Chapter 34 -
"Excuse me a second," Sirius said to Andromeda and Ted as he stood up to go and see where Harry and the girls had gone to. "where are they?" He whispered to himself. He had only taken a few steps out of the room when he found Kreatcher who had a look of disbelief on his face. "Kreatcher." Sirius said, snapping the old elf out of his thoughts.
"Bad master be wanting something?" Kreatcher asked as he sneered at Sirius. Sirius was quite frankly tempted to order the elf to slam himself head first into a wall but remembered Harry's words about slowly chipping away at him with kindness, Sirius took a big breath and after a large amount of restraint spoke to Kreatcher in the politest voice he could come up with.
"Do you know where Harry is?" Sirius asked.
"Good master be in kitchen with pink hair and other girl." Kreatcher answered.
"Thank you." Sirius sighed before walking off.
Sirius reached the kitchen to find the door closed, he slowly opened it so it was ever so slightly open and glanced inside. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened as he saw his beloved godson making out with none other than Nymphadora 'do not call me that or I will hex you' Tonks. If he had opened it slightly more than he might have seen Fleur sitting on the side but he did not.
Sirius simply closed it slowly and as quietly as he could before he walked away, glad that his godson was feeling happy. Apparently he had chosen Tonks, while he was glad he was sort of hoping that Harry could have worked it out with Fleur as well. Ah well, he would be fine either way as long as Harry was happy.
Soon Sirius and Harry were saying goodbye to the Tonks family as they walked them to the fireplace so they could floo away, Sirius did not see Fleur in the room with them so he assumed that she had left.
"Alright," Ted said as they stopped at the fireplace. "I want to thank you both for a brilliant Christmas."
"Oh don't mention it." Sirius waved him off as he hugged Andromeda. "I just want you three to remember that you are welcome to come here anytime you want, whenever you need something just feel free to ask."
"We will remember that if you remember that we are offering you the same." Andromeda said once she let go, she kissed Sirius on the cheek before she walked over and hugged Harry. "Thank you Harry."
"I want to thank you all as well," Harry said once the hug finished. "this was the best Christmas I have ever had and I hope that all my other Christmas's will be like this."
"I hope so too." Andromeda smiled. "Good night to both you and Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas." Ted nodded.
"Merry Christmas Sirius." Tonks said as she hugged Sirius.
"You too Tonksie." Sirius smiled.
"As for you," Tonks said when she turned to Harry. "this Saturday?" She asked.
"This Saturday." Harry nodded.
"You had better remember Potter." She said in a warning tone despite the smile on her face.
"I wouldn't dare forget, cross my heart and hope I don't die." Harry replied.
"Don't you mean 'cross my heart and hope to die'?" Tonks asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"No, I very much hope to live." Harry replied instantly. "So do I get one more Christmas present before I go?"
"Just the one." Tonks smirked before kissing Harry on the lips. "Hmm," She hummed when she pulled away. "not bad Potter." She said before she turned around to look at her parents, her father looked slightly surprised but mostly amused while her mother looked like she wanted to squeal with happiness. "Come on," Tonks rolled her eyes. "let's go before you two say or do something to embarrass me."
"Embarrassing?" Ted grinned. "What you mean like tell him about the time when you were four and wanted a tiara so bad that you..."
"Exactly like that." Tonks interrupted as she pushed her parents into the fireplace. "Bye Sirius, bye Harry." She added before she got into the fireplace.
"Welcome to the family Harry!" Andromeda smiled brightly.
"Mum!" Tonks groaned before the Tonks family flooed away.
"So, you and Tonks huh?" Sirius grinned.
"Yep." Harry smirked before he walked away and left the room.
"You are going to tell me more than that right?!" Sirius shouted.
"No." Harry called back.
The next day Sirius rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he sat at the kitchen table, he had spent a few minutes making sure that Kreatcher had not poisoned or done something bad to his food or drink. He knew that he probably would not because of Harry's orders but it was more of a habit at this point. He was just about to take a bite of his food when he heard a playful laugh, a playful female laugh.
"Arry!" He heard the voice of Fleur Delacour laugh.
"It's not my fault." He heard Harry's voice, the amusement in his voice was easily heard. "If you are going to move it like that then expect consequences. Now I suppose I will see you Sunday?"
"You had better Mr Potter." Fleur's voice replied in a warning tone.
"Wouldn't dream of missing it." Harry's voice replied. "Bye Fleur."
"Bye Arry." Sirius heard her say before the sound of the door closing.
"Alright Sirius?" Harry asked as he arrived in the kitchen a few moments later and sat down just as breakfast appeared. "Thanks for the breakfast guys." Harry said to whichever house elf had provided it.
"I...I thought you were with Tonks now." Sirius said, looking slightly confused.
"Yes." Harry said as he stopped before he began eating.
"But that was Fleur just now?"
"Yes."
"Did she spend the night?"
"Yep."
"Did you and her..."
"Repeatedly."
"Wait so, are you with Tonks or Fleur?"
"..."
"..."
"Yes."
"So how does it work?" Sirius asked Tonks, currently Tonks was sat on the floor while Harry in his animagus form had his head in her lap as she was petting him.
"Well...I get him on Mondays and Thursday, Fleur gets him on Wednesday and Friday while the other three days are just for him." Tonks replied as he stroked his head. "Or at least that is what we have settled on for now."
"And...you are okay with sharing Harry?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well...I am willing to give it a chance." Tonks replied with a small shrug.
"How are your parents handling it?" Sirius asked, wondering how Ted and Andromeda were handling this.
"Well dad is sort of...he is not entirely sure how he feels about it while mum is fine with it...I think." Tonks admitted.
"Well, that's good." Sirius smiled. "I have got to be honest though, Harry dating a metamorphamaugus and a veela, his mother would be so proud."
"Don't you mean his father?" Tonks asked, raising an eyebrow as she thought about all the stories she had heard about James Potter, this seemed like the sort of thing he would be pleased with.
"I meant what I meant," Sirius snorted. "you should have seen Lily when Harry was born. She was making plans for him that I am nearly one hundred percent sure involved him being the best and most well loved Minister of Magic of all time while having an entire mansion full of veela servants. I say nearly one hundred percent sure because I was not sure if she wanted him to have one mansion or two." Sirius said. Tonks was about to respond when Harry was shaking slightly with what Tonks believed to be laughter.
"Oh yeah you'd like that wouldn't you?" Tonks said with a mock scowl. "Hey stop!" She said when Harry raised his head and started rubbing it against her face. "Stop it, I was kidding, I was kidding." She said right before Harry transformed back into his human form.
"I know." He said right before kissing her on the cheek. "And in case it needs to be said I do not need a mansion or two full of veela when I have you." He said as he smiled at her. "Now I have to ask, cinema or zoo?"
"Hmm, cinema this time and zoo on our next date." Tonks answered after a moment of thinking.
"Fine, I will gladly spoil you." Harry smirked before he kissed her on the lips, a kiss she gladly returned.
"His mother would be proud." Sirius said as he wiped away a fake tear.
"So," Tonks said as she and Harry arrived in the cinema. "what film are we watching?" She asked, she was wearing black high heels, a blue skirt, red shirt under a black jacket, her hair was currently shoulder length and pink. Something that was odd even in the muggle world, though they gave it less attention than those in the wizarding world.
"I though I would leave that up to you," Harry replied, standing next to her while wearing black trainers, blue jeans, a grey shirt and a black leather jacket. "I have not really got a lot of experience with TV and films."
"But I thought you lived in the muggle world." Tonks frowned.
"Yes but my relatives were dickheads that became incredibly creative in finding things for me to do whenever I had a chance to relax." Harry shrugged.
"Oh, I'm sorry Harry." Tonks replied, feeling bad for bringing it up.
"I am quite sad that you have reminded me of it, perhaps a kiss to make me feel better?" Harry asked in an innocent voice.
"Who is supposed to be spoiling who Potter?" Tonks rolled her eyes but did kiss him anyway.
"Well I feel happier," Harry grinned. "so what film do you want to watch?"
"Hmm," Tonks paused and looked at the film options. "would you be alright with a horror film?" Tonks asked.
"Never watched one." Harry admitted. "I am willing to try it out if you want."
"Great." Tonks smiled.
"Alright," Harry said as he pulled out some money and put it in Tonk's hand. "you go and buy us the tickets while I go and buy some popcorn and drinks."
"Got it." Tonks nodded and walked off to get their tickets, a small while later she waited in the eating area for Harry who had finally been able to get their food after a long line of people.
"Sorry about taking so long." Harry said as he handed Tonks a bucket of popcorn and a drink.
"It's fine." Tonks said as she took her popcorn and drink. "The films about to start, ready to go?" She asked.
"That depends, you haven't lost the tickets have you?" Harry asked with a knowing look.
"Shut it Potter." Tonks rolled her eyes and began to pull out her tickets only for her eyes to widen when she couldn't find them. "Oh bugger!" She said as she looked at Harry with an apologetic look. "About those tickets..."
"You mean these ones?" Harry said as he bent down and picked up two fallen tickets. "Were you by any chance looking for these?" He asked with barely contained laughter.
"That's not funny." Tonks pouted.
"It is from where I am standing."
"Well that was great," Tonks said as Harry dropped her outside of her house.
"Yeah, I mean the film wasn't really that scary but I did like it." Harry replied, the film might have been amusing but it wasn't what he thought was scary, though he could admit to himself that after fighting dementors and basilisks he had a higher standard of scary than most.
"Yeah, bit of a let down that one but as far as dates go that was pretty good." Tonks replied.
"That's what they say on the bathroom walls, 'for a pretty good time just call Harry Potter'." Harry joked.
"Really?" Tonks said sceptically.
"Shush, let me have my dreams." Harry smirked.
"Oh, will I be in any?" Tonks asked with a coy smile.
"I have a feeling you will end up being in a great many." Harry said as he took a step closer so they were only inches away.
"Oh, what kind of dreams?" She asked innocently.
"Perhaps we can reenact one now?" Harry suggested hopefully.
"Hmm, nope," Tonks said with a small shake of her head. "sorry but I don't put out on the first date." She said with an apologetic look.
"Shame that, how about a more innocent dream?" Harry said before he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her in for a searing kiss which she gladly returned.
"Wow." Tonks said a few moments after they finally broke away. "I don't know if that could be counted as innocent." She said with a smile on his face. "Was bloody good though."
"That's also written on the bathroom walls if you didn't know." Harry said as he smiled at her. "Alright, do you want me to come in and say hi to your mum or..."
"Nope," Tonks said quickly. "I would prefer it if you and my mum stayed apart at all times, for my sanity if nothing else."
"As you wish." Harry shrugged before giving Tonks one last kiss on the lips. "I'll see you later then yeah?"
"Yep, see ya Harry."
"Bye Tonks." Harry said before he apparated away. Tonks smiled before she went inside her house only to find her mum staring at her.
"Tell me everything now." Andromeda smiled happily as she grabbed Tonk's hand and pulled her into the living room and sat her down. "How was your date?" She quickly asked as she sat down next to her daughter. "Was it good? What did you do?" She asked, looking excited. Tonks for her part simply groaned and placed her face in her hands.
"Harry." Harry heard Sirius say when he arrived back, Sirius pulled him into a room and had him sit down right before he sat down opposite him.
"Sirius, are you okay?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Huh? Oh I am fine," Sirius said in a dismissive voice. "now tell me about your date." He said, looking like a child on Christmas.