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Lacy here. Alright, next Back to Love chapter. Tonks and Sirius start the progress of moving out of Grimmauld place. It's still the summer between five and six so at some point Harry will be showing up and Dumbledore also shows up to voice his displeasure. Will he make Sirius move back? We'll see. Have fun!
Disclaimer: I own Lyra.
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Tonks shut the trunk that she'd managed to pack most of Lyra's clothes and toys into and looked around the baby's nursery. She and Sirius had spent the past week packing all their possessions together and getting them ready for the move the next day. They had yet to hear from Dumbledore about the move but they knew he knew.
"All finished in here?" Sirius asked as he appeared in the doorway.
Tonks looked at him. "Yeah, just about." she moved over to the wall where a few pictures still hung. "You and Remus worked so hard to get this room ready for her."
Sirius walked in and nodded as he looked around. "That we did. But her new room will be even bigger and now that she's here, she can help and make it her own."
Tonks held a picture of Remus and Lyra. "How long do you think before he'll find out we moved?"
Sirius put an arm around Tonks. "Kingsley said they're gonna try and get word to him as soon as possible. But it would be a bit."
Tonks sighed. "It feels wrong doing this without him."
"Do you want to wait?" Sirius asked.
Tonks exhaled and shook her head. "No, no. We've already started. It can be a surprise for him when he gets home."
Sirius smiled reassuringly at Tonks. "It'll be the best surprise he's ever gotten." he shrugged a bit. "Well, minus you and Lyra."
Tonks chuckled. "Thanks, Sirius."
"Anything, Tonks." Sirius said. "It's my job to keep my best mate's girl happy while he's away. The fact that you're family makes it all that much easier."
Tonks snorted. "I'd ask how that would make it easier but I think I can figure that out for myself."
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The cottage Remus had been left was beautiful. It was two story cottage with a wooden door an an overhang that was covered in ivy. The front was slanted to make almost a boxy triangle look with a small brick chimney. The sides looked like additions and the different parts of the roof slanted like normal. The colors decorating the outside where soft browns, greens and bronzes.
The inside, however, was completely different. The inside was much bigger then the outside let on. Magic at its finest. There were four good sized bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen Molly Weasley would die for. A living room, study and library.
Tonks stood in the door way of the cottage and, even with their trunks and belongings everywhere;
"It looks like home."
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Three weeks before the end of the summer holiday, Sirius had gone, with use of the Polyjuice potion, the collect Harry from the Burrow. The young Potter would be spending the rest of his holiday with Sirius, Tonks and Lyra.
Tonks was sitting in the living room with Lyra when Sirius and Harry walked through the door.
"You don't ask out your best mate's sister, Sirius!" Harry said while laughing.
Sirius snorted. "Well, you don't."
Harry rolled his eyes. "Hey Tonks."
Tonks smiled. "Hey Harry, Sirius trying to corrupt you again?"
Harry nodded. "Always." he picked up Lyra, who had walked over to him. "Hey there, lil bit. How are you liking your new home?"
Tonks let out a quiet chuckle as Harry called Lyra by the same nickname his godfather used for the child.
"'Arry!" Lyra said with a giggle. "Home!"
Sirius smiled. "That's right Lyra. Harry's home."
Harry looked around. "I wish. This place is great." he looked at Tonks. "Sirius said it belonged to Remus's family."
Tonks nodded. "Yeah, his grandparents."
Harry bounced Lyra a bit before settling her in his hip. "Have you heard from him?"
Sirius had explained Remus's assignment in a letter to Harry, knowing the boy would want to know. Over the past year, Harry had all but adopted Sirius, Remus, Tonks and Lyra as his family so he was concerned about Remus and how Tonks and Lyra were handling him being gone.
Tonks shook her head. "No but from what Albus said, we shouldn't expect to yet. It'll be hard for him to be excepted and he won't be able to get away often to get word to us."
Harry sighed. "Not exactly what I wanted to hear but as long as we hear soon."
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A week went by peacefully, well as peaceful as it could be with Sirius bugging Harry about why he didn't have a girl friend.
"Come on Harry! Every boy your age has a girlfriend!" Sirius exclaimed.
Tonks smirked as she fed Lyra. "Yeah, he should know. He had at least three."
Sirius glared at his cousin. "Never at once." he paused. "Maybe two at once."
Harry shook his head. "My life's too complicated for a girlfriend, Sirius."
"Nonsense." Sirius said. "If anything, a girlfriend would help with the stress."
Harry blushed a bit. "I don't want to put anyone else in danger, Padfoot."
Tonks smiled a bit. "You sound like Remus, Harry."
Harry looked at her. "What do you mean?"
"Remus has always been afraid to let people get close because he thinks he's putting them in danger." Tonks explained. "Now your situations are different but the fear is the same."
Harry sat down between Tonks and Sirius. "How'd he get over it?"
"He hasn't really." Sirius said. "Tonks and I and your parents were just too pushy to take no for an answer."
Harry sighed. "Alright, I'll think about it."
"Is there anyone you'd consider?" Tonks asked. Sirius was almost bouncing in his seat, waiting for the answer.
Harry shrugged a bit, his face getting a tad more red. "There's a Ravenclaw in Ginny's year. She's nice, a little different but nice."
"Oh who's not different these days." Tonks said with a dismissive hand.
Sirius laughed. "What's her name?"
"Luna Lovegood." Harry said.
Sirius nodded. "I know her father. Good man, also a bit different." he looked at his godson's face. "What makes her stand out?"
"She's, well different." Harry said. "She never doubted me last term, like most people did. She never judged me and did whatever she could to help."
Sirius watched Harry as he talked about Luna. "You remind me of your father when he'd talk about your mum."
Harry looked surprised. "Really?"
Tonks was the one who nodded. "Really."
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A few more days went by before an unexpected visitor stopped by. Harry was playing with Lyra in the living room while Sirius was cleaning up breakfast and Tonks had already left for work. A knock at the door had the two men tense until Sirius saw who it was.
"It's Dumbledore." he said to Harry, who was holding Lyra protectively.
Harry relaxed some but not completely. He'd been told they hadn't heard from the Hogwarts Head Master yet on Sirius moving from Grimmauld Place. Harry feared it was only a matter of time until his godfather would be forced to go back to the place he hated so much.
Sirius saw the apprehension on Harry's face and didn't blame him. Exhaling, he used his wand to remove the wards from the door and let Dumbledore in.
"Albus," Sirius said. "to what do we owe this surprise?"
Dumbledore stepped in, smiling at Harry and Lyra. "You know why I'm here, Sirius."
Sirius shut the door and replaced the wards. "I'm not going back, Albus. This house is as safe as Grimmauld Place, if not safer because it doesn't have Kreacher."
"You were at Grimmauld for a reason, Sirius." Albus said.
Sirius glared at his former Head Master. "Yes, so you could keep an eye on me and make sure I followed the rules. I'm a grown wizard, Albus, escaped convict or not. I know what I can and cannot do. Enough of my life has been taken away from me, I will not allow any more to be stolen!"
Harry gently shushed Lyra as she whimpered in response to Sirius's raised voice.
Dumbledore sighed. "Alright, you may remain here." he nodded to Harry. "I'll see you in a couple of weeks."
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Hmm, alright not exactly how I wanted that talk to go but it wrote how it wrote. Let me know what you think kids, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.
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