My comment at the end explains the length of this chapter: sorry it's so short!

Harry and Tonks: a love story chapter 25

"Hermione, I, we, erm, Harry?" Dora says, ratting me out for being here – thanks a lot Dora! I stand up, wave my wand and voila, I appear before Dora and Hermione – the latter who's eyes bulge at the sight of me. Whoo – now I get to have the interrogation from Hermione about what we've been doing, how long and why we didn't tell her.

"Harry," Hermione begins, "Harry what is going on? I mean, it's obvious what is going on, but for how long and why didn't you tell me about Tonks?" by the end, her voice breaking from the hurt of being left out.

I walk over to comfort her; she doesn't move a muscle so I wrap my arms around her in a huge bear hug, wanting her to relax. Into her ear, I whisper:

"Hermione I'm sorry I didn't tell you: I had actually planned to tell you this evening: you were already halfway there to knowing what was going on, I was just going to say who with tonight. Can it wait an hour and I'll sit down with you and tell you everything?"

She nods her head and says (as we separate from our hug):

"You better. Oh, and I won't tell Ron – I sort of guess you don't want him knowing?" – yes she is a MIND reader: she recognizes that I don't want him to know!

"That'd be great, to keep it a secret between us. See you soon!" I reply with a smile, as she walks back towards the castle, turning and waving often, until she reaches the first signs of people and then it would be conspicuous, but mainly it would be weird!

Dora comes over – I'd half forgotten about her, and I wrap my arm around her waist however she says (in a rather snotty and annoyed voice):

"I was perfectly willing to help you explain to Hermione what we were doing and all that but you didn't want me to; instead to arrange to tell her later when I am not around: don't you understand that I was here for moral support to tell her?"

Why has Dora gone like this? We've had a brilliant day so far and now she's going to spoil it. And now she is carrying on: I don't know how to interrupt her and present my case.

"And what more, you don't arrange to talk to her this evening, oh no, you decide to go and talk to her at 2pm, meaning that we'll have had practically no time together, but as long as you can be with your friends!"

Now that is enough. She's now accusing me of caring more for Hermione than I do for her? How ridiculous is that? I write to her constantly, I forgave her about the blackmailing thing, I love her, I visit her often (she visits me but completely not the point) and now she is saying that I don't have enough feelings for her: how many more does she want, the entire worlds?

"Dora, listen to me, I love you. Not anyone else in the way that I love you: it's unique and honestly, to accuse me of caring for my best friend more than you is complete utter bullshit! Preparing for today took me 4 hours because I didn't want to disappoint you, and that was just the clothes! Then there was all the food and everything: not just today have I shown I love you: the letters, the way I forgave you after the blackmail (she flinches at this point) and just how I love you ought to show you it!"

"Well Harry, you have a funny way of showing it: you never hugged me like that. Anyway, I ought to be getting back," she replies, anger the dominant emotion in her voice. With this, she grabs her bag, disillusions herself and (I presume) walks off, leaving me standing here like a wet potato: the picnic blanket and food unwelcome reminders.

After I vanished the food away, I came straight back to the Common Room to talk to Hermione, so here I am sitting, waiting with only 5 minutes to go. I should write to Dora but right now, the way she left things – after kicking off about nothing – makes me not want to talk to her.

I know, as I am sitting here now, that somewhere in the country, Dora is marching around looking (and feeling) angry: but there is nothing I can do. I will just never know she is in such danger…..

Tonk's temper tantrum may have came out of nowhere to you, but I wrote it in: seemed to fit with how I wanted her to leave and for the next chapter!

I have to say, writing this story has become a lot harder to write: I have no idea where to take this story now. This chapter has been the hardest to write, and I'm completely stuck!

Also, what do you think of an entire chapter in Tonk's perspective?

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Vicky xx