Chapter 9

Bills POV

Alexis had just volunteered to jump in the pond with me. Obviously that half a bottle of fire whiskey had gone straight to her head.

"This is going to be cold Lex." I warned.

"Oh well. It'll be heaps of fun though."

I shook my head as she took my hand and we jumped into the freezing water together. As predicted, it was cold and even Alexis seemed to realise that and started scrambling out of the water.

"Shit," I muttered as I got out, "My wand is back with the others. Have you got yours Lex?"

She shook her head, her teeth chattering. I put my arm around her, trying to give her the warmth I didn't have as we set off back to the group. As I did so I saw her scars in the moonlight and realised that they hadn't faded at all, she covered them up every day.

"Lex," I asked, "Why didn't you let mum get rid of your scars?"

She looked up at me and sighed, "Swear not to say anything?"

"Swear on my life."

"Because it reminds me of the day I really truly fell in love with Charlie." She muttered.

I was a little shocked, but then a lot of little things started to make sense, like the way she always managed to sit opposite him at every meal. "Wow, didn't see that coming." I responded as we made it back to the group.

Hermione had her wand out and quickly dried the both of us before announcing that they had decided to start playing never have I ever.

"Never have I ever kissed my best friend before."

Fred and George took a drink. Alexis took two.

"Never have I ever used a love potion to make someone kiss me." Ginny said.

Fred drank.

"Never have I ever regretted kissing someone." George said.

Liz, Ron and I drank.

"Never have I ever had impure thoughts about a close friend or relative of friend."

Alexis drank, Fred drank, Ron drank, Hermione drank, Charlie drank and Ginny drank.

My turn, "Never have I ever made a move on the afore mentioned person."

Fred and Charlie drank. I saw Ginny and Hermione exchange a glance.

Charlie's turn. "Never have I ever found someone who is so right and yet so wrong."

Alexis, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred and Charlie drank.

Liz's turn, "Never have I ever…played this game."

Everyone laughed and drank, except Liz.

"How can you have not played this game?" Ginny asked. "It's the best."

The game continued for several more hours until we all headed up to bed, some of us staggering more than others.

Alexis's POV

I somehow managed to make it up the stairs without falling over and found my bed in Ginny's room. Ginny and Hermione were already there.

"I think he does." Ginny said defiantly.

"I don't know, he could have been referring to anyone."

"What are we talking about?"

"Well, I'm under the impression that Charlie had you in mind when we were playing and asked about the feelings for close friend or family members close friend, the making the mover on them and then when he said about finding someone so right yet so wrong. Hermione on the other hand reckons that he could have been referring to anyone. But she is wrong." Ginny explained.

"As much as I would like this to be true, he has a girlfriend who he obviously really likes. And your mum likes her so she'll want her to stick around to."

"Mum likes you too!" Ginny protested. "She like loves you, she already thinks you're part of the family. She'd like it if you were with him more."

"I don't think so. She seems safe. I reckon your mum would like her more because she doesn't like dragons or playing Quidditch or anything dangerous so she might be able to steer him away from that stuff, where as I would charge in head first with him."

"Lex, I think you need to sleep. That made no sense to me. Explain it in the morning when you're sober." Ginny said as she turned out the light.