Chapter 3 up. :) Hope you like it.
R&R Please?? I'll cry if you don't. Only Joking.. :P
"Dance?" Tonks asked, that feeling of dread spreading through her.
"Yes Miss Tonks, dance. Is that a problem?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Actually Professor, it is. You see, I have two left feet." Tonks pleaded.
"That's too bad Nymphadora. I'm sure you'll be fine. Is that quite clear?"
"Yes Professor." Tonks replied.
The reason I am teaching you to dance is because I want my house to be sophisticated and responsible at this event, you have an image to maintain as Gryffindors. The same applies to Hufflepuff too. Now then, I need to put you into partners. Lets see, Evans and Potter, Black and Smith, Tonks and Lupin…"
After McGonagall had put everyone into pairs, Tonks and Lily walked towards their partners.
"Lily, I'm sure it'll be fine." Tonks assured her walking up to Remus.
"Of all the people in the world, she had to put me with him!" Lily ranted, walking up to James. "Don't say a word of else I will ruin that pretty little face of yours." Lily threatened.
"Ah, so you think my face is pretty?" James asked, smirking at her.
"Just shut it." Lily snapped.
Tonks was struggling to keep her laughter in, she glanced at Remus who looked like he was going to burst out laughing too.
"I'm so sorry that you got stuck with me. Honestly, I really do have two left feet." Tonks said to Lupin, he only smiled at her.
"I'm sure you're not as bad as me."
They glanced over at Sirius, who was flirting with his partner.
"Is he always like that?" Tonks asked.
"Oh yeah." Lupin replied.
"Now then, attention please! Okay, boys place your right hand on your partners waist, and girls place your right hand on their shoulder. Then you take each others left hand. Get into positions please!"
Lupin quickly put his hand on Tonks's waist, she placed hers gently on his shoulder, then they clasped their two left hands together.
Professor McGonagall used her wand to make the record player turn on and within seconds the classroom was filled with the noise of waltz music.
"And, one two three, one two three, one two three, one two.."
Tonks and Lupin started to move and everything was going smoothly, so far. 'Just remember one two three, one two three, one two three, Tonks. Don't lost it now.' she kept thinking to herself over and over again.
She looked over her shoulder and saw James and Lily dancing, Lily was telling James to stop being so immature, and amazingly he said something that made her laugh. She turned her attention back to Remus.
"You know, you're pretty good at this." Tonks said to Lupin.
"Yeah well don't tell anyone, but I was forced to take dance lessons when I was little." Lupin said looking a little embarrassed.
"I won't tell, promise." She smiled at him, she lost her concentration and stumbled a bit.
"Careful." He said catching her.
"Thanks." She said. "Told you I had two left feet." She joked. "So who are you going to the Ball with?" She asked, trying to make conversation.
"No one." He said, pulling her a little closer.
"I'm amazed. I thought there would be a queue of girls wanting to go with you." Tonks replied.
"Well, one or two girls have asked me, but I turned them down."
"Why?" Tonks asked.
"Because, they weren't my type." He answered flatly. "What about you?"
"No ones asked me." She said.
Before he could say anything else Professor McGonagall interrupted. "Excuse me! You're all doing a wonderful job, but I would like to see each couple on their own, just to see who needs more help. Ah, Miss Tonks and Mr Lupin, we'll start with you."
'Oh no.' She thought to herself. 'Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no! I can't do this in front of everyone. I'll trip or fall over!'
The music started and she felt herself being lead around the classroom by Remus, knowing that Remus had taken dance classes, she relaxed a bit. After about three minutes of spinning around the room, the record player came to a halt. She was quite relieved considering all the spinning made her feel dizzy.
"Very good. You may take a seat." McGonagall told them.
They sat down and watched the next few couples present themselves to everyone. James and Lily went next and surprisingly, they were very good. Sirius and the girl he was with were the worst couple, Sirius kept standing on her feet. Tonks and Remus cracked up laughing. McGonagall dismissed class and Tonks and Lily made their way to potions.
"Ah! Good morning class!" Professor Slughorn cried.
"Morning." The class muttered in unison.
"Today we are going to revise for your O.W.L's."
The whole class groaned. After a very long lesson of revising poisonous mushrooms and their cures, the bell finally rang for break.
Lily and Tonks went outside into the school grounds for the fresh air and so they could discuss the Divination homework.
"I really don't get it." Lily said, taking a look at her dream diary. "I wake up in the morning, and I have to fill in this stupid book. I normally forget, and by the time I got to fill it in I always forget what I'd dreamt about."
"I don't mind the subject," Tonks said, looking at Lily's dream diary. "except sometimes I would prefer if I didn't have to share my dreams, so I just make it up."
"I'll have to try that. Oh no!" Lily exclaimed. "I've left my Potions book in Professor Slughorn's classroom. I'll see you at lunch okay?"
Tonks nodded at her, and waved her goodbye.
She started to walk to the greenhouse for Herbology, she wasn't too bad at it. Professor Sprout greeted her, and Tonks sat at a table by herself, just like normal. Professor Sprout spent half the lesson talking about Devil's Snare, and the other half talking about O.W.L's. It was the exact same lecture as all the other teachers had mentioned in their class. The bell rang, and the next lesson was just a blur until the lunch bell rang. She was running to meet Lily for lunch when Camilla stood in front of her.
"Hello Nymphadora." Camilla sneered.