It was three days after Lyra fled the Burrow that Charlie returned to it, a fuming, furious Charlie who stood before his mother in a rage, his sapphire blue eyes icy cold towards her.
"Hello, Charlie dear" Molly Weasley said calmly, bustling around the kitchen and trying to make him feel at home, "how are you? How's work - when do you go back to Romania?" Charlie ignored her questions, instead asking some of his own.
"Do you know", his voice was cold towards her, and for the first time Molly felt intimidated by her son, "that I have not seen Lyra for four days? And when I went to find out why, I had to find out from Sirius that you had shouted at Lyra and told her that our wedding was to be here and not at Godric's Hollow?" When Molly tried to answer, Charlie continued speaking, "that Lyra didn't want to cause us to argue so didn't want to tell me why she was upset? She didn't even tell Sirius - Ginny had to! Because she didn't want to come between us! So Ginny had to tell Sirius why Lyra was upset because she refused to tell him. She refused to make you face her angry godfather. And when he found out, he tried to come over here and it took Lyra a long time to stop him. Mum, you even had Kreacher threatening to come over here and kidnap you until the wedding was over!"
Molly tried to speak, but Charlie spoke again,
"And I still have not seen Lyra since the day I asked her if she wanted to get married in Godric's Hollow." Charlie's voice was quiet, controlled, and furious. His mother turned to face him fully, faltering under his icy stare.
"Mum" Charlie growled, "why did you shout at Lyra when she said we'd decided not to marry at the Burrow?"
"Oh Charlie, dear", Molly replied eventually, "the Burrow is our home. I've always thought it would be nice for all of you to marry here, Bill married Fleur here, and now you can marry Lyra here. I know she wants the wedding at Godric's Hollow, but really I think it would be better here."
"But it's not your wedding!" Charlie explained, slamming his fist down on the table. "It's not! It's ours! Mine and Lyra's! Bill and Fleur only married here because of the War and Voldemort and Lyra needed us here. Otherwise, she would have married in France! We would all have had to go to France! But we don't have that hanging over our heads any more. Lyra doesn't have to watch over her shoulder any more." He stopped and studied his mother.
"Mum.." He sighed, "it wasn't Lyra's idea to marry at Godric's Hollow. It was mine. I'm going to have all my family there. You're all going to be at my wedding wherever we have it. But Lyra's parents aren't going to be there. Lyra's only family are Sirius, Remus and Tonks, and Teddy. That's four people. Five if you include Dudley. This is the only way Lyra's parents can be at her wedding. That's why we want it in Godric's Hollow."
Charlie turned and headed out of the door, pausing only to briefly call back over his shoulder,
"We will be having it at Godric's Hollow!" Before disapparating, trying desperately to find Lyra.
Charlie had not seen Lyra in 4 very long days. Every time he went to Grimmauld place she was not there. Every time he went to the Lupin's cottage, they'd smile sadly and say they hadn't seen her. Teddy, too, had gone nearly a week without seeing her and just the merest mention of Lyra's name was enough to get his lip trembling.
Finally, though, he managed to catch Lyra at Grimmauld place. Sirius had told her that Charlie knew why she was avoiding him, and so when he entered the house, Lyra, his beautiful Lyra, was standing there.
The stress of missing her, of confronting his mother, of wedding planning, stress that had built up over weeks and stress that had built up in the four days since Lyra had gone to the Burrow overflowed, and Charlie rushed into Lyra's embrace. His face burrowed into her shoulder, his hands gripped her waist as she whispered soothing words into his ear.
"I missed you.." He eventually whispered, relinquishing her purely for his own need to look in her face. Her eyes were filled with tears as she gently stroked his cheek, while her other hand was gently caressing his. "I'm sorry mums being like this, but it's not her wedding."
"Hey", she whispered back, "it's not your fault. It feels nice that she wants us to marry at the Burrow... But I want to marry you at Godric's Hollow." Lyra took a deep breath, before the next words she spoke fell out of her mouth in her hurry to speak.
"I'm sorry I haven't seen you, I'm sorry I've avoided you! I didn't want to make you and your mum argue Charlie I didn't!"
He smiled gently down at her,
"I know" he said, "but sometimes my mum is like this and all she needs is a big argument and then she's fine. As for seeing me.. I understand. But when I was looking for you, I went to Remus and Dora's, and Teddy doesn't understand why he hasn't seen you for a week."
Lyra blushed a bright red, and looked down at her hands.
"He really missed you Ly" Charlie finally said, "and so did I."
Lyra nodded, not meeting Charlie's eyes.
"I can't believe I forgot to go and see Teddy!" She smiled, before adding softly, "I missed you too Charlie."
She looked up, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him once more. Charlie's eyes closed as they enjoyed the embrace, feeling at home for the first time in five days.