Chapter 5: Pictures

Harry and Tonks sat together as they both flipped through a picture book they'd found beneath one of the floorboard in Number Twelve Gimmauld Place. "I think this is Remus and Sirius," Harry said as he looked at the picture of two teenage boys standing in their school robes. Tonks smiled as she looked at the love of her life and her cousin who she missed dearly. They were perhaps about fifteen in that picture.

"I wonder who these two are," she said pointing to the picture next to the one that Harry was staring at. It was a picture of a boy and girl, probably thirteen and they were twins. They both had light brown hair and amber colored eyes. The boy bore a very serious look on his face, as for the girl, she had a radiant smile on her beautiful face.

"Hey, I saw a pictures of her with Sirius, at least I think it's her," he said as he flipped the photo album to some of the last pictures. The last several pictures were all of Sirius and the girl, but they were both older. Sirius seemed to be about twenty or twenty one and she seemed to be about eighteen or nineteen. She was taller in those pictures and if possible even more beautiful.

"An old girlfriend of Sirius? He never mentioned her," Tonks said with a shrug. At that moment Remus walked in, causing both Tonks and Harry to look over at the door. Remus furrowed his brow as he walked over to the table.

"I heard that you were going to be here, I just didn't know whether to believe it or not," Remus said as he looked at Harry. He hadn't seen Harry in several months, at least not since the day of Dumbledore's burial ceremony. He'd grown a bit taller, but not so that it was too noticeable. Remus walked over and placed a kiss on top of Tonks' head, he wasn't very fond of being overly affectionate in front of people, and he looked down at what they were staring at. "Where did you find that?" he asked with a furrowed brow as he looked at the picture of someone he hadn't seen in a very long time.

"It was beneath one of the floorboards. Who's this?" Harry asked as he stared at the picture and pointed at the girl that was placing a kiss on Sirius' brow. Remus stared at her for a moment, trying to remember when it was the last time that he'd seen Viktoria. "Did she used to date Sirius?"

"I wouldn't say they dated... but something like that. They both loved each other, but neither one felt that they were meant to be together forever," Remus said as he took a seat next to Tonks. He picked out a picture of Viktoria alone and stared at it for a moment. How his heart ached to see his sister again. But he was afraid of what she would say to him. The last time he'd seen her was when he was twenty-two, she was twenty.

"Remus," Tonks said, causing him to snap out of his reverie. Both she and Harry were staring at him as though he were leaving something out. Not only that but Tonks was casting him a look, indicating she was getting a little jealous and upset.

"Did Sirius know her a long time? She's in here again, but I think that she's with her brother," Harry said as he flipped back to the picture of the girl and the boy standing together. Remus stared at the picture and could feel a little sharp pang.

"Yes, Viktoria and Viktor, they're twins," he said as he took that picture out of the album as well and stared at Viktor. His eyes were full of sadness as he stared at him, despite the fact that he hadn't ever gotten along with Viktor, he loved him.

"When did she get with Sirius?" Harry asked. He was very curious to know about Viktoria, as she was the only girl that he knew of that Sirius loved. He knew that Sirius had once upon a time been with many girls, but he'd never heard of one that Sirius loved.

"It was at your parents wedding actually. Sirius was the best man and she was the maid of honor. It was the first time they'd seen each other since Sirius left Hogwarts. She's two years younger then we are," he said as he looked at Harry.

"How did he meet her then?" Tonks asked.

"Viktoria is my sister, quite obviously Viktor is my brother," he said, causing both Tonks' and Harry's jaw to drop.

"I didn't know you had a sister," Tonks said as a smile started to slowly slip onto her face. "Or a brother."

"Well I haven't seen or talked to her in nearly sixteen years," he said as he stood up. Tonks stared over at him.

"Why not?" Harry asked.

"I didn't approve of who she married," he responded.

"What about your brother?" Tonks asked changing the subject from Viktoria to Viktor.

"Viktor passed away when he was nineteen," Remus responded before walking out of the room. He didn't want to talk about the past anymore. He tucked the picture that he still had with him into his pockets and walked away.

TBC…