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Top Ten Reasons Why Weddings Should Be Avoided
Chapter 3
Later on in the evening after Corey and Charlie had taken home the girls, Tara and Elinor sat on the couch both admiring the engagement ring Corey had given Tara.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Said Tara.
"Its gorgeous," replied Elinor. When Charlie and Elinor had found Corey and Tara in the garden, he had already proposed.
"We've already decided who the best man and maid of honor should be, you and Charlie!" Tara squealed in delight. "I wouldn't have it any other way." Tara and Elinor hugged.
"I'm going to bed," yawned Elinor. "I'm really tired, besides I have to work tomorrow. 'Night." Elinor began to walk away.
"Perhaps soon you'll be engaged too, Elinor," said Tara.
Elinor stopped. "What do you mean?"
"It took you and Charlie long enough to come and find us," said Tara.
Elinor rolled her eyes. "Please, like you actually wanted us to interrupt your marriage proposal."
"Whatever. Goodnight." Without another word Elinor and Tara went to their separate rooms.
Top Ten Reasons Why Weddings Should be Avoided
By: Charlie Weasley
1: You have to find a date.
"What are you doing?" Asked Corey back at their flat.
"I'm writing a list why weddings should be avoided," said Charlie.
Corey read the piece of paper. "Well this is easy, you can take Megan."
Charlie grabbed the piece of paper from Corey and wrote another line.
2: You have to find a DECENT date.
Corey laughed. "I guess you're right. Megan is not the kind of girl that you would want your mom to meet."
Charlie began to write on the paper again.
3: The date must be approved by mum and the rest of the bloody family.
"Hey, do you hear that?" Asked Corey. Charlie looked out the window and there was Errol scratching on the pane.
"Hey, Errol, it looks like you've got a message from mum and dad, eh?" Charlie stroked the bird while he read the letter.
Dear Charlie,
This is your mum asking you if you're going to bring a date for the wedding. But there are some other things you should know before it comes out in the papers tomorrow. Dumbledore was killed today by Severus Snape. I want you to know that Bill was been bitten by a werewolf, luckily Lupin says he won't be a full werewolf, but he is badly wounded. The wedding is still on, though. You need to be careful about Death Eaters and such. Things are going to be getting tough.
With love,
Your mother
Corey saw Charlie's face lose all color. "Hey buddy, are you okay?"
"No, I'm not."
"Good morning sunshine," said Tara sweetly to Elinor as she slowly emerged from her room mumbling something about coffee. Tara handed her a steaming cup of coffee while reading the Daily Prophet. They got it specially ordered in Romania to keep them updated.
"Anything good in the news today?" Asked Elinor.
"No not really... Oh my god!" Tara almost jumped out of her seat and Elinor almost spilled her coffee.
"What is it?" Asked Elinor frantically.
"Dumbledore is dead!"
"Stop joking Tara, that's not funny! What happened?"
"I'm serious, read!" Tara thrust the newspaper at Elinor. Sure enough Tara was telling the truth. There was Dumbldore looking as if he was sleeping.
"Oh my god," whispered Elinor to herself.
"I need a drink," said Tara. She began digging through the cabinets looking for some fire whisky.
Elinor became alarmed. "Tara you can't drink right now we have to go to work. Besides, it's six in the morning. I know you're upset, so am I, but I'm not drinking... well at least not until after work but at least I can wait for a reasonable time to drink."
"Fine, I'll wait, but we have to drink later," Tara replied. Elinor nodded. "Lets go and get ready for work."
When Elinor got to work everyone was buzzing about what had happened Hogwarts. Before lunch she saw Charlie in the distance.
"Charlie," she yelled. He looked up and smiled and waved at Elinor. He ran toward her.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey," she replied. "So you heard, about Dumbledore I mean."
"Yeah," he said. "My mum was there last night when he was killed. Actually, everyone was there at Hogwarts including Bill. There was a fight with the Death Eaters and Bill was badly scarred by a werewolf last night. He's okay, but he's wounded."
"What about the rest of your family?"
"They're all okay," he said.
She gave a sigh of relief. "That's good."
"You need to be careful though," he warned. "Voldemort is out on the loose trying to kill all the muggleborns."
She shuddered at the name. "Don't worry, I will."
"Charlie... Elinor!" Corey saw them and ran towards them. "Hey El," he said. "Want to join us for lunch?"
"Sure," she replied with a smile.
"So Charlie," Corey began. "Have you found a date to come with you to the wedding?" Corey asked during lunch.
Charlie sighed. "No."
"Who's getting married?" Asked Elinor.
"Oh didn't I tell you? Bill's getting married," he said to Elinor.
Elinor stopped eating her chicken sandwich. "To whom?"
"Fleur Delacour," Charlie said.
Elinor was surprised. "She was in the Triwizard Tournament!"
Charlie chuckled. "Yea, I know."
"Hey, I have an idea!" Yelled Corey. "Charlie, why don't you take El to the wedding!"
"What!" Both said aloud.
"Yeah," Corey went on. "El, you're pretty and smart and you're a red head, you'll fit right in. Charlie, you said you needed somebody that your family will really like, especially your mum, and didn't you tell me that your mum really liked Elinor? So you two would be perfect together!"
"He's got a point you know," said Charlie, letting it all sink in. "Would you go with me to the wedding and pretend to be in love with me so that I can fool my parents?"
"You don't expect me to say yes do you?" She replied. He nodded and she sighed. "I'll think about it. I'll owl you the answer later." With that she got up and left.
Charlie took out the piece of paper that had his list and wrote:
4: You have to first persuade the date to go with you.
For the rest of the day, Charlie kept giving her reasons why she should go with him. She was finally free from him when she got back to her appartment.
"Hey," said Tara. Tara said from the kitchen. "There's a letter for you on the table."
"When did we start getting mail?" Asked Elinor.
"It's from your mom," said Tara.
Elinor rolled her eyes. Everytime her mother wrote to her it was about finding a husband or for her to come to Florida and live with them. Elinor opened the letter and she found that there were two peices of paper in there.
Louis and Catherine Harris are proud
to invite you to the wedding of their daughter,
Beth Harris, to Stephen Wing.
On August 10 at 4:00
at Saint Mary's Catholic Church.
Elinor then began to read the other letter.
Dear Elinor,
This is your mother of course. You've probably already read the invitation, and of course I know that you are coming, but are you bringing a date? If not, never fear, for Paul Pennet will be there and who knows, perhaps you two will fall in love and you'll get married. Then you can come home and forget all about that abnormality of yours and you can be a house wife like me and Beth are.
With love,
Mother
"What did the letters say?" Asked Tara.
"You can read them," said Elinor. "I have to go find Charlie." Without another word she left the appartment.
She headed to the flats where the dragon workers stayed. There she asked for Charlie and Corey's room.
"Walk through those doors and it's the first door to the left," said the lady at the desk. Elinor got to the door and knocked.
"Come in," said the voice. Elinor entered and saw Corey and Charlie eating pizza.
"Hey El, I thought you were going to owl me your decision," said Charlie.
"If I agree to go with you to this wedding will you do something for me in exchange?" Asked Elinor.
Charlie looked confused. "Sure, I guess, what did you have in mind?"
"I got a letter from my mother today that my friend Beth is going to be married and I have to bring a date. There is a guy that my mother really wants me to marry there and..."
"Let me guess," Charlie interupted. "You want me to be your date so that this guy can see that you're not interested in him."
"Exactly," she replied.
"How much do you hate this guy?"
"Let's just say if I pushed him off a cliff and he died I would feel no guilt over doing it, I might even laugh." She replied.
"Man, for a girl so quiet as you, you can be pretty violent sometimes," he said.
"So will you do it?" Elinor said ignoring the last comment.
"Sure," he said.
"Good, I'll see you guys tomorrow then." She closed the door and she was gone.
Charlie took out his list again.
5: You have to repay your date in some way for making her go with you.