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Chapter 34

Bill's POV

"But Lex that means…" Charlie started,

"Char, I know what that means," Alexis cut him off.

"But…"

She pressed a finger to his lips, "Shhh, we'll talk about it later."

He gave up, for the moment at least, and the conversation returned to the normal chaos that it is at the Weasley dinner table. Everyone was talking at once to each other, fighting to be heard by someone down the other end of the table. Soon enough the plates were empty and everyone slowly filtered out of the dining room, into the living room, with the exception of Katie and Alexis. Katie had grabbed her best friends hand and dragged her outside into the night, presumably to tell her all about her engagement and everything else she had missed out on. Charlie, who had somehow managed to prise Lucas out of Mum's arms came and sat beside me on the couch.

"Lucas, this is your Uncle Bill."

"Hello Uncle Bill. What happened to your face? Mummy has marks on her face but yours are different."

"Do you know how your mummy got her scars?" I asked him.

"A baby dragon scratched her, she told me so."

"Well something like that happened to me. But it wasn't a baby dragon," I told him.

"What was it?"

"Bill, I don't know if you should…"

"Charlie, I'm sure Alexis won't mind. She told him the truth about hers. Besides, they're my scars, it happened to me, if I want to lie about it I will. But I don't so I won't. Lucas, I was attacked by a very nasty man, he was a werewolf. Luckily for me he wasn't a werewolf when he attacked me so I'm not one, but it still hurt and it made me a little different."

"Did you get him Uncle Bill? Did you get him for hurting you?"

"I didn't, but someone did. He's gone now Lukey."

"Bill Weasley, I hope you're not telling Lucas horrible stories!"

Damn, that woman had amazing hearing.

"No Mum, I'm not."

"Lucas, come over here to Grandma, I don't want Bill to scare you with those stories."

"Coming Grandma!" Lucas called, sliding off Charlies lap. He leant over and whispered in my ear, "You didn't scare me Uncle Bill," before running off to my mother.

I laughed, "He's a cute kid."

"Of course he is, he takes after his mother. Speaking of his mother, how the hell did you know that she wasn't going to Romania? Have you been in touch with her all this time?"

"Charlie, if I had been in touch with her I wouldn't have been so shocked when she turned up with you tonight. She always said that when she had kids she'd get a boring job."

"When did she tell you this?"

"Ages ago. I don't remember exactly, it was either during one of our chess marathons or in one of her owls," I shrugged, only irritating Charlie more.

"Since when did you owl her?"

"Since forever ago."

"She hardly ever owled me."

"Did you owl her?"
"Sometimes."

"Maybe you should have owled her more often rather than waiting for her to owl you," I suggested.

"Shut up Bill, you think you're so clever. Why did she tell you stuff like that? What else do you know?"
"She told me because I asked. I know a few things, just like she knows a few things about me. We talked about a lot of things. I'd get lonely in Egypt and talking to her always made me feel more at home."

"She does have that effect on people, she's pretty amazing. I just can't believe you know more about my girlfriend than I do."

"Honestly Charlie, look around the room. There are a lot of people here that know more about her than you, like Fred and George, Hermione, Ginny, Alicia, Ang and not to mention Katie, who appears to have kidnapped her by the way."

"No she hasn't," he responded, watching the door as Katie and Alexis came back inside giggling like schoolgirls.

Alexis scanned the room and grinned even wider when her eyes fell on Charlie and I, she disentangled herself from Katie and headed over to us. She hugged me tightly before squeezing herself between Charlie and I.

"So Bill, fill me in. What have I missed?"

"Nothing much really. You know, just my wedding, the birth of my first child. Nothing important."

"I'm sorry," was all she said.

She wouldn't meet my eyes and I knew that tears were threatening to fall, but she wouldn't cry. Not now. Not in front of everyone. I pulled her into a hug and kissed her forehead.

"It's okay, I know you wouldn't have missed them if you were here. Do you guys want to come meet Victoire? She's asleep upstairs."

They both nodded and I led them upstairs to where Victoire was asleep.

"She's so cute!" Alexis whispered, "can I hold her?"

I nodded and she gently picked up Victoire and held her close, rocking her gently. After a while she held Victoire out to Charlie.

"I don't even know how to hold a baby. I'd drop her," he said, taking a step back.

"No you won't. Come on, I'll show you."

I smiled as Alexis started instructing Charlie on the right way to hold a baby, and as she told him that she was just like a baby dragon. I quietly turned and snuck back down stairs, leaving them with Victoire.

So, what are your thoughts? I might be able to find some more time to write soon, as I don't have too many assignments left and things are starting to work out better. But I will be even more inclined to find writing time if I get lots of reviews… let's say 15 before I post a new chapter.