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Chapter 6 Tonks' Move
"What happened?" Remus uttered when he realized he was lying flat on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Tonks came to his rescue and kneeled down next to him, "The muggle punched you. He was aiming for Bill, but he kind of hit you by mistake."
"Kind of?" Remus said frustrated. Remus head was killing him. He placed his hand on his forehead and he could feel the intense pressure near his eye.
"It looks like it might bruise; I would treat it now, but there's too many muggles around." Tonks whispered.
Despite the fact that Remus was on the ground, the fight was still going on. The two muggles had now ganged up on Bill. Bill was pushing and shoving, and he was able to throw in a couple of punches. Fleur was cowering behind Bill and begging them to stop.
"YOU ALL NEED TO LEAVE!" The man behind of the bar shouted. A group of young men were pushing the two muggle trouble-makers, Bill, and Fleur out of the Pub, "You can take this OUTSIDE!"
"Bill, vhat's going on?" Fleur was completely frightened.
"Fleur stay with me!" Bill grabbed her hand as they were sucked into the crowd.
"OUT!" The bartender yelled as they were pushing the majority crowd out the door. Although it was Bill and the two muggles who were fighting, nearly half the crowd was pushed out the pub. The bartender neglected to notice that Tonks and Remus were still on the ground.
"We should get you off the ground!" Tonks grabbed Lupin's hand and guided him to a nearby booth.
"This is so stupid." Remus mumbled. "I wasn't expecting to be beaten up tonight." He was really starting to feel the effects of the alcohol, and he felt silly that after few drinks he was easily knocked down.
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about." Tonks said as they sat down.
"Here, take this." Tonks picked up an abandoned drink that was still filled with ice. Tonks took the cup and put it against Remus' bruised eye. The cool glass brought great relief to Remus' pain.
"I'm sure it's painful now, but I'm sure it'd be a funny story to share later." Tonks smiled.
"Yeah, you remember that one time when I got beaten up by that crazy muggle whose face was covered with metal. Or was it the one with blue hair that hit me?"
Tonks started to laugh, "Muggles sure do like to fight with their hands… Remus I'm sorry I dragged you here. If anyone is to blame, it's me." Tonks took the glass off and put her hand on Remus injury.
Having her hand on his face was a weird sensation. It had been a long time since he had genuine human contact.
"It's not your fault. You were right, I needed to get out." Lupin looked at the ground, "I needed to stop feeling sorry for myself… besides I'm not sorry to be with you."
Unexpectedly, Remus felt Tonks' hand clasp his face. She raised his face up so that their eyes were at the same level. She spontaneously pressed her lips against his lips. The kiss was full with passion and for the first time in his life, Remus felt happy. Someone wanted to be with him; someone wasn't afraid to be with him.
However, after one second of happiness, he was overwhelmed with great sense of fear. He immediately grabbed her and pushed her away.
"What are you doing?" Remus blurted as he covered his mouth with his hand.
But when he looked at Tonks, she looked utterly confused and frustrated. The fact that she wasn't saying anything only made the moment more awkward. Remus couldn't help but look away. The silence felt like an eternity; but before he knew it, she took off in a rush.
Remus wanted to call after her, but she impulsively turned around and walked straight up to him. She didn't yell but instead whispered. "How dare you Remus!" She turned around and ran out the door.
