For disclaimers and warning see Part 1

Another Visit Home

Part Three of Three.

Charlie Weasley stood outside the door of Justin's flat wishing he could just take back off to Romania and avoid what was sure to be an awkward conversation. He had hoped to talk to Justin at the wedding but once the reception was done Justin had bolted before he'd gotten a chance to talk to him. He knew his mother would never let him hear the end of it if he didn't so he gathered his courage and knocked.

"Can I come in?" He asked as the younger man opened the door. "We need to talk." He said when it appeared that Justin was going to refuse. He could see the reluctance in the other mans face as he opened the door wider and let him in. Once inside he found himself wondering what to say. "I'm sorry about what happened." He said finally. "I should have known better than to go home with you when were both drunk."

"It was my idea." Justin said suddenly. "You don't owe me any apologies." Charlie really wasn't expecting that. "I mean Hannah and Ernie are offended on my behalf because they assume you took advantage of me." Charlie had wondered about that. "I told them it was my idea but they don't believe me." He laughed. "I guess they feel kind of guilty for telling me that we had something in common."

Charlie frowned. "I wasn't your first was I?" He had a suspicion he might have been and that was not a pleasant thought.

"No I dated a Muggle for a while last summer." Justin looked away. "He never knew what happened when I had to leave home suddenly cause of the Muggleborn registration thing." Charlie could only nod that would have been terrible. "I looked him up when I could visit home again but he was seeing someone else." Charlie felt a surge of pity for the younger man. "Anyway can I ask you a question?"

Charlie was a bit unprepared for the shift the seemed to be occurring in the conversation. "Sure I guess." He wasn't really sure he wanted to answer any personal questions but so far the conversation had gone much better than he expected.

"Exactly how many Gay wizards have you met?" Charlie hadn't been expecting that it took him a moment to think about it. "I mean I've looked around but there are no gay wizarding clubs and I've never met any magical people in the muggle ones." He looked down. "I don't want to date any more men I can't tell the truth too."

"I've met maybe a dozen gay wizards and one or two lesbian witches." Charlie said. "If you listen to rumors, enough, you can find where they meet." He had to warn him though. "Most of them are closeted pure bloods though." He hated to be the one to tell him this. "All they want is anonymous sex with no strings attached."

Justin frowned. "Maybe I should take Susan's advice and mention to Hermione how isolated Gay and Lesbian Witches and wizards are." Charlie was startled when he laughed. "Of course then I'd have to deal with her trying to organize a campaign for us like she does for house elves."

"There are other options." Charlie said surprising himself. "You could look among muggle born wizards like you." He smiled. "They tend to be a bit more open minded about the idea of an equal relationship."

"Yet your brother and Oliver are both pure bloods." Justin said with a bit of a smile. "And you're also a pure blood and I don't see you running off to have kids?" Charlie wondered how the conversation had changed yet again.

"Yeah but well, the Weasley family certainly isn't in danger of fading out." And smiling slightly. "Percy and Oliver were both always a bit weird even for pure bloods." He was glad to hear Justin actually laugh at that.

"I can see right now even if we hadn't screwed up we would have never made it as a couple." Justin said suddenly and Charlie had to admit he was floored. "I mean your handsome and fun to talk to but we both know neither of us will go out of our way to stay in contact."

Charlie had to admit he was right once he got back to Romania the only people he'd think about in Britain were his family. "I agree." He could feel the finality of that statement. "I wish you good luck in finding someone suitable for you."

Justin smiled slightly at him. "Yeah same to you." Charlie got up and followed Justin to the door. "Hang on." Charlie stopped before opening the door. "What the hell let's make one more mistake." Charlie was floored when Justin kissed him. "It's just a bit of fun before you leave." Charlie was reluctant he didn't have problems with casual sex but he didn't want a repeat of that morning. "Relax Charlie this time we are both sober."

Some time later Charlie arrived back home to find his mother waiting for him with a scowl. "You certainly were gone along time." She sounded slightly angry. "I hope everything is settled?"

Charlie nodded. "We talked and worked everything out." He wasn't about to mention how they'd spent the bulk of the time to his mother. "I really should be heading back to work I've missed a lot of work the last few years and they are getting annoyed."

"All right Dear." His mother said after a pause. "But say good bye to everyone before you go." Charlie nodded and headed to do that.

The End.