Lyra

Remus was not normally an indecisive person. He normally made decisions fairly quickly when ones needed to be made. He normally did not spend hours and hours agonizing about decisions. Normally. Well this was not normal. Normal was "What shirt should I wear today?" or "What should I have for dinner?" Normal was not "Should I ask this girl to marry me?" which leads us to Remus' problem. Somewhere in the back of his head he knew the answer all along, without a doubt. Sometimes he thinks he knew the moment he met her. But, considering this was not a normal decision, the Gryffindor in him was gnawing at his insides, making him think and rethink what he was about to do. After deciding to just go with what he knew all along, he knew he needed to talk to a few people.

Lyra-

Wondered if you would meet for coffee sometime Thursday. I wanted to talk about a few things with you. Meet me at the Starbucks on the corner of Washington and Bank Street around 2:00?

-Remus

After rereading the note a few times to make sure it wasn't too intimidating, (Remus imagined that meeting your older sister's boyfriend for coffee could be a little unnerving) Remus folded the paper and attached it to the leg of Tonks' small, but feathery owl, Fergus.

"For Lyra, and don't stay there all day eating owl treats, I know how Ted spoils you," Remus murmured to the poofy owl as he ushered it toward the open window.

On Thursday a few minutes after 2:00, Remus walked into the Starbucks and immediately saw Lyra. She was sitting in a large armchair at a table by the window, reading a book. 'How unlike her sister,' Remus thought to himself with a smile as he made his way over to the counter to order. After getting the most plain and simple coffee on the menu (he wasn't too sure about drinking something he couldn't pronounce) he headed over to where Lyra was sitting.

"Hey Lyra,"

"Oh, Remus, hi!" Lyra said cheerfully. She already had gotten an iced coffee drink and quickly put her book down and sat up a little straighter in the chair. Lyra looked more like Ted, while Dora looked more like Andromeda, but she still had a lot of facial similarities with her sister. Her hair was much lighter brown than Dora's and was a little longer and very straight. She had light blue eyes and was also generally very soft-spoken.

"So how are you?" Remus said sitting down across from her.

"Oh, I'm good! How are you?" Lyra asked politely.

Remus smiled at her, "I'm doing pretty well. How was your first year?" Lyra had just finished her first year at Hogwarts as a Ravenclaw and was on summer vacation.

"I loved it, I had so much fun, and there's just so much to learn!" Lyra said excitedly. Remus couldn't help but smile at her attitude. When he first met her before she went to Hogwarts, she could barely speak two words in his, or anyone else's, presence. He was glad that going away to school made her come out of her shell. "Dad still jokes about the whole Ravenclaw thing. He was in Hufflepuff, mom was in Slytherin, Nymph was in Gryffindor, and to round it out I'm in Ravenclaw. He says we're 'the perfect Hogwarts family, one of each house!'" she imitated.

Remus laughed. "Yeah I guess you are," he said. They sat in silence for a few moments, drinking their coffee. Even though Remus saw that she was a little more outgoing, but he was pretty sure that she wasn't as forward as to bring up the reason he wanted to meet with her in the first place.

"So about what I wanted to talk about…" Remus trailed off. Lyra just nodded at him so he continued. "You already know that your sister and I are pretty serious." Lyra just nodded again and took a sip of her drink. He got the feeling that she got his point and realized that he couldn't dance around what he was going to say any longer. He decided to just get straight to it. "I want to ask her to marry me." Remus said and then looked intently at Lyra, trying to gauge her reaction. When there was none, Remus went on, "I would really appreciate it if I got your blessing."

Lyra stared at him in silence for a moment and Remus was unable to tell what she was thinking. Finally she gave a little laugh and said, "Well, it's about time. Mom, Mrs. Weasley, and I were betting you'd never get around to it."

Remus let out a sigh of relief. Although the ever-prevalent Gryffindor inside of him would never admit it, Remus was slightly, no, very nervous about asking this twelve-year-old what she thought about him marrying her older sister. He figured that asking the family would be the most nerve wracking part about the whole thing. It was like he was taking away a daughter from a family; from a mother and a father and a sister. Remus' stomach gave a little jolt as he thought of Dora's father. He still needed to talk to Ted Tonks about asking his eldest daughter's hand in marriage. The thought didn't soothe him any.

"I'm glad you're happy, I know how close you are to Dora," Remus said.

"How could I be anything but happy? You and Nymphadora are meant for each other. Everyone sees it Remus. You two are the best thing for each other when it gets bad in the war. You guys have what little girls dream about having when they're older. So yes, you have my full blessing," finished Lyra.

Remus smiled, "Thanks Lyra."

"My pleasure. You do realize that you have to talk to my dad though."

'Shit.' Remus thought, 'Don't remind me.'

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A/N: Thanks for all the great reviews guys! keep em' coming. This is the second to last chapter...I think we all know who's next...

Anyway, I'm working on a new Katie/Oliver fic, it won't be out till this one's done though.

-sailor's delight