A/N: Sorry it's been so long. I've been travelling the world again and without a computer for some time. But now I've got myself a lap top I'm ready to travel and write. Deathly Hallows came out the other day and when I finished reading it I was moved to come back to my little tale of Tonks and Lupin. So please read and review, let me know that people are still reading.

Chapter 3 : Better then a Tesco's Dinner.

The meeting itself had taken a good few hours. First everyone was brought up to speed on who was who, and what action was already being taken. Tonks had tried even harder then usual not to fidget, when her old potions teacher, Snape, had stood up and told of how he had reclaimed the trust of the Dark Lord and once again assumed the role of spy for the Order. Tonks had always heard the rumours that the head of Slytherin had been a Death Eater, she had to admit that she now found herself struggling to trust him as readily as she had trusted Sirius. Dumbledore seemed to trust him and she decided that this would have to be enough for her to trust him too. The meeting wrapped up with an invite from Molly for everyone to stay for dinner. Tonks who had nothing better then another Tessco's microwave meal waiting at home, decide it would be best for the wizarding community and her diet, to stay.

Not many others stayed but the addition of Molly's children meant that there was still quite a large group sitting around the large kitchen table. Molly started to yell introductions across the room as her children began setting the table for dinner, "…. of course you would know Bill, and Charlie they were a year either side of you at school." Tonks had noticed Charlie the old Quidditch champ in the meeting, who had in fact been in her year at Hogwarts, as well as the dreamy Bill who had once been the Head Boy. "Then after them we have our twins Fred there with the plates and George has the knives there." Tonks tried to see if there was some sort mark to tell them apart, but could see none. "Ron's my youngest boy, but the youngest of the lot is my daughter Ginny." A girl with bright red hair that matched her brothers, sat down on the other side of Tonks, and gave a smile that was just like her mothers.

"Wow, I love you're hair. I think I'll have to steal it." said Tonks.

Ginny raised an eyebrow, " It's all yours. I'd love to have people stop calling me 'Ginger Ginny'"

Tonks scrunched her face up and shook her head until her hair fell into a long mass of ginger locks. " You just tell me who they are and I'll show them."

Ginny turned to look at her and with a shriek of amazement burst into a fit of giggles.

"You're a metamorphous!" Lupin said from her other side.

" Well yeah. Why else would they let the clumsy second cousin of Sirius Black in to the Aurors?"

"No way you're an Auror!" Ron yelled.

"Your Sirius cousin?" yelled Ginny.

"Can you Morph into anything?" yelled Fred

Molly stepped in before the twins could start yelling requests. " All of you stop that right now! Remember that Nymphadora is a guest here and-"

"It's Tonks! It's just Tonks."

"Well Tonks you make sure that you come round for dinner whenever you want. There is all ways room for one more when Molly's cooking." Arthur Weasley said from the end of the table where he was sitting next to Sirius.

"Yeah it would be great to have girl to talk to besides Mum." said Ginny, " And Hermione isn't going to be here for another week."

" She's getting here in 5 days actually, Ginny." Ron said. Tonks looked at Ginny with raised eyebrows. Ginny returned the look with a knowing smile..

The rest of the night passed in much the same manner and Tonks relaxed in the friendly family atmosphere. Tonks had only once sat at such a large family dinner, a ex-boyfriend of hers who had been one of four boys. She had sat at that dinner a scared girl of 16 waiting for her boyfriends parents to throw her out of the house for being a Black. They never had, but she had felt there disapproving looks all night.

Now as she sat with the Weasley in her relatives house, she began to feel what it would be like to be part of a family. She had been an only child just like her father was, and her mother had not see any of her family since she left to marry her father. It had only ever been the three of them after her muggle Grandparents had died. Tonks liked the feeling of such a large family and thought to herself that she would one day want to have such a family of her own, she only hoped that her husband would be a better cook than herself.

Remus had watched Nymphadora thorough out the night. He was quite struck with her sense of joy and freedom. There were things that he had once loved so much in his old school friends, and seeing them again made him feel quite young again.

At the end of the night they had stood up and walked to the door together. As they steeped out into the evening air Remus asked, "Where do you head now?"

Tonks drew in a deep breath of the crisp night air before answering, "Not far. Just up to Notting Hill. I could walk there if I wasn't so bloated from the best meal I've had in weeks."

Remus let out a small chuckle.

"What about you?" asked Tonks.

"Well I ate with them last night too, so I've just added to the bloated-ness of yesterday." Remus had known that she had meant where was he going, but his tongue seemed to be working by itself. Saying anything that it thought would make this pretty girl laugh.

It worked. She laughed in the way that she had earlier, making her nose scrunch up and her whole face light up. Remus heart lunched.

" Ha, Ha. But that's not what I meant." smiled Tonks, " Where are you off to now?"

"To a tiny little shack up in the Yorkshire moors. Where it's safe for me." Remus said the last bit with a sad smile.

Tonks tried her own smile, but it didn't quite make it, "That has to be tough. Growing up with it. But hey, we all have our demons. And you're still a nice guy after all this time." Tonks taped Remus softly on his arm.

Remus was a little confused as to how to answer a girl who had just made the fact that he was a werewolf, sound like a nasty rash. " Yes, we do. Well best be off. Can't stand around here all day."

"Yeah, see ya soon Remus."

"Lets hope so Nymphadora."

Tonks turned to correct him, but Remus had already disapparated.

As Tonks bounced off to work the next day with the knowledge that she was now part of the order, up in Yorkshire Remus Lupin woke with well known aches and pains that were a sure sign that, that night would bring a full moon. He pulled his stiff body from his bed and began his daily ritual off sitting with a cup of tea and planning the day ahead. Night fall would be around 9pm and he would make sure he was deep within the forest that was to the west of his shack. He knew if he was to stay in his shack that he would end up with no furniture at all. If he went to the east of his shack into the farmland that spread over the moors, he would once again attack the sheep that grazed there. He decided that it was best to set out at seven and travel as far as he could before the moon took over his senses. So for the rest of the day Remus went about re laying the slate tiled roof.

"Kingsley will definately be a great help. It's pretty amazing that he's only an Auror. He's got a real diplomatic streak in him." Remus said to Sirius that afternoon.

Sirius had drooped around looking for a bit more peace as the Order began to take over the Black family home in the form of the Weasley family. Sirius wasn't quite sure that re-tiling a roof was what he had in mind, but at least he was getting some fresh air.

"Yeah, but he can't be that good an Auror. He's meant to have been looking for me this past year." Sirius said.

"Hmmm. Well you know if you keep popping up to visit me like this someone might just spot you."

"Here! No ones going to see me here. Unless, ministry officials have been turning themselves in to sheep and moving to Yorkshire, then I really don't think there is much to worry about."

Remus shook his head, "Dumbledore said that it was imperative that you stay inside Headquarters. He said that you must remain unseen. Besides it would be helpful to always have an Order member there in case of an emergency."

"Right! Do you want me to leave now! Tell me would you like to sit in that mouldy old house day after day?... No ones seen me here yet, so can you at least let me have a few more days of freedom."

Remus looked at his friend who stood with a tile in his hand, the light breeze flicking his dark hair into his face. He had been locked up for so long it seemed to cruel to push him into another prison. "I'm not going tell you to do anything. But when the day comes for you to put caution first…. I just hope you will."

"I will." Sirius smiled and wedged the tile into place. " My cousin, Tonks, she seems to have a good aim. She be good to have around."

Lupin felt a small smile creep on to his face at the mention of Tonks. He wasn't quite sure why, he'd only just meet her, and the girl had to be at least 10 years younger then him, not to mention he was a werewolf and destined to a life of solitude.

"Yes she would certainly brighten things up. Fits right in with the Weasleys." said Remus, hoping that it sounded indifferent.

"Maybe her and Bill will hit it off."

Remus dropped the tile he had in his hand and it slid down the roof and shattered as it hit the ground.