Ok guys here is another one I know the past two chapters are only in one point of view but it just sort of happened that way. So here is another chapter its super long I hope you like it. And I'm up in the air with where things are going from here I know where it will end but how to get there not too sure. Please let me know what you guys think and got a test next week so if I do get anything going in my head it should be up some time next weekend or later. I know it's a while to wait sorry very sorry its two months till graduation and I'm all eyes on the prize of that degree. So here's Charlie's view of things and some new things too.
Charlie
It was two days before I was to start to fly out to get Anna I was cleaning up the small apartment that I lived in. The reserve housed us in what looked like muggle apartment buildings with a small living room, kitchen with room for a small table and one room and bath room. Over the years I had collected what I need. My bed room had a king size bed and a dresser and in my closet I had a small dresser. I had a couch chair and coffee table in the living room and then a small round table in my kitchen. With Anna coming I went around pulling dirty clothes off the floor and putting them in the basket and cleaning up in general. When I finally finished the living room and kitchen I moved on to my bed room. Again I went though picking up cloths and putting them away and it hit me Anna will be here soon she would need a place to put her cloths. She wouldn't just be here for a visit this was for good. Holy shit I dropped the cloths that I was holding and sank down on my bed.
This was the moment that I realized Anna Bennett was moving in with me. My girlfriend is moving in with me. Yes we have been together for a few months but only days of which we where we saw each other. The full extent of the decision of her coming here finally sank in. I thought that maybe this would happen when I offered but then I never thought that it would be so soon. I didn't expect the ministry to push though with a muggle born law that quickly. I was panicking truly. There was a knock on my door and all I could do was yell come in as I pulled out my wand just in case. Clint one of my friends walked back in to my room standing in my door way.
"What happened to you man?"
"Anna is going to be here soon."
"Yeah I'm going to go with you to get her did you forget."
"No I just realized Anna is moving in with me we barley know each other."
"You're just now realizing that Charlie things will be fine."
"No it won't what if she can't handle living with me or I can't live I with her. Where is she to go then? What is she going to do? You had time with Rachel to make the decision together you where ready. I don't think I am. How do I handle this."
"Really Charlie slow down stop rambling. Yes Rachel and I had time. Things where rocky in the beginning but we worked it out. You two will too. Pull yourself together Charlie you look like a wreak."
I pulled my hand though my short hair which was just now growing out to a decent length from when mom cut it off for Bill's wedding. "Your right." Client sat down on the bed next to me. "Where you this scared when Rachel moved in with you."
"Yeah I was I thought I was going to chase her off. But it's been a year and she's still around. She's probably nervous too maybe not until she gets here but its probably in the back of her mind."
"I'm over thinking this aren't I." I leaned down and put my elbows on my knees and my head in my hands. "I just need to get this finished."
"Yeah you should. But I came over because I needed to see what we needed to pack for the trip."
"Umm cloths some food the tents are taken care of but sleeping things stuff like that."
"Ok I will see you later than and stop thinking everything will be fine" Client put his hand on my shoulder to help me calm down. I stood up to follow him out the door. And I went back to pulling cloths out and cleaning drawers out for Anna. We where leaving the next afternoon to met up with Fred, George, Remus, Bill, and Anna. After showering eating dinner I went to bed early but I couldn't help but pick up the picture I had of Anna and I. I always smiled when I looked at it and tonight was no different. I sat there trying to image what it would be like to have her here. To go to bed and wake up with her every day, cooking dinner together her being there when I came home.
I was scared out of my mind with everything about Anna but I don't run from what I'm afraid of. I can tame a dragon but I can't tame my own fears when it comes to her. She makes me scared of myself of her of the world around us. With all the evil and horrible things out there that I never thought of I think about now. I had never worried about anyone so much in my life even myself. Even when I got buried today I wasn't in the least bit worried about it. But I know if she would be the one to be hurt I would be going crazy. Was this what women did to men I had never had this protective need with anyone but family. I couldn't sleep at all with all these thoughts going through my mind.
Two days later I was standing on hillside no to far from the border of Germany. Waiting for Anna and all of them to arrive was the longest few hours of my life. I tried to stay busy by putting the tent up gathering firewood before it got to dark to get more, we cooked dinner and ate. Brian, Kyle and Client sat and read for a while trying to stay warm near the fire while I paced around our small camp site. I would pace around in circles pulling my coat tighter around me until I couldn't stand it any longer and had to go warm up by the fire. I was starting to drive everyone crazy when I saw red sparks go up in the distance they were here. I left the fire to go stand in the open field to watch them land. As they go closer I saw my brothers on a broom no different than the ones we used to play quidditch. This was the first time I saw Remus on a broom surprisingly he looked comfortable there. Ann, Fred, and George where the first ones to land Anna landed about ten feet from me her feet hit the ground and she came running at me and threw her arms around my neck. She probably forgot that she had her broom in her hand and when she put her arms around me she knocked me very hard on the head with the top of the handle. She hit me so hard she got an oww out of me.
"I'm sorry." She looked so worried when I looked at her while rubbing my head in the spot she had hit me.
"It's ok I'm fine." I really was she was finally with me and everything was going to be great from there on out. I bent down to give her a kiss one I had been waiting to give her for so long it was everything I remembered and more she still has that strawberry lip balm too.
"Thanks for getting her here I owe you two." I really did owe them they got her here safe and kept her safe for the past few weeks while we worked out a way to get her here.
"You do not owe us anything."
"We wanted her safe as much as you did." Both Fred and George where staring at Anna over my shoulder. I pulled all three of my brothers into a hug for getting Anna here. After I shook hands with Remus I put my arm around Anna I didn't want her to far away from me, I kissing the side of her head I pulled her over to the fire to get warm while everyone else followed us. Once we were all seated around the fire I introduced them to the friends that where helping me. "This is Brain, Kyle, and Client there my friends on the reserve they came to help us out. Guys this is Anna my brothers Bill, Fred, and George and a family friend Remus Lupin."
I watched as Anna moved closer to the fire warming up her hands that had been cold during the flight over here. I watched as she warmed her hands eyeing Fred and George across the fire. Out of no where she went to sit between them and they wrapped their arms around each other. I sat and watched them the friendship they had made me want to send her back with them. After a few hours of sitting by the fire I took a walk around the camp to make sure our wards were up and working fine. I heard someone walk up behind me as I turned I saw it was Bill standing there looking at me.
"So how are you holding up with everything."
"I'm fine."
"Don't lie to me Charlie I know you're a mess up there." He was pointing to my hair.
"Fine so I am petrified of what's going to happen once I get her to back. I already had this discussion with Client."
"And now you're going to have it with me I'm your older brother. Look things are different now with this war going on we can't do things the way we used to. Take it from someone that has been in your shoes just a few months ago. You're going to get to your place on the reserve and its going to be awaked. And you're going to have to get over it. Everything that you're used to everything that you do every day will change. The way you eat, what you eat, how you sleep, how clean your apartment, is it all changes. You just need to be ready for that and I hope you are."
"Is it really going to be like that everything different."
"Yeah everything but in the end its for the better. When you wake up with her beside you and see her every morning when you leave and every night when you come home it's all worth it." Bill put his hand on my shoulder, "Your just going to have to live though it all yourself little brother." I nodded at him understanding I needed to go through this with Anna. "When did you relize your loved her?"
"What how did you know?"
"It's obvious to anyone who can see it. You watch her when she's near you always have your arm around her or her hand. I'm the same way with Fluer so I know. Anyway when are you going to ask her to marry you?"
"What?"
"When are you going to ask her to marry you?"
"What makes you think I am?"
"Why wouldn't you? You love her she loves you. Well I say you're going to make that decision within a year or less. Anyway I'm off to bed it was a long day I haven't been on a broom that long since Hogwarts. Good night Charlie and think about what I said."
I watched as bill walked back to the fire and said good night to everyone. I would have to think about what bill said. I returned to the fire to think some on what Bill said earlier. I watched as Anna sat with Fred and George. Remus and Bill were the first to head to bed followed with Client Kyle and Brain. It was just Fred, George, Anna and I sitting by the fire staring in to the flames. After a while Fred and George went off to bed and Anna and I climbed in to our tent. We sat up talking for a while about a few things. I opened her locket to fine that she had a picture of Fred and George in it along with our picture. Those three friendships never failed to amaze me the way they pull together and are always there for each other. I wanted their friendship at times they always had someone at their side. I knew that some of my friends would be there in a heartbeat but their friendship went deeper than that. I laid there in the tent holding her in my arms. I hoped and prayed that come tomorrow night when we got to the reserve things would be fine.
Come morning we all woke up and had breakfast everyone was quite especially Fred, George and Anna. For the twins it was rare for them to ever sit somewhere and not talk your ear off. Anna was back in between them giving glances to each other every few minutes. I knew that they were all counting down the minutes till they had to leave each other. Bill and Remus had finished eating and were watching them deciding when to break them apart. At last they couldn't wait any longer they needed to leave and so did we. Bill stood up "Guys we need to go it's getting late we don't want to get in to late tonight." I watched as Bill and Remus gathered up the last bit of these things together while Fred, George, and Anna clung to each other. The three of them stood up together I couldn't help but watch them.
Anna was starting to cry and Fred and George where trying to get her to calm down. Walking over to them I stood there waiting for my chance to say good bye to my brothers. Bill came by and put a hand on each of the twin's shoulders. "Guys its time" at this point Anna broke down just like when I left. They gave each other hugs all the while all three of them crying. Bill and I pretended not to see the few tears that Fred and George had in their eyes. Finally Anna gave each of them a hug and with tears streaming down her face she broke away from them. We watched as they mounted there brooms and took off. Anna turned and started to cry into my chest I just wrapped my arms around her pulling her close to me to calm her. I don't know how long we stood there but over time Anna calmed down and we were able to pack up camp and head out.
The trip back was the same as the trip there cold and long. I watched Anna the whole way everyone once in a while I would see a tear in her eyes. The journey home seamed to last forever hours passed as we watched the sun make it way thought the sky. We came across the Romanian border just as the sun started to set. It wouldn't be too much longer when we would reach the border and be able to finally rest. We flow for about another hour of so until we reached the border of the reserve. Anna followed the four of us as we headed down to the field that was behind the apartments that we all were living. As we all dismounted our brooms I walked over to Anna and pulled her into my side, she was freezing I needed to get her inside and get her warmed up.
"You ready to see my place well our place now." She nodded at me. So I said good night to the guys and took Anna's hand and showed her where we were going to be living. I pulled her up the flight of stairs that lead to my apartment door putting the key in the lock we walked in. I lead Anna to the couch so she could sit and warm up I went over to the fire place and started a fire to help us warm up. Ann was being to quit I knew she was upset I just didn't know what to do. I pulled Anna to me putting my arms around her and kissing her cheek. "Anna honey I can't help if you don't tell me what's wrong."
"I'm just upset I just don't know how handle this." I pulled the blanket from the back of the couch and wrapped Anna in it to get her warm." Here you stay here warm up and I'm going to make us something to eat. I can't promise how good it should be edible." She nodded at me and leaned back on to the couch pulling her feet up. I went in to the small kitchen and tried to pull together a dinner with my limited knowledge of how to cook. I had some pasta in the cabinet and I thought that would be easy so I pulled out a pot and started water then put the pasta in it. I cut some bread and put it in the oven then pulled come chicken out cut it up and put it in a pan. I was doing fine until the water started to boil over and then the oven started to smoke along with the pan of chicken. I pulled the bread out it was a black brick; the chicken was black as well. I turned the water off but the noodles turned into a noodle slab. I had ruined dinner and I didn't have anything else to make. I was cursing and throwing pans to get the burnt bread chicken and noodles out of the pots and pans. I was making so much noise that Anna came in the kitchen to check on me. "Are you ok?" her voice was cracking and I knew she was upset still.
"I burned dinner and I don't have anything else to make." I felt so horrible that I couldn't even make her a decedent meal.
"How do you survive if you can't cook?" she was wrinkleing her nose as she spoke to me it was so cute.
"I eat at the mess hall down the street."
"Is there a store open this late around here?"
"No I don't think so I don't go to them much."
"Take out place?"
"I can do that what do you want?" So I went and apprated to get us a pizza so we could get to bed soon. I brought it home and we sat together at the table and ate. Anna was quite again the most she had spoken was to check on me in the kitchen. Anna didn't eat much but I got her to eat at least a slice of pizza. I pulled her back to the couch wrapping her in my arms trying to make her feel better.
We were laying there for a while when I felt something wet soak though my shirt. Anna was crying again so I picked her up and carried her to bed. Thankfully while I was gone she enlarged her trunk and changed in to sweats and a t shirt. I pulled the blankets of the bed down and laid her down and got in under the covers with her. As soon as I was lying down and comfortable next to her she turned and snuggled to my chest. In the matter of minutes she started crying again and it picked up with time until she was subbing into my chest to a point of hyperventilating. I didn't know what to do there was no it will be alright or comforting words for this. She just left everything she knew so that she wouldn't be in danger and now she had to live with that. I just hoped that I could keep her safe and happy here. I didn't know what I would do if she was upset the whole time she was here.
I just held her wiped her tears away and ran my fingers though her hair in any way to sooth her. She finally stopped crying but kept her face into my chest taking shaky breaths. As much as it hurt me I pulled away from her to kiss her tear stained cheek and I got up to run to the kitchen. I made a glass of water and picked up the box of tissues and made my way back to Anna. When I walked in to the room Anna had a pillow to her chest and her knees were up and slight tears where going down her face. I put the glass and box down and pulled Anna back up to lean against me. I pulled a few tissues out and wiped her face dry then handed two to her to blow her nose all the while tears still were falling. I put the glass of water in her hands and got her to drink some of it before we both lay back down. I kept Anna in my arms all night hoping to sooth some part of her. But she fell asleep crying that night and it was all I could do for now.
