So before I say anything, I notated into the text of my last chapter that I was doing the text like that because I was in a rush. I also added at the end that I was starting college and a bit cramped for time so if you don't like the little things I do to get the chapter up quickly and without any loss of gap for myself then please feel free to not read anything further. Also, due to all my reviewers and the love of Sirius I have a plan. I have plans to keep him around but it will take some working out in my mind so he will have to be invalid until it just POPS which could be in this chapter and could be in later chapters.

Chapter 5- Designer Skyline

Horrified and yet relieved at the same time Harry just closed his eyes and tried to take in the entire situation before the rest of his life fell out from under him.

Harry opened his eyes, more determined now than he had been before and looked towards Sirius. He would find a way to make things alright for Sirius no matter what he had to do or how much money he would have to pay.

"Mr. Potter I'm leaving a few scrolls here for you to peruse regarding your inheritance now that your age confirms that your emancipation will go through uncontested." The goblin said before bowing himself out.

Harry was having a hard time processing everything it was just a little bit much for him to have to deal with at the time but then, he would never have a break now that he was an adult. He would never be able to escape to a school where everything was controlled and he would never be able to go to his mum for a hug.

With this thought Harry turned and slowly walked towards Sirius. He was the only thing he had to represent a parent in his life and he wouldn't lose him, no matter what. Leaning down the younger man who was now so tall he nearly had to bend to walk through the doorways in the older house hugged Sirius Black with all the love and gentleness that he was feeling.

Tonks had come up to ask Harry if he wanted to go and do anything for lunch stopped at the doorway, unseen by Harry although Sirius' eyes acknowledged her presence there.

"I thought you could use a bit of lunch Harry" She said before he had time to realize she had been standing there witnessing something he would consider a private moment.

His quiet smile told her that it had worked and he nodded walking towards her.

"That sounds great Tonks. Is Remus on his way up here?" He asked as he finally reached the door.

"Yea Harry, he was just cleaning up the kitchen and dining room when I headed up here to get you." She responded happily.

"You know Tonks; you don't have to hang out with me if you don't want. I'm sure you boyfriend would be mad." Harry responded with a smile on his face.

He was definitely not expecting the response he got as the woman in front of him practically sent the cruciatus curse with her eyes.

"It isn't any of your business whether or not my boyfriend and I spend the afternoon together. Kindly don't question my personal life and I'll keep yours out of my mouth too." She spat at him before turning and heading for the door, stomping the whole way.

Harry was left with his mouth hanging open and his eyes bulging out slightly as he tried to figure out exactly what he had said wrong and what he could do to try and fix things. Whatever he had to say to her he had better hurry up or she would be halfway across wizarding London without him having the slightest clue of where she could have gone.

"Hold a minute Tonks, I didn't mean to piss you off." He said, grabbing his Gringotts account card and rushing down the stairs to catch up. "It was a joke, I swear."

"Whatever Harry" Tonks replied sullenly and walked out onto the street. "What are you hungry for anyways?"

"Whatever you want" He said, trying to placate her into a happy mood again.

He followed her, the rest of the trip spent in silence broken only by train whistles, and the other sounds of a large and vastly populated city. Just as Harry thought that Tonks was going to walk him to France for a good meal they stopped in front of quaint looking Chinese eatery.

He couldn't read the name of the shop but just the sight of it appeared to put Tonks in a better mood since she grabbed his hand and pulled him through the door as he hesitated. As she went to release him inside Harry kept a firm grasp on her hand and held it all the way to a table in the front near the windows.

It wasn't sunny and bright outside but the cloud cover hadn't broke into rain yet and there were still spots of sunlight breaking through every few minutes, shining on the pavement outside and the patrons bustling around other shops.

"I loved coming here with Paul" Tonks started as they sat down opposite each other on a funny table that didn't have any chairs only a few cushions. "I thought he was different"

Trapped Harry didn't know what to do; he wasn't good talking or thinking about his own feelings much less someone else's. He was a blunt and abrupt type person who frequently said the wrong things to girls.

"So what are these funny sticks" Harry said, trying to change the subject to something less depressing. Tonks wasn't having it though.

"Don't you ever wish Harry that you meant something to somebody else?" She said, gazing outside the window and keeping her voice low.

"Well yea I do actually. I mean I know I'm supposedly the savior and the golden boy but they all care about what I can do for them. Sirius is the only person I know that cares about me even if I don't do anything for him." Harry said, the words hitting him somewhere deep in his chest and making him feel as if he couldn't breathe.

"Well I thought I had that, and then I remembered that he was just another guy, with another goal to accomplish that didn't include my personality; just my abilities. " She finished, finally picking up a menu and perusing it as if the last few minutes of conversation hadn't happened.

Harry let it fade away and picked up his own menu. He couldn't read it but he figured she could since she was seriously studying it, biting her lip with her eyebrows furrowed.

"Erm, Tonks I can't read this stuff." Harry told her as he set his own menu back down.

She looked up and then realized the issue as if it hadn't occurred to her that Harry didn't know most of the basic spells that other wizards lived by easily. "Oh damn Harry my mistake. There's a spell most wizards put on themselves right after Hogwarts that lets us read other languages as if we were reading nothing but plain English text."

Harry sighed as if truly injured. He wasn't hurt or angry with her, what would the point be. He shouldn't have to need a baby sitter to tell him every little thing about the wizarding world outside of the school. "S'alright Tonks, do you suppose you could help me out though?"

She nodded then leaned forward, pulling her wand out of her pants pocket with a sheepish grin. "I know Moody preaches against it but, it's convenient you know?"

When Harry nodded with a knowing look that obviously said he had the same bad habit she tapped her wand first on the right then the left and finally the top of his forehead, finishing the charm with a low "lingua".

Harry then knew exactly why most witches and wizards used this spell, everything on the menu had become crystal clear to him as if it had never been written in a different language.

"There is a modulator that you can add on later that lets you speak languages to but most people don't use that one because it takes a certain amount of training to have it down pat." Tonks said as she withdrew back to her side of the table.

"That's amazing it really is Tonks." Harry said as he looked around the restaurant at the many signs and decorations he now understood.

Pulling his eyes down to the menu he tried to imagine what he would want to eat here. Harry had never eaten chinese food before and he didn't think he would be a fan but it couldn't hurt to try it of course.

As a smallish chinese man walked up to them and started talking Harry realized why some people decided to get the voice part of it activated. Harry wasn't even equipped to guess at what the man was saying and then Tonks pointed on the menu before he turned to Harry.

Looking down Harry pointed at the Crispy Skin Duck. It looked pretty good, baked duck with a friend skin wrapped around it. Either way it would be interesting trying something new.

"Back to these sticks Tonks, what are they for?" Harry asked her picking them up and drumming a beat on the table with them.

Tonks reached over and snatched them out of his hand with a pained expression on her face. "We eat with these Harry, you don't want to get them dirty before the meal do you?"

"What do you mean we eat with them, how can I pick up a duck with sticks?" Harry said confused.

The rest of the meal passed with much dropping and finger utinsil use from Harry while Tonks somehow made using chopsticks graceful and easy. He didn't understand how she could pick up one pea from her bowl with the things but then, he couldn't even pick up a piece of duck with them.

As they left Harry held the door open for Tonks, letting her smaller body slip under his arm before walking out behind her. It had been a good day overall even though he had pissed her off at the very beginning. Walking through the streets he stayed close to her side, trying to remember the roads and turns they had taken on the way here.

"Harry" Tonks gasped, sounding a little distraught.

Just as Harry turned to ask her what was wrong the sky fell out. Huge rain drops started hitting Harry's face and arms. Instead of running towards cover or trying to hasten their way to the house though Harry just opened his arms and let the rain wash away his worries.

He had never taken the time to just stand in the rain before. It was an amazing feeling, the tiny rivlets running down his neck and under his shirt, the way his hair actually started to flatten with its length and dampness.

Feeling arms wrap around his stomach Harry looked down to find Tonks hugging him with either rain or tears in her eyes. He couldn't think of a single reason why she would be hugging him, much less crying over him but then, he was just a guy.

"Whats wrong Tonks?" Harry asked

"Nothing its just that, right then when your eyes were closed and the rain was falling on your face you looked so… peaceful. I've never seen you look so calm and happy before." She said pulling away from the hug with a smile on her own face.

Harry laughed and then as she moved on towards the house she reached over and slipped her small hand into his. Harry was slightly taken aback by this, he wasn't used to holding hands with girls even girls who were just friends although Hermione did hug him a lot.

As he crawled into bed that night his mind went back to the feeling that had come over him standing in the rain. The calm the peace the happiness flooded him and for the first night in a long time, Harry Potter slept soundly.