(A/N) Dammit! Gah! I'm in a bad mood!...just cause it took such a long time for FFN to fix that bug it's been impossible for people to review yesterday! Grrr!...-sigh- If you were unsuccessful to review the last chapter...please return and do it now!
And...now some pointers! It really was a kind of mistake of me to write this as a road trip...you know why? Because I've never been to England! So if directions and distance won't make sence...I'm sorry!
(In case you're wondering; my family originates from Scottland and Amerika, as you can see in my profile, but if there's any gramatical errors; BLAME IT ON THE FACT THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SWEDEN)
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of this...you don't believe me? Well, then that's your problem mate!
Meet the family! ...that darn cat!
"Here we are!" Tonks said happily as they walked off the bus. It was around four in the afternoon now.
"Uh-huh, and this is…where?" Harry asked.
"Winchester!" Tonks said brightly.
"Winchester?" Harry repeated.
"Yup!"
"Allright, so what do we do now?"
"This way!" Tonks said and started to drag him down the street.
They walked through town, Tonks leading the way. They passed a lot of old muggle shops on the way as well as old muggles staring at them. Harry kept asking about where they were going but Tonks just said 'secret' and kept dragging him through town; they reached a small area of houses almost in the outskirts of town. Tonks dragged Harry up to a big white house and knocked the door.
"Tonks, what is-"
"Sssch." Tonks said.
The door opened revealing a man in his mid forties wearing a pair of linen pants and a slightly ragged shirt, he stared at Tonks for a second, but then he beamed and exclaimed "Nymphadora!"
"Hi dad!" Tonks laughed and hugged the man.
"Well, don't just stand there," Mr. Tonks said smiling. "Come on in! Andromeda! Nymphadora's here!"
Harry saw Tonks cringe everytime her father used her real name. They all walked into the house. As Harry entered he was met by the vision of a slightly odd home; it was as if they had mixed a muggle home with a wizard home.
"And who might you be?" Mr. Tonks asked Harry.
Harry held his hand out and said "Harry, sir, Harry Potter."
Mr. Tonks shook his hand, still smiling. "The name's Ted Tonks." He said as his smile turned into a smirk. "Nymphadora's been writing a lot about you in her letters, I was just beginning to wonder when she would decide to bring you to her old 'home' to introduce her new boyfriend to the family."
"Dad!" Tonks exclaimed, blushing furiously. Harry blushed too, from being called Tonks boyfriend.
Suddenly a woman with long curly blond hair emerged from the kitchen wearing a long red wizard robe. She smiled at first, but then she caught sight of Harry. She looked at Tonks with a slightly scolding look on her face.
"Seriously Nymphadora," She said and crossed her arms. "I would never think that you would lower yourself to a level where you would change your appearance so that you could get a younger boyfriend."
"Mom!" Tonks exclaimed, blushing even more.
"Uhm, Andromeda," Ted said. "This is Harry Potter."
Mrs. Tonks eyes flew to Harry. "Oh." She said, then she looked back at Tonks with a smile. "Well then I perfectly understand you Nymphadora."
"Mom!" Tonks groaned. "Harry's not my boyfriend!"
"I must say Nymph," Said a female voice which Harry couldn't recognize. "He does look much better in reality than on pictures."
"Electra!" Tonks exclaimed and looked down at something on the floor.
"Let me guess," The voice said. "You're the one who made his hair look like that?"
Tonks let out an exasperated sigh.
Harry looked down; a cat with thick white and grey fur was sitting on the floor in front of him, staring up at him.
"Hey, you." The cat said. "Crouch down."
Harry just gawked at it, he turned towards Tonks with a questioning look; she just smiled weekly and said "Harry, this is my big sister Electra."
Harry looked at the cat, wide-eyed. "Sister?"
"Hey, what's with the look?" Electra asked. "Didn't I tell you to crouch down?"
Harry looked at Tonks for a second before obeying; he crouched down, getting almost at level with Electra who placed her front paws on his knees and in a bittersweet voice she asked "Could you scratch me behind my left ear?"
Harry complied.
"Mmmh, that feels so good…" Electra whispered.
"Oh for gods sake girl," Ted said. "Stop trying to manipulate the poor lad, won't you?"
Electra hmph'ed and strolled off up the stairs muttering "Just cause I can't have sex with men anymore doesn't mean I can't have foreplay."
Harry stared quizzically at Tonks, she chuckled and said "She went on a trip to Africa once; a witch doctor cursed her after she insulted him."
"It's a timing curse, the healers said it will last for about ten years," Mrs. Tonks said. "After that she'll be back to normal."
"Why don't you take those sunglasses of Harry?" Ted asked. "It's hard to trust someone when you can't see his eyes."
"Oh, uhm…" Harry began, but Tonks beat him to it.
"Well dad, you're just gonna have to deal with those sunglasses," She said simply. "Because they work like normal glasses for Harry, and since normal glasses would ruin his new look…"
"Oh, I've got just the trick!" Ted said and walked into the living room.
"Ted, not now!" Mrs. Tonks rolled her eyes.
Ted came back with a small white box that was slightly bigger than a matchbox.
"What's that dad?" Tonks asked curiously.
"My latest invention." Ted said proudly and took out his wand. "Take off your sunglasses Harry."
Harry did.
"Now, try not to blink." Ted said and raised his wand at level with Harry's eyes, the pit of the wand started to glow red and Ted moved it along Harry's eyes like a scanner. When he was done, he opened the box and pointed his wand into it and muttered some kind of charm.
"Now, have you ever used contacts before?" He asked
Harry shook his head. "No."
"That's Allright," Ted said. "Hold out your hands."
Harry complied and Ted pointed his wand at Harry's hand and said 'scourgify', making them clean. "Always wash your hands when you deal with contacts." Ted said, smiling." He showed Harry how to put the contact in your eye, Harry did as instructed and put them in his eyes. When he did, he could see even better than with his glasses.
"I can see perfect." He said. Ted smiled.
"These magical contacts never need to be taken out." He said. "Just make sure to use this cleaning spell at your eyes every ones in a while." He handed Harry a note with instructions.
"Thanks." Harry smiled and shoved his sunglasses into the inner pocket of his coat. "How much do you charge for them?" He asked and took out some gold.
"Oh, no, no, no, no!" Ted said holding his hands up. "You're a friend of my daughter, they're free of charge!"
"But-" Harry tried, but Tonks just smiled and said "Just drop it Harry, if you think Sirius was stubborn, then you haven't met my dad!"
"Oh, yes, Sirius." Mrs. Tonks said sadly. "I heard what happened Harry, it's really terrible."
Harry just nodded sadly.
"Personally, I never believed in the charges against him!" Mrs. Tonks said. "Merlin's beard, he hated all that pure-blood talk even more than I did!"
"So," Ted said, changing the subject, because he could see that talking about Sirius was bothering Harry. "What are you two doing her anyway?"
"Oh, we're on a road trip!" Tonks said happily. "I thought Harry needed a good time before returning to Hogwarts!"
"When are you leaving?" Mrs. Tonks asked.
"Tomorrow." Tonks said. "Which brings us to the subject of why we came here; dad, can I borrow your car?"
Ted's eyes widened. "Do you have a licence?"
"No." Tonks said casually. "But I do know how to drive."
"Uh-huh, and what if the police caught you?" Mrs. Tonks said and crossed her arms.
"Well…uh…" Tonks stuttered.
"The answer is no." Ted said simply.
"But dad!" Tonks whined.
"No."
Tonks sighed. Harry's stomach gave a loud rumble. Tonks looked at him and giggled. "Looks like someone is hungry!" She said.
"I'm not." Harry lied.
Mrs. Tonks chuckled and went into the kitchen. "I'll start on dinner then."
"No, really, it's-" Harry started but Tonks cut him off.
"Come on Harry!" She said as she tugged at his arm. "I'll show you where you'll be sleeping tonight!"
"You can sleep in my room." Electra said in her sweet voice from the top off the stairs. "It's too big for me anyway, and I could use some company."
"Keep dreaming Electra!" Tonks said as she dragged Harry past her.
"Hmph, I bet you'll be having sweet dreams," Electra said. "Sleeping with a celebrity and all…"
"Electra!" Tonks whirled around and glared at her sister who took off sniggering.
Harry chuckled at Tonks beat red face. "Cute." He said.
Tonks rolled her eyes and continued to drag him to the end of the hallway and into a room. It had red tapestry and was a little dusty, there was bed in the corner, standing by the opposite wall from the bed there was an old desk, there was also another door in the room, Harry assumed it led into a closet. The desk and the floor were filledwith old books, and the bed was full of stuffed teddy bears.
Harry sighed. "Let me guess; your room?"
Tonks looked at him, wide eyed. "How'd you know?"
Harry chuckled. "Well, you seem to have a thing for red walls and teddy bears."
"Ah, good point." Tonks said.
"Wait," Harry said and narrowed his eyes. "If I'm gonna sleep in here, then where are you-?"
"In here!" Tonks said at once, and with a flick of her wand she conjured an extra bed. "I sleep in my bed, you sleep over there." She smiled.
Harry stared at her, then he sighed. "Well, at least we're in separate beds this time."
"Hush you!" Tonks hit him on the arm playfully and giggled.
"What?" Harry asked and shrugged. "You want to sleep in the same bed or something?"
"No!" Tonks said, blushing, but smiling all the same. Harry chuckled again. Tonks rolled her eyes.
"Accio trunks!" She flicked her wand again, and with a swish both of their trunks came flying up the stairs, unfortunately for Tonks they flew straight at her, she stumbled over but Harry caught her in mid-fall, holding her close. Tonks breath caught in her throat; she stared into Harry's deep green eyes, totally unaware of anything. She felt safe in his arms and didn't want this moment to end, she just wanted to stay there, in his arms, staring into those dashing green eyes.
"You okay?" Harry asked as he let go of her.
"Yeah…" Tonks said meekly, disappointed that he let go. She cleared her throat and flicked her wand again, moving the trunks to stand in front of their beds.
"We should go clean up before dinner." Tonks said. "There's a shower in the bathroom over there, I'll use the one downstairs. Harry nodded; he walked over to his trunk and took out a clean T-shirt and clean pair of underwear. He took of his hat and coat and placed them on the bed. Tonks took some clean clothes out of her own trunk and walked downstairs to take a shower, Harry walked into the bathroom Tonks had shown him.
He removed his clothes and turned on the water. He undid his ponytail and stepped into the shower, the water making his long hair stick to his body.
'Seriously,' He thought. 'If I don't try to block these feelings out it'll all turn out bad…' Ever since last night he had tried to convince himself that his slight feelings for Tonks were nothing but hormones over an older girl. But his feelings didn't go away; on the contrary, they just increased. When he held her after she fell, he didn't want to let her go, but she was looking at him strangely so he did.
'Heh, she'll probably see me as some kind of loser if she found out how I feel.'
Harry heard a snicker. He opened his eyes and looked out of the shower; there, sitting on the toilet with something that would resemble a smirk on a human, sat Electra.
"Hey, whoa!" Harry exclaimed and pulled the shower cloth around the shower, blocking Electra's vision.
"Aww, no fun…" She said.
"How the hell did you get in here?" Harry asked.
"Just cause I'm currently a cat doesn't mean I can't use magic." Electra chuckled. "I don't even need to use a wand."
"Then…" Harry said. "Would you mind getting out again?"
"Hmn, I think I'll stay here." Electra said with a somewhat mischievous grin.
"Oh, come on!" Harry groaned.
"What? I'm not gonna bother you…much." Electra said.
Harry sighed, feeling he was clean enough he turned the water off and reached for a towel, only there was no towel.
"Looking for this?" Electra said and patted the towel on which she was sitting.
Harry groaned.
"If you want it," Electra said with a glint in the eye. "You're just gonna have to come and get it."
Harry sighed. 'Ah, what the hell, it's not like I'm gonna meet her again sometime soon.' He walked out of the shower and over to the toilet, he put his hands on the towel, but Electra was too busy staring at something below his waist to jump off.
Harry rolled his eyes. "Could you get off?" He asked.
"Not yet." Electra said, not taking her eyes off his…ahem.
Harry sighed and gently shoved her off the towel.
"Mood killer." Electra muttered and disappeared.
Harry sighed again. "That darn cat."
Harry came out from the bathroom a couple of minutes later, clothes and ponytail back in place. He walked down the stairs and stopped in the hall; he wasn't sure if he should just walk into the kitchen, luckily Tonks emerged from the other bathroom just then.
"Hi!" She said brightly.
"Hi." Harry said smiling.
Suddenly Tonks mother appeared from the kitchen. "There you two are!" She said, smiling at them. "Come on, dinners ready!" She went back into the kitchen.
Harry and Tonks looked at eachother for a while; Harry was the one who spoke first.
"After you." He said.
"No, you're the guest," Tonks pointed out. "You first."
Harry chuckled and shook his head. "Ladies first."
Tonks pouted, she stomped her foot and said "Dammit, that's true."
Harry laughed as he followed her into the kitchen.
(A/N) Now, what did ya think of Tonks perverted sister? I copied her personality from a girl I know, she's cold and selfish, but still slightly sweet...and she's a slut...
Now, I'm convinced that there will be at least two more chapters, maybe three, but I can't stake my life on it!
And, iollander, YOU CAN'T STOP WRITING THAT FIC! It's every authors...privilidge? No, that's not the word...aaah...hell, my point isyou can't quit something you already started!PLEASE!
Anyhow, REVIEW!
