Charlie Weasley was not happy this Christmas holiday. He had made the mistake of going home for the holidays. Which, had sounded good when his best friend told him her plans for Christmas of working with a sick dragon that had caught her hair on fire twice already, but now he would love to have his hair caught on fire rather than sit through the torture that was his mother.

Now, Molly Weasley was a wonderful woman. Charlie didn't doubt she had been quite beautiful in her day, and she was as kind as anyone could get. But Molly was like a mother bear. She was kind when she was with her cubs and happy but once she was unhappy…. Well let's just say it wasn't pretty.

"And little Teddy is so cute. He goes to visit Ginny and Harry all the time! It's like having a little grandson already! And little Victorie, she is so gorgeous. I have always known Bill would have beautiful children but add Fluer to the mix and their daughter is breath taking! And I think Ron is going to propose to Hermione." His mother droned on and on about her children's relationship's and families. "And even George and Percy have girlfriends. Oh why don't you have anyone, Charlie?"

Molly had asked him that question about five times so far since he got there. He sighed again, not saying a word. There had to be a way out of this….

Suddenly it was as if his question was being answered. Outside a beautiful girl was walking toward the house. "Kasey." He said her name like she was an angel sent from heaven to answer her prayers.

"Kasey? Who's Kasey?" His mother asked.

"My girlfriend. I've been trying to tell you all day." He muttered, rushing outside. He pulled Kasey into a hug. "I have never been so happy to see you, Kase." He whispered into her ear.

"Why…." She whispered back, not sure why she was enjoying this so much.

Charlie stepped back to look into her grey eyes. "Uh… I just told my mother you were my girlfriend…. Please please please, Kasey! I will do anything!" He begged.

Kasey twirled a lock of her burnt brown hair. "Um….. I suppose. But you definitely owe me."

"Thank you! Just… Tell the truth about how we met and all that. Then just make something up for how we got together." He kissed her softly. Both looked a bit startled but just pushed it aside.

Charlie put his arm around her and led her inside. "Mum, this is Kasey."

Molly pulled her into a hug that nearly broke the small girl in half. For working such a physical job she never looked that muscled, that is until you saw her with clothes off. She had gotten comfortable enough in front of Charlie to go around in her underclothes so he knew exactly how fit the beautiful girl really was. Her stomach was flat and firm, her arms and legs were just as firm. Charlie couldn't help but notice that her bum was just as nice as the rest of her.

"It's so nice to finally meet you, Mrs. Weasley!" Kasey smiled. "Char has told me so much about you I feel like I already know you!"

"I'm sorry to say I cannot say the same about you, dear!" Molly looked at her son in disapproval.

Kasey glanced at Charlie. "Well, Charlie and I are a recent couple. But we have been friends for years. I suppose you can say I fell for him." She winked at him. He chuckled.

"Such a beautiful girl sprawled out in front of my feet… It must be my lucky day." Charlie's eyes sparkled as he repeated what he said.

"And how did I respond to that comment, sweetie?" Kasey smiled.

"You kicked dirt in my face and told me to stick it where the sun don't shine. " Charlie laughed. "We just sort of … got together a few weeks ago. We were so much like a married couple already. We just agreed that it was time to put a label on it." He played with a lock of her hair and wrapped an arm around her.

"You seem very sweet together." Molly beamed. "Are you staying for the holidays? We have plenty of room. It seems all my chicks have left the nest." She smiled.

Kasey bit her lip. "Will Norse be alright?" Charlie muttered into her ear.

"I'll just disappear for an hour a day…" She whispered back. "Of course, Mrs. Weasley, I would love to stay with you." Kasey smiled widely. "I brought you a present from the two of us. Though Charlie didn't put my name on the card, I picked it out."

Molly smiled widely. "Well that is very sweet of you, sweetheart!" She left to put it under the tree.

"What did you get her?" Charlie asked. His arm was still around her, and his lips still at her ear.

Kasey had to remember to breathe before she could answer. "I got her a necklace with a sparkly dragon scale charm. I made it." She muttered.

"You made my mother a necklace for Christmas?" Charlie blinked. Kasey nodded.

"Sure… It was not hard. I thought she would like it rather than something you bought. Mothers always do like homemade gifts better than bought. This is just a lot prettier than the box you made when you were seven out of sticks and dead bugs."

Charlie laughed. He hardly remembered telling Kasey that story; it made him feel special that she remembered it.

"Hey, who's this?" Ron and Harry came into the room. Hermione and Ginny were in the living room playing with one year old Teddy.

"This is Kasey." Charlie muttered.

"I'm Charlie's girlfriend. You must be Ron. It's nice to finally put a name to the face." Kasey smiled warmly. "And, Harry Potter it's nice to meet you too." Her tone didn't change when she said Harry's name, which had both boys smiling. "Where are Ginny and Hermione?"

Harry gestured to the living room. "They're playing with my Godson Teddy Lupin in the living room."

"That's Tonks' little boy, right? She was my best friend in school. I was supposed to go see her after he was born but I never got a chance. I wasn't sure what happened to the baby. I'm glad he's in good hands." Kasey's eyes welled up a bit at the thought of her old friend. Charlie ran his fingers through her hair, comfortingly.

"You should come meet him. He's a wonderful kid." Harry told her.

The boys led the way to the living room where Ginny was sitting on the floor playing with a small boy with red hair and brown eyes. "Good job, Teddy!" Ginny laughed. Hermione sat on the couch, watching.

"Hello!" Hermione noticed Kasey. She looked between Charlie and Kasey, noticing their enjoined hands. "I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Charlie! Hello, I'm Hermione Granger."

"Kasey." Kasey nodded. "Pleasure."

"When did you get in?" Hermione asked. "How do you two know each other? Do you work with dragons too? What's that like?"

Kasey glanced at Charlie. He'd mentioned she could talk a lot but she hadn't expected this. "Uh, I got in just a few minutes ago. You really should have been in Ravenclaw, all these questions." She smiled warm naturedly. Hermione laughed. Kasey looked at Ginny. "And you must be the infamous little sister, Ginny Weasley. It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I've heard so much about you, I hear you're an excellent Quidditch player."

Ginny smiled. "Charlie, what have you been telling her about us?"

Kasey grinned at Charlie who was slightly red on his ears. "Oh, he's only told me everything, of course. Now, about that Quidditch playing skills?"

"Well… I am a Hollyhead Harpy." Ginny laughed, going red in the face.

Kasey nodded. "I hear you two are quite the Quidditch players yourself. Ron, I heard you were an excellent keeper. I just remember the day Charlie came in saying 'both my baby siblings are on the Quidditch team! I can't believe it!' He was beaming for days! You two made him so proud!" She looked at Harry. "And of course, the amazing seeker Harry who caught the snitch with his mouth in his first year!"

Everyone but Hermione was blushing. "Oh No, Hermione I have heard plenty about you. After the world cup Charlie was talking about how he swore his little brother was in love with this extremely bright witch. He swore you were the brightest witch of your age, and that you could put some of our coworkers to shame with your magic skills." That had Hermione blushing and Ron blushing even harder.

"Maybe bring down Percy and George, make them listen to everything Charlie says about us." Ron muttered.

"Oh, I've met George before. I go into the shop all the time. Whenever I get a holiday I am in that shop. And I'd rather not repeat some of the things said about Percy previous to last year…." Kasey chewed on her lower lip. Little Teddy had walked over to her. "Why, hello there, little one." She smiled. He smiled and changed his hair to look like hers. His eyes slowly turned as grey as hers. "Well aren't you talented." Kasey wiped a tear from her eyes.

Charlie squeezed her hand, brushing his lips over her cheek. Though this was nothing new for the two friends; they kissed cheeks all the time, and had even kissed on the mouth a few times before today, it was strange for a kiss between them to be so intimate.

"Kassidy James! It is absolutely lovely to see you again!" George bound into the room with a grin that the rest of his family hadn't seen in a while.

"George Weasley, what have I said about using my full name?" Kasey smiled as she got up to hug him.

"I believe you promised to hex the living daylights out of me. Promised me you'd hex me so hard that it would have me wishing you'd just sent a dragon to eat me." George winked. "Now what is this I hear about you dating my older brother? I don't remember hearing about that last time you stopped by the shop. And here I thought we were friends!"

Angelina walked in with a smile on her face. "Oh George, will you stop being so dramatic and silly. "

"I don't think I would have a job anymore if I stopped being dramatic and silly, Ang." George winked at her. "So, do tell me all about how you two got together. I knew you were pining after each other but I didn't know you'd finally had the courage to ask her out." He smirked at Charlie, who flushed.

Kasey blushed a bit too. Had she really made her feelings so clear? No…. He was only saying that because he thought they were together now. "He didn't have the courage, I asked him to have dinner with me and we both admitted our feelings for each other. We acted like we were a together already, so we just made it official." Kasey made up a story while still keeping to what Charlie had told his mother already.

"That is lovely." Hermione smiled. "Kasey, is your hair burnt?" She asked.

Kasey touched the tip of a burnt lock of hair with a sigh. "I'm afraid so, Hermione. I've been working with this sick dragon who keeps sneezing fire balls at me. Poor thing can't stop doing it, and my hair is paying the price. "

Hermione frowned, tilting her head a bit. "Oh no, she has her 'I need to go to the library' face on." Ron groaned. Hermione huffed and left the room. "Wait! 'Mione, come back. I didn't mean to upset you." He followed her out of the room.

Kasey raised an eyebrow. "They really do that a lot?"

"Yes." Ginny and Harry said automatically. "They are always fighting. It's either fighting or snogging." Harry smirked.

"Frankly it's disgusting." Ginny shook her head.

"As if that's not all you lot do. All you do is argue, snog and make fun of Ron and Hermione." George rolled his eyes.

"And we have a very healthy relationship, thank you very much." Ginny grinned. Harry just laughed and threw his arm around her shoulders.

Kasey laughed, glancing at Charlie. That sounded an awful lot like their relationship. When they weren't making fun of something, they were arguing about something else. As far as she could tell, she was the only one who wished snogging was a part of their routine. Charlie gave her a grin as if he could read her mind, though she was very glad he couldn't.

"I bet all you two do is talk about dragons and snog. For merlin's sake, is that all couples do these days?" George shook his head. Angelina just shook her head, laughing silently.

Mrs. Weasley walked in a few minutes later to tell them it was time for dinner. "Kasey, I noticed you didn't have any bags. Are you sure you are able to stay?"

"Yes ma'am. I just forgot my bags at home, I was so excited to get here I completely forgot to grab them." Kasey lied with an easy smile. Her uncomfortable vibe could be taken as embarrassment for forgetting her bags.

Charlie pulled her back, waiting for everyone to leave before asking her: "Why did you really come?" He asked in a whisper.

"To bring you your mother's present." Kasey muttered.

Charlie narrowed his eyes as if he didn't believe her. "You could have owled it to me."

Kasey flushed. Well this was going to be an interesting holiday…. "I … I got bored. Norse just kept setting my hair on fire and Jürgen just kept trying to get me to go to dinner with him and so I told him that I had to go because I was spending the holiday with you."

Charlie raised an eyebrow. "You told him we were together, didn't you!"

Kasey bit her lip. "I may or may not have insinuated that we were shagging…" Charlie burst out laughing.

"So we are even then?" Charlie asked.

"Absolutely not! All you have to do is pretend like we spent the holiday shaggin'! I have to be your girlfriend for the holidays! I have to lie to your sweet, kind, lovely old mother. The woman just wants you to be happy! Why couldn't you just tell her the truth! That you are happy with your job and you have friends who love you anyway." Kasey hissed.

Charlie ran his hand through his red hair. "You don't get it, Kase! Your parents aren't pushing for you to have a family!" He froze as soon as he said it. "Oh god… Kasey, I am so sorry."

Kasey blinked away tears. "No, Char they aren't. You know what else they aren't doing? Making me Christmas dinner; knitting me a jumper; Opening presents; they aren't doing anything." She cried. "They are gone! So you should just appreciate your family, because at least you have most of them here. You lost your brother. I lost my parents."

Charlie stroked her hair. "I know, and I'm so sorry. I just want to make my mom happy. The way she smiled when she looked at you is all I could ever ask for. She wants her kids to get married and have kids of their own. If I tell her the only thing I'm in love with is my work…. It'll break her heart."

Kasey blinked back more tears. "And that is the only thing either of us will ever love." She muttered, looking away slightly.

"Let's just go eat, eh?" Charlie muttered, cupping her elbow in his hand.

Kasey nodded and followed him to the table. "After dinner, you all should go home to go to sleep. Charlie, I've set up your room for you and Kasey to sleep."

Ginny grinned over at Harry who chuckled. "Mum… We are all adults who live on our own… We can go to bed any time we feel."

Molly waved a finger at her daughter. "I don't care when you go to bed but you are all expected to be here bright and early to help me decorate. That includes you two." She looked to Angelina first and then Kasey. "You being in relationships with my sons means you are family. And that means I am going to work you."

"That was never the case with Harry." Ginny smirked.

"Yes well…." Molly frowned. Kasey had heard how Ron had described Harry's home life and it sounded like Mrs. Weasley just wanted Harry to have a place where he could just be a kid. "I made him work when we were preparing for Bill and Fluer's wedding." She said.

"Mrs. Weasley?" Kasey asked.

"Molly, dear please." Molly gave her a big helping of food, muttering something about being underfed in Romania.

Kasey smiled slightly, trying not to grimace at how much food was on her plate. "What are we decorating for?"

Molly tutted. "You mean you didn't tell her about the Christmas party?" She hit Charlie in the back of the head.

"I hadn't gotten around to it!" Charlie muttered.

Kasey hid her smile with a bite of food. "No no, I remember seeing the invitation. I just didn't think about it."

After they finished eating everyone started leaving. Charlie showed Kasey to his room, which had posters of Quidditch teams all over the walls. The beds had been charmed together to make more room.

"Oh my god…." Kasey didn't know whether to laugh or die. "Your mom expects us to sleep together!"

Charlie groaned, putting his head in his hands. "I can sleep on the floor if you want…" He muttered.

Kasey shook her head. "No no, it's not the first time we've slept together. What's the harm?" Her mind flashed to a night about a month before when they had done a lot more than sleep when they were in the same bed…. But she doubted the amount of alcohol he had consumed that night probably meant he didn't remember. She only knew what they had done because she woke up first. She left before he could see her. He didn't ask why he had woken up the way he did and she never told him.

"Okay. It's just embarrassing that my mother…." Charlie rolled his eyes. "Here." He handed her a shirt. "You can wear this to bed, since you don't have any clothes. You can borrow something tomorrow for decorating too and then go get your stuff tomorrow evening."

Kasey got dressed and sat on the bed, the small flashes of memory she had from that night going through her brain as she watched him change into a pair of pajama pants. He didn't put a shirt on, to her dismay. The tattoo on his ribs: WWW, were clear even in the darkened room. She had gotten a butterfly with the words R.I.P. written through it on her shoulder. They had found a muggle shop one day and as Charlie is his father's son, he couldn't refuse. Kasey had decided to do it in respect to all the people who had died in the war.

"Good night, Kase." Charlie muttered.

"Good night, Char." She whispered back.