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Chapter 46

Charlie's POV

3 days after the drama of Lucas's kidnap and rescue operation my life was practically perfect. Alexis was regaining her strength more rapidly than anyone had expected and spent most of her time playing with Lucas, trying to make up for all the time she had missed. I sat at the dining room table, watching Alexis and Lucas play an elaborate game of make believe he had conducted while I replied to my latest owl from Vali. He and Nayasha were finalising plans for their wedding which was to be held in 2 months and he was starting to freak out. I remembered Bill doing a similar thing before he married Fleur and wrote all the encouraging messages I could think of to calm his nerves, which I knew from telling Bill the same things was futile. After I had addressed his minor marriage freak out I filled the rest of the parchment telling him about Lucas's kidnapping and Alexis's recovery. I looked at the owls, Alexis's brown and white spotted Logan and my black Smokey, sleeping peacefully in the corner of the room and thought better of forcing them to make the long journey to Romania, instead I got up and threw a pinch of floo powder into the fireplace and sent the letter by floo to the Romanian Dragon Reserve Mail Room. After sending my letter to Vali I got down on all fours and crawled into the blanket fort Lucas and Alexis had constructed in the living room.

"Is there enough room for me to play too?"

Alexis looked at Lucas, "I dunno, Lukey do you reckon there's enough room for Daddy to play to?"

I glanced quickly at Alexis, surprised at hearing her refer to me as Lucas's daddy rather than just Charlie.

"No, no there's not enough room!" Lucas exclaimed, "We need more blankets!"

We laughed as Lucas wriggled his way out of the fort and raced down the hallway to find more blankets to expand our fort.

"What was that look for?" Alexis asked, sliding over beside me and snuggling into my shoulder.

"I've never heard you refer to me as 'Daddy' to Lucas, it's always just been 'Charlie'. It just surprised me, that's all."

"I'm full of surprises," She said, looking up at me with a grin.

"Oh really? What sort of surprises?"

"You'll just have to wait and find out," She replied with a seductive smile before giving me a quick kiss.

Lucas returned with his arms full of blankets and together the three of us set to work expanding the blanket fort. Hours and many fort collapses later, we had almost accomplished turning the entire living area into a blanket fort when we were interrupted by a knock at the door. Alexis and I dissolved into fits of laughter as we carefully made our way over and under numerous blankets trying to get to the door first. I beat Alexis to the door and opened it, my laughing ceasing abruptly when I saw who was on the other side.

"Mr Ridgebit, Harold, Sir," I stammered lamely at the sight of my former employer standing on the doorstep.

Alexis quickly stepped up beside me, smiling widely, "Good afternoon Mr Ridgebit, please do come in, if you can. Sorry about this, we weren't really expecting visitors today so we were playing forts."

Mr Ridgebit chuckled, "You must be Alexis, I presume? I have heard a lot about you and I am glad to see that you have recovered from your mishap with the horntail."

There was a commotion from the middle of the fort and the blankets fell, causing fits of laughter and a disgruntled sigh from under a pile of what was once a fort.

"Mummy? Daddy Charlie? Can you guys get me out of here please?"

Alexis laughed even harder and rescued Lucas from the collapsed fort, clearing the blankets away with a quick flick of her wand.

"Harold, this is Alexis and her son Lucas. Alexis, Lucas this is Harold Ridgebit, he runs the Romanian Dragon Reserve."

"Are you going back to work with the dragons Daddy Charlie? Can I come and see them please? Pretty please? I'll be good and won't get hurt like Mummy did I promise!" Lucas begged, falling to his knees at my feet.

Harold laughed at Lucas, "You're very keen Lucas, and I'm sure one day a visit can be arranged, especially with promises like that."

"YES!" Lucas exclaimed, jumping around excitedly.

Alexis put a hand on his shoulder, "Lukey, why don't you go play in your room while Daddy and Mr Ridgebit talk okay?"

Lucas nodded before tearing off down the hallway, yelling about visiting dragons.

I led Harold to the dining room where we sat around the table, chatting about the goings on at the reserve in my absence while Alexis made tea. When Alexis joined us at the table with three cups of tea Harold got down to the reason for his visit.

"Now Charlie, I am here to discuss some employment opportunities with you. I had Vali inform me when Alexis had recovered from her incident so I could come to speak to you about this. You were one of our best keepers and I was very sorry to lose you, although I completely support your reasons for leaving. I would very much like it if you were to consider taking on employment with me again."

I glanced at Alexis, who had conveniently chosen that moment to take a sip of tea, not giving me any indication on her thoughts.

"I'm sorry Harold, I will have to decline. While I have really enjoyed working at the reserve and appreciate everything I have learnt there I really can't be that far away from Alexis and Lucas. The three of us moving to Romania is really not an option either, Lucas is really happy here and both mine and Alexis's family and friends are all here. I'm really sorry Harold; I do appreciate the thoughtfulness of the offer,"

Harold sighed, "I rather thought you would say that, and that is why I have another offer for you. As there has been an increase of interest in dragons in these parts of the world, and let's face it, most people find London more appealing than Romania, I was hoping to start the theoretical part of the dragon keeper training here as well as on the reserve. The only problem with starting the theory training here is that I would need someone with rather extensive dragon knowledge who would be willing to teach them while living in London. Someone who I know I can trust to teach them all the important things they need to know. Someone with experience working with dragons who knows firsthand how dangerous it actually is. Someone like you Charlie. Actually, I take that back. I need you Charlie. Would you be interested in a dragon keeper theory teaching position?"

I grinned, "Well I would have to discuss it with Alexis first..." I began.

"Take it you idiot. You don't want to be stuck working for the twins forever do you?" Alexis interrupted.

"Well I guess that's discussed then, Harold I would be honoured to teach dragon keeper theory."

Harold laughed, rubbing his hands together gleefully, "This is fantastic. Now if you would like to come back to my office with me briefly to sign the paperwork we can put this plan into motion. I was going to bring the paperwork with me but I thought you would appreciate the chance to visit. You better go and fetch that boy of yours Alexis; he's going to love this."

Alexis grinned, thanking Harold before heading down the hallway to get Lucas. They soon rejoined us, with Alexis outlining strict rules for Lucas to adhere to. Harold took a small pouch of floo powder out of his pocket and threw it into the fire.

"Romanian Dragon Reserve!" he shouted as he stepped into the green flames and disappeared before our eyes.

Alexis and I quickly followed, each holding one of Lucas's hands tightly.

Lucas was most disappointed that he didn't get to see dragons right away, pouting on the walk to Harold's office and while I signed the necessary paperwork for my new position.

"Now we have a location in mind and as soon as we have secured it I will be in contact with you so you can come and take a look and get it set up to your liking. But that is enough business talk for now, go and take this young man on a tour of the reserve and then go and see Vali."

Lucas jumped up at mention of the tour and took mine and Alexis's hands as instructed before I led them both around my old home.

Lucas's POV

Daddy Charlie's boss came to our house and then we got to go to Romania where Daddy Charlie used to work. Daddy Charlie worked with the dragons and showed me all of them. The dragon deserve was a really big place because dragons are really big and need lots of space, that's why I can't have one at home, so it took lots of walking to get everywhere. I got to see some eggs that hadn't hatched yet; they were lot bigger than the eggs like we eat at home, way lots bigger. And then I got to see some baby dragons in the special places where they live. They were pretty cool and some of them even breathed some fire even though they were only babies, it would be pretty special to be able to breathe fire. There were lots of really big mummy and daddy dragons too but some of them were hiding in their caves because they were tired, I wonder if Mummy and Daddy Charlie will let me have a cave bed so I can be a dragon. The very last dragon that I got to see was very special. She was a big Hungarian Horntail named Amber. She was the dragon that had scratched Mummy's face and made her really sick and her legs not work. Mummy didn't look scared of Amber though because Mummy is brave and she likes dragons. After we looked at Amber for a long time and Mummy and Daddy Charlie told me stories about what happened we went to see Daddy Charlie's friend. Daddy's Charlies friend Vali was nice and so was his girlfriend, they're gunna get married and have babies soon. Daddy Charlie and Vali went outside to talk and Mummy and Vali's girlfriend talked about silly girly wedding stuff. I was really sleepy. Being a dragon keeper must be hard work because everything is so far away. I bet dragon keepers take lots of naps. I liked naps sometimes, like after lots of walking naps were good. I think all good dragon keepers must nap so maybe I should nap too.

Charlie' POV

Vali had taken me outside to talk to me while Alexis and Nayasha got acquainted, we realised that we had been talking for quite a while when we noticed the sun had gone down around us. When we went back inside, Alexis and Nayasha were deep in discussions about the wedding and Lucas was fast asleep on Vali's couch.

Vali nudged me, "Go, he'll be fine here."

"Alexis, come with me for a minute."

She looked intrigued and followed me outside. I took her by the hand and apparated her to one of my favourite places on the reserve before she could ask what was happening. I pulled the key put of my pocket and opened the door in front of us ushering Alexis inside.

"Where are we?" She asked, slightly disoriented from the surprise apparation.

I grinned as I lit my wand, leading her into the middle of the room.

"Charlie, are we in the hatchery?" She asked.

I didn't have to answer as four curious dragons came to investigate, cautiously approaching the two of us in the middle of the room.

"There are no Horntails at the moment, so I had to setting for Chinese Fireballs, I hope that's okay."

"Charlie Weasley you are possibly the most wonderful person I have ever met!" Alexis exclaimed, quickly hugging me before stooping to pat the baby dragons that has started to crowd us.

"Wait Lex," I said, taking her hands and pulling her back to her feet, "before you get distracted playing with the dragons I wanted to say something."

She nodded, looking slightly confused, glancing at the dragons at her feet wanting so desperately to play with them. I pulled the small box out of my pocket Vali had given me earlier and took Alexis's hands in mine. I took a deep breath, my heart pounding furiously in my chest as I knelt on one knee in front of her.

"Alexis Laura Fuller, I love you more than words could ever possibly hope to describe and I cannot imagine the rest of my life without you. Would you make me the happiest man on Earth and marry me?"

She pulled me to my feet, tears streaming down her face, "Yes Charlie, nothing would make me happier."

I grinned, showering her in kisses before untangling myself from her to open the box I had been holding. Alexis gasped when she saw what was inside, looking from the ring to me and back to the ring.

"Is that…"

"Your very own dragon scale engagement ring made from the scales of a Hungarian Horntail no other than our friend Amber? Yes," I said sliding the ring onto her finger.

"Charlie that is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in the world. You are amazing."

I hugged her tightly, kissing her forehead as she burrowed her head into my chest, before pulling her unto the floor to sit on my lap. Playing with the dragons surrounding us I couldn't wipe the smile off my face, last time I was here with Alexis I had started to realise I was in love with her, now I knew nothing could change that and we were going to get married. Everything was perfect.

12 months later

I was almost certain my hand has going to be broken and there was absolutely nothing I could do about it. Maybe it would just get cut off and then the pain would stop. I was really contemplating having my hand amputated when the pain stopped.

"Congratulations Miss Fuller and Mr Weasley, it's a girl."

I opened my eyes and looked at Alexis who was now holding a tiny bundle wrapped in a pink blanket in her arms, a look of complete bliss on her exhausted face. I looked down at the tiny face of my daughter in her arms and felt tears welling in my eyes, she was beautiful.

"Look Char, we did good."

"We did do good Lexy, we really did," I said, gently kissing my daughters forehead.

"Have you decided on a name yet?" The mediwitch asked.

"Not yet," I replied.

"Actually, I kind of have," Alexis said, looking up from our baby's face to look at me.

Really?"

"Yeah, I don't know if you will like it but I was thinking Amber Laura Weasley."

I grinned, "I love it, it's perfect, you're perfect, she's perfect, everything is perfect. Hello Amber my beautiful baby girl, welcome to the world."

The End.

Thanks to everyone for reading! Especially those of you who have stuck around since the beginning I really, really, REALLY appreciate it! Special thanks to Elliroc for the constant poking to update and write something other than uni work I really hope you all enjoyed this and I hope I haven't disappointed you with the ending!

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