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Chapter 3-El Gordo
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Previous Chapter-"I mean, we should get Lupin and Tonks back together!" Harry exclaimed with a mischievous glint in his green eye.
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"Huh?" Ron said, still looking confused.
"Well, Hermione said Lupin was lonely, right?" asked Harry.
"Right..."said Ron.
"And Tonks is single, too," Harry added.
"Uh-huh," Ron said.
"And they already went out before, right?" Harry continued.
"I know! We should get Lupin and Tonks back together!" Ron explained, jumping up and down.
"Brilliant idea, Ron. Never of heard it," Harry said sarcastically, but with a smile on his face.
"Let's go downstairs now!" Ron was so excited; he could not keep still. His eyes were glowing big and bright.
"WAIT!" Harry said, and Ron skidded to a stop. "We have to be sneaky! We can't just say 'Here, go stand there and snog while we leave the room and pretend to ignore you.' It doesn't work like that."
"Then how does it work?" asked Ron.
"Be subtle. See how they act around each other. If she blushes when he passes her the peas, she probably likes him. If there's a lot of giggling, they probably like each other. Talk to Tonks and Lupin as if you never found the photos. Work slowly," Harry explained.
"Should we tell Hermione?" Ron asked.
"Yeah, but not yet. After dinner. Otherwise, the others might get suspicious." Harry felt like a kindergarten teacher explaining how to read and write.
"Alrighty, lets go!" Ron said happily. He suddenly stopped in the middle of the doorway. He slowly turned around with a suspicious look on his face. "How do you know all of this?"
Harry laughed. "If there's one thing Mrs. Figg likes, besides cats, its soap operas. Honestly, I used to watch them everyday. Well, when I was 10, I didn't really understand the complex, intriguing plot twists and unique characters. But there was one show I understood, and my favorite episode was when two people were trying to set up their two best friends. I guess it sort of stuck."
"What was the show?" Ron asked.
Harry laughed again. "It was called El Gordo. The main male character was named Gordo, but there wasn't a touch of Spanish anywhere. Well, Gordo was supposedly Spanish, but he never spoke Spanish. Come to think of it, he didn't have an accent either..."
"Okay, you can take a stroll down Memory Lane later, I'm starved," Ron said.
They walked down the stairs. Mrs. Weasley was sitting in the living room, talking with Lupin and Tonks. If you had never seen the pictures of Lupin and Tonks, you would have never known there was ever any chemistry with Lupin and Tonks.
"Man, we sure have our work cut out for us," thought Harry. "Then again, maybe they're just really good actors. Like Horacio Ramirez, who played Gordo. Damn, that was good show."
A burning aroma filled the air.
"Oh no..." Mrs. Weasley sighed. "I should have never let them cook, never in a million years..."
"You let the twins cook?!" Ron asked. "Are you crazy?"
"Oh dear, I must be..." Mrs. Weasley said, ignoring Ron's anger. She turned around sharply. "Ronald! That is a very rude thing to say! These children sure have caused stress over the years..." She disappeared into the kitchen. The only thing heard from Mrs. Weasley was "Fred! Carry it Fred, it's only a bucket of water!" or "George! Don't use magic to send knives through the air!"
"Why don't you boys go help out?" Lupin asked kindly.
"He wants to be alone with her!" Harry thought. "That's the first step! Maybe he's going to admit something to her, or he at least likes her still! She looks happy...maybe she's pleased he wants to be alone with her! Or...they want to get rid of us."
"No way. Mum's in a 'mood.' I'm not dumb enough to bug her when she's in a 'mood'," Ron said.
Harry laughed with Lupin and Tonks, not bothering to point out to Ron that he did bother his mum. Ron was a great friend, but Harry had to admit that he could be slow at times.
"Come sit down," Tonks said, motioning to the blank spot on the sofa next to her.
"Oh no...she doesn't want to be alone with him! What if she breaks his heart? What if...?" Harry's thoughts were interrupted by Ron elbowing him.
"Ow," Harry muttered under his breath.
"Quit standing there like a doofus, sit down," Ron muttered back.
"I was thinking, something new to you," Harry muttered but stopped when he saw the puzzled looks on Tonks' and Lupin's faces.
They sat down and Hermione walked into the room.
"Where have you been?" Ron asked sharply.
"The bathroom; am I not allowed to go there?" Hermione replied sarcastically. "So...what are we talking about?" she asked.
"Remus and I were just discussing a new soap opera we saw. We needed to travel by muggle plane, because it was a muggle zone, and we couldn't use Floo Powder or brooms," Tonks said.
"Where did you go?" Hermione asked
"Why'd you see a soap opera?" Ron asked.
"What soap opera was it?" Harry asked.
The two adults laughed. "Sorry Hermione, but it's private ministry business. Confidential," Lupin explained.
"And Ron, apparently they show muggle movies on airplanes. But I guess they didn't have a movie, so they showed this soap opera." Tonks told Ron.
"What was the name of the soap opera?" Harry repeated.
"El Gordo," the two said simultaneously. "It was actually pretty good," said Lupin. Tonks nodded.
Harry looked shocked, Hermione looked confused and Ron just sat on the couch laughing. Mrs. Weasley poked her head through the doorway and announced that it was time for dinner.
The meal went fairly well, without extreme pranks from the twins, other than the glasses. When they were empty, the bottom glowed red, and they screamed, "OUT OF DRINK! GLASS EMPTY!"
The twins were talking, Molly, Lupin, and Tonks were talking, and Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were talking. Harry was trying to watch Lupin and Tonks without starring.
Tonks' hair was long and blonde today. She tended to laugh a lot when Lupin was talking, and she flipped her hair more than a few times. Lupin blushed slightly when she passed him the bowl of mashed potatoes.
"They like each other! She's flipping her hair! She's giggling! He's blushing! All the signs are there! Harry smiled into his turkey.
As soon as the meal was over, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked upstairs.
"What is going on?" Hermione asked. "Harry, you were looking at Lupin and Tonks during the whole meal and smiling at your turkey. You guys just seem so...out of it."
Ron reached into the drawer and pulled out the picture of Lupin and Tonks! "Look!" he said.
"Oh my...this is wonderful!" Hermione exclaimed. "Wonderful! I knew something was going on with them! Did you see her giggle and flip her hair? Did you see him blush? They were leaning into each other when they were talking; that's a definite body language clue! Oh how wonderful, he's so smart and grounded, she's free-wheeling and happy! Oh they are so perfect!"
"I guess you've figured out the plan," Harry said, laughing.
"Of course! How wonderful! Oh this is just too perfect!" Hermione raved.
She placed the picture back in the drawer. "Hello, the future Mrs. Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin," she said softly.
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How was it? That chapter was fun to write with the El Gordo thing. That was extremely random, and I think it just added awesomely to the story :-)
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