Last update. Hope you enjoyed them, as well as Charlie's POV, and the new character in this chapter. Until next time.
I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be
-Nicholas Sparks
10th March 1989
When Annie's eyes fluttered open, she groaned. Not again, she thought. For the second time this week, she was laying on a bed in the Hospital Wing. The curtains around her bed were drawn so she sat up. Annie could hear raised voices on the other side of the cubical. Both of which, she recognised.
"What the hell are you doing here, Weasley?!" The easily distinguished voice of Tonks shouted.
"I was the one who brought her here!" Much to Annie's surprise, the voice of Charlie Weasley said back.
Memories of what happened came flooding back, causing Annie to sigh and flop back down on to the bed. Bloody Vanishing Step. Whose idea was it to put an invisible step in a school full of students? But then, it was her own fault for not paying attention to where she was walking.
"I'll hex your bloody arse off Charles Weasley! This is the second time you've landed Annie in Hospital this week!" Tonks shouted, causing both Annie and Charlie to whimper.
"But I didn't do anything! She tripped on the Vanishing step and hit her head! All I did was bring her here!" Charlie exclaimed. Annie chuckled slightly. Tonks was so defensive, if anything happened to Annie, she would be straight there, threatening any person she could. Tonks would make a great Auror someday.
Annie thought it would be best to stop Tonks now, before she worked herself up and did some serious damage to Charlie. She got of the bed and opened the curtains and prepared herself for the sight that she met.
Tonks and Charlie were both standing face to face. Tonks wore a murderous glare while Charlie looked terrified.
"What's going on?" Annie asked, mischievous smile on her face. Tonks and Charlie turned to face her, both smiling widely when they saw her.
"Annie! You're ok!" Tonks exclaimed, rushing forward to engulf Annie in a bone-breaking hug. "What happened?"
"It was my own stupid fault really." Annie said. "I tripped on the Vanishing step and knocked myself out. But I have no idea how I got here."
"That was me, actually." Charlie said, stepping forward. Tonks gave him a murderous look, but he continued. "After you fell, I brought you here."
Annie's face reddened as she realised what he meant. He had carried her to the Hospital Wing.
"Oh, well, um…Thank you, Charlie." Annie said, but there was still on thing on her mind. "Why are you still here, though?"
This time, it was Charlie's turn to blush.
"Oh! I…Um…Just wanted to make sure that you were ok." He said, looking anywhere but Annie's face.
"Really?...That's…Um…Really kind of you. Thanks Charlie."
"You're welcome." Charlie said. "Well, I'll just be going…"
Charlie quickly left the room, still bright red, making his hair look like fire. Tonks burst out laughing the moment he left.
"What?" Annie asked.
"Nothing. Just, you so fancy him!" Tonks giggled. Annie rolled her eyes.
"I do not!" Annie exclaimed. Tonks just looked at her, a knowing look in her eye.
"Of course you don't"
Both girls burst out laughing, and after Madam Pomfrey had given Annie yet another dose of medicine, they made their way back to the Hufflepuff common room. They only, however, made it to Third Floor when they were stopped.
"Um…Hey Annie." Chris Redmayne, the Ravenclaw prefect, said. He was in the same year as the two girls, and was tall, with dark brown hair, and blue eyes.
"Umm…Hi Chris." Annie replied nervously. Chris was one of the most popular boys in fifth year. Every girl wanted to be with him, while every boy wanted to be him. Annie would be lying if she didn't admit that she herself didn't have at least a small crush on him. All the girls did.
"How are you feeling?" Chris asked.
"Oh fine." Annie replied, smiling.
"That's good. So, I was wondering, there's a trip to Hogsmeade next weekend. I was wondering if you, you know, would want to go with me?" He asked unsurely.
Annie smiled shyly.
"Yeah, I'll go with you."
"Really? I mean, that's great. I'll meet you outside the Great Hall, say about 10ish?"
"Yeah, that'll be great."
Chris smiled, this time more confidently.
"Ok. I'll see you around then."
"Yeah, bye Chris."
Chris nodded and smiled widely, before turning to walk up towards Ravenclaw tower. Annie grinned, before turning to Tonks, who was also grinning.
"Look at you! Your first date! Oh, my little Annie is growing up."
"Shove off." Annie said, still smiling.
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