Charlie's World.
36) "Oh, this is really going to suck."
Quote 36 – Boys Vs Girls
Charlie dug the earth with his Quiddich boot and raised his eyebrows at his keeper and friend, Oliver Wood. The tryouts for new Quiddich team members at the start of each year were always boring, but this year was ridiculous.
"If I see another girl that doesn't know one end of a broom from the other" muttered Oliver "I'll quit myself!"
"Those ones come to ogle at you" said Charlie with a grimace as the girl now flying with the team almost wiped Fred off his broom.
"Next!" shouted Oliver, oblivious to the girls tears as she landed.
"Katie Bell" Charlie noted the girls not so covert look at Oliver as she kicked off, another admirer he thought.
"Oh this is really going to suck" he sighed as Katie wobbled around a little getting her bearings.
Fifteen minutes later and Charlie had to eat his words, Katie Bell was fantastic.
"She can ogle as much as she wants" Oliver said, putting a big tick next to Katie's name "If she plays like that!"
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37) "Looks like I pulled the short straw,"
Quote 37 – Pairs
Nicked some names from Criminal Minds here – well, it is a criminal minds challenge tee hee!
Charlie read the pairings from the sheet that his superior had prepared, he had paired one experienced handler with one novice, but this was not what Charlie had in mind. Shame he didn't have the time or the inclination to re do the list. Ah well, he thought, we all have our crosses to bear.
"Right! Listen up!" Charlie looked around the briefing room at the reserve, the morning shift gazed back at him with varying degrees of attention, or lack of. He was sure that by now word had got round that he had walked Rosie to her cabin last night after the team night out. He shook the thought and continued.
"JJ – you are with Lee, section three, mind that Horntail bull, the cow's coming in season, he'll be a bit fruity"
"Not the only one" muttered Garcia from near the back, her blonde head bobbing with laughter.
"Garcia!" he said with a little more force than necessary "You are with Sam, patrol I think" Garcia groaned, patrol was boring as hell, constantly walking the perimeter of the reserve and ensuring all the fences and charms were in working order. Charlie smiled slightly; being the team's leader had its advantages sometimes.
"Morgan with Tate on section two, and please make sure that you don't let the baby out again, and Hotch you are on section one with Gideon, the cow is going to lay her eggs soon, I want them out before she has the chance to know what's hit her. Ried, the incubators need a full work up please, and that leaves me with Rosie on section three"
He watched as they filed out one by one, yawning and moaning. All except Rosie that is, who waited for him by the door, he saw Garcia dig her in the ribs as she left and saw Rosie smirk almost imperceptibly.
"Looks like I pulled the short straw" she said to her boots.
"What?" he asked, a veneer of professionalism masking his face.
"No fooling about, working with the boss" she winked at him as he walked past her and led the way towards section three of the reserve.
Charlie couldn't help but smile to himself slightly at her choice of words.
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38) Character one- "-Character two-, meet ____, God's gift to women," Character Two- "Wow, God sure has a sense of humour…"
Quote 38 - Embarrassed
"Is this woman even real?" Charlie asked Bill out of the side of his mouth. He seriously had his doubts, Bill had found a new girl where he worked at Gringotts and asked her on a date apparently. She'd said she already had plans with a girl friend, and Bill had volunteered Charlie and invited them both on a double date. Charlie really regretted coming home sometimes.
"Yes she's real, and Charlie?" Bill looked pleadingly at his brother.
"Hmmm" Charlie replied.
"Please, make an effort, I really like Fleur and I don't want you scaring her off" Bill told him.
"Ok, ok!" Charlie held his hands up in an attempt at surrender "I'll be good, but I'm not promising anything, unlike you I don't need any help with my love life"
"Oh yeah?" laughed Bill "Queuing up are they?"
"For your information, I have a woman who is crazy about me back in Romania" Charlie said in a self satisfied voice.
"Just one?" Bill teased.
"Only one I'm interested in" Charlie confirmed "The others are just a hindrance now" Charlie joined Bill laughing as two women approached them.
"Fleur!" Bill leapt forward and kissed the tall blonde girl on the cheek, making both of them blush "And this must be Sarah?" he turned towards the brunette who accompanied Fleur.
"Bill!" said Fleur slightly breathlessly "This is Sarah Dalton, my colleague, and this must be your brother, Charlie?"
"Sarah, I'm Bill Weasley, how nice to meet you" Bill said shaking her hand "Sarah Fleur, meet Charlie, Gods gift to women"
"Wow, God sure has a sense of humour…" Sarah said, making herself, Bill and Fleur laugh. While Charlie felt more than a little embarrassed and wished that he was anywhere but there.
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39) "Is this the one that if you stare at it long enough, you see an image of a swan?"
Quote 39 – Breakfast
Charlie tried to sound interested as Percy droned on and on, he really did. But the muggle pictures that Percy was trying to explain to him were bloody boring, and he was trying to eat cornflakes and do his potions homework at the same time. Still his mother had told him to be nice to Percy this year.
"And this one is a three d, you see Charlie? It's Merlin when you look hard enough" Percy said as Charlie stared blankly at the picture, he could only see a mass of wavy lines, no hint of Merlin at all.
"Mmmm" he said as the twins erupted into the great hall and threw themselves down next to their brothers, shovelling cereal into bowls and into their mouths as fast as they could.
"You two are disgusting!" laughed Charlie, laughing harder as Fred's mouth fell open at the comment from his older brother, milk dribbled down his chin onto his already stained jumper "Is that your intelligent look?" he asked.
"Shrup!" said Fred, closing his mouth.
George nudged Charlie in the ribs and nodded towards Percy, who was staring at Penelope Clearwater with a dazed expression on his face.
"Is this the one that if you stare at it long enough, you see an image of a swan?" Charlie teased Percy, unable to resist the opportunity.
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40) "Don't hold your breath, scumbag"
Quote 40 – To the death.
Charlie raced along the corridor of Hogwarts; he just hoped he wasn't too late. Damn the Order for making him stay in Romania when he was needed here!
"You are too late! Potter is dead! We win!" the vaguely familiar voice of a Death Eater rang out as Charlie skidded to a halt in front of the great hall doors, swinging drunkenly from their hinges. Over the Death Eaters shoulder he saw a jet of red light erupt from his mother's wand and Bellatrix Lestrange fell with a look of surprise on her ravaged face. He also saw Harry appear from thin air and cast a protective charm at his mother.
"Don't hold your breath, scumbag" Charlie hissed as he raised his wand "Potter is alive, and he's about to kill your master for good, now move or be moved"
"Never!" the Death Eater raised his wand at Charlie, but Charlie was too quick for him.
"Stupefy!" he roared as he already dodged past the now unconscious Death Eater and on into the great hall.
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