Sibling's Chapter 7: Staying Home
Joey had left the Burrow in a hurry. She had decided that she couldn't be around anyone. She had been told all her life that she was dangerous and now she had set fire to the curtains in Ron's room. 'I can't do this. He doesn't need me. He has Sirius.' When she had returned to her hotel room she started to pack all her belongings. "It will be better if I just went back to LA." She thought that she was talking to herself but Charlie was standing right behind her. "Better for whom?"
She didn't have to turn around to know whose voice that was. "Don't try to stop me, Charlie. It will be better for everyone." He moved so that his chest was touching the back of her head. He brought up his hand to her shoulder and he lightly ran it down her arm. It sent tingles down her spine. She knew what he was trying to do. "Charlie, don't." However that didn't come out as forcefully as she had wanted it to. She closed her eyes and reveled under his touch. His hand was still brushing up and down her arm but his other arm had sneaked around her waist. She let go of the clothes that she was holding and turned around to face him.
"Charlie, I have to protect him. He can't be around me." He didn't move. "Harry can protect himself. Both he and Sirius need you in their lives and I need you in mine. Please don't leave." He leaned in forward and kissed her. It was she that deepened the kiss this time. Her tongue had slipped out of her mouth and was sliding along his bottom lip. Before they could get too involved with each other he broke the kiss, but he didn't let her go.
"How do you always manage to do that?" she asked. "Do what?" "Make me do something against my better judgment." "It's the Weasley charm. So, will you stay?" Before she had a chance to answer his question there was a knock at the door. He released her and went to answer it. He let Sirius and Harry in and closed the door behind them. "Why are you leaving?" Harry asked. "Because she thought that it would be better for all of us." Charlie said. Joey sat down on the bed and put her head in her hands. Harry went over to her and kneeled down in front of her.
"Look, I'm sorry about what happened at the Burrow. It's just, that no one tells me anything. It was not directed at you." "So you're happy that I came to England." "Yes, of course, I am." "Joey, please say that you will stay. Harry needs all the family he can get right now." Sirius said. Harry, Charlie and Sirius looked at her with pleading looks on their faces, begging her not to go.
"Okay. Okay, I'll stay." With that statement the three guys in the room had huge smiles on their faces. Especially Harry. Joey realized that this was gonna be hard but she didn't care. She had Harry and Sirius and she wasn't about to give them up. "But everyone will be worried about you Harry. They all know that I am dangerous." "Screw them. I will not give my sister now that I know that I have one." Joey knew that with all the Weasley's and Dumbledore there that she would have nothing to fear.
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