Chapter 16
Dear Remus,
I understand your situation as best as I can, and I want to tell you not to worry. I'm still heartbroken, but I've broken my own heart this time. You've shown me that I can let people in, and that I can love. Maybe I'll move on someday, but for now I would hope that you don't come around that often. I don't want to be cruel, never to you, but I don't know if I could take it. I don't know how you stood me for ten years, and maybe one day I'll learn your secret, maybe someday I'll find a way to be around you. I'm sorry.
Violet and Hermione6 months later, Remus rushed from Hogwarts to St. Mungos. The hospital had owled him saying that Tonks had gone into labor.
By the time he had rushed into her room, she was cradling a tiny baby in her arms, a baby with bright orange hair.
He panted, standing by her side.
"Oh, honey, I'm so sorry I missed it." He knelt so that he was closer. "What shall we call him?" He asked.
"Charles" Tonks said absentmindedly.
"Is he a metamorphagus?" He asked confusedly, ruffling Charles's red hair.
"No" Tonks replied sadly.
And then she started to cry.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"Are you blind or just stupid!" She replied.
Before he could reply, she continued.
"He's not yours, he's Charlie Weasley's. I'm so sorry, Remus, I really am. It was when I went to Romania on that mission about 8 ½ months ago. I'm so sorry" She concluded.
Remus stood up.
"Do you love him?" He asked warily.
She looked at the baby. "Yes" she answered.
"Does he love you?" He countered.
"Yes . . ."
"Well, I'm happy for you two. You'll be very happy together" He started to leave.
"Remus?" He turned around. "It's not your fault that I don't love you, I-"
He smiled. "It's OK, Nymphadora. I'm old and broken."
"No you're not!" Why did he always say it?
"Yes I am, but it's fine. It's perfect, actually" And with that, he walked out of the hospital. He needed to find someone…