A/N: Thanks again for your reviews! You guys are great!

Disclaimer: Don't own them. I keep getting JK's answering machine. Hopefully she'll call back.=D

Remus woke up the next morning feeling very stiff. He opened his eyes and was almost blinded by the sunlight. He shut them quickly and put his hands on his face.

He groaned loudly and rolled over, only there wasn't anything there and he rolled right off onto the floor.

"Ow!" Remus yelled, his voice muffled by the floor, but he didn't get up.

Laughter came from the doorway and he heared footsteps come toward him and stop.

Remus opened his eyes and turned his head where he saw Tonks standing above him. She was already dressed in blue jeans, white tennis shoes, and a yellow baby-doll tee. Her hair was blonde and curly that fell just past her chin. Her eyes, he noticed, were an emerald green.

"Morning, Nymph," Remus struggled to say.

"Nice wake up call, eh Remus?" Tonks said laughing.

Remus smiled and managed to pull himself up in a sitting positon. He looked around and realized he was still in the sitting room.

"You fell asleep on the couch last night," said Tonks, noticing his eyes darting around the room. "I decided not to wake you and let you sleep."

"Thank you," said Remus. "I've been extremely tired lately. The full moon's the day after tomorrow."

"Yeah," Tonks sighed. It was quiet for a moment.

"Uh, Remus?" said Tonks. "Do you need me to help you up?"

Remus realized he was still on the floor.

"Oh, yeah," he said as Tonks stuck her hand out. He took it and she pulled him up.

"Thanks," he said. It was quiet again.

Why can't you ever think of something to say? Remus scolded himself.

"Um, Remus, can I have my hand back?" Tonks said nervously.

Remus blushed. "Oh, yeah. Sorry." He dropped it quickly. Tonks smiled.

Remus could feel the butterflies coming back.

My God, Moony, do you have to act like a 15 year-old school boy every time she smiles? he thought.

Suddenly there was a loud rumble coming from Remus' stomache. Tonks grinned again.

"A little hungry this morning, aren't we," she said poking him in the stomache.

Remus grinned and blushed. "Yeah, just a little bit."

"Do you want me to make you some breakfast?" Tonks asked, turning to go to the kitchen. Remus thought for a second.

"How about instead we go out and eat breakfast," he said. "If you want to."

Tonks turned around at the doorway and smiled.

"Ok," she said.

Remus grinned and felt his heart flutter.

Half an hour later, Remus and Tonks were sitting at a table at the Leaky Cauldron eating breakfast.

Remus wanted to start a conversation, but he didn't know what to talk about. He ended up asking Tonks about her childhood. He didn't know anything about this part of her life and was actually quite interested.

"I really don't want to talk about myself the whole time, Remus," said Tonks. Remus smiled.

"But I'm interested. Go on."

They ate their breakfast while Remus asked her questions. It surprised him by how much they were alike. She was never accepted in the Black family because she was a muggleborn, and he wasn't accepted in the wizarding world because he was a werewolf.

They continued talking and it struck Remus how easy it was to talk to her. He was never really good at carrying on conversations with women before. Even though she was clumsy and sometimes wild, he was enjoying himself.

After breakfast they decided to walk around Diagon Alley for a little bit.

As they were walking side by side, Remus felt Tonks' hand brush up against his. He so badly wanted to take it. They kept walking and he felt her hand again. It was now or never.

He swallowed as he slowly reached one of his fingers out and touched her hand. He was afraid she was going to pull back, but she didn't. He slowly gathered up the rest of her hand in his and interlaced their fingers.

He slowly let out his breath which he realized he had been holding and looked over at Tonks. She was looking down at their hands and then looked up at him. She grinned and turned facing ahead. Remus smiled as they continued walking.

After a while, Tonks started acting like she alway did. They walked by the Magical Menagerie where they saw a fluffy looking kitten in the window.

"Oh Remus, look!" squealed Tonks, dragging him over there. She tripped on a stone and Remus caught her before she fell.

Next they ran over to Quality Quidditch Supplies. Tonks was laughing and having fun as she still had a hold of his hand.
Remus had never seen her like this before. It made him happy. He started laughing along with her. They got a few stares from passerbys. It's not every day you see two full grown wizards acting like children in a school yard.

But Remus didn't care. Tonks did something to him. He loved this side of her. She was so free and relaxed and it made him feel the same way.

After a while they went over to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor to get ice cream. There, they saw Harry, Ginny, Ron, and Hermione sitting at one of the tables outside eating ice cream.

"Hi you guys!" said Tonks happily.

"Hey!" they said looking up at them.

Remus noticed the strange looks on their faces. They were looking at him and Tonks in surprise. That's when he realized they were still holding hands.

"So," said Ron grinning, "what are you two doing here.....together?"

Harry tried to hold back his laughter. Ginny hit him on the arm.

"Stop it," she whispered.

"Well, we ate breakfast at the Leaky Cauldron and then decided to walk around Diagon Alley for a bit," said Tonks. "We were just getting some ice cream now."

"That's nice," said Hermione smiling. Ron sniggered, making Hermione kick him from under the table.

Ginny looked as if she senced something so she said, "Well, we really need to be going. It was nice seeing you two." They stood up.

"You guys don't have to go," said Remus.

"It's alright," said Ron smiling. "We'll leave you two alone!"

"Yeah, see you later, professor!" said Harry grinning.

They waved good-bye and disappeared into the crowd.

Remus and Tonks got their ice cream and sat down at the table that Harry and them had sat at. They ate silently for a few minutes until Tonks spoke up.

"Did you see Harry and Ron when we walked up? They almost died of trying not to laugh." She smiled and shook her head. "Boys can be so immature."

Remus smiled slightly.

"Hey Nymph?" he said.

"Hm?"

"What's going on with us?"

"What do you mean, Remus?" she asked looking up at him.

"I mean, what is it between us? We were holding hands a while ago and last night, we kissed. What's going on?"

Tonks sighed.

"Remus, I need to tell you something that I've been wanting to tell you for a long time."

She hesitated and looked down.

"Ok. What is it?" He could tell, whatever it was, was hard for her to say.

"Well," said Tonks looking back up at him, "ever since you and I first met back in the Order, I've, uh, sort of had a little crush on you."

She turned red quickly and looked away.

Remus' heart jumped. He couldn't believe what he just heard. She liked him! Him! Remus tried to speak but Tonks wasn't through talking.

"I never told anyone because I thought they would disapprove. You know, since you're so much older than me. But I never stopped thinking of you and when you invited me over last night, I thought it was too good to be true."

She looked up at him and met his eyes.

"You're such an amazing person, Remus, you really are. It's so hard to find a guy who cares for other people like you do. Who's intelligent, who's-"

"Nymph," Remus cut her off. She stopped talking and stared at him. "I need to tell you something too. I feel the same way about you."

Tonks' eyes widened in shock. "What?"

Remus nodded his head. "It's true. I thought about you a lot after the war. And yesterday at Harry's party when I got up quickly from the table, that was because when you touched me, I couldn't bare it. I like you so much, Nymph. When you're with me, I'm free and careless."

He reached over and grabbed her hand.

"I need you Nymph. I need you like I need water, or like I need to breathe. I-I think I'm in love with you." Remus finished and Tonks sat there speechless.

It was quiet for a moment. Neither one of them knew what else to say.

Then Tonks stood up and pulled Remus out of his seat. She put her hands on his shoulders and looked into his eyes.

"Remus Lupin, I am so in love with you."

And with that she leaned in and pulled him forward, closer to her, until their lips touched.

Remus wrapped his arms around her small waist and pulled her tightly to him, deepening the kiss. She tasted so sweet.

They stood there kissing until Tonks pulled away.

"Remus, can we go home?"

Remus smiled and held her tighter. With a pop, they Apparated.

A/N: You know what to do!