I'm not promising anything, so don't you dare say a word to him, but I'll think about it." Hermione pointed her finger at Tonks, who smiled, and nodded.
"I won't tell him, I promise."
A knock on the door sounded, and Remus opened it. "Hey, Tonks I'm off to bed now."
"I'll be there in a minute." She replied. Remus winked and closed the door.
Tonks stood up. "You both deserve somebody and while I know if I asked him, he'd deny absolutely everything, but he likes you. A lot." With that, the other witch left the room, leaving Hermione to stew, much like Sirius was doing, just the other side of the wall.
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Tonks walked to her room to find Remus sitting on the bed waiting for her.
"What did he say?" She asked, closing the door behind her.
"He admits liking her, but is very reluctant to do anything about it." Remus replied.
"Likewise with her. But I'd give it till Christmas. She was seriously considering it." Tonks replied.
"They had to be the most stubborn people I ever met didn't they." Remus muttered, getting ready for bed.
"Awfully sweet couple though," Tonks replied.
"Hmm."
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Three weeks later found Sirius trudging down the stairs for breakfast. He was grumpy, having barely slept since his and Remus' little chat. Hermione had been on his mind constantly. Living with her certainly hadn't helped. Remus had said that she liked him, but she had yet to show anything of the nature to him. Nothing to show that the beautiful Ms. Granger returned his feelings.
He watched her through his hair so as not to attract her attention. She was sat to his left so he peered in that direction, trying to read her closed expression. This proved difficult because she turned away from him in order to talk to Tonks who had just asked her something that he couldn't hear. Her hair had fallen over her face, meaning that he couldn't see her. Lily and Tonks were talking to her in whispered tones, and Ginny joined the conversation after a few minutes, looking delighted at something that Lily had just divulged. Some secret piece of information that the rest of the kitchen was not privy to.
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"Come on Hermione. It's been three weeks and all everyone has been able to see is your blatant attraction to Sirius and his for you. Go and talk to him." Tonks said her voice low.
"James has noticed, so you have to admit it." Lily said. "And he's not the brightest spark when it comes to crush spotting so yeh."
Hermione flushed as Sirius entered the room and turned away from him so he wouldn't see the colour her face had turned.
"If nothing else confirms attraction, that does." Tonks said, pointing at Hermione's reddened face.
"What proves what?" Ginny had come over and was listening intently.
"Hermione fancies a certain Mr. Black." Lily said, smiling.
"Yes! Harry owes me ten galleons!" Ginny looked very please with herself.
"Hang on a minute. You guys have been betting on this?" Hermione looked horrified at the very idea.
"Harry can see that Sirius likes you, but was "almost positive" that you didn't return the feelings. I bet him ten galleons you did." Ginny explained.
"Sirius does not like me," Hermione said flatly.
Lily, Tonks and Ginny looked at each other and then her in disbelief. "Have you missed the last three weeks?" Tonks asked. "He spends every waking moment staring at you. He brings you coffee in the library; he gets up especially in the morning so he can see you before you go to work. Come off it!"
"Me, him and James went to Diagon Alley last week and we saw Ron." Lily said. A month ago, Hermione's head would have shot up at this, but now, her eyes remained glued to the coffee in her mug.
"And?" she asked tonelessly.
"And it was all James and I could do to stop him ripping him limb from limb." Lily said softly. "He knows you have moved on, but he couldn't get past what Ron had done to you. He couldn't believe it. He furious that he had the nerve to hurt you, to throw away someone so special."
Hermione dropped her head. Sirius ad been trying to defend her, she looked up at the clock. "I have to go." She muttered. She got up and left, not seeing the look of worry and longing on Sirius' face.
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Ok there you go. Will post it immediately. Sorry again for the long time it took!