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Chapter 12 Give me a Chance
"Everything went find last night?" Kingsley asked Remus and Tonks the next day. Tonks and Remus just stared at each other for a moment, not knowing who was going to answer Kingsley's question.
Nothing magically relevant happened with the rest of their patrol last night, and both Remus and Tonks promised not to talk about what happened with the muggle attack with the others.
"Just got the opportunity for sightseeing. Nothing happened in Birmingham. Quite boring actually." Remus finally responded.
"Moody will probably send you to a playground next week, or somewhere else random. He isn't going to be satisfied until every atom on this planet is checked." Kingsley insinuated.
"Maybe we should get Dumbledore opinion on the matter?" Mundungus suggested, "I need a break."
"Please do talk to him!" Sirius said sarcastically, "Because I am doing a lot of extra work around here and I just think I need a night off. You guys couldn't imagine the stress I endure daily."
"And might I ask you how long it took you to think up that comment?" Snape walked into the room.
"Don't take too much from it… besides I wasn't talking to you." Sirius sneered.
"I am glad you are able to laugh and joke, while others are putting their life on the line." Snape accentuated.
"You guys are putting your life on the line? I had no idea." Sirius went back to his sarcastic tone.
While Sirius and Snape continued to argue, Remus noticed Tonks slowly getting up from the table, and quietly headed out of the room. He felt the natural urge to follow her. He waited a few more moments so that the others would not think he was going after Tonks.
The moment the basement's door closed, Remus found himself lightly running to catch up for her. As he went to the ground floor, he heard Mrs. Black's portrait yelling, "Filthy product of a BETRAYAL to MY family!" He had feared that Tonks might have left without saying goodbye, but then he heard the floor creep above him.
When Remus had finally reached upstairs, he saw that the light was on in the drawing room. When he popped his head, he saw Tonks was staring at the Black's family tapestry.
"You okay, Tonks?" Remus said closing the door behind him.
"Yeah, I am… I appreciate you not telling them what happened last night."
"No problem." He walked up next to her and lightly brushed the hair from her face, but when she turned to look at him, he immediately flinched his hand away, "Sorry." He didn't know what made him do that.
She let out a nervous laugh, "I think about them a lot now a days."
"Who?" Remus raised an eyebrow.
"My mum and dad," she said pointing the scorched part of the wall. "Silly isn't it. These people haven't ever lays eyes on me, and yet they see me as filthy product."
"You shouldn't take too much from a portrait."
"Yeah, but my mum fell in love with someone knowing that she would lose her entire family…This pure-blood mania stole her family from her, they stole it from me. I don't know half these people on this wall. Did you know that I never spoken to Sirius before he went to jail. I didn't really quite understood what was happening when he went to jail… And he barely speaks to me now. There's no connection, not in a family kind of way."
"I think it hard for Sirius to trust people again, especially family." Remus said empathetically.
"But, all-in-all, I don't think me mum regrets her decision, choosing my dad. I don't think she could get quite happier. Choosing someone she loved despite the fact that he isn't perfect... He still doesn't know how to pick his socks up from the ground."
Remus knew that Tonks had learned so much from her mother's choices. It may have been possible that someone could truly love someone despite the fact he wasn't pureblood, but instead muggle-born. Maybe Tonks too had the ability to overlook Remus's flaws.
"So I just realize," Tonks broke the silence, "That I never properly thanked you for saving my life last night."
"You don't have to." Remus insisted.
"No, I know the perfect way to thank you." Tonks put on a mischievous smile, "I am going to give the opportunity to take me out?"
"Out?" Remus mumbled.
"Go steady? Or on date? Or how ever the kids are saying it now a days?"
Remus was awe-struck.
"Nothing too serious, just give me a chance?" she leaned in and kissed him on his cheek, "Please Remus?"
