Author's Note: Still own my peeps, J.K. owns hers. Hope you enjoy a much shorter chapter.

Harry gaped at his old professor who was, at the moment, being strangled by the two blond-haired teens. Julianna had her arms wrapped around his neck and was squeezing him mercilessly. Scott was gripping Lupin's upper arm. Lupin was laughing and grinning as he twirled both around. When they finally stopped their circles, all three were out of breath. Lupin squeezed both tightly, then turned to Harry. As he began to speak, Tonks entered the room.

"Harry, Julianna and Scott are my kids," he said smiling. As a look of shock covered Tonks' face, a look of dawning understanding covered Harry's face.

"OH!" he exclaimed. He ran toward the twins. "Julianna and Scott Lupin, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance." He shook their hands briskly.

"I assure you the pleasure is all ours," Scott said, smiling cheekily. Julianna laughed and shook his hand.

"So Prof," Ron said from the kitchen doorway, "how are they your kids?"

Lupin sighed. He looked even more tired as he answered. "When I was about twenty years old, I had this..." he struggled for the right word, "girlfriend that I was about to marry. A few nights after the wedding, I found her in the bedroom with..." he gulped. "With Peter. When I walked in on... them... she told me that she was three weeks pregnant and that it was probably going to be a set of twins." He breathed deeply. "When Jules and Scott were born," he continued, wrapping his arm around their heads, "she told me that I had full custody over both of them. She didn't want them. So I had twins on my hands along with helping Roxanne and Sirius with their twins and the one on the way." He smiled. "It was interesting."

Harry nodded sympathetically. He glanced at Aidrienne, who was studying the family tree. She caught his eye and grinned. Lupin saw her and shook his head.

"And then there's Aide." She stuck her tongue out at her uncle, who had walked over to her. Pulling her into a hug, he smacked the hat off of her head and tousled her hair. She shrieked and pulled away, only earning herself a headlock. She was suddenly still, then viciously attacked.

As her hat fell to the floor, Harry fully saw her hair. It wasn't just black. There was a long red streak that ran from her scalp all the way down the bangs on her left side. Throughout her hair were smaller streaks of red, but none so obvious as the one closest to her face.

Lupin saw Harry's look of surprise and looked at Aidrienne's face. She smiled, then realized her hat was gone. She inhaled sharply and snatched the hat from the floor. Stuffing it on her head, she turned away. Harry's curiosity increased.

"Why's your hair like that?" he said before he could stop himself. Aide stopped in her tracks and turned to face him.

"When I was a year old, Bellatrix Lestrange came to our house and tried to kill me. She didn't and I got a mark. It's kind of like your scar," she added thoughtfully. "It's the same idea, except that my prophecy is with her instead of Voldermort." She said the name without flinching. Harry was impressed. Mrs. Weasley cleared her throat.

"Remus, I think the Order needs to have a meeting," she said sternly. Lupin nodded.

"Why don't you take Aide and the gang upstairs and show them their rooms?" he suggested. Harry and Ron began to object, but Hermione nodded and grabbed them by the arms. She dragged them up the stairs, Aide and the others following them.

"Why did you..." Ron began, but Hermione cut him short.

"Don't you get it? If we had stayed down there, we couldn't get any information about what they were talking about!" she hissed. "At least now we have a chance of getting something on it."

Fred and George apparated at that moment right in front of Aidrienne. Looking at the trio, Fred walked right into her.

"Oh, so sorry about that!" he began to mutter, then looked at who he had bumped into. He looked for about a minute then said, "Hello. And who might you be?"

"Aide," she said, and scooted past him to the doorway. She dropped her canvas bag (Harry hadn't even noticed she had one) in the room, then ran out, pulling something long and skin-colored out of her pocket. It looked suspiciously like...

"An Extendable Ear!" George cried. "Where did you get that?" Aide grinned.

"Ordered it," she said coolly. Fred looked, astonished, at her.

"How..." he began, but she wasn't paying attention. She carefully dropped the ear down to the door the Order members had entered. She held the other end up to her own ear. Bane looked at her, a smile playing at the corner of his mouth. She nodded and grinned. Bane pulled more of the ears out, handing them out silently to everyone. They followed Aide's example and listened carefully to the conversation.

"So they're your kids, Remus?" they heard Tonks saying. Lupin sounded tentative.

"Yeah, they are. Listen, Tonks, I was going to tell you but..." Mrs. Weasley's voice cut Lupin's off.

"What's going on between you two, anyway?" There was an awkward silence, then...

"We were going to tell everyone soon, but..." Lupin's voice began, but Tonks cut in.

"But then this came up and we... well, it's off." Another silence, but stunned this time.

"Tonks, what do you..." Lupin tried again, but Tonks answered.

"Remus, I would just irritate you and I'd be a pain concerning your kids. They wouldn't want me anywhere near you. So let's just give it a rest. It'll be the best. For all concerned." There was complete silence in the kitchen.

"Tonks, they wouldn't feel like that. Please, don't..." Lupin's desperate voice echoed, but Tonks spoke over him.

"I've got to go. I have duty tonight. See y'all tomorrow." There was the sound of a door opening, then closing. The door opened again and they heard Lupin's voice.

"Tonks... Nymphadora, listen to me." Now the two were directly underneath the eavesdroppers. Lupin was grasping Tonks' shoulders, holding her only a few inches away.

"I love you, no matter whether the kids love you or not. They don't have to live with us for much longer, so it doesn't matter. What matters is that I love you. Sweetheart," he continued, holding her to his chest, "don't do this to me. Please." His voice was cracking. "I wouldn't be able to stand it if you left me too."

Author's Note: I had to update! I just had to! Sorry it's kind of sad, but it'll get better. Poor Lupin! I feel so bad about what I'm doing to him, but I can't help it. He needs to be hurt to heal, or something like that. Please continue to review! You guys are great!