Was in my head, was not letting me sleep. So now its on paper. Hopefully now I can get some sleep. I'm repeating what I always say- they don't belong to me.

"Sirius! Sirius! Oi! Get up you drunk oaf!"

Sirius groaned. Why could she not let him sleep in peace? He had been kind enough to offer her a bed when she had come over to drop some reports in the dead of the night. But now he was beginning to regret his thoughtfulness.

"Sirius," she hissed as she shook him by his shoulder. "We need to talk about your new pet."

What pet? Honestly the annoying capacity of this girl increased with her age he thought, as he tried to slap her hand away.

"Look I understand about keeping your hippogriff in your mother's room. But keeping your pet werewolf in my room- are you already fed up of me big brother?" Tonks asked as she wriggled her way onto Sirius's bed.

Her room…. Werewolf….MOONY!

Sirius sat up flailing his arms about and nearly managing to dislodge Tonks from her careful perch. Damn! He was an idiot. He had ushered Remus into the only other clean room in the house when he had staggered in just shy of moonrise. He had totally forgotten that was the very room Tonks had cleared up for any future crash-ins. And now thanks to his brilliance she had come face to face with Moony. Merlin, he was the worst brother and friend ever. "Dorie I'm so sorry. I had forgotten Moony was in there. You don't have to worry, he's safe- he's on Wolfsbane," he blabbered.

"Sirius relax. I know he's not dangerous, I mean I wouldn't be talking to you otherwise," she said.

Sirius's eyes narrowed. "Dorie, what did you do?"

"Nothing, nothing at all," came her quick reply.

"Nymphadora?"

Tonks sighed. "I thought he was a plushie, O.K? Look it was dark and I was tired. I just got into bed and cuddled up to him, he was so nice and warm. I nearly fell asleep when I noticed that said 'plushie' was breathing. That's when I realised I was sleeping with a werewolf."

Sirius's jaw dropped. He did not know what to make out of his cousin. He was sure that she must have had a couple of serious head traumas during her Auror training. He really needed to consult Mad-Eye on that. "Dorie are you sure you're not in shock," he asked. "After all you just realised that you were sharing your bed with a werewolf."

"Sirius, he was asleep, he didn't even stir. If he had been feral, he would have killed me the moment I had entered the room," she said smiling at his shocked face. "You know being an Auror does have its upsides. Keeping calm under crisis and situation evaluation before jumping to conclusions, never know when they come in handy. "

Sirius let out the breath he had not realised he had been holding. Relief had barely started to settle in when Tonks asked, "So, is he new?"

"Is he new what," parroted Sirius.

"Geez old man you're slow. I asked if he was a new Order member," she repeated slowly.

"Who? Moony? No, he was there during the last war too. An old friend actually. We went to school together. He's a neat bloke, you'll like him."

"And his name is Moony?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Naah, that's just a school time nickname. Its Remus Lupin," yawned Sirius.

"Remus Lupin. Hmm, talk about irony," said Tonks. "Wait, wasn't he the one teaching at Hogwarts when you-"

"Yes Dorie," smiled Sirius. "However love, its rather late and both of us are tired; shouldn't we be thinking about your temporary sleeping arrangements?"

"Well," said Tonks as she settled herself beside Sirius, "Since you have given away my bed to your Remus, I get to hog yours. If you have the tendency to snore, then I suggest you seek your beauty sleep elsewhere." With that she burrowed into the blankets and drifted off to sleep.

Sirius stared at the rainbow hued hair peeking out from the covers for a while and shook his head in wonder. His little Dorie never ceased to amaze him. As he settled down by her side, his last thoughts were that Remus wouldn't know what hit him. Plushie indeed!