Just a memory chapter of a bit of Charlie/Tonks' relationship. I wrote it a while ago, so I thought I'd post it.
They walked away from Hogsmeade. They drifted towards the Shrieking Shack many times, sometimes only staying a few minutes, sometimes staying a couple of hours.
It was the last Hogsmeade trip of the year, and Charlie was trying to get the nerve to ask her to be his girlfriend.
Today, she had long flowing lilac colored hair(it had become common knowledge early on in their first year what she could do- when her hair had shifted color involuntarily). They sat on a boulder, facing the Shack.
"So, summer's coming up." Charlie said. She glanced at him sideways, amused. He cursed silently, he sounded lame. His brother would laugh if he saw him now. After all, it had been Bill who suggested Charlie finally ask her out. What Bill didn't know, however, is how hopeless Charlie was around girls. He definitely preferred animals, they couldn't laugh or judge him. But he also loved Nymphadora Tonks' teasing.
"Yes, that is generally what it means when it becomes warm." She said, casting a sly grin in his direction.
"Um, well, yeah." He said, rubbing the back of his neck. He raised his arm, about to place it around her shoulders but froze and dropped his arm back onto his lap.
"Are you feeling alright?" Nymph asked.
"Uh, yeah, why?"
"Well, since we got to Hogsmeade, you've been trying to put the moves on me but you keep backing out." She said nonchalantly. "I've been wondering why."
His face reddened as she turned to him. "I forgot you were so..." His voice drifted off.
"Observant?" She offered. "Yes, well, growing up with Mad-Eye Moody will do that to a person.
He nodded. "Yeah, I guess."
They sat in silence for a few moments before Nymph spoke again. "Well, I guess we should back up to the school."
Charlie rose with her, grabbing her shoulder. He spun her around, meaning to kiss her- but instead, she stumbled and pulled him to the ground with her.
"I'm sorry!" He said, trying to stand up. She was laughing, and a second later, he laughed too. He was practically laying on top of her, and he leaned down to her, pressing his mouth firmly against hers.
From that disastrous first kiss onwards, they were no longer just best friends. And Charlie liked it that way.
"Charlie, what'll happen in August?" She asked, leaning against him as they sat in the orchard behind the Burrow.
"Well, summer will be nearly over, so the weather will change-"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it."
"Well, I'll go to Romania. And you, well, I guess you're starting Auror training."
"Also not what I meant. What will happen to us?"
Charlie sighed. "I don't know."
"Charlie, I got in!" She said, throwing herself into his arms outside of the Burrow a few weeks later.
"In?" Charlie asked, stumbling as he tried to keep them upright.
"Auror training!"
Charlie's heart crumbled. "Here?"
She looked at him strangely. "Of course, where else?" Then comprehension dawned across her face. "You were hoping- Romania- oh, Charlie."
"I guess this is it, then." Charlie said.
"What?" She asked, frowning.
"Us." Charlie said. "I guess we're done? I mean, I'll be in Romania, you'll be here-"
"Charlie Weasley, are you breaking up with me?" She asked, her hair slowly turning a dark red.
"I guess I am." Charlie said. "I'm sorry, I'm not planning on come back from Romania, it's a good job. And we'll be so far from each other-"
"Can't you train dragons here? Become the Care of Magical Creatures professor? Kettleburn's bound to retire-"
"Give up my dreams so you can live yours? Merlin, Nymphadora, I never knew you to be so selfish, although I shouldn't be surprised-"
"Excuse me?"
Charlie stumbled as her fist connected with his face. He was aware, barely, of his mother coming into the yard to ask what had happened just as he heard a faint pop in the distance.