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A/N I know some of you think there is no plot to this story but there is. Kind of. I'm planning to make a sequel to this once I've got it finished, this story is really a run up to that fic.

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Tonks smiled to herself, sniffing the fresh December air. It was snowing and that made it smell all the better. She'd always loved the smell of snow, though she knew better than to mention this to anyone... again. Last time she did Charlie laughed at her, and told her she was mental, nobody could smell snow, and though she didn't say it at the time she was certain snow had a certain aroma. One that she, of course, couldn't describe better than, 'it smells like... snow!', which certainly didn't help her case any at the time.

Spinning around in circles and watching her feet, Tonks became mesmerised by the patterns she was making in the snow. Mesmerised enough not to notice she was making herself dizzy. By the time she did realize it had been too late. Her foot had cought on the small rock and she lost her balance. Tonks was about to get up and dust herself off, glad to have fallen in snow and not mud when something caught her eye. Or rather, someone.

She watched him from her position on the ground. He was standing at the edge of the frozen lake seemingly day dreaming. Tonks sighed to herself. He'd be leaving tomorrow for the Christmas holidays, and she'd be stuck in school with Charlie. Not that she minded Charlie, but she'd grown quite accustomed to Remus Lupin's quiet good mornings and discrete hand holding over the last couple of months. Now that she was facing Christmas without him, it really didn't seem much like Christmas at all. How did she do this before he had walked into her life?

She sighed again at the thought of not only spending Christmas without him, but also without her mum and dad too. She missed them enough as it was. Tonks just couldn't imagine a Christmas without them.

Well she'd be a fool to let her last day with him go to waste. She scooped up a generous amount of snow and stood up. She drew her hand back and prepared to throw it, only having second thoughts moments after it was too late. She watched the ball of dripping ice fly through the air and land squarely on the back of his head. Her eyes widened at the thought of what she'd just done. She saw him turn his head to get a look at her and couldn't help the grin that spread wide across her face when she saw the look he gave her. It simply said, 'if you knew what was good for you, you'd run.'

And run she did.

Unfortunately running in snow was not one of Tonks' talents. With all her slipping and sliding she wasn't surprised to find that he'd caught up with her without much effort on his part. But even though she knew he would most definitely catch up with her, and even though she knew she'd pay for throwing that snowball, she was not expecting the handful of freezing snow to find its way down the back of her top.

She squeeled and turned around to face him, hopping up and down as she did so, hoping, willing, praying for it to come out at the bottom of her shirt, but only succeeding in moving the snow faster down her back. She looked on as Remus doubled over in laughter at her actions.

She stopped jumping around and bent down to scoop up another handful of snow, once more feeling a coldness, that could only be snow, only this time on the back of her neck. She straightened up, still clutching her latest snowball and looked at Remus. His hand was also once again filled with snow. She threw it at him, this time watching as it flew straight over his head and set off in a run once more giggling as his snowball missed her by inches.

Tonks kept running, until she felt the ground beneath her palms once more, though she was sure this time she hadn't tripped over anything. She turned over on the bed of snow to find Remus above her, was this his doing? He was smirking. She breathed out in a puff of cloudy air, "Did you just trip me?"

"More like tackled you." He told her, in a slightly breathless voice.

"Mind telling me why?" She asked in a voice laced with obviously fake annoyance. She couldn't bring herself to even try make it believable if it brought her this close to him.

"Because this way, it's easier to give you your punishment." He was wearing a sly grin.

Tonks raised an eyebrow and smiled back, "Punishment you say?"

"Yes punishment." He confirmed.

"And what's my crime?"

"Oh you know your crime." He said in a slightly husky voice. He bent his head to her neck and began placing light kisses along the column of her throat. Tonks felt her breath quicken.

She moaned quietly, "If this is your punisment for a snowball, next time I'll throw a rock."

Remus laughed and moved his head to look her in the eye. "This, is not snowball punishment." He said slowly.

Tonks furrowed her brow, "It's not?"

Remus shook his head, "No the snow down you back was snowball punishment." He told her. "This is for never picking a good time or place to start something that never can possibly get finished because we are always interrupted. Its my turn to get you all hot and bothered." He growled playfully bending his head once more to capture her lips before she could reply. She moved her lips in time with his only granting him access to her mouth when she felt his tongue trace her lips.

Tonks moved her head away, breaking the kiss, after a few moments. He moved his head to the side of her jaw line. "Remus..." She bit her lip and closed her eyes, willing herself to finish her sentence.

"Mmmm.."

"Remus...s..s..s" Damn that magnificent mouth!

He moved his efforts once again to her neck. "Yes?"

"Stop." She croaked, trying to get her breathing under control.

"Why?" He asked resting his head on her cheast.

"Because my arse is numb."

Remus laughed and helped her off the ground. Placing his hand on her snow covered backside he guided her into the castle only moving his hand up to her back when it became necessary.

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Tonks woke before her magical alarm clock sounded the next morning, feeling thoroughly depressed. She sighed deeply and turned to find out exactly how long she had left before she had to say goodbye to Remus, Sirius, James and Peter. It was only seven. He wasn't leaving until ten.

She lightly got up from her bed and made her way, thankfully soundlessly, from the room. Nobody was up yet, though that wasn't exactly surprising for a Saturday morning. Turning from the comon room Tonks crept up the staircase leading too the dormitories. The boys dormitories. Finding the right door she slid in without tripping on anything. She smiled to herself, thankful for her new found grace and hopped up on the bed, naturally landing on top of him.

"Oomph!" His eyes darted open and she smiled sheepishly at him.

"Sorry." She whispered.

Remus rolled his eyes, biting back a smile and held the covers up for her to climb in. She smiled her gratitude and got in, snuggling into his side comfortably.

"Your leaving today." She simply stated.

"Yes."

She sighed.

"You'll still have Charlie. I'm sure you too are over due for some catch up time."

"I suppose." She sighed again. "I guess, I'm just kind of worried."

"Worried? About what?" He sounded surprised.

"Well, if I can't get through the Christmas holidays without you, how am I going to handle going back to my time? I mean, I miss you already and your not even gone yet." Her voice had taken on a slight edge of hysteria.

Remus tightened his arm around her waist and brought his other one around to lock her in place. "Shhh, we don't have to think of that right now. Lets just get through the holidays first."

Tonks was quiet for a few minuets, considering his words. "Your probably married."

"What?" Remus asked, confused.

"In the future I mean. Your probably married."

"I can't imagine marrying anyone but you." He whispered quietly.

"You say that now, but," she sighed dramatically, "eventually you'll forget all about me and move on with your stunningly gorgeous wife and have a cute little Remus Lupin and I'll be back in Hogwarts repeating my seventh year with Fat Head over there." She nodded in the direction of the sleeping Charlie, who was snoring lightly.

Remus chuckled, "Are you trying to make me feel old?"

Tonks smiled, "No, I suppose I'm just trying to say that its okay for you to move on, when I'm gone that is." She added this last part quickly. "I mean I don't expect you to wait for me for thirteen years, that would be unbelievably selfish." 'Even if it's exactly what I want.' They were both quiet for some time, until Tonks began chuckling. "Well this was depressing. I had intended to make it a happy goodbye, now look what I did."

Remus chuckled too. "We still have time to make this a happy goodbye."

She looked up at him and giggled.

His eyes widened, "I didn't mean that... suggestively... I just... meant... we should change the subject."

"Mm Hmm." She burried her face in his cheast to try stifle her giggles.

He ran a hand through her short hair grinning. "I really didn't mean it like that."

"I'm sure you didn't, but the look on your face! It was like you just caught an elephant painting its toenails!" She buried her head once again in his cheast.

"How do you come up with those comparassons?!" Remus laughed.

Tonks shrugged, "They just pop into my head."

Remus shook his head in amusement, "I love you!"

Tonks froze.

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-Katie