Part Four: Meet The Parents

[gijane7702]

Title: Meet The Parents
Author: gijane7702
Rating & Warnings: PG/family fight(?); a curse word or two
Prompts: "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." /Promise *whoohoo...used the other prompt!*
Word Count: 2125
Summary: Ever man’s worst day…
Author’s Notes: Part 4 in my series; Set Boxing Day OotP
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Comments

[mela81]

Well, when did you post this all sneaky like?
I like it. I like the . . . the middle of it! Haha, I didn't say the end. (although that's good, too.) I liked the relationship Tonks' parents have with her.
As I've said, I can understand that Ted is trying to be protective and all.
And if I go on any longer I will lose my ability to be coherent.

[gijane7702]

*teehee* Me sneaky! I posted it before I went to bed..I think yesterday!

*LOL* Not the ending, huh? ;)

I've read several fics where it's Andromeda that has the "problem", so I wanted a twist. Another woman would 'get it' while a daddy would want to protect his little girl...regardless of the fact what she does for a living.

They'll be back again in Part 7 =)

Incoherency is here to stay.

[mela81]

*points to new icon*
More in response to the whole Andromeda "getting it" thing. Of course she understands. She's a Black who married a Muggle-born Wizard. I imagine she would understand a bit about . . . uh, love and stuff. Yeah, incoherency.

Re: Incoherency is here to stay.

[gijane7702]

*shiny icon*

Yes, that is one of the any reasons Andromeda 'gets it'. Tonks comments on that in Part 7 =)

Thanks for reading!

[ozma_katiebell]

Awww! I love how the L word came out, and Ted, *pets the Ted* is just as blustery as I picture him. Yay!

[gijane7702]

*YAY*

I can see them both as the 'I'm not saying first' types! I wonder now who cracked first...Someone should ask JKR =)

Poor Ted. He wants to protect his little girl, even if she is a big bad Auror.

And I think that Remus is attracted to the Black spirit...Sirius (and James cause I think his mum was one!), Tonks, and now Andromeda. I can alomst see them picking up where he left off with Sirius =)

[lady_bracknell]

Interesting that you've got Ted, here, with all the objections, and Andromeda coming round sooner. I'd imagine that he - like Harry and Hermione - being Muggle born and not haveing been fed the same werewolf stories would have seen less of a problem, but I liked this take, with him being protective and he and Tonks at loggerheads.

I really liked your take on Ted and Andromeda's relationship, too, where he's all bluster, but he knows his place ;).

[gijane7702]

Andromeda understand quicker since she's been in the same position her daughter is now in: in love with a man that the world will not approve of.

Ted, blustery as he is, just wants to protect his little girl.

My Tonks is all Tonks, not much Black in her. *lucky girl*

And you so know Ted is just humoring her...I do that with mine. 'Yes dear' *eyeroll*

(Harry's not Muggleborn, he's a half-blood. He was raised by Muggles...sorry, the canon bitch in me made me do it)

[shimotsuki]

Is it wrong of me to say that I kind of like Ted here? I mean, obviously I think he's being horrible to Remus, but at least he's honest and open about it.

"Oh my," Andromeda said softly, understanding what had just occurred. -- Really liked that part too...

[gijane7702]

Of course its okay to like Ted! He's doing what every girl wants her daddy to: to protecting her. (I think deep down Tonks realises that)

Andromeda gets it: She too fell in love with a man that the world (well, her world) wouldn't approve of.

Ted gets it soon. We must forgive him for being a tad slow. Besides being a protective father...he is also a man ;)

Thanks for reading =)

[molly_coddles]

Interesting take on the 'meet the parents' scenario. It adds a different dimension that you've staged it at Tonks' flat, on her home turf, which rather seems to give her the right to argue and boot her guests out when they say or do something out of line.
“For God’s sake, Remus, call me Andromeda!”
“And you wonder where she gets it from,” he murmured.
*chuckle*

[gijane7702]

Thanks =) I wanted a twist on the 'meet the parents' bit! Glad it worked.

I think Remus is drawn the same sort of (Black) spirit: first with Sirius, then with Tonks, and now Andromeda. And they are all drawn to his spirit.

I think you're the only person that got that joke...