It was like he had no control over the words that left his lips. He had no idea what had come over him and now Tonks wouldn't even let him speak and apologize. He did as she asked and didn't speak for the rest of the class. Of all people though, why did it have to be Hunter? He hated that guy and maybe it was the rivalry between their houses but it felt like more then that.

As class ended Charlie reached out again to apologize but she was already gone, she was nothing but a blur of pink going out the door. When he reached for his stuff he noticed she had left her stuff behind. He could seriously kick himself, he had really messed up this time and had no idea how to fix it.

He tried returning her bag to her but she was going out of her way to avoid him. He didn't see her at dinner or breakfast the next day. He tried all of her usual spots, the 3rd floor corridor, the quidditch pitch, and even the shore of the black lake. He came up empty everywhere. Finally at breakfast he spotted her friend Rae sneaking out of the great hall with a bunch of food and rushed over before she could disappear on him too.

She tried to run away from him when she noticed he was tailing her but Charlie was faster.

"What do you want?" She demanded her voice full of venom, when he caught her by the arm. He was at a loss for words. The only thing he knew for sure is that he didn't want Tonks to be mad at him any more.

"Where is she?"

"I'm not at liberty to say. But leave her alone, you've done enough." Frustration dug its claws into him. This wasn't like Tonks. She was always so collected and let his insults roll off of her, why was this time different. And why had he said those things to beginning with. He thrust Tonks bright pink back into Rae's arms causing the girl to drop the plate of food to the floor.

"Tell her when she is done acting like a child to come find me." He didn't let the girl respond. He was out of there before he could do any thing else stupid that he would regret.

When he went into the great hall only his brother Bill was left at the Gryffindor table. All his class mates and housemates had left to enjoy what little freedom that they had before classes started for the day.

Charlie threw himself down on the bench and caught the attention of his brother. It was surprising to see bill with out hordes of girls surrounding him.

"You should just tell her you love her and end all of this." Bill said matter of factly. It took a moment for Charlie to understand what his older brother meant by that but when it hit him he grunted.

"Please Bill. She's my friend and that's it." His voice strained. He was already at his frustration threshold after his brief conversation with Rae. If Bill kept on Charlie could feel his threshold straining already.

"You freaked out when Savage asked her out and now you are surprised she won't talk to you?" Charlie couldn't wrap his mind around how his older brother had gotten that information. He was two years a head of them, since when did seventh years gossip about the going one of fifth years?

"How the hell did you know that?"

"Charlie, Tonks is really lose to Rae Blackwell who is in my year and chased me down to beat some sense into you." He laughed softy. "That girl is scary when she wants to be. It was kind of hot. So are you going to tell her?"

"I'm not in love with Tonks." He said again slamming his closed fists into the table. Everybody needed to stop assuming that he and Tonks couldn't be just friends because he was a man and she was a girl. A super clumsy girl with great curves hidden underneath her robes.

"Whatever you say Romeo."

"You cheated." He yelled over the cheering of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. His own team members tried and failed to pull him away from her. He was blinded by a white hot rage that seemed to come out of no where. Tonks flipped around when her eyes landed on him she shrugged the accusation off and continued celebrating with her teammates as they headed towards the dressing room.

"Blatching is illegal Tonks!" He screamed at her back as he pulled away from his teammates. Feeling the tension in the air his teammates pulled away leaving him all alone screaming at his friend who hasn't spoken to him in days, even switched partners in herbology.

She turned her hands resting on her hips as she glared at him.

"Excuse me?" She demanded. The first words she had spoken to him in what seemed like forever and there was a fire behind her eyes.

"You deliberately rammed into our keeper and knocked him out of the game." He accused closing the gap between them. Her fellow teammates shouted at him but he drowned them out.

"What?"

"You heard me, you guys should have never won." A small crowd gathered around them as Charlie's anger took control of him. Building until it exploded.

"Why? Because Hufflepuffs can't possibly be as good as the Gryffindors?" She snarled, her hair burning bright red like flames licking her neck.

"Damn straight!" There was a pause between his words and when her fist smashed into his face. Sticky blood spewed out of his nose and suddenly Mcgonagal appeared between the two of them before Tonks could take another swing.

"What is going on here?" She demanded. Charlie held his nose as Tonks glared at him from the other side of professor Mcgonagal. Her team all started talking at once defending her actions while madam Pomfrey came over and tended to Charlie's broken nose. After a moment the head of Gryffindor house came over to him.

"What were you thinking Mr. Weasley?" She demanded catching him off guard. He stammered, his jaw dropping.

"They cheated Mcgonagal, I couldn't do nothing." He sputtered out but she cut him off.

"This was no way to handle the situation. You are the the captain of this team, if you suspected cheating you should have come to me. I will see you in detention all week starting tomorrow."

"What? But she is the one who hit me!" He screamed but the look Mcgonagal gave him calmed him down. He needed to watch himself before he got himself into even more trouble.

"I know what happened Mr. Weasley, which is why I will see her in detention as well. I will not have my best student brawling in the quidditch pitch like common hooligans. Also I will be writing to your mother." Nausea welled up inside Charlie. He could handle most anything that came his way but his mother terrified him. "My office tomorrow morning."

He stomped off the pitch without saying another word.