"I have a problem Hes…"
"I don't understand why I let you call me that, considering your own feelings towards your first name Tonks."
The Metamagus merely grinned, before pulling a bottle of alcohol from her fridge, "Because I bought the booze."
"Fair enough, so what's been going on hero ."
"Ugh, not you too…"
"Oh come on, you killed a Basilisk single-handedly did you really not expect any fame to come with that?"
"I just… don't feel like I deserve it…"
Hestia Jones waved off her friends complaint. "Girl if anyone deserves the fame and fortune it is you… so long as you do not forget us measly commoners afterwards."
"I will never forget you Hes…"
The woman grinned, before taking a drink from the bottle. "Alright, so answer the question. What has been going on with you?"
"I… have been dating a lot recently."
"Oh? Finally decided to get back out there after finishing Auror training eh? Any cute guys?"
"Eight dates in a month… and they have all been losers or creeps."
The woman's smile dropped, "I'm sorry Tonks but… eight ? Who are you trying to get out of your head?"
The Auror laughed, they had both established the theory that when someone went on multiple dates in a short time span that the person was trying to forget about another individual.
"You know me too well… listen Hes, I can trust you to keep a secret right?"
"Yeah, course you can."
"I'm serious here, if you tell anyone… I could end up in prison."
The slightly older girl's smile fell from her face, "Tonks, what is going on? I promise you that I won't tell anyone as long as you aren't trying to kill yourself or something like that."
"I… had a relationship a couple months ago…"
"Oh… you mean like when you were on duty."
"Yeah…"
"Tonks it is fine, not like you are the first one to date a coworker or anything."
"No it isn't that… I was working at Hogwarts Hes."
"You… dated a student?"
"I wouldn't really call it dating…"
"You… oh my God you slept with a student!?"
The Aurors face fell into her hands, as she held back a miserable sob. "Whoa whoa Tonks… listen I just… I was just surprised that's all, it isn't that bad, so seventh year?"
"Younger…" was the whispered reply.
"Sixth?"
"Younger…"
"F-fifth?"
At this point Tonks couldn't even even give a verbal answer, and just shook her head instead.
"Fourth? Third? Second… Tonks what did you do?"
"I slept with a freaking child Hes! I am a bloody pedophile!"
"But… why did you…"
"I DON'T KNOW!" the Metamorph screamed, as she stood and began pacing, finally breaking down under the stress she had been putting herself through. "It isn't like I want to be attracted to him! And I don't fancy anyone else at that entire bloody place! I mean hell I barely even want to have kids now! There is just… I just don't know!"
"Okay, okay calm down before you hurt yourself. Who was it?"
The mumbled reply earned a sigh from the friend, "I can't understand you when you talk like…"
"HARRY BLOOD POTTER!"
"O-oh… okay well… uh…"
"I mean it isn't just that though! The Basilisk? The one I got a raise, and promotion, and bonus, and and and… EVERYTHING for killing!? Nope not me, I was too busy hiding behind a freaking column sobbing my eyes out in fear while he killed it. I was saved from a monster by a twelve year old boy Hess! Then what do I do? I stand by in silence while everyone congratulates me, then I molest him!"
"So you didn't…"
"DOES IT MATTER!? We did everything except for shag like freaking rabbits! What the hell is wrong with me!?"
Hestia Jones sat silent for a few moments, while her best friend dropped onto the opposite couch and began crying. Suddenly it all made sense, and the woman stood to walk over and comfort the Auror.
"Shhh Tonks, it is okay… I understand what happened…"
"Wh-what?"
"It is 'hero worship' Tonks… you and I were both raised on stories about this miraculous hero that saved the world, someone who has been called everything from 'Merlin reincarnate' to 'Champion of the Light'. Then he saves your life from a freaking monster. You fell in love with the idea of him Tonks, that is why all of these other guys can't measure up. You have set Harry on a pedestal that no one can possibly hope to reach."
"S-so what do I do?"
"Well, you mentioned seeing him at some point this summer right?"
"Yeah… I volunteered to look after him and… oh God I have to cancel! I can't be around him and…"
"No, this is perfect. Okay this is what you are going to do. He comes over, you set him up the guest room… and then you take him on a date."
"Are you out of your bloody mind! I practically forced myself on…"
"Did you? Did you force yourself on him Tonks? Did you hold him down and touch him while he told you not to?"
"OF COURSE NOT!"
"So then he didn't understand what was happening? You took advantage of him not understanding the consequences of what you were doing?"
"He practically started half of it Hes!"
"So then the only thing you did wrong was have relations with someone younger than you. So relax a bit, since there aren't Aurors knocking on the door to arrest you I assume he hasn't told anyone right?"
"No… he didn't want me to get in trouble, same reason he let me take credit."
"So he is far more mature than a normal person his age, which is why you are taking him on a date. Think about it Tonks, you can't get over him because you still imagine him as being perfect. That is why all these other guys are such losers to you. You will never be able to have a normal relationship while you have this 'perfect man' stuck in your head… but once you talk to him, get to know him, and realize he is just a kid…"
"Then the illusion fades, Hes you are brilliant!"
"You just now realized this?"
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