A Family Christmas

"Alright are we all ready?" Andromeda asked. Andromeda, Ted and Tonks had been invited to Number 12 Grimmauld place by Sirius for Christmas, Andromeda was very excited to finally have a Christmas with a member of her family that would not end with her being insulted, feel horrible or have someone try to set her up with a pureblood she didn't like. She had spent a great many Christmas's without her blood family, and while she was happy with Ted and her daughter she was looking forward to spending Christmas with a family member.

"Already ready dear." Ted said as he walked up to her and kissed her on the cheek. Ted was dressed in a simple suit while Andromeda was dressed in casual clothes, she had originally intended to wear a fancy dress but Ted had repeatedly pointed out that the invitation said 'casual clothes' and the fact that Sirius would simply be happy that she was attending. "Come on Dora." Ted called.

"Coming." Tonks shouted before she arrived in the room. "How about this? Does this look alright?" Tonks said as she gestured to her clothes. She was wearing green high heels followed by a simple red dress that ended just at her knees. Her hair was blonde and done in a twin tail style with her left tips being green and the right tips being red.

"You look lovely dear." Ted smiled.

"Yes, I am sure that Harry will be pleased to see you." Andromeda smirked.

"I am not doing this to impress Harry." Tonks said in a tired voice as she rolled her eyes. Her mother would not stop talking about Harry, much to her displeasure. The repeated mentioning of Harry had gotten Tonks to think about him and while she did not want to admit it she could not deny an attraction to Harry. He was a good looking, rich and handsome man so there was always a base attraction. He was always nice to her as well and she enjoyed having conversations with him. As for her powers Harry always seemed interested in hearing about them but for the most part he did not make a fuss out of it. Since her conversation with her parents Tonks had done some heavy thinking.

She had originally had a crush on Remus Lupin, but when compared to Harry she realised how different the two are. Not just in age and money or looks and popularity. Harry was brave and magically powerful, obviously, and he had suffered a lot from what she had heard. However unlike Remus Harry didn't let it get to him, or at least he didn't appear to let it get to him.

From the limited time she spent with Remus she learnt that he was respectable, quiet, smart or book smart at least, shy as well, he didn't really appear to like her jokes or when she used bad language. Remus also liked to read the newspaper and books that Tonks admittedly found boring plus he generally acted like an old man. Tonks had done a short test with Remus, she tried various looks to see which would grab his attention the best. From what she had seen he always looked more interested when she had a simple look like blonde hair or black hair in a simply hairstyle and he preferred her when she looked more mature.

From the limited time she spent with Harry she had seen that he preferred to read spell books, he liked to be independent, Mrs Weasley tried to boss him around and he didn't let her, Tonks couldn't help but respect him for that. Harry was smart, funny, he didn't mind her jokes, in fact he appeared to like them and he would actively joke back with her. Harry didn't seem to mind that she was different from other girls either. Ever since her conversation with her mother she had noticed Harry's reaction to her different looks while remembering his previous reactions.

It was the same, each and every time. No matter what clothes she wore he or what way her hair was he would always smile at her, sure he would sometimes raise an eyebrow if she went really weird like having a green afro but he smiled each and every time. So yes Tonks could admit to herself that she liked Harry, she just did not want to admit it to her parents.

"Of course not." Andromeda smirked. "Well I am sure that he will like it either way."

"Alright stop teasing the girl," Ted chuckled. "come on let's go."

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