sorry for the wait...i had an accute case of writer's block. this chapter didn't come out the way i expected, but i hope it works. the second part (with the dreams) may be a bit awkward. essentially: tonk's dream...lupin'd dream...tonk's flat. the '***' should make it semi-clear. please leave ideas, as i am kind of going a bit dry. let me know what you think! there's a bit of fluff, but there should be more coming... (but really, there's not much at all...)

so i had to re-write this god only knows how many times. i was finally ahppy with it, but then i remembered that Tonks had a roommate...so i had to write her in to....it was a mess, but i think it came out fine iof i do say so myself (Which i do)

oh, and seeing as these chapters are getting longer and longer, i'm not sure how long that will last...this is 3,393 words, so i hope you enjoy! (well, on word...document manager is giving me different numbers...) anywho....enough chit chat, on with!

disclaimer: not jkr, sorry. though i desperately want to live in england!

Tonks found life with the Order quite enjoyable. She started spending extended amounts of time at Grimmauld Place, getting over the thought of Sirius being innocent faster than she'd ever comprehended. She even enjoyed spending time with Remus, the werewolf. The Weasley kids were usually there, and they spent many days "cleaning" the house, though it was more of fighting. Everything that they decontaminated resisted in some way or another. Many times it was amusing, but after doing it for a while, it grew tedious and annoying.

Her work as an Auror was coming along fine as well. Moody decided to let up on the reports, but he still gave her a fair amount of paper work. He never failed to remind her that she still needed to finish the report about Remus.

"I thought it was just so I'd get over my fear of werewolves," she had said the first day Moody reminded her.

"No Nymphadora. That actually had a purpose. I expect it sooner rather than later."

"Fine, fine, but can I have some more time to spend with him? I just got his story. I have yet to find his quirks, qualities and whatnot."

Moody had growled in response.

And so, three weeks later, Tonks still found herself with the gang of Weasleys, Sirius, and Lupin waging war against the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.

They were cleaning out the drawing room, when Dumbledore stopped by. They had not heard him, as he was one of the only people who didn't announce their arrival by ringing the door bell.

"Nymphadora, may I see you a minute?"

"Dumbledore, our compromise, remember? It's Tonks. Let me call Remus. REMUS!" she hollered up the stairs.

"Tonks, do you mean to wake the entire house hold?" Remus said, chuckling as he emerged from his room.

"Remus, I would like to speak with you and Nymph—Tonks for a minute, in private."

"Sure, Dumbledore"

"Wonderful. If you'll follow me." They followed Dumbledore into an extra bedroom. "I have an important mission for both of you. There has been report of suspicious activity at a house in Luxembourg. I need you two to go there and see what is going on. We've heard about Death Eater activity there, and seen some signs of dark magic. You will depart tomorrow and apparate to a nearby field. Once you get there, be very stealthy," he looked pointedly at Tonks, "and once you figure enough out, come back, and we will and as many people as you think necessary to rid it of any activity. Understood?"

"Yes, Sir," said Tonks.

"Yes, Sir," Remus repeated.

"Good. Make sure to leave early tomorrow. Better make it five am. I know it's early, but the earlier the better. Now, I have a lot of business to which I must attend. Let me know how things go. Good luck." With that, Dumbledore swept out of the room with a shiwsh of his cloak.

"Well Tonks, I guess it's just us." Remus said calmly as his insides screamed.

"I suppose so. I have a lot of work that I'm behind on, so I got to go do that. Meet at my place tomorrow morning, alright?"

"Sure, see you then."

***

"Sirius, I need your help." Lupin said, poking his head into a room to see Sirius feeding Buckbeak some dead rats. I can't believe I'm talking to Padfoot about this. Of all the people.

"What can I do for you Moony?" Sirius said, looking up from the hippogriff.

"Um, I'm not sure how to say this, but erm, I think I…" he trailed off.

"Think what? Oh god Moony. You…" Sirius looked at the latter incredulously before bursting out in a spasm of laughter that wracked his whole body. "You like my cousin!" Sirius managed to choke out when he gained some composure.

"Why did I think I could talk to you about this? I knew you were going to make fun of me." Remus said, looking at the floor.

"Oh Moony. I could never make fun of you. Laugh, yes, make fun of…well, yes too. Oh, I'm so happy for you, mate. Finally, you found someone."

"But Padfoot, remember Rosa? I don't want that to happen again. And also, I'm a werewolf! I can't do that to someone!" He said with melancholy.

"I understand Moony, but you can't go through the rest of your life alone. You need someone to take care of you. To make you feel better once we get through this god awful war." Sirius said, with more seriousness than Remus ever imagined he had.

"Padfoot, that's what you're there for," he said. Sirius let out another bark of laughter.

"Moony, I can't give you what a lover could. I can't kiss your tears away. I can't hold you and tell you how much I love you." Sirius said, wiping tears of laughter from his face.

"I guess you're right. But what am I supposed to do? Dumbledore put me on a mission with her. We're going to be in Luxembourg and who knows what could happen. We're going to be alone Padfoot."

"I got that, Moony. But what if she doesn't feel the same way? Then you have nothing to worry about." Remus hadn't even thought about Tonks not liking him back. Man that hurts. He thought.

"But what if she does? What if I can't control myself and I hurt her? I'd never be able to live with myself."

Sirius looked at his friend curiously. Usually it was the Remus who was talking sense into Sirius. This was downright weird. Remus breaking down about a girl? What has this world come to? Usually it's me who's going crazy over a chick, not Remus. He's the level headed, smart one. I'm the compulsive, reckless one. Sirius thought as he watched Remus hold his head in his hands.

"Remus, you gotta let up. Relax. I'm sure everything will work out. Just watch. And anyway, I've seen how ol' Tonksie acts around you. I'm sure she feels something for you too."

"You really think so?" Lupin said, lifting his head.

"Yeah, I really do. Now go and get ready for this mission. Be careful, I don't want to lose another friend." Sirius said the last bit lightly, but Remus heard the worried undertone. The latter made to leave, but Sirius called, "Oh, and one more thing, Moony." Remus sat back down.

"Yes Padfoot?" He said wearily.

"She's a metamorphmagus."

Sirius walked out the door and left Remus sputtering and blubbering.

***

"Ginny? Hermione? Where are you guys?" Tonks asked timidly as she looked in one bedroom after another. Dumbledore had just left and she was anticipating the upcoming mission with apprehension.

"We're in here Tonks. What's up?" Ginny called from the last room in the hall.

"I need help girls." Tonks said, walking in and promptly plopping herself down on the bed.

"Sure, what do you need?" Hermione asked, getting up to sit by Tonks.

"Actually, I need some guy help."

"Perfect, we were just talking about them." Ginny said smiling.

"Really? Who is it?" Tonks said excitedly, looking up from her lap.

"I thought you needed our help." The younger witch said.

"Yeah, but mine can wait. So, tell me the dirt."

"To-onks," Hermione said, drawing out her name so it was two syllables.

"Oh come on Hermione, spill."

"There's nothing to spill. We were talking about Ginny." Tonks turned to Ginny, who immediately flushed scarlet.

"Ginny, spill, kid."

"First tell us your problem. I promise. Then I'll tell you about mine."

Tonks sighed. "Fine. Here goes. I think that I might have feelings for,"

"Geez Tonks, way to be formal. Just tell us the guy that you are in love with." Ginny said exasperatedly.

"I'm not in love with him. Yet. It's Re--"

"OH MY GOD! YOU LIKE REMUS?!" Ginny shrieked.

"Ginny, shut up! Do you want the whole house to hear?" Hermione rebuked. "Tonks, that's so great! You guys are really cute together."

"Thanks, but I don't know what he feels. And also, it's really, really weird, because I've only gotten over my phobia about werewolves a little more than a month ago. It's kinda disconcerting how quickly my thoughts and feelings changed." Tonks fretted.

"Yeah, I know what you mean. I think that you should just go with it." Hermione said.

"We're going to Luxembourg for a thing for the Order. It's just going to be the two of us. I hope that I don't screw things up."

"Aww, don't worry so much Tonks. You'll be fine. How could someone not like you? You're funny, smart, a metamorphmagus, cool, and all around great. I think that if Remus knew, then he'd just be fawning over you." Ginny said with certainty.

"You really think so?" Tonks asked.

"Uh huh. Just let it be. See what happens. But you must tell us what happens, alright?"

"Sure, sure. Ok, so I spilled. Now it's your turn. Who do you like, Ginny?" Tonks said, feeling much better.

"Umm, I've liked him ever since I was a little girl."

"Ginny, stop beating around the bush."

"Fine, I like--"

Suddenly, Remus Lupin came flying through the door interrupting Ginny and causing Tonks to fall off the bed. "Nymphadora Tonks, how could you not tell me you were a metamorphmagus? Were you planning on telling me before we left tomorrow?"

"What?" she said slightly disoriented. "Oh, yeah I was. I was going to tell you right after I finished my conversation with the girls. Calm down Remus, you're going to give yourself an aneurism."

Ginny and Hermione were laughing at the scene. It was pretty amusing. Tonks was flustered on the floor, and Lupin as standing like a mad-man in the doorway, he graying hair frazzled.

"Also, I thought you would have guessed, considering my hair is a different color every day. It's green now, and yesterday it was purple, and the day before that it was blonde, and then--"

"I get it. I noticed it too; I just didn't think anything of it. I thought you jut dyed it." Remus started to flush a little.

"Do you know how bad that would be for my roots, Remus?" Tonks said, smiling at him.

"Umm, no. I'm not a girl, Nymphadora."

"Don't call me that! What's with you people? None of you can get it into your heads that my name is TONKS!"

"Erm, Tonks?" she rounded on Hermione. "Your hair is red, and it was pink a moment ago."

"Oh bugger." Tonks mumbled. Usually her hair corresponded to her mood, so when it was pink, it was because she was thinking about, well, that.

"May I see you a moment?" Remus said, holding out a hand to help her up.

"Sure. Sorry, Gin, we'll have to finish this another time." Tonks said, winking, and proceeding to follow Remus out of the room.

"Tonks, I don't like it that you betrayed my trust like that." He began.

"Oh relax Remus, I just didn't tell you that I was a metamorphmagus. You'll be fine. What we should be worrying about is tomorrow. What should I bring? What do I need? When are we leaving?"

Remus sighed. "First off, it's is important, Nymphadora. To me. We are going to have to be truthful to one another now that we are working together, alright? Can we do that?"

She gulped. Being truthful meant confessing how she felt. "I think so." She said.

"Ok, sounds good. I'll try also." He decided to let her 'think so', because if he pushed the whole honesty thing on her, she'd make him be honest, and no way was he ready to tell her what he was really feeling. "Next, I will come by your place to pick you up at 5 am tomorrow morning; sharp. Be there and ready to go. Bring your wand, and some food and drinks. I hope we won't have to be there for a long time, but better be prepared. I'll bring some chocolate." She nodded.

"Sounds good Remus. I'll see you then. I have to go to bed. I'm tired."

"See you tomorrow. Be ready Nymphadora."

"Don't call me that Remus!" She said, her hair turning tomato red. He just smiled.

She went back to where Ginny and Hermione were and told them that she had to go back to her flat, because she had to be up at 5 freakin o'clock the next morning. "Ginny, I'm waiting to hear who you like. Let me know when I get back." Tonks said as she left Grimmauld Place. Once she was out of the security charms, she apparated home and promptly fell asleep.

***

There was snow everywhere. It was a winter wonderland. She was exiting the pub, and got hit smack in the face by the cold as it stung every part of her that was exposed.

"Can we go to your place to warm up?" he said.

"S-s-s-sounds good t-t-to me," she said, shivering at the temperature. He grasped her hand tightly, and after a moment of near suffocation, they appeared outside her flat.

"Nymphadora," he said, making it sounds, not like the horrid name it was, but like poetry, "I really like you. May I try something?"

"Anything, Remus," she said, her heart pounding in her ears.

He slowly leaned forward, closer and closer, until he could see every snowflake on her lashes. She noticed his eyes, once again; like warm, melting chocolate. She just wanted to taste them. Before she could dwell on his eyes anymore, he kissed the tip of her nose, sending shivers that weren't from the cold, up and down her spine. He moved his mouth downwards, as she tilted her head up. Her eyes closed as their lips made contact. She tasted butterbeer and chocolate. She felt as though she was going to burn up or faint; she wasn't sure which. Her blood was boiling up and out, making her warm and tingly all over. He wrapped his hands around her waist pulling her closer. Her hands ran through his hair, feeling its silky softness. A low moan emanated from his chest, reverberating on hers. His tongue brushed over her bottom lip, asking for permission to enter. She parted her lips, and felt his tongue trance the inside of her mouth. Tingles of pleasure rolled through her. He pulled away, and whispered in her ear, "I love you Nymphadora."

***

After talking to Tonks, Remus decided it was best that he go to bed as well. He apparated back to his flat and lay in his bed, tossing and turning, waiting for sleep to come. Next thing he knew,

He was standing outside the Three Broomsticks with Nymphadora by his side. It was spring, and the birds were singing, and the sun was shining, and in short, everything was perfect.

"Come this way." He said to her, pointing to path that lead to a secluded clearing. She followed him eagerly, bouncing at her side. It was impossible to be sad around her. She radiated happiness. He heard a sharp intake of breath as she saw the clearing.

"Oh, Remus, it's beautiful." She said, turning to his, and snuggling in his chest.

"Follow me," he whispered in her ear. He led her to a shady spot under one of the giant oaks. "Sit down," he said, getting comfortable. She sat next to him, and leaned on him. He put his arms around her, sighing with content.

"Nymphadora," he began, but she silenced him with a finger. She slowly moved inward, and he noticed how her eyes were a beautiful shade of aqua blue; they reminded him of the lakes that he had seen in pictures. So clear, yet with so much depth, they were the most beautiful eyes ever. He didn't have much time to think about her eyes, because she was leaning closer and closer, driving all thought out of his head. she put her mouth up to his ear and whispered,

"I love you Remus. You're mine. Forever and always." And she closed the remaining two inches between them, and they were kissing. He felt his heart pounding, the blood rushing through his head. He felt her tongue begging for entrance, and when he granted it, the world fell away. It was just him and his Nymphadora. In a secluded meadow. Forever and always.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Remus's alarm woke him from his dream. Aww, damn, that was a good dream. He looked at the clock. It was 4:45, and his climbed out of bed, and began getting ready for his mission with Tonks. He was getting more and more apprehensive by the moment. Part of his wished desperately for it all to happen, but part of him didn't want any of it, because he knew he'd have to end it, and that would just break his heart. Well, I can't stall any more. I have to go. He apparated to her flat, and knocked sharply on the door.

***

A loud knocking awoke Tonks with a start. She looked at the clock 5:01. BUGGER!! She thought to herself. Remus must be waiting. What do I do? And what a dream that was. Man, I wish that could be real.

"Nymphadora? Come, we have to go!" she heard Remus call from outside.

"Come in!" She hollered. Tonks heard the lock click, as she was throwing on any clothing she could find. What will the weather be like? Should I dress warmly? Maybe not, because them, I could use Remus as a heater. No, no, no Tonks. Bad thoughts. Focus on getting dressed.

"Nymphadora? Come on, we really have to get moving." He said, appearing on her hallway.

"Sorry, I over slept!" she said, running out of the room, her eyes scrunched tight, to try and make order of the frizziness that she was supposed to call hair. Merlin, I want to feel his hair. I wonder if that's really what it feels like. She ran towards the kitchen, and grabbed the first foods that she touched; still thinking about the ream, the kiss was so real. Her lips tingled just at the thought of it.

"Tonks, what the hell is going on here?" Emily said, emerging from her room, sleep incrusted around her eyes.

"Geez Em, you scared me. I have to get out early today." She said, trying to calm her breathing.

"Tonks, it's 5 frickin oh 5 in the morning. Where the hell do you have to be? Who are you?!" She screeched when she noticed Remus standing in the hall.

"It's ok Em, he's with me. I mean, he's coming with me. We have to do something together. This is Remus Lupin. The good werewolf." Tonks said, flushing a deep red.

"Oh. OH!" she said in recognition. "Pleasure to meet you. I was the one who suggested Tonks do the report about you." Emily said, holding a hand out to Remus.

Remus took and it and shook it quickly. "Nymphadora? Come, we must be going. We're late already!" he called to her in the kitchen.

"Yes, yes, I know. I'll be there in a sec. I have to brush my teeth and get some food!" she called back.

"What in the name of Merlin's beard are you doing that you're late at 5:10 in the morning?" Emily asked, incredulous.

"Sorry, I'm not allowed to tell you. Does Nymphadora always take this long to get ready?" he asked, beginning to get impatient.

"Are you crazy? This is great for her. Usually it takes two hours at best to get her fully functioning in the morning." Emily said. "And you call her Nymphadora? And you're still alive? Gee, she must really like you."

"Why is that?" Remus asked, flushing at the thought that Tonks liked him.

"Well, usually she bites people's heads off if they dare call her Nymphadora."

"Oh, well, she does get mad at me all the time, but I like Nymphadora better than Tonks. It's more poetic."

"Uh huh." Emily said skeptically.

"Well Remus, that makes two people in this world. You and my mother. I'm ready. Let's head out." Tonks said, running into the hall. She turned to her roommate, "Bye Em. Sorry I didn't give you any warning…I kinda forgot. I'm not sure when I'll be back, but I'll see you soon!" She said hurriedly.

"Nymphadora! We are so late. Come on!" Remus said, now very impatient.

"Ok Tonks. One thing though: he's pretty cute. A little old, but cute. I approve." Emily said, waggling her eyebrows.

"EMILY!" Tonks cried, running out the door.

"Finally. Come on." He said, holding out his arm. She grabbed it, and they were both taken into stifling darkness wondering what would happen in Luxembourg.

so there it is. hope it wasn't too confusing. and i hope i got all the characters right...next chatper is going to be luxembourg!! yay!! probably with some more fluff...then i need ideas....give 'em. if you do, and i use them, i'll mention you in the a/n, and if you've written any good fics, i'll advertise them, so review with ideas. on that note...REVIEWS!!! they make me happy guys. :) until next time, ~mangotango101