It had been a few days since Hermione and Charlie's argument, neither had worked up the courage just yet to apologise and admit they were wrong. Charlie had still been staying at the Burrow but was slowly getting fed up of not being able to sleep in his own bed with his wife. Not only that but he had to deal with the various complaints with the pregnant women who now seemed to be round at the Burrow even more as their pregnancies progressed. Ginny seemed to be the worse, always muttering to herself about how Seamus had done this to her and she would get him back one day.

It wasn't that Charlie wasn't happy for his sister and sister-in-laws, but seeing them every day with their expanding bellies just made him miss Hermione more and it made him crave what they had even more, he truly couldn't wait to become a Father but how things were with Hermione at the minute, it just seemed impossible.

Just as Charlie was making a cup of tea the door to the kitchen slammed open, causing him to jump and spill some of the hot water on his hand. He cursed silently to himself and turned round to find a very angry looking Ginny glaring at him.

"Uh, hello?"

Ginny grunted and stalked into the kitchen, Charlie had to admit for a heavily pregnant woman, his sister could still move quite quickly.

"What are you still doing here Charlie?"

Charlie glanced down at his cup of tea and back up again at his irate sister, "Making a cup of tea?"

Ginny huffed and rolled her eyes, pulling out a chair for herself and lowering into gently, now that her stomach seemed massive it was getting a lot harder to manoeuvre herself about. Once she got herself into a semi-comfortable position she took to glaring at her brother again. "That's not what I meant and you know it"

Charlie sighed, finishing up what he was doing before taking a place at the table. "I don't know what to do Gin, I'm scared to go back" He ran a hand through his tousled hair, it wasn't like him to be scared of doing something, he worked with dragons for crying out loud! But the thought of going back to Hermione and not being forgiven for what he said, terrified him.

At the downcast look on her brother's face, Ginny softened ever so slightly, she had never seen Charlie look so lovesick and scared in all of her life. It was strange for her now to be comforting him rather than it being the other way around. She gently took his hand in hers and smiled, "Charlie, you had a fight. Big deal? In relationships fights happen, you can't control when they will or when they won't. Yes what Hermione did and said was wrong, but you also said some pretty hurtful things to her as well. You both need to pull your heads out of your arse's and apologise to one another before this drives everyone crazy!"

Charlie chuckled softly, he knew that Ginny was right; he couldn't let his fear of not being forgiven stop him from going home, he had to at one point or another. Although he loved being at the Burrow very much, he much preferred to be in his own home with his wife, doing absolutely nothing but cuddling and talking about their days. "I know you're right Gin, I just..." He paused, trying to find the right words to say. "It's just that I've never really felt like this about any woman before, and the thought of having ruined it because of one argument is driving me crazy. You know I don't get scared very often but I'm afraid that if I go home and Hermione doesn't forgive me then it's going to destroy me"

"I know Char" Ginny smiled sadly, "But she will, once Hermione has had time to calm and think about an argument or a fight, she usually becomes one of the most understanding people on this planet. You two just need to sort it out, plus I've just come from your place and believe me she's not doing the best either. She's going crazy with guilt over what's happened"

Charlie's eyebrows rose, "She is?"

"Of course she is!" Ginny slapped his hand, "Think about it Charlie, do you really think Hermione would be the type of person to ever cheat on someone?"

Without hesitation Charlie immediately answered, "No"

"And do you think that she's the type of person to let something go so easily?"

"No"

"Then there you have it, before both of you drive yourselves crazy with 'what If I done that or said that', just go talk it out and take it from there. It would do you both the world of good" Ginny smiled

Charlie sighed and nodded, he knew his baby sister was right. If they didn't fix this now then it would make everything a whole lot worse. "Thanks Gin, I really appreciate it"

Ginny smiled, leaning back in her seat and placing her hands on top of her bump, now that her job here was done she could finally relax and wait for the owl from Hermione to say everything had been sorted. "What are little sister's for? Now, go get your wife!"

Charlie didn't need any more encouragement than that, without another word he dashed into the living room and straight to the floo, he pulled the ash powder from the pot on the floor, threw it into the flames and called out his home address. He was finally ready to put everything to rest.

Hermione closed her book with a fed up sigh, she couldn't concentrate on reading anymore. She was sick and fed up of constantly reliving the fight in her mind, she just wanted some kind of peace and confirmation that everything was okay but with Charlie still back at the Burrow she didn't know when she was going to get that. She had always been a strong and opinionated women, often quite stubborn at times too which could create more problems, so she didn't understand why she was having this kind of reaction.

Apart from her relationship with Ron which now seemed a lifetime ago and a brief summer romance with Viktor Krum, Charlie was just her second long term relationship. To her she didn't know what a rational or not so rational reaction to an argument like this was. She isn't weak and she certainly does not need to rely on any man for anything. But Charlie is her husband and she never wants to fight with him. Marriage was certainly confusing.

As she rose from her seat to go get another cup of chamomile tea she heard the flames from the floo rising to life, she paused for a moment and silently hoped that it wasn't Ginny again arriving to try convince her to speak to Charlie, when she didn't hear the usual shout of her name she left the room and went back to the living room.

Hermione's breath hitched as she stepped into the living room and saw the all too familiar of her husband standing there. She had missed the sight of him over the days they had been parted, and she didn't realise just how much she had missed him until now. "Charlie?" She whispered

Charlie felt a familiar tug in his chest as his name was whispered from her lips, seeing her standing there all wrapped up in her favourite blanket, with a messy bun on top of her head and wearing one of her favourite shirts (which was actually his), he couldn't believe how lucky he was to be married to such an amazing and beautiful woman. The love he held for her hit him like a ton of bricks and without saying anything, he rushed over to her and enveloped her in a tight embrace, one hand wrapping around her waist and the other entwined with the stray pieces of her hair that had fallen loose from her bun.

They stood like that for a few minutes and in silence, both of them just enjoying the feeling of being back in each other's arms. Hermione clutched tightly to the back of his shirt, breathing in deeply and inhaling his intoxicating scent. She had missed him so incredibly much, it was the best feeling having him back in her arms.

After what felt like forever, the both pulled back ever so slightly from the hug so they could look each other in the eye. They both drank in the sight of each other, to anyone else it would seem that they had been parted for a lot longer than a week. Charlie took his hand from her hair and instead placed it gently on her cheek, cupping it softly as he looked into her chocolate brown eyes, a small smile on his face.

"I've missed you so much Mione"

Hermione felt the butterflies erupt in her stomach at the sound of his voice. "I've missed you too Charlie"

Charlie pulled her even closer to himself, "Listen, Hermione. I'm so sorry about our fight and about all of those things I said. They were horrible and untrue. I just felt...hurt at what happened"

Hermione winced ever so slightly but nodded in agreement with him, "I know Charlie, and I'm so sorry that I made you feel that way. That's the last thing I ever want to do. I know I should have came to you first and let you know what I was doing. But you have to believe me when I tell you that I would never, ever cheat on you"

Charlie nodded, "I know you wouldn't Mione, I don't think you could ever do such a thing" He placed a sweet kiss to the top of her head. "Instead of jumping to conclusions and running back to the Burrow I should have waited for you so we could speak about it together, instead I messed everything up by running away and then shouting at you. Can you forgive me?"

Hermione smiled, "Of course I can forgive you Charlie, you're my husband and no matter how big of a fight we have, we'll always get through it. But I want to ask you for your forgiveness too, I was wrong for keeping secrets and sneaking off behind your back. I should have told you from the very beginning what I was doing but I didn't, and that means I messed everything up too. Can you forgive me?"

Charlie chuckled, "Of course I forgive you, you silly witch"

In his happiness Charlie picked Hermione up and twirled her around, finally glad to be home and with the woman he loved again. Although he knew that they would have their disagreements and their fights, as long as they had each other, had their time to cool off and were able to talk things through again he knew they would be alright