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Chapter 36

Charlie's POV

What an amazing night. Finding Alexis, meeting her adorable son, introducing her as my girlfriend to my family, watching her face light up as she caught up with all her friends, meeting my niece, Lucas wanting me to be his daddy and now this. Lying in her bed, my arms wrapped securely around her, watching her sleep. It was something I had wanted to do for years, something that I had been beginning to think would never happen. She stirred in her sleep and smiled.

"Char?" she asked groggily.

"Yes Lexy?"

"Just checking i wasn't dreaming and you really were here."

"I'm here Lexy, and I want to stay here with you forever," I told her.

She rolled over and snuggled into my bare chest, "I'd like that a lot."

I kissed the top of her head as she drifted back to sleep.

I awoke later that morning to sunlight on my face. I slowly opened my eyes and smiled when I saw Alexis looking up at me.

"Morning sleepyhead," she grinned.

I laughed, "I don't get the opportunity to sleep in often so I like to make the most of it."

The makeup that she had been wearing the day before was gone and I could clearly see her scars. I gently ran my fingers over them.

"Don't even think about apologising," She told me, before I could even open my mouth.

"How'd you know I was going to apologise?"
"Because you always do. Every time you see them you apologise."

"Sorry for apologising."

She laughed, "Charlie Weasley, you are an idiot."

"Sorry about that," I grinned.

"I've missed you so much Charlie."

"Probably not half as much as I missed you. I thought that I would never see you again. Everyone hated me for loosing you; Katie was ready to murder me."

"I know, she told me."

The door opened and Lucas ran in, jumping on the bed.

"Mummy! Uncle Fred's head is in the fireplace!" he yelled, looking concerned.

Alexis laughed as she got out of bed and made her way to the fireplace; I picked up Lucas and followed.

"Morning," Fred said cheerily, "hope you two had a good night," He added with a wink.

"The best in a long time," Alexis responded calmly.

"Now now, I didn't appear in your fireplace to hear about your late night escapades. I was wondering if you would like to come and visit us at the shop."

"Please can we go mummy? Pretty please?" Lucas begged, "Make her say yes daddy."

Alexis turned, shocked at hearing her son call me daddy.

"And we can offer a child minding service free of charge as you two obviously have things to talk about," Fred added, looking between Alexis and I uncertainly.

"Alright, we'll be over soon," Alexis said, not taking her eyes off Lucas and I.

"Looking forward to it," Fred said as he disappeared.

Alexis sent Lucas to start getting ready to leave for the twins shop. As soon as he had made his way to his bedroom she started questioning me.

"Why did he just call you daddy?"

"He wants to Lex. He asked me last night," I told her, filling her in on the conversation I had with her son.

"And you said that its fine?"
"Yes, I did Lex."

"Maybe it wasn't the best idea Char," she said softly.

"Why not?"
"What will happen when you go back to Romania? He doesn't know that you'll be leaving just as suddenly as you came. He'll think that you'll be staying. Maybe this isn't a good idea Charlie. Lucas is going to get so confused and I…"

"Don't do this Lexy," I sighed.

"Do what?"
"Push me away."

"I'm not Char, it's just…"
I put a hand gently over her mouth, "Shhh, let's just go to the shop and we'll talk later."
She nodded and I took my hand off her mouth, allowing her to go see to Lucas. As I dressed, preparing to visit the twin's shops, I readied myself for the inevitable talk with Alexis, asking her to come to Romania with me. I knew she would object, she wouldn't want to move Lucas, she wouldn't want him to have to learn a new language, she wouldn't want to leave her parents. As I predicted her arguments, I realised I would lose. There was no possible way that I could convince her to move to Romania with me. I sighed as I realised this, just as she came into the room.

"What's wrong Charlie?" she asked, looking concerned.

"Nothing's wrong Lex, everything is perfect," I smiled, "now, you'd better hurry up and get ready or Lucas and I are leaving you behind."
She laughed as I headed to the lounge room where I could hear Lucas waiting impatiently.

"Guess what Charlie, mummy said that we can make Uncle Fred and Uncle George make us breakfast! I want pancakes with ice-cream!" he exclaimed excitedly.

"You know what Lucas?"

"What Charlie?"
"That sounds like a great idea," I told him with a smile.

The fact that he had called me Charlie only confirmed my fears, she was pushing me away.

Alexis soon joined us and I apparated the three of us to Diagon Alley, opposite Fred and George's shop.

"Wow! Look at it Mummy! It's so big and bright and colourful and FUN!"

"So do you want to go in?" Alexis asked.

"YES!"

We laughed, "Okay, let's go."

Lucas led the way, pulling Alexis by the hand over to the shop; he hurried through the door and stopped inside.

"Wow. There is so much stuff," he said quietly.

He spotted George and ran over to him.

"Uncle George I'm here! I came as quick as I could, Mummy took too long to get ready."
George laughed, "That certainly sounds like your mother. Would you like a tour Lucas?"

"Yes please Uncle George," Lucas replied excitedly, jumping up and down.

Alexis and I wandered around the shop, looking at the products the twins and Lee had created in her absence. When we reached the shelf where the daydream potions should be there was nothing on the shelf except an old sign 'Unavailable until further notice, sorry for any inconvenience.'

"They never figured it out," I told her, this shelf has been empty since not long after you left.

"I'll make them some more," she promised.

I took her hand in mine and she led me through the shop, she waved at Lee Jordan who was working on the counter, who waved back like he saw her every day. Lee turned back to what he was doing for a second before running over to greet Alexis.

"Alexis!" he roared, "What are you doing here? The twins never told me you were coming! How long have you been back for?"

She laughed, "Slow down Lee, I'll talk to you later, for now I think you had better go finish serving that customer."
"Oh yeah," he said sheepishly, hugging her before heading back to the counter apologising profusely to the customer.

We continued on our way out to the back of the shop where we found Fred putting together the mail orders.

"I don't think I will ever get used to the sight of you two being together," he said as we entered the room.

"Sure you will, I didn't think I'd ever get used to the sight of your hideous face but I managed," Alexis smiled sweetly at him.

"And that, my dear, is why we have missed you. Now, where is that child of yours?"
"Your twin has already stolen him, taking him on a tour of the shop."

"Oh good, I guess I should go and join them. George might need help corrupting him. You two go home, come back and get him when you're ready. If we get sick of him before that, we'll just put a price tag on him and hope someone buys him."

"Try not to corrupt him too much Fred."

"Whatever Lex. See you later," he said as he left the room.

"Come on Lex, let's go."
"I don't really want to leave him here."
"He will be fine. Fred and George will look after him."

"Okay," she sighed, before apparating us back to her place.

"Why are you pushing me away Lex?" I asked as we sat on the couch.

"I'm not Charlie."

"You are. You told me that 'maybe this isn't a good idea'. What isn't a good idea Alexis?"
"Lucas calling you daddy. I told him not to because all too soon you'll be gone and he'll be confused, he thinks that you're staying here for good, and we both know that isn't the case."
"Come with me."
"What?"
"Come with me Alexis. To Romania."
"I can't Charlie. My life is here now, Lucas's life is here. I can't just move to Romania with you on a whim."

"Why not?"
"Because I have Lucas to think of. I can't just move so far away from everything he knows. I can't just expect him to learn another language when he's still learning English."

"So you're going to hide behind Lucas," I sighed.

"I'm not hiding," she protested.

"Alright, alright. So, you want to stay here?"
"Yes."

"Okay, as long as you're sure this is what you really want."
"It is," she assured me.

"Okay," I said, kissing her forehead, "I'll start job hunting tomorrow."

"What? Why?"

"I'm not going back Alexis."

"But Charlie, you love your job. There's no dragons in London to work with. You can't."

"I can and I will Lex."
"You can't, you love your dragons."

"I love you more."

"Char, that's all you have ever wanted to do with your life, you can't just throw it all away for nothing!" She exclaimed.

"It's not all I've ever wanted to do with my life. I also want to spend my life with you."

"What will you do?"
"I don't care, as long as you are the last person I see before I go to sleep and the first person I see when I wake up. As long as I have you nothing else matters. I'll get a job somewhere and you can too, then we can get married and have our own kids and everything will be perfect."

"Don't you think you're taking things a little fast Charlie?"

"What do you think Lex?"
"I don't know. Maybe you shouldn't have come into that ice cream place yesterday. Maybe things were better off as they were before."

"Is that really what you think Alexis? You don't think that we should be together. Is that what you're trying to say? You want me to go back to Romania and forget about you?"

"I don't know Charlie," she admitted, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "I don't know what I want anymore."

"Do you want me to go back to Romania and forget about you?" I asked again.

Her tears started to fall thick and fast, "I don't know Charlie. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know! It's been so long since I've seen you and things were going fine and it seems that every time I'm with you I end up getting hurt."

I kissed her forehead and stood up, heading towards the fireplace.

"If this is what you want I'll do it Lex, as much as it hurts me to do it."
"Charlie."

"What do you want Alexis. Tell me what you want. I will do anything for you if only you tell me what."

"Don't forget about me," she whispered.

"When you know what you want, come and see me. I love you Alexis," I said before throwing a handful of floo powder into the fireplace and flooing back to the dragon reserve in Romania.

It's a lot longer than the other chapters but I figured since it has been so long you guys deserved it. Hope you enjoyed it. Let me know!