18 Sorrys

& I love you like nothing else, but I know you're not the one

Tonks looked over at Charlie. They were out by the lake at Hogwarts, and Tonks regretted what she knew she had to do.

"You know I really care about you, Charlie." Tonks whispered, cutting Charlie off from his story.

"Huh?" He looked over at her.

"I'm really sorry, Charlie." Tonks whispered, and her hair changed from bubblegum pink, to a mousy brown.

"What's wrong, Tonks?" Charlie asked quizzically.

"Charlie, you know I really care about you, right?"

"Yeah…"

"And you're really important to me." Tonks added.

"You're very important to me too, Tonks. Is something wrong?"

"Not, wrong, per say." Tonks played with strands of her long hair. "Just… I'm sorry."

"What for?" Charlie was starting to worry. "What happened?"

"Just, understand that you mean so much to me."

"Tonks! I understand, please tell me what's up."

"I'm sorry…" Tonks sighed. "I just don't think you're the one." Tonks put emphasis on the word one.

"What do you mean, the one?" Charlie scratched his head.

"I mean the one to love. The one to marry and be with forever. I'm sorry." Tonks buried her head in her hands.

"Tonks, that's what your so worried about. I'm sorry if I made you feel like that. I don't expect anything from you. I'm with you, because you make me happy, and because I have fun spending time with you." Charlie explained.

"I'm really sorry, Charlie." Tonks told him.

"Don't be."

"I still want to be BEST friends with you. I don't think this whole going out thing is working though. Don't be mad please."

"Tonks, I would never be mad at you! Like I said, I'm sorry if I made you feel like that." Charlie smiled at the sweet, innocent, worried look on Tonks' face. "And of course I still want to be friends."

"I really am sorry, if I messed anything up. Are you sure that wouldn't be too hard for you or anything?" Charlie laughed.

"What?" Tonks exclaimed as Charlie started laughing hard. Tonks' hair turned bright red. "What's so funny?"

"Sorry…" Charlie tried to stop. "Sorry, Tonks." He started to calm down. "Just the way you said that. Of course I still want to be best friends. You're very important to me Tonks. Some little fling would never change that." Tonks blushed.

"Sorry…" She mumbled.

"I think you and I are obsessing over that word." Charlie laughed.

"Sorry," Tonks quickly cut herself off, as she laughed, her hair going back to bubblegum pink.

"See!" Charlie exclaimed, and they laughed. "Come on, let's go up to the library and do homework." Tonks groaned, and Charlie laughed.

"Come on, don't you want to be an Auror?" Tonks nodded. "Then you'll have to keep doing good in school." Tonks reluctantly got up and followed Charlie up to the castle. As they were walking back to the castle, someone rocked right in front of them, and tripped Tonks.

"Hey!" Charlie exclaimed as he helped Tonks up.

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" The blonde Ravenclaw girl exclaimed. At these words, Tonks and Charlie burst into hysterical laughter.

"Huh?" The girl looked confused, and a little hurt.

"Oh no, we're sorry!" Charlie reassured her, before he and Tonks burst into more laughter. The girl looked hurt as she stomped off, muttering under her breath.

"We're sorry!" Tonks called as they went the other way to the library, giggling under their breaths.

"Looks like we have another inside joke." Charlie pointed out.

"Yep, I just hope whenever somebody's making some heartfelt apology, that I don't screw it over by laughing my head off." Tonks said. "Although, I can completely see me doing that!"

"Sorry, but so can I." Tonks started laughing.

"See!" Charlie exclaimed. "Can't contain yourself."

"Oh whatever. Say what you want!"

"I will." He said as he walked into the library.

Charlie walked off to get a textbook. After a few minutes, Tonks wondered where Charlie could be.

"Charlie!" She called, and they she remembered where they were.

"Shh!" Madam Pince scolded her.

"I'm sorry!" Tonks called back, and she heard laughter, and then Charlie approached her.

"Quiet! Or I'll have to kick you both out." Madam Pince reprimanded as she approached the twosome.

"Sorry!" They both told her, trying to keep calm faces.

-finished-

A/N- Yeah! Another one! Any who, I know that Charlie Weasley and Nymphadora Tonks were the same age, I'm just not sure that they dated or were friends. I'm pretty sure they did, I remember something mentioned in the series, so you'll just have to tell me! REVIEW!