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Tonks's POV
I am going to kill Sirius Black. He is not a matchmaker extraordinaire, no matter what he thinks. For example, Remus and I are perfectly happy. Sirius simply doesn't get this. He feels that we need to go on a date, in the muggle world. Remus and I were doing fine, our relationship slowly getting more romantic. Yet, Sirius wants to push it. My complaint is that if he pushes it too far, things may fall apart. And that'll be awful.
It all started when I went over to headquarters for lunch. Sirius, Remus, Molly, and Arthur were there too. It was going along great, until Sirius opened his mouth.
"Just so you two know, you're going on a date."
"What?!" I asked, choking.
"Molly and Arthur got some Muggle money for you two and you can go to a fancy schmancy Muggle restaurant."
"And what makes you think you can just force us to go on a date?" I glared at Sirius.
Sirius rolled his eyes. I glanced at Remus. His face was red like mine, but it was red with embarrassment, not anger. And what if the date did go well? I frowned, not sure that I wanted to take the risks. Molly smiled and stood up.
"Come on Tonks, I'll help you pick out a nice outfit," she said. I nodded.
The rest of the afternoon was spent with Molly at my flat while she tried to find an outfit for me. I was so nervous that I really wasn't any help. Finally, Molly picked out this really cute outfit. It was a skirt that was blue, yet it was all shimmery and looked like a kaleidoscope with mostly blue. Molly also picked out a white sweater with spots of blue around the edges of it. The sweater was long-sleeved and v-necked. The shoes were simple white sandals. It was cute and fancy.
"Wow, thanks Molly!"
"You're welcome, dear," Molly said fondly. "Now, what should your hair look like? I was thing going natural."
"No." I said. I sighed, "my real hair is just awful. I'll go with long curly brown hair though."
"Alright, Tonks, dear." said Molly, as I changed my hair. I kept my natural face and eyes though.
Soon I was all ready to go. I met Remus outside of headquarters, and we walked to the Muggle restaurant.
"Sooooo" I said, searching for words.
Remus smiled. We sat down at a table and ordered some water.
"Why do they want us together so much?" yes, that was the first thing out of my mouth. If I was Remus, I would dump me right then for being lousy, but Remus isn't like that.
"You know why," he said, smiling.
Yes, I do know why. There really isn't any good love story here in the middle of a war, or at least close to the beginning of one. It's nice to see two close friends falling in love.
It was less awkward then I'd thought it was going to be. I had some really nice pasta.
"Hey, I got to go to the bathroom." I stood up and left Remus behind, chuckling at my sophisticated exit. I got back and glanced at the time. It was getting really late, and we were finished our dinner. "Are you going to let me have dessert?"
"Depends on if there's chocolate in it," Remus joked. So we split a slice of chocolate cake. We continued the small chat through dessert, talking about our families. We paid the bill, and by we I mean Remus, and left. Sure enough, it started to rain.
"Great, this is just great," I muttered, annoyed at the sky. My hair was plastered to my face and neck, and my sweater was soaked.
Remus took of his jacket and put it on me. He walked with me all the way to my flat. I smiled. "Thanks."
He shrugged. "I had fun." Lightning crackled in the distance. It was pouring now. We were just about to kiss when thunder boomed right above us. We both jumped back in shock. Remus chuckled.
"Night Nymphadora."
"You know, you should really stop calling me that. Proudfoot called me that one day and I hexed him. I got into a lot of trouble, yet my reputation holds on."
Remus smiled and left.
I sighed and walked into my flat and closed the door. I got changed into warm pajamas, but I just dried out Remus's coat by magic. It smelled like him. As I fell asleep, I couldn't help but think that Sirius was right after all. We just needed a push.