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"Geez Gin. When you told me about your messy break-up, you never told me it was because she was pregnant," Anna muttered to me as we unpacked our bags.

Dazed, I bit my lip and handed her our toiletries. "I didn't know. It wasn't the reason we broke up Anna. It must have happened right after."

Anna gave me one of her signature know-it-all stares. "Well. I hope it won't be awkward for you…"

"Babe," I gathered her up in my arms. I placed a tiny kiss on her forehead, then one on the tip of her nose, then finally a soft one on her lips. "You have nothing to worry about."

Anna stiffened in my arms. "Are you sure? I know how much a first love can hurt…"

"It was years ago. I was just a kid. I'm over it." I kissed her hard on the lips, releasing her from my grasp. "Come on, my family is dying for us to socialize." Plus, I was dying for Anna to get distracted so I could corner Tonks and find out what was up with the kid.


Everyone was outside in the orchard playing some sort of makeshift Quidditch game. Even mom and dad were playing. Ok, so they were the refs, but still. I haven't seen mom on a broomstick in a very long time.

"SCORE!" Harry shouted, pumping a fist in the air. "Way to go Nate!"

I looked up to see Tiny Tonks taking a victory lap around the pitch before the game returned to play.

"He's good eh?" Tonks said, gazing with awe at her son. "Don't know where he got it from. I can barely stay on a broomstick."

"Couldn't have been his father eh?" I replied snottily.

Tonks made a somewhere between a hiss of anger and a snort of disgust "Father, funny word. He hasn't got one of those."

I cocked my head and pursed my lips. "Oh come on. Everyone's got one." I rolled my eyes not really wanting to get into the logistics of lesbians with kids.

"Have you ever looked up the word 'father' in the dictionary?" Tonks asked, staring me straight in the eye. I shook my head no and she sighed. "I never had either. Not til Nate was born."

I stayed silent, waiting for her to continue. She had me hooked into her story. I really didn't know the dictionary meaning. I wanted her to tell me what it was. More importantly, I wanted to know why she had looked it up.

"A male parent. That's what the first one said. Oh sure, there were others, but I mean, first is first for a reason right?"

Again, I didn't answer. Tonks seemed to be off in her own world. She probably would have kept talking if I had walked away.

"I wanted to see if I could be Nate's mom and dad. Not by changing physically, but be more emotional a man than a woman at times, for him you know? Then, after thinking about it, I decided I wouldn't want to be a man, or a father, anyway. Can you really call a man a father when he walks away from the sweetest little person he may ever know?" Tonks wiped a tear from her eye. "I may have made a million mistakes in my life, but I'm trying to not making any involving him."

I placed my hand softly on her shoulder. "Who's the dad Tonks?"

"He doesn't have a dad Gin. That's the point." Tonks walked away, only stopping for a moment to mount her broom and join her son in the sky.


"Mom, what's the story with Tonks?" I carefully sliced some onions while keeping my voice as low as possible.

"Ginny, she just appeared one day at the garden gate."

"Mom, she hasn't spoken to us since the fall of You-Know-Who. Don't you think that means something?"

"Ginevra! How can you even imply that! Tonks was an Auror!" Molly gasped, sending my perfectly chopped onions flying with her misplaced aim.

"Was? What do you mean was?"

"All I know is what she told me Ginny! If you want the facts, ask Tonks yourself. Now, go and get Anna. I need someone useful in my kitchen; someone that can keep up to my speed."

I frowned, confused by every word that has come out my mother's mouth in past few moments. "Mom, Anna's a Muggle. She can't do magic."

"I didn't say I needed someone that could do magic dear. I just said I need to keep my pace and Anna can slice faster by hand than you can by wand."


Everyone was busy doing preparing for dinner that night, so I wandered up to my room for a little peace and quiet, not to mention, the time to clear my head.

My door was ajar when I reached my landing. I glanced in, to see Tiny Tonks, laying on the cot, coloring. Silently pushing my way into the room so I wouldn't disturb him, I shuffled around to my bed, sinking into the familiar comfort of it.

"My mommy says you used to be her girlfriend." Tiny Tonks said, swinging his legs back and forth.

"Uh, yeah I did. Ages ago. When I was little." I replied leaning back on the pillows.

"You don't look very old to me." He placed his crayon down and was studying me curiously.

"Of course I don't look very old. I'm only 24. That's about twenty years older than you. What I meant was when I was in school."

His eyes grew huge. "At Hogwarts…" He whispered, clearly impressed.

"Yeah. I went to Hogwarts. So did your mom."

Tiny scrunched up his face. "I hope I can go to Hogwarts. I wanna be a Hufflepuff."

Now I scrunched my face. "Ew. Why? That's not a very good house.

Tiny's face fell and his bottom lip started to tremble. "Mommy was a hufflepuff. Are they bad peoples?" He sniffled a few times and my stomach turned to knots.

"No, no. They are the best house to be in." I moved to sit next to him on the cot. "I was just kidding with you." I rubbed his back as he sniffled a few more times.

"My mommy says it's not nice to kid." Tiny mumbled closing his eyes.

"You're mommy is very wise." I whispered as Tiny's breathing became slower as he drifted into sleep.

"Thank you…" Tonks said, moving Tiny off me, so we could the room and let him nap alone.


Sorry I took ages to update. I've had a ton of stuff going on. I hope everyone likes it. Please review! Let me know what you think.