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Top Ten Reasons Why Weddings Should Be Avoided

Chapter 5

Elinor walked down the hallway. She was too furious to realize that she did not know where her room was. So, she opened a door hoping it was her room. Inside was a red haired girl who she assumed was Ginny, and she was crying. Ginny looked up from her bed and looked at Elinor. Elinor blushed, realizing that she should've knocked.

Elinor could feel her cheeks flushing red. "Oh... um... I'm so sorry. I should've knocked. I'll just go." Elinor began to close the door.

"Wait," said Ginny. "You must be Elinor. I'm Ginny, and you'll be sharing a room with me." Ginny was soon off the bed wiping away the tears from her cheeks. "You can sleep in my bed, and I'll sleep on the floor with Hermione. Your clothes were brought up already."

"Oh, ok." Elinor came in the room and closed the door behind her. The room was pretty plain for the most part, but it looked welcoming. "If you don't mind me asking, are you ok?"

Ginny turned around. "Sorry about that, just boy problems."

Elinor rolled her eyes. "Boys, who needs them anyways." Elinor slumped onto the bed and Ginny joined her.

"Aren't you dating Charlie?" Ginny said suspiciously.

"Well... yeah, but your brother is different from most boys." Elinor said, trying to cover up her mistake.

"Yeah well this boy is different too," Ginny said hopelessly and then sighed.

"Would this boy just so happen to be Harry Potter?" Elinor asked her.

Ginny looked at her. "My brother told you didn't he?" Elinor shook her head. Ginny sighed. "It's just that things were going great until Dumbledore died, and then he felt that breaking up with me would protect me from Voldemort. But I don't care about Voldemort, I just want to be with him, you know? I bet you understand because you and Charlie are like that. Without each other you don't care what happens to you."

Elinor was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Well, just the way Charlie wrote about you in his letters, it seemed that you guys are pretty close. Closer than any of his other girlfriends anyways." Letters? Charlie never mentioned letters.

"And I guess seeing Harry again really just brought back all these feelings."

"I'm sure he still loves you," Elinor said. "He's trying to protect people that he loves and what he did showed a lot of love. Just wait a while, he'll come around." Elinor and Ginny smiled at each other.

"You better get ready for dinner, Mum wants us in fifteen minutes. See ya down there." Ginny opened the door, but she stopped and looked at Elinor. "Thanks a lot for everything. Charlie picked good this time." Ginny left and let Elinor change.

Charlie knocked on Ginny's door after finishing getting ready. "Come in," said the voice. Charlie opened the door and found Elinor. She had changed into a black V-neck t-shirt and kacki capri's. She had let her hair down and it framed her face perfectly. "Ready?"

Elinor smiled. "Ready as ever." He offered his hand and she took it. While walking downstairs Elinor said. "Your sister is very sweet and very pretty."

Charlie rolled his eyes. "Great, more work for me. That means more boys for me to beat up then." Elinor laughed.

When they entered the kitchen everyone was sitting down except for Mrs. Weasley who was just bringing the chicken out onto the table. "There you two are. We're just about to start." Mrs. Weasley said.

Elinor and Charlie took their seats and Mrs. Weasley then sat down. "Everyone, I would like you to meet Elinor." Mrs. Weasley said proudly. "All right, let's eat." During dinner she had met Hermione, George, Harry, Ron, and Alicia.

Elinor caught Fred and George giving her supicious looks during the course of the meal. Charlie, though, was completely oblivious to them as he was talking to Bill about Romania. Elinor remembered from school how girls would drool over Bill. What would they think about him now?

"So you went to school with Charlie?" Asked Fleur Delacour, her french accent thick on her voice.

"Yes, I did," said Elinor, leaving her thoughts.

"I see," she said. "And you are a..."

"Were you and Charlie friends in school?" Said George Weasley.

Fluer Delacour looked sternly at George. "George, it is rude to interupt me." She turned her attention to Elinor. "You are a healer for dragons?"

"Well, actually, I heal dragons and people, but I prefer to be outside with dragons than in a dreary hospital."

"Were you ever interested in Charlie when you were at Hogwarts?" Asked Fred.

Elinor blushed. Luckily Charlie came to the rescue. "Hey Fred, George why are you interrogating her like she's some kind of criminal?"

"We didn't mean a criminal," said Fred.

"More like a fraud," mumbled George under his breath so that only Elinor and Charlie could hear. Charlie and Elinor looked at each other. Panic was in both of their eyes.

"Well it looks like everyone's done," said Mrs. Weasley. "How about we go into the living room for some cake and tea?"

Charlie and Elinor waited for everyone to leave so that they could talk in private. "This is not good," said Elinor.

Charlie sighed. "Fred and George are smart, they remember you from school and they probably remember Tara as well. Everyone in the school knew that you weren't so keen on me going out with her. Why was that anyways?"

"I've never really liked any of the guys she dated at school because all they wanted was a chance to snog with the most gullible girl at Hogwarts. One of the guys told her that he wanted to name their first daughter Tara becuase he hoped that she would be as beautiful as her." Elinor rolled her eyes. "It was pathetic."

"Well, for the record, I thought I actually liked Tara, then I realized that she got way too serious way too fast and that scared me," Charlie said. "Fred and George are going to do something to you, me, or both of us to see if this is all a hoax, so watch what you say or do." Elinor nodded.

"Charlie, Elinor, we're waiting for you!" Hollered Mrs. Weasley. Charlie offered his hand again, and she took it. Both, though, were not prepared for the next thing that was about to happen.