One Week Later

"Hello, and welcome back to Hogwarts," said Minerva. "We now have two new members to the staff this year. Professor Tonks will be teaching Transfiguration, and welcome back to Professor Lupin who will once again be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Now let the feast begin!" she finished as food appeared on each table.

"Hello Nymphadora," Remus greeted the pink-haired witch sitting next to him.

"Wotcher Remus!" she greeted in reply. "How have you been? I haven't seen you in over a month."

"I am just wonderful now that thanks to Kingsley and Arthur, I am finally able to hold a job without persecution," he replied. "You?"

"Just the same. I decided that I would rather be here and teach rather than working with that 'hag,' Umbridge, at the ministry. Oh, and it's so wonderful you can work again. I'm happy for you. It should have always been that you could have the option to work with pay and without persecution."

"Thank you Nymphadora. I am truly happy to be back here."

Once all of the students were in bed, Remus and Tonks decided to take a walk around the Black Lake under the half-moon.

"So, it's a beautiful night," said Remus, breaking the silence.

"Yeah, it is," she replied breathlessly, looking distant.

"Nymphadora, is something wrong?" he asked, slightly concerned.

"UH! I can't take it!"

"What is it Nymphadora?"

"Remus, there's something I need to tell you.

"Sure Nymphadora, he replied, looking into Tonks's dark brown eyes.

"The thin is, I've liked you since I first joined the Order, and," she took a deep breath, "and I've fallen in love with you," she said looking down at her black converse high-tops.

Remus was speechless. He just stared at her as she burst into tears. This brought him back to reality.

"It's ok," Remus said bringing Tonks into a hug.

She placed her head on his shoulder and continued to sob heavily.

"Would you like to walk back?" he asked, offering her his hand.

"Really?" she asked, pointing to his outreached hand.

"Really," he replied with a smile.

She took his hand as her sobs began to let up, and they walked back to the castle. Remus decided to walk Tonks back to her quarters and stopped once they reached the door.

"Bye, Remus," said Tonks regretfully letting go of his hand.

Remus took Tonks's face, brought it up to his, and kissed her. As it became more passionate, Tonks opened her door without breaking the kiss. After the door was shut, Remus moved to the buttons on Tonks's shirt.

However, they didn't know that Harry had just opened the Marauders' Map and spotted Tonks and Remus's names. But instead of the usual shoe prints on the map, there were little hearts and lips where the two names were practically on top of each other.

Yes, it did seem like something the Marauders would do would be to have the map show when someone was making out or having sex. Even though Tonks and Remus were mainly like friends to Harry, they were still his teachers.

Harry muttered, "mischief managed," closed the map, and decided to go to sleep.