He was incredibly shocked to see Tonks walk into the Hog's Head, though it had become a popular place for ex-Order members to get a drink in Hogsmeade, instead of the Three Broomsticks.
"Tonks," he managed to let out in a whisper. It was all he could manage to say. He had planned to go talk to her, but he wanted a little bit of time first; he was not ready.
"Hey, Remus," she said rather softly.
"I'll leave the two of you alone," Aberforth said, walking down to the opposite end of the bar.
"Yeah, we'll give you two some room to talk," Ginny said, grabbing Harry by the arm and pulling him down to where Aberforth had gone. Remus could see them all down at the other end of the bar, still watching them intently; he knew they would listen to everything that was said.
"Tonks, I..."
"You don't have to say it, Remus," she cut him off. "You love me, I know."
She was beaming.
"And I want you to know that I've thought about it long and hard. I want you to know that I love you too."
She ran up and threw her arms around him. With his right arm, he pulled her in closer to him.
"Listen to me, Remus. I want you to know that I think no less of you just because you are paralyzed, okay? We will work through it. It doesn't affect my love for you. I wouldn't have anybody else but you in my life."
Harry, Ginny, and Aberforth were all down at the other side of the bar, positively beaming with delight. Harry landed a wet kiss right on Ginny's cheek, inspired by the moment.
"Oh, Dora, you don't know how much this means to me that you would let an old man like me back into your young life." He didn't say it, but it was the happiest day of his life. He didn't have to say it out loud. Tonks knew it already.
Remus was at a loss for words; he did not know what else to say. He was just incredibly ecstatic after hearing Tonks say those words – "I love you too." It was a dream come true, that's for sure.
The two lovebirds kissed passionately, with a cheer in the background coming from the other end of the bar where everybody had been watching them.
"Remus, we need to move your stuff into my house so I will be able to take care of you," she told him, grabbing a seat on the stool next to him.
"Why am I moving to your place? Can you not move in to mine?"
"Remus, let's face it, your house is kind of a dump." She chuckled. Remus held back the urge to say something in defense; he did not want to screw anything up already. Instead, he just laughed along. After all, she was right; his place was a mess. He could not afford anything else.
Remus thought about Roxy, who he had also bitten once upon a time and turned into a werewolf. A hunter then shot Roxy one night when they were both in the woods as werewolves. He just hoped that this didn't happen to Tonks.
"Dora, promise me that at full moons, we will stay inside the house and not venture out. I don't want anything to happen to you. I would not be able to go on without you."
"Of course, Remus," she told him, comfortingly. It made him smile to hear her say that.
"Dora, I promise you that I will never leave your side, no matter what happens. I will always be there for you." He was just too happy to have her back in his life, that he could not stop smiling. Everybody was happy to see Remus back to his old, happy self. They hadn't seen him like that in years. Lupin thought that he might finally be able to stop thinking about everything that had made him upset and stressed during the past couple of weeks, thus avoiding any stress-related medical problems. He knew it would stop him from aging – that was natural; with aging also came some unavoidable health problems. He just thought that having her with him would relieve him of some of the avoidable health problems.
Remus knew it was a proven fact that people who are married and have someone there for them live a longer, happier life. Love is a cure for dying young. He had something, or, rather, someone to live for now.
"All right all, I thank you very much for everything today, but I think Nymphadora and I are going to go back to her place," he yelled down to the other end of the bar.
"Hey, don't think you're going to get out of here without paying, Remus!" Aberforth yelled back.
"Aberforth, put it on my check," Harry told him, winking at Remus down at the other end. On that note, the two apparated away together.
The two, from the beginning, were destined to live happily together. Not but one year after that day, the two were wed at Hogwarts in front of the lake. Harry Potter was the Best Man, and Ginny the Matron of Honor. The wedding was beautiful, and everybody who knew the couple showed up. Even Severus Snape came to the wedding; his gift to the couple was three pints of Wolfsbane Potion, which lasted Remus until the day that he died.
Remus and Tonks had two children, twins to be exact – a boy named Remus Jr., and a girl who they named Andromeda after Tonks' mother. Remus spoiled his kids; they meant everything in the world to him, and he was glad he could give his kids everything they wanted, unlike his childhood. He was glad they were not born as werewolves, a rarity since the mother and father were both werewolves. Luck was certainly on his side for the first time in his life.
Remus got a job at Hogwarts as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, where he was the first wizard to last more than a year in the job. In fact, he lasted twenty. He was there when his children went through the school, and loved teaching the students, who all admired him for everything he had done. He had firsthand experience with dealing with the Dark Arts, and the students all respected him after hearing some of the stories he told about his encounters. He loved theatrics and did as much as he could to bring a smile to everybody's face.
Tonks continued her work as an Auror, this time making sure while she was pregnant that she take some maternity leave so as to protect her babies. She and Lupin were truly in love, and willing to do anything for one another.
When Remus died, he was eighty-three years old, and was fully satisfied with his entire life. He died in his sleep, very peacefully. His loving wife died just two months later, and the two watched down from heaven, holding hands, as their kids had children of their own, naming their children after their parents. Their legacy lived on forever through their children.