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I think you all deserve a new chapter after waiting so patiently. Enjoy!

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Chapter 30

Alexis's POV

"Lexy please," he begged, "just let me talk to you. There is so much I need to explain. So much to tell you. Lexy I've missed you so much."

I tried to avoid looking at him, he was begging. A part of me wanted to run to him and the other part just wanted to apparate home with Lucas and leave him standing there.

"Mummy missed you I think. She looks at you in her necklace," Lucas blurted out.

"Lukey, can you have think about what sprinkles and topping you want on your ice-cream so we can make it as soon as we get home?" I asked, smiling at him.

"Charlie, there is nothing to talk about."

"Yes there is. There is so much to talk about Alexis. You disappeared. We haven't seen or heard from you in years and now that I finally found you you're just going to run away. You've always been good at running away. Just for once can you stay? Don't run this time Alexis. Please."

I sighed, grabbing his arm, "Ten minutes. That's all. Then you leave."

I apparated home with Lucas and Charlie.

"Take a seat, I'll be with you in a second," I told him, nodding towards the couch as I took Lucas to the kitchen to construct his dessert.

I took my time making Lucas's ice-cream; I was trying to slow down my thoughts. I was making myself dizzy I was thinking so fast. Plan an escape. Run to him and tell him how much I missed him. Hex him for finding me. Tell him that I was seeing someone. So many possibilities chased each other around my head before I finally finished with the ice-cream and headed back to the living room.

"Alright, your time starts now."

"Firstly, thanks for saving Fred. He wouldn't be alive without you. So thanks. Secondly, I've missed you. We all have. You need to stop doing this and come back, you need to see everyone. You've hurt them enough. Just because you were mad at me you cut everyone out of your life, it's not fair to them."

"I'm happy here Charlie. I'm enjoying my life as it is. You can't just expect me to come back and everything to go back to how it used to be. I can't. I have a family now, things are different."

"Just because you have a family doesn't mean you can't have friends. I'm sure that your other half would love to meet Katie, after all she was your only your best friend since forever."

"I don't have another half Charlie. It's just Lucas and I."

His eyes widened a little in shock.

"I'm sorry, I just thought…"

"Lucas is adopted," I explained, "I adopted him after the war, his parents were both killed."

"Wow. I wasn't expecting that."

"I was expecting a lot of things."

"Can I explain? Just let me tell you what happened."

"Charlie please don't. I understand. It doesn't matter anymore."

"You don't understand. Trust me, you really don't"

Lucas chose that moment to walk into the room, saving me from a response.

"I finished my ice-cream mummy."

"Was it good?"
"Yep."

"That's good to know. Now, can you go playing in your room for a little bit while I finish talking to Charlie?"

"Can I show him my toys?"

"Sorry Lukey but Charlie doesn't have time. He's gotta go soon."

"Can he come see them another day?" Lucas asked hopefully.

Charlie smiled down at Lucas, "I don't know if I'll be able to come back another day so how about you go and pick one toy, your favourite toy, and bring it back here to show me?"

Lucas grinned, "Okay necklace man Charlie."

Lucas raced off to his room and Charlie turned back to me.

"He's a cute kid."

"I know."

There was silence for a moment; I looked around the room, trying to avoid looking at Charlie.

"What does he mean by necklace man?" Charlie asked eventually, glancing at the necklace I was wearing.

"Mummy has a picture of you in her necklace," Lucas said simply as he reappeared, holding his hands behind his back.

I smiled, ignoring the comment, "What toy did you pick Lukey?"
"I picked two 'cause they're both my favourite," he explained.

He pulled his stuffed dinosaur toy out from behind his back.

"This is my dinosaur, I like it 'cause it's cuddly and it goes like this," He told Charlie, pushing the button on the dinosaur's hand, making it roar.

"Wow, that's pretty impressive. What's the other one?" Charlie asked.

"This is my maget," he told Charlie proudly, presenting a large horseshoe magnet.

"It's a magnet remember Lucas, not a maget," I reminded him gently.

"Oh, yeah. My magnet."

Charlie looked at the magnet and back to me, clearly having no idea what a magnet was. Obviously one of the muggle things his father was yet to discover.

"How about you tell Charlie what your magnet can do?" I suggested.

Charlie smiled at me as he listened to Lucas tell him about the wonderful things he had discovered his magnet could do. When Lucas finished, he headed back down the hallway to his bedroom.

"Magnet, hey? I reckon Dad would love one of them."

"He probably would," I agreed.

"Is what he said about the necklace true?" Charlie asked.

I shook my head, avoiding eye contact with him.

"Show me."

"No. It's my locket; there is no need for you to see it. It has a picture of Lucas in it. Is that alright?"

"That's fine but what is the other picture?"

"There isn't another," I lied.

"Well if that's the case, show me it. Prove it Alexis," he challenged.

"There is no need for you to see my locket."

"Lexy, just show me."

"Don't call me that," I snapped.

"Don't call you what Lexy?" he asked innocently.

"My name is Alexis. Do not call me anything other than Alexis."

"What's wrong with calling you Lexy, Lexy?"

"Everything. I think your ten minutes is up."
"Not yet. I still need to see your locket and explain things to you," he smiled.

"No you don't."

"I think I do Lexy. Just hear me out."

I sat beside him on the couch, waiting for him to speak.

"Lexy, the day you left. You told me that you loved me and I didn't say anything. I wanted to say something, I really did. But I couldn't. You shocked me Lex. I never expected you to say something like that."

"It's okay Charlie, it's over and done with, and you don't need to think of nice things to say to let me down gently. It's all good. All over."

He put a hand over my mouth, "Shh, I'm not finished."

I glared at him before licking his hand.

"Was that really necessary?" He asked, "Anyway, what I really wanted to say that day was…"

"Mummy, can I watch a movie?" Lucas called, coming back into the living room.

"Not at the moment Lukey, maybe later. I'm a little busy talking to Charlie at the moment so could you please go and play a little longer."

"Well, that's not what I was going to say, I don't recall wanting to say anything about watching a movie," Charlie muttered, as Lucas headed back to his room. "What I should have said goes something along the lines of 'Alexis Fuller I love you too'."

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