Mother's daughter
Chapter 10
Anna woke early the next morning and looked up at Charlie's sleeping form; she hated what she was doing to him, to his family. Anna knew that family was everything to him. She carefully untangled herself from Charlie and stood up still gazing at him. Was it fair that he had to suffer for being with her? Was their love strong enough to last? Would they always be hunted?
Almost unconsciously Anna made up her mind, she knew the time would come, she knew this idyllic time with Charlie could not last. She walked quietly out of the room and up the stairs into her bedroom and began to gather her possessions. She glanced yet again at the picture and felt tears forming, she hastily wiped it away, she would not cry, she had left men before and she was certain to do it again. Did she love Charlie? Of course, that was why she had to leave.
She picked up her bag and swept the room with her eyes to make sure she had not left anything, she had duplicate the photo and put the original back in it's frame and put the duplicate copy inside her coat. She left the room pulling the door too behind her and walked down the stairs. Her hand was on the door when a voice sounded behind her,
"Hey" said Charlie, looked pale yet strong,
"Hey…are you ok?" replied Anna removing her hand from the door,
"Are you going somewhere?" he questioned ignoring her question, he was challenging her,
"I need to leave Charlie"
"No you don't you want to leave"
"No"
"I love you Anna"
"I love you too that's why I have to leave you"
"Why?"
"I can't live like this" she replied,
"Like what Anna?" he was trying to delay her with reason,
"Like I'm Annabella Lestrange, your mother will never accept me and I refuse to keep putting you at risk" Charlie move closer to her and took her hand,
"Anna this is war"
"Charlie you know my mother only went for you because of me"
"No Anna"
"I shouldn't have dragged you into this"
"We could go away, until after the war" Charlie was getting desperate,
"Your family are here you can't leave them now and even after the war, even if my parents are killed I will still be shunned"
"Anna please…"
"No Charlie, I have to go"
"Where? Back to Romania?"
"I don't know… Charlie, these past few years have been like something out of someone else's life but this past month has shown me that those years can't last forever"
"So your going to run and hide?" he was still trying to challenge her but Anna sensed the defeat in his voice,
"I was never going to be in Gryffindor" Anna smiled sadly
"Be careful Anna, please keep in touch; I'll be waiting for you, always"
Anna couldn't bear to reply to him, she turned away and opened the door,
"You don't have to do this you know" said a new voice; Remus and Tonks had joined them,
"I do" Anna replied with a sad smile, and she walked out into the sunshine and pulled the door closed behind her. She walked slowly down the garden path as if her heart was willing her to return and the end of the path she nearly stopped to turn around but the sight of Charlie from the previous night etched on her brain prevented it. She raised her wand and without much though as to where she was going, she apparated.
A/N Please review!!! The next chapter will be longer, this is cement between two bricks.
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