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Chapter 24

Alexis's POV

I had heard the exchange between my parents and the boys, I'd been upstairs in my old bedroom, ready to apparate if they came inside. Mum had tried to convince me to go and talk to Charlie, saying that he was upset and that we could sort things out, Dad on the other hand wanted me to have nothing more to do with the older Weasley, which was fine with me. I half hated the idea of leaving all of my friends behind but if I was with them he would find me and I couldn't face him after that. The humiliation was too much. I sighed as I flooed to the flat I was sharing with Fred and George above their shop.

I landed on the living room floor with a thud, but there was no one there to laugh at me this time. There would never be again. Not in this flat at least. Not Fred. Not George. Definitely not Charlie.

I headed to my bed room and started my clothes packing themselves while I surveyed the rest of my belongings. I regrated not keeping my room in an orderly manner now that it came to packing, I didn't know where to begin. I gathered my books into another box and looked around again, now that my clothes and books were done there wasn't really much left. None of the furniture was mine, it all belonged to Fred and George so all that was really left was my pictures. I began packing them carefully into a box, photos with the twins, with Katie, Ang and Alicia. Photos with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny. Photos with my parents. Photos with Charlie. I picked up the photo of Charlie and I at the ball, the reminder of the first night he kissed me, the night he told me I was beautiful. The night he took it all back. If I had just listened to my daddy then, just left him alone, walked away, none of this would have happened. I glared at the photo for a few moments before I threw it as hard as I could against the wall. The sound of the shattering glass made me feel a little better, it was kind of fitting to the situation, it was what my heart had felt like only an hour ago. I balanced the boxes of my belongings onto of each other and apparated to my old bedroom at my parents place.

I settled down at my old desk with parchment and a quill, preparing to sort out my options. I was moving to muggle London. I was going to get a muggle job. I was going to make muggle friends. And find a nice muggle husband who was tame and boring. Who didn't drink, or play chess, or have red hair and freckles. Definitely no red hair or freckles. I heard the doorbell ring and glanced out of the window and sighed when I saw Katie. My mother opened the door and I could hear their conversation filtering upstairs.

"Hi Mary-Anne. Lex here?" Katie hiccupped.

"Sorry dear."

Katie's eyes narrowed slightly and another tear slipped down her already tear stained cheeks. She knew I was here. My mother didn't say I wasn't, she wouldn't lie to Katie, she loved Katie like a daughter.

"Can you just let her know that I called in and that she should come and see me before she goes through with this stupid idea," Katie choked out before turning and disapparating.

My mother came upstairs and stood in the doorway.

"It was Katie."

"I know, I saw. I heard."

"What is the stupid idea she referred to?"

"I'm not going back. Not this time, I know I say that every time something happens with him but I really can't after this. All the other times I could excuse him, saying he didn't know how I felt but now that I've told him and he just… well nothing. He didn't do anything, he didn't say anything. I can't. It's just humiliating. I shouldn't've liked him in the first place. I should have moved on. I was stupid and naïve to think that there was even the slightest chance of anything working. I mean, he's my friends' brother. My bosses' brother," I forced a laugh at referring to the twins as my bosses.

"Stupidity and naivety aren't to blame, dear. Love is."

"Well love is stupid and naïve. Surely it should know better by now."

Mum chose to ignore my comment, "Things happen for a reason Alexis, especially where love is involved. Just because you don't know the reason doesn't mean there isn't one."

"Well this happened because he doesn't like me and was probably trying to think of something nice to say to let me down gently. It happened so I can learn how to fend for myself. So I can start again and leave it all behind."

"Do you want your room back?"

"No thanks. I'm going out on my own. I want to buy a flat. I don't plan to stay here forever, and I'm going to get a muggle job."

"If that's what you want to do, your father and I will support you," She sighed, I knew she wasn't overly impressed with the idea but would go along with it in order to make me happy.

"Dad just likes scaring off boys," I smirked.

Mum laughed, "Well yes I think he does a little."

Charlie's POV

Fred and George had suggested I head to the flat above their shop that they shared with Alexis. I used the floo network because I really didn't think I could apparate properly. I stepped out of the fireplace into their living room and could see little signs that she lived her immediately. The muggle book and blanket on the couch. The photos on the mantelpiece. I headed to the last bedroom, as Fred and George had directed and pushed open the door. She wasn't there. She had cleared all of her stuff out. All that remained was the furniture Fred and George owned. She was gone and she wasn't coming back, according to Katie. Something glistening in the carpet caught my eye. I crossed the room and found the source. Glass was strewn across the carpet and the mark on the wall let me know she'd thrown something against it. A photo frame was on the floor, amongst the glass, obviously what she had thrown. I picked it up, turning it over in order to see the offending picture. It was us, the night of the ball at Hogwarts. I detached the picture from the frame and put it in my pocket, even though I already had the exact same picture at home. I looked around the room one more time, hoping that there would be something else, maybe a clue as to where she could be found. There was nothing. I left her room and headed back to the fireplace, flooing to Hogwarts.

"She's taken all her stuff," I told the assembled crowd. "All I found was this."

I took the photo out of my pocket and handed it to Fred.

"She left it there?" Fred asked.

"She threw it against the wall I'm guessing," George countered.

"She threw it. There's a nice little mark on the wall where it hit. And glass all over the floor."

"That certainly sounds like something she would do," The twins commented.

There was a pop as Katie apparated in front of us.

"I just spoke to her mother. Alexis is there. Her mother didn't say she wasn't so I'm assuming that she is there and is just refusing to see us."

"She's gotta come out of there eventually. And at least we know where she's living so it'll be easier to find," George said happily.

Katie forced a laugh, "You really think she's going to stay there? We'll be lucky if she even stays in the country. She'll find a place of her own and start over. Muggle job, muggle house, muggle town, muggle…" she let the thought go unfinished.

"Yeah I get it Katie, muggle boyfriend. Thanks."

"I was going to say husband," She retorted.

"Katie, shut up already. Don't you think this is hard enough for me as it is without you saying stuff like that?"

"Do you really think I care what it's like for you at the moment Charlie? You lost me my best friend. And instead of killing you like I want to for hurting her I need to put up with you so we can maybe find her. So I will say what I like, I will make it harder for you. You deserve it."

"Sorry Katie, I didn't think about that," I apologised meekly.

"Of course you didn't. That's usually your problem."

"Alright, Katie, Charlie enough. There are more important things to do here at the moment. You two can argue later. Preferably after we find Alexis," George said, stepping in before I could retaliate.

"Okay, so Katie, what do you know of her plan?" I asked.

"Basically that she will go muggle, which kind of makes it hard to find her."

"Did she ever give an indication as to where she would go?" Fred asked.

"Not really, I just kind of assumed that she would go somewhere in London. She never said, it's just an assumption. I don't think she'd want to be too far away from her parents or anywhere completely new and unfamiliar."

"Well that narrows it down a bit," George commented.

"Pity London is a big place," Fred responded.

"We could just sit outside her parents place and wait for her to come out, and then we can pounce on her. She has to come out eventually," I suggested.

"Do you really think that she is just going to waltz on out of her parents' house when she knows we know she's there? She's a witch remember, she has other means of transport," Katie interjected.

"Oh yeah, that's right. Surely she'll go somewhere, like Gringotts. We can just hang around til she goes there and see her then."

"Charlie, you are so dense sometimes. She isn't stupid, she'll expect something like that and get her parents to go for her or disguise herself or something. Besides, last time I checked it doesn't look too good when you hang around a bank."

"Well if you're so smart how are we going to find her Katie?" I asked.

"We aren't. If she doesn't want to be found, she won't be found. She's very clever like that, she knows us well enough to know what we think she'll do so she'll do something that she wouldn't do. And to top it off she's stubborn. So basically, we're screwed."

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