Dodgy chapter ahead I'm afraid. May even be N-17. tuts to self I don't know why I write smut but it's so fun! Anyway, Hope the update is good(grin) I'll try and get the next one up quickly. Oh, and thankies so much for comments! It means oodles and produces quicker updates (beam)

Tonks opened the door to Remus flat with the specific charm and strolled down the hall and left into the small but cosy living room. Her joints were stiff, her eyelids heavy. Her body seemed to have absorbed much of the pain and anxiousness of Charlie over the last few hours as he strived to find out what had happened to his friend. On leaving Charlie, she had travelled from London back to the Burrow where she and the others had spent an hour trying to reach Dumbledore and explain the situation. Tonks relived the moment when they had heard that Charlie had finally contacted Drake and apparated to Romania using the specific apparition point in the centre of London. They would be home by morning and until then Tonks was determined to not worry about Charlie.

How odd it was that her heart had jolted painfully as he had told his family and her of his plans to travel back to his land? She had wondered why it had affected her so much as he gave her once last glance before dissolving in the empty streets of London. Now though, she had returned to Remus' house where she hoped for some solace. Placing her coat and bag over the chair near to the door, she walked over to the sofa and sat heavily on it, her spine relaxing to the shape of the seat as she breathed a sigh of exhaustion.

"Hello?" Tonks squinted into the darkness, her heart beating fast with warning towards the person that was approaching her.

"Tonks?" The thin figure of Remus appeared from the shadows of the doorway and Tonks grabbed her wand and turned on the dim oil lamp attached to the ceiling. Remus was stood infront of her clad in his pyjamas and looking delighted to see her.

"Tonks!" he strode across the room and embraced her tightly. "My darling, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing," she replied dryly, raising one delicate eyebrow. She felt a stream of confusion ripple through her and a wave of fear passed over her before she assured herself that Remus' reason to be home was more than likely innocent.

"Dumbledore wants me to travel next week instead - I didn't feel too good after my transformation."

There. A perfectly reasonable explanation...

So why did she feel so suspicious?

However, Tonks caught sight of Remus' guiltless gaze and took in his limp silver streaked hair and heavy eyes and she immediately felt assured of Remus' honesty.

"I'm sorry I didn't owl you but I thought... I thought you would've preferred to stay at Molly's tonight after... the way I've treated you."

Tonks laughed humourlessly. "Doubtable," she muttered, feeling the uncomfortable worrying emotion for Charlie stirring inside her once more. Lupin led Tonks to the sofa and sat her down gently. "I'm glad that you're here..."

Tonks brought Remus' hand up to her lips and kissed the knuckles softly. "I'll always be here. I'm yours," she purred, straddling him. He looked shocked but his desire that was pressing against her thigh told her that he longed for her touch as much as she longed for his.

"Merlin, I've missed you..." Remus growled as Tonks removed his shirt quickly and tugged urgently at the elastic waistband of his pyjama trousers. She was suckling at his neck, whimpering as she felt Remus' hands snake under her shirt and caress the sculptured plains of her back. He looked so beautiful lying underneath her, trusting impulsively as she pressed herself teasingly against him. His amber eyes, dilated with desire, sparkled from beneath dark lashes. The fullness of his swollen red lips as they contested so greatly with the pain skin, were so appetising to the sight.

But the more things Tonks found arousing in Remus, the more things she found to compare with Charlie. Tonks frowned inwardly as Remus continued to remove her shirt and bra, capturing her breasts in his hands and playing with the tips. Removing his trousers, Tonks found him to be wearing no underwear. He was throbbing against her leg causing Tonks to moan. As she did so, Remus captured her lips in a searing kiss making her need for completion so overpowering that she undid her trousers, kicked off her boots and socks, and slid her trousers down her muscular legs. Remus groaned and removed her knickers fiercely, never breaking their kiss. It was with another groan that he held Tonks hips above his and placed her entrance at his top. He thrust into her making her body tingle with a fiery desire.

Merlin, she did love him so much. Didn't she?

"Tonks, I love you..." Remus whispered kissing her neck wolfishly.

"You too Remus," she whimpered, the familiar white heat building in her centre. The small light that burned above them was making the silver highlights in his hair shimmer making him appear more like the wolf that held captive over him. A thin layer of cold sweat covered his forehead as Tonks continued to move on him, fitting him the way no-one else had done. Tonks shuddered with release seconds before Remus cried out his own. She fell forwards onto him with exhaustion and kissed the beautifully swollen lips fiercely. Remus smiled oddly wickedly and before Tonks knew what was happening, he flipped her over so that his comfortable weight was atop her.

"Remus?" Tonks shot him a curious glance and giggled as he started to tickle her sensitive waist.

"I love you so much." Remus captured Tonks mouth with his in a desperate kiss and groaned happily as Tonks moved her hands to his length, finding him already waiting.

"I love your stamina," she teased and Remus smirked. "Race you upstairs old man?"

"You're on missy," he grinned before letting Tonks up and counting. "Okay, 3...2...HEY?!"

Tonks ran, giggling, out of the living room and upstairs, grateful that she had Remus to take her mind of things - even if most of them were caused by him. As Remus chased Tonks up the stairs, the couple failed to notice Bill Weasley at the door, his expression one of anger as he left with a sweep of his cloak into the black night.

--

Tonks stretched and opened her bleary eyes which were at once blinded by the stream of sunshine that was already flooding Remus' room. It was a couple of moments before Tonks realised that Remus' arm was on her stomach causing a heavy yet comfortable weight. She also realised that it was the first time she wasn't happy to be waking up next to her lover.

As gently as she could, Tonks pushed the weight off her abdomen and got dressed quickly. She had needed the relief that last night had given her but now, a nagging feeling pulled inside making her feel nauseas. Remus was her best friend, but when they made love it felt like she WAS with her best friend and not her lover.

A low rumble came from Remus as he stretched wolf-like. Tonks turned around and took on, what felt like, a huge fake smile.

"Hello, beautiful."

"Wotcher, Remus," she whispered, stretching across the bed to kiss him softly on the lips.

"You're up early." He suddenly sat up and pulled Tonks to him, roughly, before capturing her mouth in a searing kiss. Tonks smiled – this time, genuinely – against his mouth before struggling to gain her balance as she sat up.

"Ah, none of that thank you very much. It's September the 1st, remember? We have to help Molly, Moody and Bill to take Harry and everyone to Platform 9 and three-quarters."

Remus raised his eyebrows in remembrance. "Ah...yes. I forgot about that. I had other things on my mind." His eyes glinted playfully as he gazed at Tonks who rolled her eyes.

"Come on, get dressed." She laughed to hide the familiar, awkward feeling bubbling in her stomach. "I'll meet you downstairs," and with that she left, quickly grabbing her coat and bag in haste to leave.

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It was quarter to eleven when Tonks and Remus finally met the Weasleys. They were standing in front of the Hogwarts Express, chatting idly and ran to greet the couple as they saw them. Seeing Molly instantly renewed the horrible feeling in Tonks stomach and she tried to push it away as Molly ran up to her and gave her a kiss. There was one person, however, that didn't look happy to see her. Quiet the opposite in fact, and that was Bill.

Tonks helped the teenagers board the train before giving each of them a hug goodbye and Harry a kiss to make her younger cousin, Draco Malfoy, look on in confusion and jealousy.

"Give him a hard time this year, okay?" For me... and Sirius." Harry smiled weakly at her before boarding the train with the rest and waving goodbye to the order who stood on the platform.

He looked extremely put out that Ginny and Dean were beside him, holding hands.

Tonks went to leave the station quickly, hoping that Remus wouldn't notice her absence, when Bill grabbed her arm roughly and dragged her into a darkened corner, next to a tea shop on the station.

"What happened last night after Charlie left?" he hissed, stopping her retort by raising his hand. "Mum was really worried! We all were, come to that. You just took off—"

"I went home!"

"Yeah! I know! Had a good time shagging Remus, I suppose?"

Tonks eyes widened. "How dare you—"

"You could've at least said where you had gone! It took me all evening to find you, only to see that you were clearly not worried about any one else and enjoying yourself."

Tonks blushed at the thought of Bill seeing her but her embarrassment was nothing compared to the anger she felt at him spying on her.

"You were watching me?"

"No! I left as soon as I saw you... That's not the point Tonks," he said vehemently. "The point is that we didn't have a clue where you had gone and after something as important as this..."

He tailed off and Tonks found her self feeling small and irresponsible. It was like being told off by her older brother for upsetting her parents.

"Then there was Charlie..."

Tonks' head shot up, her stomach twisting in distress, and she fixed Bill with a piercing stare. "Charlie's home?"

"He arrived about 4 o'clock this morning with Drake who, although shaken up, is fine."

Tonks looked at the floor to stop the tears of relief from showing. Bill obviously sensed this because second later, he pulled Tonks into a bear like hug and his voice had returned to its characteristic low, soft rumble.

"Sorry..."

"It's okay," he chuckled. "I'm sorry for being so sharp," he added, sounding slightly disgusted with himself. "It's just... Charlie means a lot to me and last night, when he got home, he looked really upset to find you not there. He thought that you were frightened by everything. He was worried about you..."

There was a silence in which Tonks was sure her heart would explode, it was beating so fast.

"He'd be happy to see you, you know? Mum's making an extra meal tonight," he added, a sudden grin appearing on his mouth. "It would be a shame to let it go to waste."

Tonks looked up into his eyes and beamed, unable to stop herself from feeling elated.

"What a coincidence?" she purred. "I was thinking of dropping by the Burrow about 5."

"How about 5.30?"

"You didn't let me finish," grinned Tonks. "How about 5.... 30?"

Bill shook his head, laughing but Tonks hardly noticed. She was already too absorbed in the knowledge that she would be seeing Charlie later that evening. She didn't even noticed Remus, standing just a small way away from her and Bill, looking sadly at the couple before disappearing through the barrier to the muggle world.