A/N: Hey thank you all for the reviews and I am sorry It took me so long to get this out... It is a bit of a filler setting up for the action in the next chappie. Hope you like it, let me know what you think.

Chapter 6 Conversations

Charlie found himself pacing… a lot. Dora had finally been introduced to the New DE and was now expected to attend several meetings with Anderson. Bill was still shadowing them so that left he and Remus to pull all the information together and come up with a strategy to take out this new group of pureblood fanatics. He found it infuriating, the worrying. He had never felt this tightly wound in his life. By nature Charlie was an easy going bloke who never let things get him frazzled but this mission was different. There was an element that until now had not been present in any other mission he had been a part of. In this case he had his brother, whom he was best friends with but to top that there was Dora. He didn't know he could feel the way he did about her. He had his mother and his sister who he cared deeply and loved but this was just not the same, as well it shouldn't he told himself.

Remus seemed to pick up on his unrest and would try and encourage him when he could which is exactly what Charlie was being subject to as he paced his sitting room floor.

"She will be fine. They all will. Hell she has Andy and your brother, who might I add is a force to be reckoned with all on his own. Dora is an auror for Merlin's sake she can hold her own in the worst of situations. Believe me I know I've seen her in action a number of times."

"I know Remus. Logically I know all these things I just can't seem to get myself to stop worrying."

Charlie could feel Remus silently watching him.

"What exactly do you feel for Dora, Charlie?"

"Um… well I care about her a great deal. I want to be the one who shows her what an amazing woman she is, you know, not just because she is dead sexy but also because she is a fantastic person. I've never met anyone like her."

"Do you think you could love her?"

Charlie stopped for a moment, staring at Remus. Could he love her? Well of course He could, who wouldn't. But if he did fall in love with her what would that mean for the both of them? Would she love him in return? And what how in the world were they to pursue a relationship. Granted floo travel and portkeys made things a bit easier and she was taking an extended leave of absence from work after having no time off during the war. But what would happen after she went back? He couldn't expect her to drop everything for him, her career, her friends and her home. He didn't know if he would be able to do that for her. He loved his career and there were not many opportunities back in Britain that he would consider leaving the Reserve for. Teaching, maybe, but Hagrid was still at Hogwarts teaching CoM. He was not about to get a desk job at the Ministry. But he realized that it was steadily becoming very hard to imagine life without Dora.

"Honestly Remus I think I could but under the circumstances…"

"They are a bit difficult, I know."

"I just won't ask her to pick up and leave her life just for me and there is no chance of me finding anything in Britain right now. I want to pursue this I just don't want to bullocks things up and end up making both our lives miserable."

"Have you spoken to her about it?"

"Haven't had much time have we?"

"True but you can't really make any definitive choices until you know where she stands and you can't assume things about Dora. She has a tendency to shock people as you well know and she may just do so with you. Give it time, for all you know something may come up that will make all this a non-issue."

"You're right, I know you are right."

"So, on a different but related note… Have you two…"

"No! No like I said I don't want to bollocks this up and until I'm sure and she's sure I won't let it go that far."

"Good man! Dora needs a gentleman not a randy bloke who thinks on her with all of his anatomy but his brain."

"Thing that gets me is why me I mean there's Bill who's had a part veela for Merlin's sake or that Kingsley bloke she works with hell there's even you, well before you and Emmaline, so why pick me?"

"Oh no, not this again! The Weasley curse of insecurity about women! I had to spell it out to Ron countless times with Hermione, I'll only do so once with you; there is no way in Hades that you will ever understand why it's you she's picked you just be grateful she did and don't question it, appreciate it, cherish it do whatever it takes to be worthy of it but do not question it or you will end up loosing her trust me I know."

"You're right, I know you're right."

"So go sweep her off her feet. And I don't mean candy and plush toys, I mean take the time to really get to know her, talk to her, listen to her, discover all that is unique about her; I can guarantee there is a great deal. She is a very intelligent woman and not many have taken the time to find that out."

"Yeah I want to but I don't think now is the best time to pursue her in earnest what with the mission and all. If I were to woo her I'd want to do it right and I can't do that when we are on Order business."

"I agree but don't put it off too long for your sake and hers."

"I won't."

After Dora, Bill and Andy returned they briefed Remus and Charlie and decided to take the information they gathered to the rest of the Order. In one weeks time the DE dinner would be held. Bill had coordinated a strategy to trap the DE and the vampires in the building using some wickedly brutal Egyptian curses and wards. Dora and Andy would have to be amongst the enemy at the time of attack but once the Order had the group subdued to a certain point they would signal for them to turn on their "new friends" but not until they had covertly changed back to their everyday personas, natural for Andy and "Tonks" for Dora. They requested twenty Order members ten Aurors, five slayers and five more Light Vampires. With the addition of the five of them they had the DE grossly outnumbered. It would be a quick fight and with the aid of the ministry they had permission to kill if necessary.

The meeting was solemn. Charlie found himself wishing that the wizarding world would get its head out of its anal passageway and realize that magic is magic no matter what vessel it came from. One witch or wizard was no better than the other because of their lineage. His soon to be sister-in-law was one of the most brilliant witches ever born and neither of her parents had an ounce of magical ability and Harry Potter was born to a muggleborn witch and a pureblood wizard yet he was more powerful then Voldemort and surpassed Dumbledore in a few areas too. Dora was another example of how talented a mixedblood witch could be.

The logistics discussed and settled on as well as a contingency plan developed left the members with nothing left to discuss so many made their way to their respective homes. "The Romanian Task Force", as everyone referred to them, stayed after the meeting to catch up with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny as well as a few others. It was a nice break to have friends and family they had not seen in a while around to talk with.

"So Ron finally got the nerve to ask Hermione to marry him, took him long enough. I guess Harry is supervising Ron's planning of the honeymoon, Ginny told me Hermione is worried it might include the World Cup otherwise."

"I wouldn't put it past my brother to try and involve Quidditch in their honeymoon somehow, you know."

"I have no doubt. I hope not all the Weasley men are Quidditch fanatics. Might make for incredibly unvarying conversation at family dinners." She smirked.

"Well there is always Percy who still has a thing for regulating cauldron bottom thickness, or so I've heard," he replied impishly.

"So what would your dream vacation be?"

"Hmm never gave it much thought to be frank. Coming home is so different from Romania that it's the only vacation I have ever really longed for. What about you?"

"Well I think I'd like to stay in a small villa on the Mediterranean maybe in Italy or Greece just relaxing on the beach and swimming in the sea. My mum used to show me pictures from when she visited as a girl and told me all about the magical community there. It sounded like a fairytale."

"Does sound nice."

"Yeah, I was saving up all through auror training then when Sirius died… well he left Harry the bulk of the Black fortune but gave Remus and I a bit too. I just haven't had any time to take for myself since then."

"You should." Charlie gazed at her, all the while thinking she would look stunning lazing on a beach, kissed by the sweltering sun and hoping he might visit there with her someday.

"I will, once this last mission is wrapped up I'm snatching the next portkey out of here for some well deserved rest," she mused.

"Let me know if you want company." He winked at her.

"Don't worry Red you'll be first to know." She just smiled wickedly.