"An Auror in Love: The Diary of Nymphadora Tonks"

Disclaimer: I do not own anything. Even the idea is pretty much taken from other people but I did make my own plot. REMUS AND TONKS ARE CANON! SING YOUR PRAISES TO J.K. ROWLING!

Chapter 3: talking despite the nerves

June 26

Grimmauld Place

1:00 PM

Ah, my day off. Too bad all I've done is sneak around the house avoiding a certain werewolf and eat in my room instead of the kitchen and read this stupid romance novel I bought at a muggle bookstand. It's awful. Horribly sappy.

I did have but one encounter with my beloved who has nice unmentionables under those tweed slacks that don't do him justice. Whoo, that's a little Native American, sorry. But it's true. I would give any amount of money to go back to last night but in the form of a fly and just, enjoy the moment. Ah, well, can't have everything, can we?

I wish he would stop avoiding me because now I want to talk to him. Maybe I should stop avoiding him, and then he'll talk to me. Off to test this.

Grimmauld Place

6:00 PM

Well, I went down there and handled it like a woman. Well, first I puked in the bathroom and then I went to handle it like a woman. He was in the kitchen, drinking hot cocoa, bless his heart. So I went and poured some of the leftover hot water he had on the stove, and spooned some cocoa powder into it and sat down next to him. Well, bugger all, he wouldn't even raise an eye to me. I could barely look at him without thinking of pouncing on him right there.

"Um, Remus," I started, shakily. His eyes flicked up to my face finally.

"Yes, Nymphadora?"

"I told you not to call me---look, a little thing like seeing each other starkers should not cause us to avoid each other like this."

"I know. It's ridiculous, I just…" he looked down into his cocoa. "I love you." He murmured.

"What?"

"I know, it's absolutely naïve of me to even dream for a moment that you would love me back, lovely and vivacious young girl that you are."

Young? Vivacious? Lovely? Me? Oh, stop it Remus. "Oh come on! I'm the ridiculous one, dreaming about you in my room in wee hours of the morning." His eyes widened. "I'm crazy to think that a sophisticated, mature man like yourself would love a clumsy, naïve girl like myself."

"I can't believe this."

"Neither can I." Said a voice from the doorway. Looking over there, I saw it was my dear old cousin, Sirius Black, the conniving sneak. "Tell you what, you to finish up this conversation and I'll go put the good satin sheets on the bed, eh? So it's all ready for when you rush upstairs in a frenzy of lust."

"Sirius…." said Remus, rubbing his temples.

"Come on Moony! Loosen up!"

"Padfoot, upstairs. Now." Remus commanded and Sirius walked from the doorway with a forlorn expression on his face and, had he been in dog form, his tail would have been between his legs. I stifled a laugh.

"Well," I began. "Now that we know that we love each other…." I hesitated. "You don't want to rush upstairs in a frenzy of lust, do you?"

Remus considered me for a moment and then threw his head back and laughed loudly. When he regained himself, he said, "No, no, that's not my style, that's Sirius! What do you say to a night on the town?"

"I'd love to. Tomorrow night?"

"It's a date." And to my surprise, he took my hand in his own and kissed it. I blushed. "See you then."

And I watched him walk through the door and turn the corner to the stairs. I could not believe it! I'm ecstatic! Whatever am I going to wear? Must go thru closet, reports on my findings later.

A/N: like it? I'm so glad that Remus and Tonks are canon! Review please! More soon!