Harry and Hermione listened carefully as Remus and Tonks walked back into the tent. They seemed to be happy so, so far, so good. Still, they couldn't wait to see what happened.
"Well?" Harry asked as he walked out of his room. Both adults looked over to him before Remus crossed his arms.
"I thought I said that I didn't want to see any spies out of their room" he said.
"But Remus-"
"Harry. Go"
"Can I at least know if you have been yucky and kissed?"
Chuckling, he nodded. He wouldn't call it yucky but his foster son was only eleven and still had a lot to learn about liking girls.
"Yes! Operation: Get the Love Birds Together was a sucess!" he grinned.
"Harry, your room"
"Okay, okay. Just one more thing" he said and took Remus' little nod as an alright. "Are we in trouble?" he asked.
"Come back out in a few hours and I'll deside"
"But-" he protested. He quickly stopped though when he saw his expression. "Nevermind" he said instead before running back into his room.
"They're not really in trouble are they?" Tonks asked.
"Of course not. I just like the peace and quiet" he explained amusedly.
"That's cruel" she smiled. She did agree with him though. There were times that Harry and even Hermione were a lot more then just handfuls. Still, she wouldn't have them any other way.
"Would you rather two young children running around right now?" he questioned as he rose his brow.
Meanwhile, Harry and Hermione planned in their room.
"We got them together" Harry shrugged.
"Yes but we still aren't a family" Hermione pointed out which just confused him. sighing, she thought of how she could explain it to a boy. "What makes a family?" she asked.
"A mum, a dad, a child..."
"Exactly, and what are the mum and dad?"
Harry grinned when he realized where she was going with this. "Married, of course" he said as he wondered how he didn't think of it before.
"Yes" she smiled.
"So phase one was to get them together which was a sucess, now we need to get them married" he said while he thought. They couldn't make them get married but they could give them a little push. The only problem was, who could they do that.
"They have plenty of chances to be alone while we are at school" she said.
"Okay so that can help them get closer" he nodded. "I heard that the first date is supose to be important" he added.
"A first date? how about a picnic?" she suggested.
Over the next hour, they planned together for Remus' and Tonks' first date. Ideas were shared like, flowes, birds, music and anything else hey could think of. However, they quickly stopped when they heard Tonks walk to them.
"Hi Tonks" Hermione smiled.
"Are we in trouble?" Harry asked.
"Your not in trouble."
"Brilliant" he grinned as he stood up.
"Come on, Remus is attempting to make smores" Tonks said, stressing the word 'attempted'.
Both children followed her outside and saw Remus with four sticks and a packet of marshmellows. "Stupid! ow!" he winced when he pricked himself again. The three of them laughed which made him look back at them. "I would like to see one of you try and do this" he chuckled.
Grinning, Harry and Hermione sat at the camp fire and put he marshmellows on the end of their sticks with ease before looking back, smugly at Remus who looked like he was about to put a curse on the marshmellows.
"It's easy" Harry gloated, laughing slightly as he watched the man struggling.
"Remus, muggles" Tonks said quietly when she saw him going for his wand.
He looked up and indeed, saw a family of muggles walking passed them, towards their own tents. Nodding, he went back to putting the sticky marshmellow back on the stick. However, he stopped when Tonks kissed his cheek.
Harry and Hermione on the other hand, were trying not to gag.
"You sure, it's a good thing they're a couple, Mione?"
"Not sure."
"I need a walk" Harry said when he saw the goo goo eyes they were making with each other. This would be the perfect 'alone time' they needed. He motioned for his sister to follow.
"Me too" she said and stood up.
"Don't go too far" Remus said.
"We wont" she smiled and followed Harry through the trees. Together, they looked for somewhere they could use for the beggining of phase two.
"How about around here?" Hermione suggested when she saw pretty flowers but Harry shook his head.
"Too many ants" he said, pointing to an ant hill before they continued walking. After a few minutes, they came across a clearing that looked perfect. There was wild life but, it was only birds in the trees. The grass wasnt too long either which meant that they could have a picnic.
"We will need to get up early tomorrow to put everything together" he said as she looked around, hoping that they would remember where this place was.
"Please, not as early this time" Hermione muttered. She hated to be awake before the sun was.
"It will be worth it" he promised before heading back. She just nodded and followed him, dreading being woken up the next day.
...
"Hermione!" Harry called in a hushed tone.
"Go away!" she muttered, swatting at him before turning in her bed.
"You need to get up"
"No!"
Rolling his eyes, he pulled her out of bed and headed towards the bags in the other room.
Still half asleep, Hermione followed him reluctantly once she was dressed.
"I thought that we could make sandwiches" he said while he took out the bread and put it on the table.
She merely nodded, too tired to talk yet as she took the butter and other things from the bag that had a cooling charm on it. They made the food and took out a few of the smaller cakes before wrapping them up and putting them back in the bag.
"Is there any candles?" she yawned when she finally found her voice. She sat at the table and rubbed her eyes while Harry went to check. Tonks and Remus had better apreciate this otherwise, they were going to be at the recieving end of a hissy fit from a sleep deprived Hermione.
"I have a few" she heard him say. She looked up and saw a lot in his arms.
"A few?"
"Fine. I got as many as I could carry" he said while he sat down opposite her and put the small candles on the table."How are we going to get them to go outside tonight?" he asked.
"We could 'go missing' but I don't want to worry them so maybe we could just leave them a note or lead them there ourselves" she suggested. They both stopped talking and pretended to be just looking at the candles when hey heard footsteps.
"You two are up early" Remus commented as he walked over to them.
"Couldn't sleep" Harry said.
"Planning for a blackout?"
"Huh?"
"The candles" he said and motioned to the table.
"I Just wanted to see what makes them light" Hermione said as she observed one of them. It looked like Remus had actually believed her before he went out the tent.
"Hey, how come he believes anything you say?" Harry whispered.
"Because, unlike you, I earn his trust"
"How can I earn his trust?"
"Behave for more then a week, probably"
"Too much work, I'll just let you explain things to him" he said as she rolled her eyes.
...
The day had gone by in a blur as Harry and Hermione avoided talking at all costs. They didn't want to say or do anything that could make Remus or Tonks suspicious. They spent most of the day outside and were both grinning when it started to get dark outside. Quietly, they snuck into he tent and grabbed the bag they had put everything in and made their way to the clearing.
"Are you sure your going the right way?" Hermione asked for the third time. She was sure they were going in circles.
"I know where it is" Harry said before they found the clearing. "Told you" he said smugly as he put the bag down.
Hermione chose not to say anything. They both knew that he had gotten lost at least five times but she didn't want to argue right now. She took the sheet out of the bag and spread it out on the grass while he took everything out of the bag.
"I can just see you burning yourself" she said as she watched him take out a muggle lighter they found.
"I'm not. See" he said while he lit the candles that they had spread around the sheet.
Nodding, she set the food out and walked back to the end of the clearing. It looked peaceful and kind of romantic which was what they wanted. All they needed to do now was bring them here.
They went back to the tent and saw them talking. "Remus, Tonks! I saw something brilliant! you need to come see it!" Hermione said excitedly as she tried to pull them out of the tent.
"Okay" Remus chuckled and followed her while he wondered what could have been so exciting. Knowing Hermione, it might have been an animal. He thought he was right when she led them to a clearing. However, he didn't expect to see a picnic. "Hermione?" he questioned.
"It's your first date" she smiled before running away.
"How cute" Tonks smiled as she walked over to the sheet and kneeled down.
"Maybe we should-"
"Remus, just enjoy it" she said as she rolled her eyes. She smiled when he sat down next to her and looked over everything.
"They must have put a lot of thought into this" he said amusedly. He inwardly admired the fact they were sneaky enough that they were not caught doing this. He looked over at Tonks and chuckled when he saw the small cake she was holding up to his mouth. She had a twinkle in her eye as she grinned.
Hermione ran over to where Harry was hiding before looking over to the picnic sight. "Targets are in place" she whispered.
"Cue birds" Harry grinned while he walked to one of the trees and began climbing it. Once he was close to the top, he shook one of the branches which caused colourful birds to fly right passed Tonks and Remus.
"oh! look!" Tonks smiled when she saw them. Remus looked up and saw the birds that were most likely more then just a coincidence.
"I think the little spies are around here" he said before quickly looking around.
"Maybe" she said and smiled when she heard two children running back towards the tent.
"Alone at last" he chuckled and pretended to growl.
"Remus" Tonks laughed as he pulled her closer to him.
...
Harry walked to his room as he grinned. The plan was a success.
"They better be enjoying that picnic, I'm tired" Hermione complained while she climbed up to her bed.
"They are probably going to ruin it by kissing" he gagged.
"I think that's a good thing"
"Whatever, night Hermione"
"Night."