Hey! I said I was going to be back soon right!?

Disclaimer: I don't own Carmilla or Harry Potter, just my own dumb brain.

Tonks arrived twenty minutes or so before she was supposed to be meeting Hermione giving her time to make the place tidier for them. She started by using various cleaning spells to get rid of cobwebs and dust, recreating the teenage hangout of her time at Hogwarts. There was a sofa that she and Carmilla had recovered in Carmilla's second year, the small pile of crappy but comfy as hell beanbags that Lafontaine had managed to smuggle from home in their third year and a chest with a few essentials.

Tonks opened the chest pulling out the old radio they would use to listen to both wizarding and muggle music, she remembered so many nights when she'd get blind drunk and sing terrible old rock duets with Lafontaine while Carmilla laughed and threatened to leave. She'd had some of the best times of her life in this creepy shack, the most haunted building in Britain had done her good and was about to do her some more good.

She set the radio to play on a soft rock muggle channel she was fond of while she went about finishing her set up. The Auror opened the bag she dumped on the floor upon her arrival and placed a large bottle of pumpkin juice, two glasses and four bottles of Butterbeer on the coffee table in the center of the room.

Music? Check.

Drinks? Check.

Dust gone? Check.

Her last finishing touch was to take a large jar from her bag and capture a flame that erupted forth from her wand, placing it upon the table to light and warm the place.

Perfect.

There she was, sat on a two-seater sofa with her eyes closed and head laid on the back, listening to the song that was playing. She looked beautiful, her pink hair sprawled over the back of the couch as she waited for the younger witch to join her. The Gryffindor stayed stood in the doorway for a few minutes, just wanting to take in the beautiful sight of her girlfriend looking so serene.

"You know you could join me" Tonks chuckled, opening her eyes and looking towards the doorway where her girlfriend stood.

"How did you know I was here?" The brunette asked curiously, going to sit on the sofa beside Tonks.

The older witch chuckled, pulling Hermione in closer to her and wrapping her arms around her, "I'm an Auror, I can literally hear a pin drop."

Hermione chuckled along with her and let out a content sigh. This is what she'd been missing out on, time like this when they'd be sat on Tonks's bed in Grimmauld Place either curled together or with Tonks doing paperwork and Hermione reading. She'd just missed her.

Tonks felt the same way, going to sleep had become difficult since her pillow didn't smell like Hermione anymore. She wasn't about to fully admit that though, she still had her reputation as a big dangerous Auror to hold up. Who was she kidding, she was a massive puppy and everyone who got to know her knew that.

"So how was your meeting?" Tonks asked, pressing a kiss to the side of the younger witches head.

"It went really well actually" Hermione grinned as she replied, "Harry's agreed to teach us practical Defence against the Dark Arts and there's about fifteen of us already signed up and waiting to go."

"That's amazing, I'm so proud of you and Ginny for coming up with that plan."

Hermione beamed at her girlfriend's words, she knew that they'd come up with a great plan but to hear it praised by not only her girlfriend but an Auror was comforting. They would need to work hard and boy was she looking forward to it, she had to admit that breaking the rules was kind of thrilling in a way she hadn't really thought of before, but for now, it was time to relax and soak up as much time with Tonks as she could get.

"So 'Mione, fancy a drink?" Tonks winked passing her a bottle of Butterbeer.

"Yes! Finally" Lafontaine whooped turning to high-five Laura.

"That's amazing" Laura honestly told her friend accepting the high-five, "I can't wait to force Carm to watch old T.V shows with me."

"I'm excited for horror movie nights, Perry should be getting a few days off in a row coming up so we totally need to binge watch some stuff."

Laura could barely contain her excitement, Lafontaine had been trying to get a T.V set up for over a month now but kept running into problems. They had put it down to the lack of power sources in wizarding, especially old wizarding, households; they were slowly fixing that though.

The other reason Laura was excited was that she was going to surprise Carmilla by meeting her after work and taking her out for dinner. She had the plan for the night set out in her mind, first they'd go to dinner, then maybe ice cream and finishing up by watching a muggle movie in the library of Grimmauld Place. She couldn't get too ahead of herself though, she still had three hours to wait until Carmilla finished work.

She had things she could do to pass the time, she could start her next article, do some research, go through some of the Order files that needed to be sorted or she could start re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Lafontaine. Yeah, the last one was winning.

Carmilla was sat in her usual spot on the stool behind the counter making her way through another book, this time it was a new release from a Witch who'd been researching magical creatures of the Arctic. It was an interesting read one that the raven haired witch found herself getting quite lost in, so lost that she hadn't realized her girlfriend had entered the shop until she was almost at the counter.

The former Ravenclaw placed her book to the side and grinned at the tiny blonde. She hadn't been expecting a visit from the former Gryffindor today but anytime she could see Laura was time she lived for.

"Hey cupcake" she beamed "what are you doing here?"

"I mean I can leave if you'd rather" she told her jokingly, making the other witch roll her eyes.

"You know that's not what I meant cutie, what's up?"

"I got my first Quibbler paycheck" Laura practically squealed with excitement, "so I'm taking you out to dinner to celebrate and there's even a surprise fixed up back at the house courtesy of Laf."

"I am so proud of you" Carmilla told her walking around the counter to hug her girlfriend, "so what's this surprise you have for me?" she asked raising her eyebrow.

"I'm not telling you" Laura replied teasingly.

Their time together so far today had been amazing, they'd chatted for ages leading Tonks to eventually pull out a deck of muggle playing cards and challenge Hermione to a game of Poker. The two played for the best part of an hour but the game ended after Tonks lost five straight hands and decided the best course of action was to pick Hermione up and refuse to put her down.

But now things had calmed down and heated up all at once. The pair had ended up on the couch after Tonks had eventually put Hermione down and had very quickly become entangled. Tonks was on top of her girlfriend while they kissed passionately, Hermione clung to the older witch leaving very little space for either of them to move, not that they'd want to. Lips moved together furiously, hands travelled under the hems of shirts, hips ground together, the air was electric around the two witches.

Hermione reached for Tonks's belt causing the Auror to moan into the Gryffindor's mouth. It took all of the older witch's strength to pull back from her girlfriend so she could look into her eyes, Tonks was certain she'd never seen such a beautiful sight in all her life.

"Wait love" she breathlessly managed to get her words out as Hermione grinned at the pet name, "are you sure? Because we don't have to and just being with you is amazing, I wouldn't want you to feel forced or anythi-" the Auror's ramblings were cut off by a sweet peck to her lips.

"I'm sure" Hermione told her with honest eyes "I really like you Nym" she wasn't quite ready to tell her she loved her just yet but oh boy was she getting there.

Tonks just stared lovingly into her eyes, this girl would be it for her, she was almost certain of that. She softly traced the frizzy haired girl's cheek with her fingertips rewarding her with a shiver from the object of her affections.

"Just say the word and we'll stop" she told her leaving a sweet peck on her cheek.

Hermione had a nervous excitement running through her veins, the anticipation was killing her, she pulled the older witch back down to her allowing them to pick back up where they left off. Their lips were moving in sync once again but this time slower letting them savour the moment, Hermione's hand made their way up Tonks's shirt. The older witch moved, quickly removing her shirt and throwing it away from the sofa giving Hermione more room to feel her way around. It wasn't the first time she'd been shirtless in front of her girlfriend though this time felt far more intimate than before.

Leaning in to connect their lips again the Auror got a shock when her girlfriend squealed and knocked her off the sofa. A silvery fox had come prancing through the window and opened its mouth speaking in Lafontaine's voice.

"Hey Tonks, really sorry to interrupt, home you're not doing anything I wouldn't do" the patronus laughed "anyway you got a letter from work, it looked important so I opened it and they want you there as soon as" the fox told them before disappearing.

Tonks groaned letting her head fall back against the wooden floor, this was just fucking great.