| Firecrab
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Chapter Forty Six
Charlie yawned, stretched and woke up to the smell of pancakes. He blinked and sniffed again before looking for boxers. He wandered down the stairs and crept up behind her sliding his arms around her middle whispering in her ear.
“I hope some of those are for me”
“Happy Birthday” she giggled as he kissed her neck, “Strawberry?” she held the ripe fruit to his lips smiling as he took a bite and then finished it with a sultry smile before discarding the stalk. He squeezed her waist and she sprayed whipped cream on his nose.
“Oi” he laughed, she kissed his nose taking the cream on her lips before kissing him again,
“Yummy” she licked her lips turning to him properly,
“Very” he smiled kissing her again before she turned to flip the pancakes and serve them up. He held her and moved with her round the kitchen,
“You have to let me go or you can’t eat them”
“Alright” he sighed liberating her from his arms, and sitting down as she did to,
“We can go back to bed after” she crossed her legs “I need my sustenance to keep up with you” she grinned sipping on a coffee,
“And I’m the old one” he chuckled squirting syrup on the pancakes before digging in.
“I’m just weak” she started on her own pancakes, “So weak when it comes to you old man”
“I’m thinking – I’m thinking -”
She smiled “-You thinking?”
“I think while I’ve got you so weak we should set a date”
“Huh?”
“You don’t remember do you?”
“Erm…”
“Harry suggested something before they left… we agreed on it – we said we’d get married and use the world travelling as a long, long honeymoon…”
“-Ah- oh yeah” she vaguely remembered it, she had a lot to drink last night, mainly so she could ignore her soon to be mother in laws comments behind her back.
“You had a lot to drink – I’m surprised you’re up”
“I can handle my drink; I just can’t handle your mother”
“I’m sorry about her, I’ll talk to her”
“Why bother babe, she’s not talking to either of us she’s just talking about us”
“I’ll talk to her”
“Is this going to be the same as George – I mean are you going to wait until the last minute?”
“Soph”
“You know what I mean”
“Of course I do, look I’ll go today”
“Hmm”
“Soph, I’ll go today”
“It won’t do anything even if it is your birthday”
“You come with me then, we’re in this together – you said it, we’re equal right”
“Right” she sipped her coffee again pushing the half eaten plate away and sitting back in the chair.
“Soph if you hate her now what’s it going to be when we’re married?”
“I don’t hate her, she doesn’t like me and in turn I don’t particularly like her”
He got up taking the plates to the kitchen side,
“She’ll grow up”
“And if she doesn’t?”
“I promise she’ll see sense” he lent down and kissed her forehead gently as she clutched the nearly empty coffee cup, “We’ll make her see sense” he perched on the edge of the table in front of her, as an owl flew to the window and pecked eagerly, he turned to see – “That’s a ministry owl” he wandered over and there was a knock at the door, she reached for the throw from the couch to wrapped round her before answering it,
“Soph don’t – get back from the door quick” he said looking up from the letter as her arm extended to the handle,
“What is it?”
He rushed over taking her hand leading her away before looking for his wand,
“It’s upstairs” She answered realising what he was looking for and getting her own from the kitchen side, “What does the letter say?”
There was knocking again,
“It says she got away”
“What – you said they’d get her!”
“I thought they would it’s been days!” he walked them to the stairs “Go up and stay there”
“No”
“Soph for your own protection I’m asking you to-”
The knocking turned into thumping, “Who is it?” she called,
There was no reply, she took his hand and pulled him up the stairs, “We stay together, so let’s get your wand”
They made it up there as the door was blown to pieces,
“Oh my god” Soph hissed as they ducked behind the bed, Charlie grabbed his wand and apparated them out of the house and to the Burrow.
“There’s no one here – there at Harry’s” he started searching for the spare key under the eaves, he found it and turned the key in the lock whilst muttering a spell, the door opened and they went inside, “Ginny left some clothes here in her room, I’ll go borrow some of Dads stuff, she doesn’t know where Harry and Gin live so the twins and mum and dad are safe”
“So we get dressed and do what?” she pulled the throw around her tighter as he led her up the stairs,
“Go to the ministry, they’ll send Aurors after her”
“Right” they went into Ginny’s old room and found the clothes in the wardrobe adjusting a summer dress and cardigan to fit her, she did turned for him to zip up the dress and he kissed her neck, she giggled, “Don’t”
“Sorry alright, I’m just dressed for the occasion already” he kissed her again moving to her shoulder,
“You don’t have to do it to reassure me Charlie” she touched his cheek with her fingertips “I know already, let’s get you some clothes”
“I’m doing it because I want to” he mumbled against her skin, “Because I want you”
“And I know, but right now isn’t a good time is it” she chuckled moving round to kiss him face to face,
He sighed, “Ok, ok” she took his hand
“What size shoe does your mum have?”
“We’ll look K” he led them up to his parent’s room, opening the door, “The last time I was in here…” he looked around,
She put her hands over her ears humming, he laughed “So you understood that quickly” he opened the wardrobe as she sat on the bed,
“How old were you when you were traumatised like that?”
“About nine – Ginny wasn’t born – in fact I think – ugh – suppressing that memory”
“Ewww... I don’t want to think about your parents – Ewww!” she jumped off the bed as if it were contaminated and wrinkled her nose standing by the wall as he looked for jeans and a t-shirt.
“Soph – don’t think about it”
“Ugh – can’t not now”
He wandered over in jeans and kissed her delicately taking her in his arms, “Are you now?” he murmured against her lips, she chuckled against his before letting him kiss her again. They ended up on the bed,
“I said no Charlie” but she contradicted herself by holding him closer her arms round his neck as he lay above her,
“I don’t care Sophia” he whispered “Don’t care one bit” they kissed again passionately,
“CHARLIE WEASLEY!” He leapt up, she did the same and they came face to face with a furious Molly, “WHAT IN MERLINS NAME DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?”
“We – we were attacked at our place, we’d just woken up and I apparated us here and we’re borrowing some clothes”
“OUT!” they looked at the ground wandering embarrassed out of the room; Molly picked out a shirt and threw it at him,
“Who attacked you?”
“We – we think it was -”
“- I didn’t ask you young lady I asked my son”
“It was my ex, the ministries after her she blew down our door and tried to come after us”
“Ex, what ex – and that – that on my bed Charlie – you know how disrespectful and disgusting it is - that you would think that was ok Charlie – do you know?!”
“Sorry mum, wasn’t thinking”
“Damn right you weren’t, and I bet she wasn’t either”
“Don’t blame Soph”’
“You used to be such a good boy”
“Mum don’t – please”
“But can’t you see, you would never ever have done something like that”
“We were kissing, it wasn’t what you think”
“It doesn’t matter what you were doing you were still doing it and it’s because of her” she pointed at Sophia angrily,
“It’s because of me, because I love her and can’t keep my hands off her ok, if it wasn’t in there it would have been somewhere else, I’m not so good alright and my ex that was after us is my ex wife”
“What – no what say that again…”
“Jade Templeton is my ex wife, she’s been my wife for five years and I didn’t tell you she was a crazy stalker because you wouldn’t understand”
“When did you marry her?”
“Five years ago in Denmark, she tricked me it’s a long story” he put on the shirt and took Sophia’s hand “We need shoes”
“Don’t walk away Charlie”
“I’m protecting my fiancée” he replied “You have some shoes we can borrow mum?”
“Um – ugh – yes” she shook her head holding out her hand as he stepped forward, “Stay there”
She went into the bedroom and closed the door behind her. She sat on the bed and took a deep breath before going to the wardrobe and picking out two pairs of shoes.
“I thought you weren’t going to tell Charlie?” Sophia sighed,
“Changed my mind honey”
“She hates me more right” she smirked,
“She hates me too” he grinned and kissed the top of her head,
She smiled lightly “I like your protection you know”
“I like yours too” he smiled and felt her arms wrap round his waist in a hug.
Molly came back out with the two pairs of shoes, “Go to the ministry and then come to Potter Cottage and explain” she walked back into her bedroom and closed the door moving around to pack up the cloaks she had forgotten.
They went through the fireplace downstairs to the ministry and up to the office to explain the situation.
“We’ve got reason to believe that she’s working with Draco Malfoy now”
“That would have been helpful in the letter you sent just before they blew down our door” Sophia replied “Great both of them are trying to kill me now” she grinned “I want to know why”
“Money, to get at you because of me, because of Harry or Sirius…”
“Oh ok then” she sighed letting him hug her, “Really good reasons you know”
“You’re special enough that someone wants you dead” he sighed,
“I’d suggest you find somewhere safe to go whilst we track her down”
“We’ll find somewhere” he led her to the fireplaces again
“We shouldn’t go to Harry’s and put the twins in danger from her” Sophia started,
“But the house has Auror protection and she doesn’t know where it is”
“Is there anywhere else?”
“Shell cottage or the leaky cauldron, we don’t have money or anything though – erm…”
“We just need one night so the house has the all clear and we can go back and put better protection on it”
“We’re not going back there unless it’s to clear out Soph”
“It’s your home”
“It’s not safe for you to go back to our home, you should go to Potter Cottage lay low, and I’ll find us somewhere”
“We stay together, please let’s stay together”
“Sure” he kissed her forehead, “Sure” he thought about it for a moment “We go to the cottage just to talk to them then we can go to Bills, I’m pretty sure him and Fleur won’t mind”
“Ok”
“The idea of staying in the same house as mum isn’t that appealing”
“Not in the least bit, I’m not going to speak to her at all ok”
“That might be a good idea…” they walked away from the fireplaces to apparate to the front garden of the cottage.
“Hey, Happy Birthday Charlie” Bill came out the front door to meet them “Mum said you were attacked she called me and everyone else though said you had something to tell us?”
He cringed “This is my punishment then”
“What did you do insult her cooking or something?”
He laughed hollowly “Kind of worse then that bro” Sophia watched him rub his forehead “She kind of found me and Soph in her room when we escaped from the girl that’s after us”
“Aww Charlie – I don’t want that in my head”
“She found us kissing is all – Merlin – so I’ve got to tell you my big secret as punishment alright”
“You – a big secret you got to be kidding me”
“No joke – come on let’s get it over with” he said pushing Bill forward and inside with one hand and pulling Sophia gently along with him, with the other.
“Charlie” Molly said coldly with one of the twins seated on her lap, the other with Arthur.
“Mum look-”
“- No Charlie, no more secrets you tell your dad and your brothers exactly why there is someone attacking you and – and her”
“You mean my fiancée and she doesn’t want me she wants Sophia dead” he snapped back, She glared at him, “The girl that’s after Sophia is my ex wife and they think she’s working with Malfoy”
“And why exactly is she after her if she is your ex?”
“She tricked me into marrying her 5 years ago, she gave me a potion I got the thing annulled a few weeks ago when they finally found her – I didn’t know she was back until a week ago”
“You – got married?” Bill said incredulously “I don’t believe it”
“What I don’t believe is that she is in this house when there’s some crazy person after her” Ron muttered,
“Shut it Ronald, Sophia goes where I go whether you like it or not”
“And what about the twins or mum and dad – if they find this place”
“They have auror protection, no one knows we’re here and there after her to get at me and because she is the Black family heir, she got everything in Bellatrix’s vault, she got the Black fortune and his name and the bonus that she’s part of Harry’s family now”
“Well she is not apart of this family” Molly replied,
“I’m marrying her whether you like it or not mum, I love her – and you know what I might just take her name to save her the hassle of becoming a Weasley if you don’t change the record, you don’t seem to like any of the people we chose to love and I’m sick of having to defend my relationship to you – come on Soph, we’ll go home, pack a bag and find somewhere to stay where we are wanted”
He led her out to the garden, Bill followed them –
“Charlie”
“What?”
“Grab some stuff and go to my place, there’s plenty of room”
“Thanks”
“Thankyou Bill” Sophia let him go to hug Bill gratefully,
“Its ok, anyone mum hates so much must be brilliant really” he smiled “I’ll send Fleur a patronus and be back there later – I’ve got to go back to work”
“Sure – thanks again Bill” Charlie sighed and apparated them back to there ruined apartment.
“Wow” she sighed looking round,
“Ah well” he grinned “At least it wasn’t you or me exploding hey” he kicked the shreds of a couch cushion and looked at the mess of feathers and down on the floor and furniture,
“You would really take my name?” she suddenly said looking up at him,
“Why not” he shrugged “Charlie Black doesn’t sound too bad, and you know maybe we could improve that names reputation with our own kids”
“You wouldn’t find it strange?”
“It’s not like there aren’t enough Weasley’s in the world already, I want my family to be with you so why not be a Black”
“You’re serious?”
“I wouldn’t say it if I wasn’t” he smiled “Come on let’s pack”
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