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Top Ten Reasons Why Weddings Should Be Avoided

Chapter 7

In the middle of the night Elinor got up and went downstairs to get a drink. Still half asleep, she walked into the kitchen. She wasn't alone though. At the table sat Charlie with a sandwich in his hands.

"Hey," Charlie said, putting the sandwich down.

Elinor yawned. "Hey," she said back and went to the cupboard to get a cup. "Hungry?"

Charlie smiled. "Yea, didn't have enough for dinner."

Elinor poured herself a glass of water and sat across from Charlie at the table. She smiled back and delicately sipped her water. "I like your family. They're very nice and I didn't feel at all awkward."

"That's good, my family likes you too." Both stared at each other not knowing what to say next, and both thinking about the same thing. "So... I told you that something like tonight was going to happen. But the... moment seemed very believable. My family is pretty convinced but Bill knows."

"Bill knows?" Elinor seemed alarmed.

"Don't worry. He won't say anything." Elinor relaxed a little bit. "He was suspicious because he knew we hardly talked at Hogwarts." He paused. "So what was Hogwarts like for you anyways? Did you date?"

Elinor closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "My parents didn't approve of Hogwarts, but still let me go because sometimes when I was mad I did things that I couldn't explain... weird things, so my parents thought Hogwarts was best. My first and only friend I found in my first year was Tara. I sat with her on the way to Hogwarts and we've been friends ever since. Of course, my years at Hogwarts got better by each passing year. I was a bright student who was dedicated to my work. The summer of our fifth year at Hogwarts Tara and I traveled to northern Europe near Durmstrang. There I met Hasad. He went to Durmstrang and we ended up dating..."

"Wait," said Charlie now frowning. "You dated a Durmstrang student?"

Elinor looked at him. "As I was saying we dated and we were together for about a year until we broke up and I've never really dated after that. I went on dates and all but I never had a permanent boyfriend after Hasad."

"You must have really liked him," muttered Charlie.

Elinor smiled. "I did, but... his parents found out that I was muggleborn and we had to end it." Elinor smile saddened. Charlie reached out and put his hand over hers that was on the table trying to comfort her.

"I bet that family is regreting missing out on such a great girl like you." Charlie smiled at her. Elinor smiled back and took his hand. He squeezed it reassuringly. They sat like that in silence for a minute or two before both realized what they were doing. Charlie pulled away his hand.

"I should be getting back to bed," said Elinor. "Imagine if Hermoine and Ginny woke up and found me gone. We might have a scandal on our hands." Charlie, realizing what she meant, smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Goodnight Elinor," he said.

"Good night Charlie, see you in a few hours." Elinor left.

He could hear her walking up the stairs back to her room. He sighed and began to clean up before he to would go back to bed. He thought about what Elinor had said about her past and then he began again to think about the events of that night. He remembered the akwardness that was between them when she came downstairs and into the kichten. He realized his sixth reason.

He quickly finished in the kitchen and hurried quietly to his room. Inside Bill was still fast a sleep in the sleeping bag on the floor. Quietly Charlie went to his bag where the peice of paper was and got it out. Then he got it out and sat at the desk in his room. He performed the lumos charm on his wand and quickly wrote the sixth reason.

6: You may get into uncomfortable situations with your date that might be unavoidable.

Charlie gave a satisfied sigh before putting the paper back into his bag and hopping into bed and soon falling into a dreamless sleep.

The next morning he woke up to the sound of Mrs. Weasley banging on the door saying that breakfast was ready. Begrudgingly he got up and slowly got ready. He noticed that Bill was already gone. After throwing on shorts and a t-shirt he headed downstairs.

"Hey," said Bill from the landing. "I was just coming to get you."

"I'm here," mumbled Charlie, still not all there yet. Both walked into the kitchen. The whole Weasley family, Fleur, and Elinor sat waiting for Charlie and Bill so breakfast could begin. Elinor smiled at Charlie as he walked and he smiled back at her and took his spot beside her. As Bill did with Fluer.

"Now that everyone is here..." said Mrs. Weasley. "We may eat!" Everyone began digging in. Elinor was talking to Hermione and Ginny about what it was like being a Healer. He heard his sister and Hermione laughing at something Elinor had said. Charlie was surprised to see his sister get along so well with one of his dates. He was extremely pleased with that and he began to devour his eggs that were on his plate.

After breakfast Mrs. Weasley, Mr. Weasley, Fleur, and Bill began to work on setting up for the wedding the next day. Hermione, Ginny, Harry, and Ron went off to another part of the house to hang out and George and Fred went to their joke shop in Hogsmeade. Once everyone went their seperate ways, Elinor and Charlie were the only ones in the living room. Elinor and Charlie sat down on the couch.

"My sister seems to like you a lot... it's weird." Said Charlie, not looking at Elinor

"Why is it weird?" Elinor shot back, clearly offended.

"Not in a bad way weird... it's just that every girl I've brought home my sister has hated and I'm glad to see that you two are getting along well." Charlie replied.

"Oh," Elinor said calming herself down again. "Well, I like your sister." Silenced followed for a few minutes until Elinor broke it. "Okay, tomorrow is the wedding and then the next day we leave right?"

"Right," Charlie said. "And your sister's wedding is next week."

Elinor rolled her eyes. "Unfortunately, and we'll travel by portkey to America."

"Thank you for coming with me," Charlie said to her. "I really appreciate this."

Elinor smiled at him. "You're welcome, but I have to thank you first because your family is wonderful and I was really glad to meet them and also because what you are about to put up with when you meet my family will be horrible and terrifying so...brace yourself."

Charlie smiled and looked at Elinor trying to see the humor on her face but her face was like stone and he realized that she wasn't kidding. This was going to be a long week.