"Tonks I don't want us not to be friends. I'm sorry about the way I dealt with the situation, but you're going to get bored of me. I wanted to save any heart ache." Remus said once we were on our own.

"Remus I can't be friends with you now you know how I feel. I can't believe you have such low self esteem that you just think I'm going to get bored of you and dump you. In fact I can't believe you have such a low opinion of me that you think of me in that way."

"I didn't mean it in that way." Remus shook his head. "I just mean who would want to go out with someone like me?"

"Oh get over yourself. I like you Remus, why can't you see that?" I was annoyed that Remus was pushing me away like this.

"Look, I'm too old for you."

"Oh for God sake, I can't deal with this. I like you Remus and if you can't see that then more fool you." I gave him a lingering kiss on the lips before I went back in to the kitchen. It was a few moments before Remus with a surprised look still on his face. I decided to spend the night at Grimmauld place as I couldn't be bothered going home.

"Tonks don't be depressed, he'll see sense soon enough." Bill said before he left after he had given me a hug.

To help perk me up I rang Simon on this muggle mobile phone I had bought so I could contact muggle people. It had taken me a little time to figure out how it worked. All the muggles seemed to be able to use them pretty easily.

Soon enough it was time for the kids to be getting back to school, so we escorted them to the train station.

"Bye Tonks." Harry gave me a hug before he went on to the train, as did Hermione and Ginny. Looking at them made me want my own children, but not now. I wanted to be an auror for longer before I had any children.

I went home straight home after the kids got on to the train. Remus tried to get hold of me before I left, but I just walked faster to get away from him and apparated before he caught up with me. I showered and got dressed as Simon was taking me to see his parents.

I was quite nervous when Simon picked me up. I had never met a boyfriend's parents before, I'd only met Molly and Arthur years after I broke up with Bill, because of the Order and the Ministry. We drove to their house, I still wasn't used to this whole car thing it was very odd.

"Hi Tonks." Simon's mum said as she kissed me on the cheek. "It's an interesting name you have there." She said once we were sat down for dinner.

"It's my surname, I don't really like my first name." I smiled at her.

"What is your first name?" His dad suddenly looked interested.

"Erm... Nymphadora." I winced, I hated that name like I haven't told you enough times.

"That's certainly different." He said almost choking on his pasta. Simon started laughing at the look on his dad's face.

"That is the reason I don't like it. I reckon my parents had sniffed something funny when they gave me the name." Everyone laughed, which was nice. Simon's parents seemed quite laid back. I was much calmer by the end of the dinner than I was at the beginning. His parents weren't snooty or anything, I was worried about the day Simon would have to meet my parents.

They would love him I know that, but my mum sometimes finds it hard to hide her magic. You think she would have learnt seeing as she is married to a muggle, but no not at all.

"They really liked you, I mean they like my last girlfriend and she turned out to be a bunny boiler, but it's a good sign." I kinda gave him a confused smile.

"What's a bunny boiler?" I had never heard that expression before in my life. Simon looked a bit shocked for a second, but then smiled.

"Never mind." He said shaking his hand to dismiss the comment. We got in to the car and he walked me to the door of my flat. We kissed for what seemed forever, but just not quite long enough. I was grinning to myself as I got changed for bed.

I had to go to bed straight away as I knew it was going to be a long day tomorrow. There were a few assignments to go out on and a lot of paperwork to do.

A week later I was running through the corridors of Hogwarts at sod knows what time at night on a mission to find Dumbledore. I had heard something and I really needed to find him, it was imperative that I find him.

While running down the corridor I almost ran over Severus Snape, he went flying across the floor.

"Could you kindly watch where you're going Miss Tonks." He sneered at me.

"I'm sorry, but I need to get to Dumbledore." I tried to get around him, but he moved in front of me.

"I think that whatever you have to say could wait until the morning."

"Oh bugger off." I pushed him aside and began to run down the corridor again. I eventually reached his office where I thought he might be, that man never seemed to sleep.

"Fizzing Wisbees." I panted out while leaning on my knees. The gargoyle moved out of the way and I ran up the stairs that appeared behind it. Once I got in to the office it took me a minute to catch my breath, I really need to get fitter I thought to myself. Dumbledore just stared at me while I caught my breath, he didn't say anything to me.

"I need to tell you something." I finally managed to say.