It took me long enough, but here it is: the sequel to Something Entertaining, which is officially complete. You don't really need to read it to understand this story, but it may help.It took me a while to find a title for this, and I admit it isn't very interesting, but I kind of wanted it to follow the train of thought with which I named the first story. Thus, Something New, because this story is about Remus and Tonks and their new life together. I know, corny. Sorry. Enough of me, know go read the story! Pretty please? Lol
But before you do, I must thank everyone who read and reviewed Something Entertaining. I really appreciate you taking the time! Hope you like this new one!
Disclaimer: Yet again, these awesome characters do not belong to me. I'm just letting them have the fun they probably won't get in the books.
"Tonks, are you all right? You're shaking," Remus sat on the couch in Tonks's apartment with her snuggled up next to him. He brought her slightly trembling hand to his lips and kissed it.
She sighed happily. "I'm fine, good, beyond perfect," she grinned up at him, a tad crazily. "I'm just excited about getting married."
Remus smiled back down at her. "You're sure that you want to marry a mangy old wolf like me?"
Tonks rolled her eyes, twisted around and straddled him so she was looking straight into his eyes. "You are not old nor mangy. You're... what did my father say about wine? Ah yes, you're 'aged to perfection'."
Remus laughed. "I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, because I know how you can get with alcohol," she slapped him playfully and he pulled her down for a kiss. After they parted, he made a suggestion. "What say we head to Diagon Alley and work out the particulars?"
"Like what? For example, if I go by Nymphadora Lupin, people will have to call me by that horrible first name..." Tonks pretended to consider this for a moment. "Bah, what the hell, I just want some ice cream." She picked up her cloak from the chair and let Remus help her into it.
He grabbed his own and told her, "You can keep your own name if you prefer," sounding a bit like a nervous little boy waiting for approval.
Tonks just laughed gave him a small shove. "I was kidding! I don't care what you call me as long as I can make you scream it," she winked at him and Apparated to Diagon Alley. He raised an eyebrow and followed suit.
They arrived outside Florean Fortescue's Ice-Cream Parlour, paid for two cones and took a seat at a table with an umbrella. Remus pulled a quill and a small notebook from a pocket in his cloak after they finished their ice-creams. He opened it and flipped to a blank page. "All right. Do you have any ideas about the date?"
"Definitely in the spring. A spring wedding would be wonderful," she answered, looking wistful.
"That sounds good. Sometime around April or May, perhaps?" Remus jotted down some random dates.
Tonks nodded. "Remus, wait. When are we going to tell everybody? I mean, we've been engaged a week now."
A mysterious smile crept upon his face as he reached into his pocket. "Well then, I suppose it's about time I gave you this. Then you won't have to explain it," from his pocket he pulled a small, green velvet box.
"Oh, Remus, I don't need a... holy shit," Her eyes grew wide at the sight of the ring. "It's beautiful!" It might not have seemed like much to anyone else, but to Tonks it was definitely something. Set in the middle of a slim gold band was a small diamond surrounded by cluster smaller ones.
"It's not much," Remus said anxiously. "It just struck me a something you would appreciate. Do you like it?"
"Of course I do, I love it! But I don't need a ring."
"We're getting married, are we not?" He waited for her to nod before continuing. "Then you need a ring, and that's that. And I might as well do this thing properly as well, seeing as I didn't have this at the time I originally asked you to marry me," Remus got down on one knee before Tonks.
"You don't need to do that..." she stammered, her hair rapidly becoming pink and spiky to match her blushing face.
"Nymphadora, will you - "
She cut him off by leaning over and pressing a kiss to his lips and grabbing him by the collar of his shirt to haul him to his feet again. "Did we not go over this earlier? I told I didn't want any of the traditional stuff."
Remus sighed, realizing he wasn't going to gain any ground in this argument. "Oh well. But you have a ring to sport about," he said, slipping it on her finger.
Tonks grinned despite herself and stood up, throwing her arms around his neck.
He gladly hugged her back, saying, "How's about we go and see if we can find any books that can help us sort out the details?"
"C'mon, Remus! We don't need books! Let's just do this thing ourselves, fly by the seat of our pants. Besides, we haven't even been engaged that long. We have oodles of time to go over everything," Tonks put on her cloak and handed Remus his.
"But didn't you say 'we've been engaged a week, when should we tell everyone'?" Remus inquired.
She waved her hand dismissively. "Bah. Bugger that. Let's just have a bit of fun."
Remus ran a hand through his slowly graying hair. He swore she did these things just to keep him on his toes. "Nymphadora, my love, you shall be the death of me. Yet, I will definitely die happy," he slipped on his cloak and guided her towards the Leaky Cauldron with a hand on the small of her back .
After a drink at the Leaky Cauldron, Remus and Tonks Apparatedto the Black House. After discarding their cloaks, Tonks began to pace the length of the living room while he sat in a large comfy chair and watched the odd display with more than a little confusion. "Er, Tonks? Are you all right? You're acting odd."
"Bah!" Tonks did an odd little jump and tugged at her now curly violet hair. She stomped her way over the writing desk and leaned against it with her head in her hands. "I don't know what to do; I feel like I'm going mad."
Remus leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "I thought you were good with everything. You said you wanted to have fun, and tell everybody about the engagement when the time was right..."
"What are you, a tape recorder?" she asked before walking over and sitting on the arm of his chair. At his raised eyebrows, she muttered, "It's just a muggle thingy, never mind." She sighed and got back to the subject. "I was fine. But when we were in the Leaky Cauldron, I got to thinking. Are we ready for this? To get married? Not to mention the thought of children..." she trailed off near the end and Remus didn't catch her last sentence.
He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her down to sit in his lap. He loved the feel of her in his arms, the way she trusted him and settled contentedly against his chest. "If it would it set your mind more at ease, we could put of the engagement for a bit," he offered.
"No!" Tonks shifted and put her arms around his shoulders. "I love you Remus, and I want to marry you. I'm not going to put off our life together because of some silly jitters," she said adamantly.
"Are you sure that's all the are? Just jitters?" he rubbed her back gently and searched her face for any sign of doubt. When she answered, there was none to find.
Tonks moved her arms back a bit and snaked her hands up the back of his neck to tangle in his hair. "Yes. Jitters. And I believe the only thing to pacify them is to set a date, so I will have less and less time to worry."
"For the wedding?"
"For the wedding."
Remus couldn't help but break out into a grin. "I believe you previously mentioned something about a spring wedding?"
Tonks climbed off his lap with the determined look of a woman with a mission on her face. "Indeed I did. Let's head back to my apartment, 'cause I'm willing to bet we're not going to find a telephone in this place."
"What do we need a telephone for?" Remus asked, a tad apprehensively. To tell the truth, he was a bit afraid of her when she got like this. She had this gleam in her eye, like she would easily mow down anyone who got in the way of her destination.
Tonks was clearly getting impatient. "Well we are going to need one if we're to call around to find dates for the wedding, are we not? And if we're really lucky, the minister who married my parents is still alive and he could give us a hand. If that's all right with you. I should have asked you sooner if there was any church you were particular to."
Her speech was getting faster by the second. "No, wherever you prefer is fine with me."
She nodded briskly. "Okay then. Let's get going then, shall we?" She Apparated with a sharp crack.
"Oh my,"Remus muttered, and followed her, only to find that she was already on the telephone with someone in her apartment. "You do work fast."
Tonks snatched up a quill and a scrap of parchment from the small table from beside her couch. She wrote something down, thanked the person on the other end of the line, said goodbye and hung up. She looked up at Remus and grinned widely at him. "How does anytime within the first three weeks of May sound?"
Remus was just a little surprised. She worked more than fast. That was okay by him though, because he wanted this as much as she did. He smiled and said, "It sounds perfect. Especially since that leaves me a lot of time before the full moon."
"That is definitely perfect," Tonks felt relieved, having at least one thing under control for the time being.
Remus strode over to her and guided so she was sitting comfortably on the couch. "Now relax for a moment, and I'll go get us a drink. We'll sort out some more things later on," he made his way to the kitchen, calling back over his shoulder jokingly, "What sort of booze do you have in this place?"
"You know, Remus, I'd rather retire to the bedroom. Care to join me?" she said rather cheekily.
He abandoned his rummage through her kitchen to eagerly follow her as she made her way from the couch to her bedroom. "We're never going to get anything done if you insist on dragging me into random broom closets and bedrooms."
She turned to face him and her took hold of her hips and backed her into her room. "Sure we will. Eventually."
Tadaaa! I feel accomplished. Okay, I've not really had that much experience with engagement rings, so I took a guess. I apologize if I'm really far off. If anybody has any comments, corrections or anything, I would be glad to hear them in a review. Lemme know what you think!
BTW, I hope to have the next chapter up as soon as I can.
Thanks much,
Kendal Rose
P.S.: isn't lettting me indent, so I apologize for the clumpiness!
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