Chapter Four

Back to the present, things have changed…

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters… J.K Rowling does! I own only the places that are not mentioned in the book.

Pairing: R. Lupin and N. Tonks

Authors note: This story is rated T for some coarse language.

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Back to the present

'Two weeks…that seems pretty long…I guess…' thought Tonks beginning to get fed up of thinking back. Who was she kidding? Those two weeks were horrible. Just staying in that house made her even more depressed. She knew the only thing that would make her happy was Remus. 'Remus…I wonder what he thinks of me now? I mad bitch maybe…Gosh I think I slapped him too hard…no Tonks your not supposed to like him, don't like him, say it with me, I don't like him, I don't like him…I don't—oh forget it…now I must be crazy having a conversation with my conscience in my head…' Should she go back? Knowing Molly, she would try to find out where she was living at the moment and would send about a dozen letters a day asking her to come back and to stay strong. No she'll stay, she'll get used to the loneliness, the sad, depressing house, oh Tonks couldn't bear to continue on.

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Back at Sirius' house, things hadn't gotten any better. The meetings were boring and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were now departing to go back to the Burrow.

"Sirius, I trust that you watch him and try to get word from Tonks okay?" asked Mrs. Weasley.

"I will Molly, I will" he answered. Although he wasn't quite sure how he would be assured her anyway that he would try.

"Thank you, good day then!" she said walking to the car with Mr. Weasley.

Just as they left, Lupin came down and walked to the kitchen. "Morning Sirius, you're up early…"

"I regret to inform you that it's 11:34 am, so I would consider that as up on time not early," said Sirius with a smirk on his face.

"Funny…what's for breakf—lunch," asked Lupin. "Sorry Remus, but your going to have to cook for yourself, I'm a bit too lazy right now…" said Sirius leaving the kitchen.

'How nice to have a meal sitting on the table waiting for you…' thought Lupin. Just then he remembered how Tonks usually cooks him his meals, and they were quite good. (Sigh) 'where is she anyway?' Lupin asked himself. He had to admit, he was beginning to miss her…a lot. Just then Sirius came into the kitchen again. "Hasn't Tonks come home yet?" asked Lupin. "What does it look like to you? It's been past two weeks now if you haven't noticed…" answered Sirius. "Where the hell has that witch gone off to now?"

"I don't know that's why I'm asking you!" retorted Lupin. 'Great, I'm stuck with two things to feel guilty of now…'

"You know Remus, it's never too late to apologize, especially to someone that you love." said Sirius.

"Would you quit doing that? I would if I knew where she was…" said Lupin

"That's why you're going to help me find her!" said Sirius grabbing Lupin's arm and heading to the front door.

"And where do you think we'll find her? Have you ever thought how large this whole place is?" asked Lupin.

"Ha…we don't need to search…all we have to do is turn this device on and we'll find out where that witch is…" said Sirius taking out a tracking device from his pocket.

"And where did you get that thing?" asked Lupin scratching his head.

"The amazing wonders of muggle stuff…Harry gave it to me, in fact I forgot why he gave it to me, but yeah it showed you that you must take this little black chip, trust me it's mini, and stick it on to something that the person you would track down would wear. Of course I did it as a prank to Tonks, but looks like it would be some use after all! And to make it even more effective I cast a spell on it so it would show both wizard and non-wizard places" explained Sirius.

"Oh okay…so what exactly did you stick that chip on then?" asked Lupin.

"Her favourite earrings! Man I'm so smart! Muggle things can be of use once in awhile, brilliant I must say!" said Sirius cheerfully.

"Okay track her down!" said Lupin starting to get impatient.

"Hold on, geez…tracking…tracking…tracking…finally it's loading where she is!" said Sirius. 'it's…omg…why the hell would she be in Hazardous Grove? Out of all the places! Did it ever occur to her how dangerous that place is? Oh well time to go fetch her! " said Sirius wanting to get this over with.

"No…I'll go get her, I need to talk to her anyway…" said Lupin

"Whatever you say…" said Sirius walking back into the house

'I've made up my mind…I'm going to tell you the truth…everything…you need to know how much you mean to me and that I am willing to love you and facing problems are risks I'm prepared to take…