An - I just want to say a quick thankyou to Iwik and mdauben for your reviews and insights, I really do appreciate them. I have decided to release the five "Charlie side story" chapters close together so they make more sence to those following the story, so the next two chapters will be coming soon.

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Chapter 10 Making Things Worse

Harry awoke when he became aware that something was missing, that something was Ginny, during the night he had gotten used to the weight of Ginny's body lying next to him and her absence had awoken him. Looking at his watch he saw it was quarter past five in the morning. He suddenly realised he could hear noises coming from somewhere outside Ginny's room. Stepping onto the landing he saw the door to his room was open, Charlie was stood in the doorway with his back to Harry, trying to look around Charlie he saw a flash of long red hair.

"What's going on" he asked

At the sound of his voice Charlie jumped and turned sideways, giving Harry the chance he needed to get into his room. Inside he found a very angry and distressed Ginny. His room was in complete disarray, Ginny had clearly gone through every piece of furniture looking for their wands. Stepping up to Ginny he put his arms around her and pulled her into him. Thankfully she turned, putting her own arms around Harry and buried her face in his chest.

Feeling himself getting angry he looked over at Charlie and glared at the older man "As it's so early I'm in no mood to muck about, you have till the count of three then I'm giving Ginny her wand back and if needed I'll lie in court to give her an alibi" Harry was all too aware it was a bluff, thankfully it worked, he didn't even get to a count of one before Charlie ran down the stairs.

"Come on let's go back to bed" said Harry

Harry was thankful she didn't argue and allowed herself to be guided back to bed, once they were back in their chosen position she soon fell asleep.

Harry was eventually woken up by the sound of knocking on the bedroom door. Looking down he saw that Ginny was still asleep, thinking he recognised the knock as Molly's he quietly called come in.

Carefully opening the door Molly stepped into the room, seeing Ginny was still asleep she quietly sat in the chair as she had done the day before.

Speaking in a whisper Molly spoke to Harry "I'm sorry for intruding but Charlie's got me a bit concerned this morning, he seems almost desperate to get out of the house, I'm assuming something happened last night but he won't admit to anything. I'm afraid my concern got the better of me and I wanted to see you two were alright"

"Well let's put it this way Molly I think it would be a good idea if you got Charlie out of the house before either of us come downstairs"

"Oh, for Merlin's sake what's he gone and done now"

"I won't know for certain until Ginny wakes up, but I'm guessing they both went to the bathroom around the same time last night and bumped into each other on the stairs, I was woken up at quarter past five to noises outside of the room, I found Charlie stood in my bedroom doorway with Ginny inside, going through every single drawer and cabinet in my room. Presumably trying to find her wand"

"What did he say to her?"

"No idea. I bluffed and told Charlie he had to the count of three before I gave Ginny her wand back, at which point he ran. I got Ginny back in bed and she fell asleep without saying anything"

Looking up at Molly Harry could see the anger starting to build behind her eyes "Right I'll deal with Charlie this time, you two have a lie in and I'll see you whenever you're ready, I'll keep some breakfast warm for you" Standing up she crossed to the door before stopping and turning back "I think you and Ginny should consider going out for the day, not just a walk or a picnic but something that will take you away from the Burrow, it should help take your minds off things, maybe consider inviting Ron and Hermione"

"That sounds like an idea, I'll let you know what we decide when we come downstairs"

After Molly had left Harry closed his eyes and let himself drift back to sleep.

When Harry finally awoke, he woke up slowly and didn't open his eyes straight away, he realised that there was a weight on his chest, slowly becoming more alert he finally opened his eyes and looked straight into Ginny's twinkling eyes. He suddenly realised the weight on his chest was Ginny. Having woken up before him she was now lying on top of him, she had her arms crossed over his chest and was resting her chin on her arms.

"Morning beautiful" said Harry

"Morning handsome" replied Ginny

"So, is this your way of waking me or are you trying a new sleeping position?"

"Wake you up? hardly!" said Ginny laughing "I've been lying like this for thirty minutes before you showed any sign of waking up, I'm lying like this because you moved in your sleep, making it impossible for me to lie down next to you, so I thought if you are going to use the whole mattress I'm going to use you as a mattress"

"Fair enough" Harry said laughing "I was just wondering do you want to go out today?"

"Out for a walk you mean"

"No I mean out as in away from the Burrow, maybe invite Ron and Hermione, I think it would be nice to spend the day relaxing with friends"

"I think that's a great idea, but we'll have to get permission from my mum" said Ginny pulling a face, clearly presuming she wouldn't be allowed out.

"We already have your mum's permission" said Harry grinning

"Since when?" asked a stunned Ginny "Plus since when have you been able to talk mum into letting us do things?"

"I don't just defeat dark wizards you know" said Harry laughing "sweet talking my girlfriends mum is just one of my lesser known abilities"

Raising her eyebrows to show she didn't believe him Ginny simply said "yeah right"

Laughing still Harry decided it was time to admit the truth "OK the day out was your mum's idea, I think she's being so amenable because of the situation with Charlie, she figured out something happened during the night and came up to check we were OK earlier"

Upon hearing Charlie's name Ginny's demeanour cooled somewhat, looking down at Harry she started to speak "I've got to admit I'm impressed Harry, I thought I knew every nook and cranny in this house but you managed to hide our wands somewhere I don't know about, where did you hide them?"

"Oh, I'm sure you know about where I hid the wands, but I'm also sure it is the last place you would think of looking, as for telling you, well I'm keeping it a secret until this situation is resolved"

"Hmmm you know me too well Potter" said Ginny leaning down to kiss him "So where are we going today?"

Thinking for a moment, Harry had a sudden flash of inspiration "Do I remember you saying that muggle entertainment would probably come up in your final year of Muggle studies?"

"Yeah why?"

"I was just thinking we could go to the cinema, we could do a double feature as I think the muggles would say"

"What's a double feature?" asked Ginny

"It's where you watch two films one after the other. I was thinking we could watch one film, grab a late lunch then watch a second film and be back for around dinner time"

"OK do you want to get some breakfast while I grab a shower then we can swap and you can ask Ron and Hermione while your downstairs"

"You definitely want to invite them?"

"Yes, you were right it would be nice to spend time with friends"

Decisions made, Harry headed downstairs and wasn't surprised to find Ron and Hermione still sat at the kitchen table. Typically, Ron was still eating while Hermione was reading a book. Sitting down Harry saw two plates of food being kept warm over blue flames. While helping himself to one of the plates he started talking.

"You know Ron I find it amazing that no matter how much reading Hermione does she still manages to find room to store it all. I mean surely there's got to be an upper limit sooner or later" teased Harry, looking over at Ron he saw him smiling but he didn't comment "I for one wouldn't want to risk hitting that upper limit so early in life, wouldn't you agree Ron?"

At this point, Ron's shoulders were visibly shaking with laughter and he was clearly struggling from laughing out loud, Hermione however was alternating between scowling at her boyfriend and glaring daggers at Harry.

"Due to the distinct lack of studying you two do, I'll be amazed if either of you ever hit your so called upper limit" said Hermione who firmly lifted her book and held it in front of herself so she wouldn't have to look at either Harry or Ron.

"Now that is a shame Ron. There were me and Ginny hoping to invite the two of you out for the day and Hermione is dead stuck on studying so it'll just be the two of us"

"Hey aren't I your best mate I could still come" said Ron this statement was followed by Ron jerking sideways. Harry assumed this was because Hermione had just kicked him under the table. "What I meant to say was what were you thinking of doing today? Perhaps I could change Hermione's mind" This comment was followed by a second jerk from Ron, presumably because Hermione had kicked him again.

Looking over at Hermione Harry saw that she still had her book firmly held so she couldn't see Harry but the book had changed position and Harry suspected she was looking at Ron.

Smiling as he knew he had her interest, Harry turned to answer Ron's question. "Well we were thinking of going to the Cinema, Ginny thinks muggle entertainment will come up on her newts, plus it should be fun, we were wondering if the two of you would like to come, the idea is to watch a film, grab a late lunch and then watch a second film"

"Ooh a double feature" squealed Hermione suddenly dropping her book before remembering the pretence she was supposed to be holding up and raising the book just as quickly.

At that outburst both Harry and Ron were bent over the kitchen table laughing silently. At least they were until Ron jerked again having been kicked a third time.

Deciding it was time to put her out of her misery Harry reached over and pushed Hermione's book down so he could look at her

"Would you like to come with us?" asked Harry

"Well I think I'd better don't you, Merlin knows what sort of trouble the three of you will get into if you don't have someone responsible to watch over you" replied Hermione "When were you thinking of leaving?"

"Whenever all of us are ready there's no rush" replied Harry "Ginny's taking a shower while I have breakfast then we were going to swap, unless you want to jump ahead in the queue, it'll only take me ten minutes to get ready"

"Thanks Harry" said Hermione heading for the stairs

Once Hermione had gone, Ron turned to Harry with a look of concern on his face "How much is this going to cost, I don't have any muggle money and hardly any Galleons, I suppose I could borrow some off George if needed"

Harry knew Ron could be sensitive about the subject of money and charity, so he knew he had to careful how he worded his reply so not to offend his best mate "Ron, today is about getting Ginny out of the house so she can forget about what's being going on for a bit. Especially after what happened this morning, I'd rather we all enjoy ourselves than worry about money"

Although Ron didn't argue he clearly wasn't happy "Look how about we make a deal, I'll pay for today and we all go out and enjoy ourselves and in return you do something for Ginny as a way of making amends for the pranks. I know you've apologised but it couldn't hurt"

"Like what" asked Ron

"Whatever your able to, as long as it's well-meaning Ginny will appreciate it. Hell, you could really redeem yourself and get the others to do something as well"

Finally smiling Ron looked at Harry and said "OK you've got a deal, I'll do anything to help Ginny through this mess we've created. Let's go sit in the living room where its more comfortable while we wait for the girls"

Following Ron into the living room, Harry noticed there was a blanket and pillow sat on the settee. Seeing the puzzled look on his face Ron explained "Charlie slept on the sofa last night"

"Why, I thought he was sharing with George?"

"He was but when George heard how Ginny has disowned Charlie he decided to distance himself from him by kicking him out of the bedroom, said he wasn't going to risk incurring Ginny's wrath by sharing a room with him"

"Where is Charlie anyway?" asked Harry

"Mum sent him to shell cottage" said Ron grinning "told him if he tried to leave the cottage she'd make sure Ginny found her wand and set her after him" after pausing for a moment Ron asked "what happened this morning Harry? Charlie was edgy all morning and after mum came back downstairs she was in such a rage"

"All I know is I was woken up at five fifteen to find Ginny looking through all of the drawers and cupboards in my room and Charlie stood in the doorway. I haven't asked Ginny yet as she was cheerful when we woke up and I didn't want to spoil her mood"

Hearing footsteps coming down the stairs, they both turned to see Ginny come into the living room, she was dressed plainly in jeans and a t-shirt and was carrying a jumper.

"Hermione is going to shout down when she is finished, how do I look" said Ginny

"Beautiful as always" replied Harry with a smile

"Thanks, but I meant will I fit in with the muggles at the cinema?"

"You'll fit in just fine dressed like that, your breakfast is on the kitchen table" explained Harry.

Turning towards the kitchen Ginny nodded her head indicating she wanted Harry to follow, once they were both sat at the kitchen table she looked at Harry and asked "Did I hear you mention Charlie?"

"Yeah, I'm sorry I know I probably should have spoken to you about it first, but everyone is puzzled as to what happened this morning. Plus, when you woke up you were so cheerful I didn't want to ruin your mood"

"I appreciate that, thank you" said Ginny between mouthfuls of food

"So, what happened?" asked Harry

"I went to the bathroom and made the mistake of leaving the bedroom door open, when I came back I found Charlie stood in the doorway" Ginny paused so she could continue eating. Harry waited without saying anything, understanding that it would be best to let her tell the story at her own pace "Obviously, he'd seen you asleep in my bed and took offense at us sharing a bed for the night, which is ironic really considering we were only in bed together because of him, at that point he started with the whole overprotective big brother routine. When I refused to wake you he tried to make me sleep in your room"

"I take it he didn't believe we had permission to share a bed last night?" Ginny who was still eating just shook her head "and you trashed my room looking for our wands?"

"Sorry about that, I'll help you put it tidy" said Ginny quietly

"I'll appreciate the help" said Harry smiling "but don't worry about it, I understand why you did it. To be honest it's a good job our wands weren't so accessible last night as I would have been severely tempted to give them to you"

"Did you mean what you said, about lying in court?" asked Ginny with a grin

Taking Ginny's hand in his Harry's reply was simple "Of course, I did" he said while smiling.

Hearing Hermione call Harry stood up insisting he went for a shower before Ron as he needed to retrieve their wands after. Ginny narrowed her eyes at this comment, clearly trying to work out where he had hidden the wands, but didn't say anything. Stepping into his room to try and find some clean clothes he was surprised to find his clothes had been picked up and folded onto the bed.

"I thought I would save you the trouble of having to pick everything up" said a voice behind Harry

Turning Harry found Molly stood in the doorway "Thanks Molly I appreciate it. When we are, all showered, and dressed we are going to go to the cinema today, should be back around dinner time but can't say for certain due to not knowing film times or how long they will be"

Seeing a blank look on Molly's face Harry quickly explained the cinema was a muggle form of entertainment.

"Oh, I see well I hope you all have a good time" Molly then quickly glanced onto the landing and stepping into the room handed Harry the three wands "You'll be needing these then to stay safe"

"Thanks Molly I might do the same tonight as a precaution" said Harry quietly, Molly just nodded her understanding and went downstairs.

When they were all showered, and dressed they met in the living room, Harry gave Ginny her wand to ensure her safety while they were out but he did so on the condition she handed it back before they returned to the Burrow. Harry could see she wasn't happy despite the fact she didn't argue. Harry wasn't happy about insisting she surrendered her wand again he felt like he was saying he didn't trust her but with Charlie seemingly wanting to make things worse he didn't want to take any chances.

After a quick trip to Gringotts to make sure they had enough muggle money, they apparated to a cinema that Hermione had visited as a child. Following the advice of the ticket seller they bought tickets to see "A Bugs Life" first and booked tickets to see "Armageddon" later on.

Spending the day away from the Burrow and secluded from the rest of the world turned out to be just what the four of them needed, though no one needed it more than Ginny.

At the end of the day when they were preparing to leave Harry was momentarily surprised when Ginny handed him her wand. Looking at the wand in his hand, Harry went to offer it back to her saying "I don't like doing this I'm basically saying I don't trust you"

"Neither of us likes it, but you are doing the right thing, I'm not sure I trust myself in front of Charlie at the moment" said Ginny refusing the wand.

With that they apparated home and spent the rest of the evening recounting the experience to the rest of the family with Arthur taking a particular interest and they ended up having to promise to take him the next time they decided to go to the cinema. Harry noticed that no one had asked where Charlie was when they came home and again no one offered the information.