A/N: hi again, i changed Sirius and Tonks birthdays since Tonks was born in may and Sirius in november (so, not close at all), i hope you guys dont mind :)

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The weeks started to pass quickly and everything was relatively calm. Hermione created a certain routine: she ate her meals in the kitchen with everyone, talked to the girls or played explosive snap with Harry and Ron to compensate the time they've been apart but without a doubt, her favourite moment of the day was her daily visit to the library. Sirius was a constant presence there and they made a good pair, on some days they just sat in silence reading their respective books by the fireplace, on others they talked about nothing or everything until it was very difficult to keep their eyes open and each one went to bed, occasionally Remus would join them but most days it was just the two of them. In the beginning, was hard for her to let go her embarrassment for the previous incident but with time she stopped worry and just started to enjoy his company, it was the first time she actually talked to him without anyone around and she was delighted to find out that his sense of humour and sharp words matched perfectly with her sarcasm.
"You have a very filthy mouth do you know that?" he replied after she cursed and tossed her head back laughing at one of his jokes
"No I don't"
"Yes, you do and I love it" she felt her heart stop at his words and she felt like three thousand butterflies were flying in her belly and realized just at that moment how close they were, Sirius also seemed to notice and moved away a little. She looked at the clock in the walls and let a gasp of surprised come out
"How is half-past three already?" she exclaimed "- Well, I'm head down to the kitchen to make some tea and then go to bed"
"Mind if I join you?" he asked her
"Of course not"

They were in the kitchen waiting for the water boil to make the tea when a pink figure running enter the kitchen.
"Tonks, what are you doing here?" Hermione asked
"Couldn't sleep and decided to make some tea, what about you guys?" she asked looking suspicious
"Pretty much the same" Hermione replied and looked at Sirius who was frowning as he looked Tonks from head to toe
"Is that Remus shirt?" he asked suddenly after a few moments of silence and the woman froze before answered
"No, it isn't" but when Hermione paid attention to the shirt Tonks was wearing she realised that indeed Remus was wearing that same shirt early that day
"You sure?" he asked again with a smile
"Yes Sirius, I'm sure, why on earth I would be with Remus shirt half-past three in the morning?"
"I don't know, you tell me" he shrugged and leaned against the back of the chair
"I have no answer since this is not Remus shirt but I'm very interested in what are you both doing here so late"
"We're waiting for the tea" he smiled
"And there it is," Hermione said giving a cup of tea to Tonks and turned her head to Sirius just in time to see the amused smile he gave Tonks while saying
"Do you mind stopping by Remus room to give him a cup of tea as well cousin? I'm sure he's awake and would like tea"
"Not at all" she replied with a sarcastic smile, Hermione served one more cup of tea to Tonks and when the woman disappeared behind the kitchen door she turned to Sirius
"That was definitely Remus shirt," she said to him smiling
"Oh, I have no doubt of that" he replied laughing

The next day Hermione woke up later than she usually did and when she arrived in the kitchen, everybody was already there in their usual places – expect from Tonks that choose to sit next to Remus – and Hermione saw that there was an empty space next to Sirius. She met his gaze and couldn't help but chuckle
"We've been waiting for you love," he said to her pointing to the chair next to him
"So, I was thinking," Tonks suddenly said once she was seated "since my and Sirius birthday are coming I thought we could organize a little party"
"That would be amazing" Ginny replied with a giant smile followed by Luna "- Do you have a theme in mind?"
"I do actually, I was thinking about 'gala' what everybody things?"
"Like long dresses and Tuxedo?" Remus asked
"Well, yes, I think it's going to be a bit of a change since we've been doing almost the same thing every day for more than a month"
"I think this is a very good idea actually," Molly said joining the conversation "I can make the cake and the food, the boys can responsible for the cleaning in the ballroom and everyone can help with the decoration"
"Why do we have to stay with the cleaning? It's the hardest part" Ron replied gaining a slap on the shoulder from Luna and a sharp look from Molly " Never mind"
"I love the idea but how about the dresses and tuxedos?" Hermione asked Tonks
"What about them?"
"Well… It's not like we have it in our trunks and we can't go outside to buy them"
"Don't need to worry is the easiest part, I'm very good at clothes transfiguration," Tonks said winking at her "believe me, you're already beautiful, but once you're wearing the dress i'm gonna make and Ginny had put her makeup habilities on you, you'll be deadly beautiful"
'and I'll be dead' Sirius thought and immediately shooked his head, frightened by the nature of the thought.

A/N: I promise that exciting things are going to start happening in following chapters, please let me know what are you thinking, ideas of what you wants to see are always welcome :)