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Chapter 7 The Dramatic hyperbole
Remus stumbled into the Grimmauld kitchen that next morning with every inch of his body in pain. As he sat down he realized that this was the worst place for someone with a hangover. Molly was banging her pots and pans around; Arthur, Mundungus, and Moody were engaging in a loud conversation; Sirius was tapping his spoon, with each tap sounding louder than the last.
"Did you see the article the Prophet wrote this morning?" Arthur asked.
"Yeah, the Minister is getting more paranoid by the second." Moody grunted.
"Maybe it could be a good thing, if there are you-know-who supporters working in the ministry, maybe they'll catch them during this witch hunt." Arthur said optimistically.
"With my experience though, it is easy for the bad guy to slip through the cracks." Mundungus chuckled.
Remus was keeping quiet, hoping that no one would ask about his bruised eye. Nonetheless, everyone was use to seeing Remus with injuries and they usually never asked about it. They knew Lupin didn't like talking about his lycanthropy.
"Arthur, did you know your son went out of town with that child last night?" Molly said to her husband as she handed him a cup of tea.
"Bill? And Fleur… you really need to talk about her more politely." Arthur responded.
"I suggested that Bill and Tonks go out for a relaxing night…"
Athur interrupted her, "He's not interested in Tonks. How many times are we going to have you tell you that, Molly?"
Molly continued on ignoring her husband, "… and then that girl rudely joined them and then she forced Bill to fight with some muggles."
"I'm sure you are just exaggerating Molly." Arthur said skeptically.
"Are they mad?" Moody grunted, "Causing trouble! With muggles! Bringing too much attention to themselves!"
"He needed nice time out in the town!" Molly insisted.
"These young people don't take the seriousness of the situation. They just go out parading the town… pretending that these aren't dark times." Moody pounded his fist.
Remus felt a strong pit in his stomach. No one knew that he was out with Tonks, Bill, and Fleur last night. Why would they suspect him going out with them? He just hoped they'd never found out what really happened.
The door opened and Remus' heart sunk so low the moment he saw Tonks. Lupin hadn't spoken to her since last night. He knew he would have to face her sooner or later, but he's never been in this kind of situation before and didn't know how to apologize. He did not know how to handle it, but apparently Tonks thought the best solution was to pretend that Lupin wasn't even the room.
"Tonks! Thank you!" Molly said frantically, "You were with Bill last night before Fleur interrupted your outing. Was it her idea to go the muggle pub and force Bill to fight?"
"That is a dramatic view at what happened." Tonks sat down next to Sirius which was the farthest seat away from Lupin.
"What were you doing out anyways!" Moody demanded.
"What does it matter what I do on my night off?" Tonks defended. Before Moody could argue, Bill came walking through the door and joined them at the table.
"Bill, are you okay? You could have been hurt or worst killed last night." Molly smothered Bill.
"Mom. I'm fine." Bill nudged her away.
"Did those muggles hurt you?" Molly said examining every inch of her son.
"How do muggles fight?" Arthur said curiously.
"They'd barely touched me. I know how to defend myself without using my wand. There were some words exchange and a few pushes. But I promise you, I am okay. However, Remus did take a strong punch to the face. But look at him, he's fine too!" Bill said casually.
The entire table looked over at Remus and they just stared at him awkwardly. Remus never felt so uncomfortable in his entire life. He could just feel the intense staring as they were all probably judging him.
"You were with them last night?" Moody said surprised.
"I may, um, have….popped my head in a bit." Remus said shamefully.
"You were with them, in a muggle pub?" Sirius said, although it looked as though he was trying so hard not to laugh.
"Um, for a few minutes." Lupin mumbled.
"How was it? Why wasn't I invited?" Arthur said jealously.
"It really wasn't that much fun." Remus said trying to avoid eye contact with Tonks.
"Next time, make sure you guys invite me." Arthur insisted, but Molly just smacked him against the back his head.
"Don't worry, there won't be a next time!" Tonks said firmly giving Remus a deep angry look.
