Chapter 5 The punch

"Blimey!" Bill gasped as they each finished their second shot.

"That was BRILLIANT!" Tonks shouted.

"Ughh… Hmhh, ummm yeah." Remus left out a nervous laugh. In all actuality he was trying with all his might not to throw up.

"This is fun! Maybe we should try another shot. I think they had a whole list of shots on the back of that menu." Tonks smiled.

" 'Eello" a beautiful voice said from behind. Remus felt a weird sensation when he turned around and saw Fleur Delacour.

"Hello!" Bill unexpectedly stood up. He looked as though his whole world had turned upside down.

" 're you enjoying vis place?" Fleur took a seat in between Bill and Tonks. "Vemus? Vat are you doing here? Are you 'ere for ve order?"

"No?" Remus said embarrassed, "I just thought I join the fun?"

" 'Ern't you a vit old for vis kind of seen?" Fleur stated the obviously.

Remus didn't say anything because he knew that Fleur was right. He had no idea why he was out with people half his age. Now that he thought about it, he did the math in his head, and he realized that he started Hogwarts before either Fleur or Tonks were even born.

Tonks, who could read Remus' body language, intervene and said "You're never too old to let your hair down. And by the looks of it, Remus needed a new hairstyle."

"Vut he has zhort hair." Fleur said, not understanding the figure of speech. Bill whispered in her ear, trying to explain the metaphor.

Within in a few seconds she started to laugh uncontrollably. Lupin hated that the spotlight was still on his age.

"Oh Bill. Vits a lot funnier vhen you explain it." Fleur continued to laugh.

Tonks leaned over towards Remus and pretended that she was about to throw up. She was obviously annoyed by Fluer's laughing as well.

"I think it's time for more drinks!" Tonks yelled and before they knew it, they each had two more shots in front of them.

Bill was trying to show Fleur (who obviously hadn't been to a bar before) the best way to take a shot.

"Do you just want to take them Remus?" Tonks asked.

"Er, yeah, if you want to?" Remus shyly agreed even though he was starting to feel the effects of the two shots he had taken earlier.

"Well by the time genius over there figures it out," she whispered as she pointed at Fleur, "It'll probably be closing times." She handed Lupin a shot.

"For better times." Tonks smiled.

"For better times." Lupin repeated as they both took a shot. This time the shot felt as though it was burning a hole in his esophagus. He couldn't help it but start coughing uncontrollably.

"Oh vhat look painful" Fleur commented on Remus' inexperience.

"It's really not. You just have to do it!" Tonks suggested. "Go on then."

Remus was still coughing when Fleur and Bill took their shots.

"A b-bit… strong… isn't it?" Remus said still coughed. At this point he was really starting to feel light headed and dizzy.

"It's not bad?" Tonks smiled as Fleur started to make awful faces, as if she just took a bite of a lemon dipped in tobacco sauce.

"Ohhh vhats awful." Fleur moaned.

"Your face is a quite fun to look at though." Tonks said. Right then both Tonks and Remus both busted out laughing. Bill was trying so hard not to laugh.

"Vits not funny!" Fleur whined, which only fueled their laughter. Even Bill started to chuckle.

"Looks like you guys are having?" Two muggle men walked over to their table. They were both wearing bright shirts with the different muggle bands on it. Their hair was long and nearly reached their shoulders. They had more piercing then Remus could imagine; some on their eyebrows, lips, and nose.

"Do you ladies want to join us at the bar? We can buy you a drink?" The guys were obviously flirting with the Fleur and Tonks (although they were paying more attention to Fleur).

"There fine!" Bill's voice somehow got deeper.

"Are vey free drinks? Vhy not?" Fleur wondered, not realizing that these guys were flirting with her. Remus did not know what to say. For some reason he did not want Tonks to join them, but he didn't feel like he had the right to tell her what to do.

"She's fine!" Bill insisted.

"Hey if the ladies want to leave and join us, why not? How about you?" The guy invited Tonks.

"Umm, no. I think I'm good!" Tonks asserted, which made Remus feel so happy! He wasn't that boring and she actually preferred to stay.

"You're loss…" The guy said rudely, as though he never had been rejected in his life. "But she looks like she a life of a party. What's your name gorgeous?"

"Fleur." She smiled which made the muggles laugh like teenage girls.

"I said she fine!" Bill said more definitive.

"Hey mate, if she wants to leave, then obviously the problem is with you and not with us." The muggle bellowed.

"Why would she want to spend another second with a geek and grandpa?" The other muggle said, only confirming the fact Remus was too old for this pub.

"And you think she would want to hang out with freaks wearing shirts that have bugs on them and guys who call them queen? They're not good enough to be kings?" Bill stood up standing in between Fleur and the muggles.

"Queen and The Beatles?" Both muggles looked dumbfounded, "Fleur if you want to have a great night, then you definitely want to be with us and not with someone who doesn't know John Lennon."

"Back off." Bill pushed one of the muggles.

Tonks stood up and nudged Remus, "Maybe we should get out of here. I'll try to drag Fleur away from the muggles. Would you mind getting Bill before he makes a foul of himself?"

"Er, yeah. Okay?" Remus said apprehensively. He was never the one to break up fights and he hated confrontation. He walked towards Bill noticing the pushing was starting to escalate. "Bill, lets just go." However, before he could get a grab him, Remus felt a huge punch to the face.

Chapter 6 Preview: What happens when Tonks comforts Remus?