A/N: TPOV
Bloody hell what am I doing? Although she was still sitting on Severus' bed, she felt like she was standing on the edge of a cliff. She wasn't quite sure, if she jumped, whether she would fly or plummet. Her hand moved up to the slight tingling still present on her lips. She wanted to fly so badly.
"I'm also supposed to be a faithful Death Eater in the eyes of The Dark Lord, and it's not like I can bring you as a date to a Dark Revel."
The image of him in the Death Eater robes skittered across her mind and she shivered. However, her eyes sparkled with mischief when she imagined just for a second what the faces of the Death Eaters would be if she showed up as his "date". It would go to hell in a hand basket shortly after, but that first brief moment? The looks would be priceless.
Smiling to herself, she stood and turned on her heal and headed for the door. She looked around, realizing just how little she brought in her rush to get to Severus.
Arriving back at her room she was surprised to see the hawk patronus of Alastor Moody. What now? Tonks had a brief moment of panic as she tried to think of what else could have gone wrong.
"Albus has informed me of Snape's condition. Furthermore, Lupin has returned from his stint with Greyback's back. I feel an order meeting is needed a night from now to ensure everyone is kept aware of the situations at hand. Meet at the usual location at midnight."
Tonks sighed at the message, glad it wasn't anything too serious but still weary that it was another thing she had today. Already it was only a day away. The pink sunrise peaked over Hogsmeade villiage. She turned into bed, assigning a spell to wake her up in enough time to hopefully get her report done prior to the meeting so that she could turn it in then. She wasn't ready to see Snape again, nor was she anywhere near ready to see Remus again. Both of them in the same room? She was glad she had the professional excuse to keep this meeting ordered and focused. She peeled off her clothes, stained with Severus' blood and threw them into a pile to be cleaned later. Her eyes shut almost as soon as her head hit the pillow, well aware of how little restful sleep she had gotten lately. As her eyes closed the soft touch of Severus' lips on hers ran through her mind, lulling her to sleep.