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Chapter 12

"So, how'd you meet him?" I opened my eyes and Tonks was hovering over my bed, sitting cross-legged. She looked like she was a teenager at a slumber party, engaging in late night girl talk. "I can't believe it, all through school he had girls fishing around, and never a nibble. A couple of dates here and there. He was more interested in Quidditch and hanging around with Hagrid in the forrest with the animals. Some of the guys even used to joke about him being a poof, but I knew it wasn't true. He is really crazy about you. I think it's great. How'd you guys meet?"

"Harry asked him to escort me around Diagon alley when I first got to London," I looked over at the clock next to my bed, it said 4:22 am. I'd take a nap after Charlie left for London tomorrow afternoon. "He took me all around, we had such a good time together I couldn't say no when he asked me to dinner than night. He's the reason I have Pitch." I motioned to my little friend sleeping on the pillow next to me. Pitch woke up at the sound of his name. He yawned at me, then went over to investigate Tonks. I guess animals can see ghosts.

"He's a smart little chappy ain't he?" she laughed at Pitch's startled squeak as he walked through her hand.

"Come on back, Pitch," I said. Of course my smartest rat in the world knows to listen to his person. He returned to my pillow, curled up into a little ball, and promptly fell back to sleep.

"Don't think we're that interesting, Ginda," Tonks said with a chuckle.

"I think you're right, I guess he prefers his ratty dreams. Where's Remus?"

"He's up in Gryffindor tower watching Teddy sleep. He does that every night."

"Your son is a great kid. I promised myself that I wouldn't play favorites with any of my students, but Teddy is really wonderful. You should be very proud of your son."

"We are, and so grateful to me mum, and Harry, and the Weasley's they raised him after we, well, after we died. Harry's his godfather." I could see tears in her eyes, I couldn't imagine what she faced seeing her son all the time, and never being able to touch him or talk to him. I quickly did the math in my head, I knew the dates of battle of Hogwarts, Remus and Tonks died when teddy was an infant. "Oy! Glinga, I just noticed, you're eyes are glowing!"

"Yeah, they do that," I said "it's kind of annoying. After so may years, though, I've gotten used to it."

"I read about what happened to you, I was an auror when I was alive."

"Don't believe the hype."

She laughed. "So tell me more about you an' Charlie."

"How did you and Lupin get together?"

"I asked you first."

"There's not much to tell, we met. Something clicked."

"And now, he's yours."

"Well, I wouldn't go that far."

"I would, Charlie was my best friend in the world. I've never seen him look at anyone the way he looks at you."

"Really?"

She nodded, "Glinda girl, he's in love, and you know what?"

"What?"

"I think you are, too."

" So tell me about you and Remus."

"We met during the war, he was reluctant, but I knew he was the one. I finally wore him down.

I remember the first time we kissed, we were siting in the Leaky Cauldron, havin' a pint with Moody, he was another auror, I'd been flirting with him all night. An' as Alistair was about to leave he says to Remus. 'Remus, I think that girl fancies you. Stop being a thestral's arse and kiss her already.' Of course he didn't, but he did offer to walk with me, back to the flat I was living in, I jumped him when we got back to my place. The rest is history as they say. I'd been in love with him for ages, and I knew he felt the same, he didn't think he was good enough for me. What codswollop. Hey, you just asked me that to distract me from the earlier point of you and Charlie bein' in love."

"It's too early for anything like that, we hardly know each other."

"Never too early for love, mate. Trust me, I know."

[hey, I know that this is short, but someone asked for it specifically. Hope you liked it.]