Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I do not own the magical world of Harry Potter, only this little bit of plot. I thank JKR for creating the world and letting me toy with it a little. Just a LITTLE. I'm a canon author, after all.
A/N: Chapters 12 and 13 have no bad guys or anything like JKR's do. They are just the next logical step for my story. I hope you enjoy this interesting take.
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Tonks supposed she should come up with a new name for herself. She wasn't Tonks anymore. She was another Lupin. But one Lupin was enough for everyone. And God help anyone but Remus if they dared to call her Nymphadora. Even Dora was off limits.
She had just finished dinner (Spagettios were an amazing muggle invention) when Remus apparated in the living room.
"Daddy!" Sirius, their oldest, cried. He was three and a half and a mess. He had recently become very interested in his father's job. Tonks still remembered when Sirius had found out his father was a werewolf. True to his namesake, he had simply declared that it was "wicked."
James, their youngest, was in his playpen in eyesight of Tonks. She was always far too overprotective of them, but with James she was awful. He had mild asthma, which worried her to no end. She smothered him, as Remus said, but what else could she do? She loved her babies more than she could ever have thought possible.
Of course, she loved their father too. In a completely different way, she thought as he entered the kitchen.
He looked at dinner and laughed. "What will I do with you? Are you really going to eat those again?" He leaned down and kissed her.
When they broke apart, Tonks pretended to scowl at him. "No. You're going to fix our dinner again. Right?"
Remus smiled. "Of course. Man cannot live on Spagettios alone."
She threw a dishtowel at him. And missed. It knocked over a glass of pumpkin juice on its way down. "Darn it!" she cried, rushing to clean up the mess so quickly that she nearly slid down.
Remus caught her. "Careful. I'll clean it up. You set the table."
Tonks nodded, happy to leave the kitchen, the most dangerous room of the house. Especially for her. Her accident-prone ways were still intact. They amused Remus to no end, but after living with them for nearing on thirty years, she was getting tired of them.
As Remus cooked something that smelled a lot like stir-fry, Tonks shoveled some Spagettios on Sirius's plate. "Here you go."
"Yay! Spagettios!" Sirius cried, grabbing a fork and shoveling it in his mouth.
She picked up James and inserted a bottle into his waiting mouth. She had just started to wean him and was amazed at how quickly he'd taken to the bottle. He'd soon be ready to have another brother or sister…She checked out Remus's ass. Yes, she could certainly use a piece of that tonight. They would be practicing. Yeah, that's right.
Remus suddenly turned around. "What, Nymphadora, are you doing?" he asked, his eyes gleaming with mirth.
She blushed. "Feeding James."
"Mmhmm. Sure."
"Mmhmm me again Remus Lupin, and you won't get any of what I was planning tonight," Tonks warned.
Remus quickly clamped his mouth, his grey eyes darkening. "Dinner's ready."
Tonks burped the now-content James and placed him back in his playpen. She then made her way to the kitchen. "Mmm. Smells good."
Remus said nothing, but handed her a plate. They ate quickly, both eager to get the boys ready for bed.
Afterwards, Remus cleaned up the kitchen while Tonks gave Sirius his bath. Or attempted to.
"No bath! I like dirty!" he cried, trying to climb out of the tub.
"Well, Mummy doesn't like you to be dirty so just sit down. It'll only take a few minutes." Tonks soon had Sirius completely lathered up with soap. After twenty painstaking minutes, getting her as wet as her son, she finally had him clean.
When she let him out of the tub, he shook his hair violently, getting more water on her. "Grr. I like Daddy."
"I see. Come here and let me dry you off," Tonks said patiently.
"Kay. Play game?" He asked as she began to dry him off.
"No darling. You need to go to bed soon."
"No bed! No bed!"
Tonks sighed. "But you have pre-school tomorrow. Remember?"
"No. Play game!"
Remus came up to the door. "Are you being naughty, Sirius?"
Sirius looked up his father and pouted. "Play game?"
"Not tonight. You have school tomorrow. You can play games with your friends."
"Friends! Yay! Kay!"
Tonks smiled up at her husband. "Thanks."
"Growl, Daddy."
"If I do, will you go to bed?"
"Yeah."
"Grr…"
"Yay!"
Remus laughed. He scooped up Sirius. "Okay, off to bed with you!" He went to the nursery and deposited Sirius on the bed. He then tucked him in. "Good night."
"Where James?"
"Over there," Remus, said, pointing to the crib. "He feel asleep ten minutes into your bath. Somehow."
"Night-night, Daddy."
Tonks still stood at the doorway, watching the endearing scene. "Night-night, Mummy."
Tonks then swept in and kissed him. "Good night, baby."
"I not baby. James baby."
"Okay, good night, Sirius."
Tonks turned on the night light as Remus flicked out the light. Tonks then turned on the baby monitor. "Now go to bed."
"Kay," Sirius said, laying his head down and closing his eyes.
The two parents quietly sneaked out of the room. They practically ran to their own bedroom.
Remus grabbed Tonks and pulled her into a desperate kiss. "What exactly were you planning, Nymphadora?"
"I was checking out your ass earlier."
"So you wanted a piece of it?"
"Oh yes. It's all mine."
"Most assuredly."
"I thought we could practice."
Remus looked at her, a bit bemused. "Practice what?"
"Well, before long, James will be ready for a younger sibling. A little sister perhaps."
"Oh, I see. Practice. That sounds like a plausible idea," he said, beginning to nibble on her neck.
"Mmm. I thought so. Now let me see that ass."
He laughed. "Yes ma'am."
An hour later, both of them were very happy and relaxed.
"Wow. That was a particularly fine piece of ass. Even for you," Tonks stated appreciatively.
"You too. Of course, it had been about a week. A lot of pent-up tension."
"Yeah, but as good as it was, let's not do that again. I'll let you put Sirius to bed from now on. Then we could squeeze this in more often."
"Good idea. I like practicing. Besides, he's nothing compared to the people at work." He gasped. "Oh, speaking of work, guess who I saw today?"
"I'll never guess, so just tell me."
"You give up too easily, but okay. Hermione."
Tonks looked at him incredulously. "Hermione Granger?"
"The one and only."
"How is she? Where was she? Wh…"
"One at a time, please. She's good. Egypt. And guess what."
"I don't like to guess."
"I know, I know. Just an expression. She has two little girls."
"Really? Wow."
"Yeah. They're about a year younger than Sirius. It gets better."
"I'm waiting."
"They're Ron's."
Tonks looked like she'd had the wind knocked out of her. "What?"
"Yeah. He's pissed to say the least. He didn't even know. There's some kind of history between those two."
"Yeah. I always knew she liked him."
"Really? I never saw that. I just saw how overprotective he was of her and knew something was there."
"Yeah. Just like how you treated me."
Remus laughed. "Yeah, I guess. I just can't see them as parents. They're so young. I want to meet those kids, though. They've got some kind of genes."
Tonks smiled. "Yeah. Like ours."
Remus smiled. "Yeah. Sirius is something. It could be the name, though."
"Hey, they were both your ideas, not mine. So if James is just as bad, it's your fault," Tonks laughed.
"Okay then. You can name the next one. The one we're practicing for. Deal?"
"Deal." She kissed him and smiled. "Can we practice again?"
"As many times as you want, Nymphadora."
"Only you can get away with that."
He smiled. "I know."
A/N: Okay, there was the left field chapter. I wanted to do a little Lupin/Tonks, and there was my attempt. It was really fun to write, actually. Really, really fun. I think I've changed my mind about the vote. I'm doing this couple next. Borrow-the-moonlight-until-it-is-through should be thrilled. Of course, I still have a while to go…
I do have up to chapter 24 planned out, so I think this story will be about 32 chapters. I do know the last line of the story, though. (smiles thinking about it)
Thanks to all my reviewers. I love jwoods471 and JohnCardy87 for beta reading. Y'all rock!
Harrysangel0000: At the end of course. I'm evil!
Thesongremainsthesame: Fred/Angelina is coming. I can feel it. More will be explained in chapter 17. (Oh, I'm evil, aren't I? It's fun having a lot of things planned out.)
I'll try to update soon. Thanks again, everyone!