Charlie hummed softly as he pushed the bag of presents under his bed, he had been out shopping all day to find the perfect presents for his and Hermione's anniversary, tomorrow marked their two year anniversary and what a wonderful two years it had been. He closed his bedroom door softly and uttered a silent spell to put a locking charm on it, he just knew that Hermione couldn't control her curiosity and wanted to snoop a little sometimes
Speaking of Hermione, Charlie paused in the hallway as he heard what sounded like her voice, he followed the voice until it brought him to Fred and George's room. He raised an eyebrow, just what on earth could Hermione be doing in the twin's bedroom? He pressed an ear against the door, only hearing silence for a moment or two before Hermione let out an audible gasp.
"Oh Fred...It's huge" She sighed
Charlie's eyes almost bulged out of his skull, just what could be so big that Hermione was so in awe like that?
Fred chuckled huskily, "Why thanks bookworm, that's a mighty high compliment of you"
Charlie gulped, suddenly feeling like his feet were now stuck to the hallway floor. He pressed his ear even harder to the door if that was possible. He just hoped it wasn't what he thought it was.
"But...Will it fit" Hermione's eyes widened at the sight in Fred's hands, she had hoped that it would be big but she could never have imagined just how big it could actually be.
Fred let out a hearty laugh, ignoring the obvious blush that now crossed Hermione's face. "Of course it's going to fit Mione. Why wouldn't it?"
Hermione shrugged, "It's just...it's frighteningly huge. I don't know how that would be able to fit in anywhere"
"Well" Fred started, "Why don't we try fit it into..."
And before Fred could even finish his sentence Charlie barged into the room, ignoring the two startled look on their faces, he didn't even notice that Hermione hastily waved her wand. "What in the name of Merlin's left behind is going on in here?!" Charlie yelled, anger and jealously flowing through his veins, he glanced at Hermione's shocked face and slowly felt the betrayal sinking into him.
"What are you talking about Charlie?" Hermione raised her eyebrow, feeling slightly angry herself as Charlie had almost ruined his surprised.
"You...and...Fred" Charlie spat, his face now turning a hideous shade of red.
Fred and Hermione glanced at each other, not entirely following Charlie's train of thought. Fred glanced at his brother worriedly and took a step towards him but jumped immediately bank as Charlie pointed his wand towards him. "Oi!" Fred yelled, raising his hands in the air. Hermione took a a step on front of Fred, the anger now rising in her as she stared her boyfriend down.
"Charles Gideon Weasley, you put that wand down. Right now" She hissed
Charlie blinked, he hadn't been aware of what he had been doing, it had been more instinct, you were used to it in the reserve when the dragons were sneaky and tried to catch you off guard. He mumbled incoherently and stuffed his wand back in his pockets. Hermione crossed her arms, and glared at him. "Just what did you think Fred and I were doing?"
Charlie gulped, there were only two things in life he feared. One was the dragons, as much as he loved them he wasn't stupid, they were one of the most dangerous animals in the world. And second, his girlfriend especially when she had anger in her eyes. "Uh...Well" Charlie coughed, standing up straighter and looking her straight in the eye. "Well it sounded like you two were about to get it on in here! With what I heard outside the door" He muttered
Hermione and Fred glanced at each other, just wondering how on earth Charlie came to that conclusion; it was only silent for a moment before they both broke out into gales of laughter much to Charlie's annoyance. His frown deepened as his ears reddened, not only was he was furious but also humiliated by his own brother and girlfriend. "Charlie..." Hermione shook her head and reached into her beaded bag that was lying at the bottom of her foot. "Even though I am quite offended that you would think I would ever cheat on you, and why would you ever think I would cheat on you with your brother. Fred was helping me with one of my presents for you" She smiled, even though there was still a hint of anger in her eyes.
Charlie froze, how he wish the ground would just open up and swallow him whole, he was such an idiot for ever thinking that Hermione would do something like that to him! He blushed furiously and shifted uncomfortably, "Hermione, Fred. I'm sorry" He whispered, "I should have known that neither of you would do something like that."
Hermione shook her head, pulling out a piece of parchment she waved her wand so it grew back to the full size. Charlie's eyes widened, now he could see what Hermione had meant. The parchment was almost the size of the back wall of Fred's room. And on it was one of his favourite dragons, the Chinese Firebolt, it was a wizard painting of course so the Dragon was moving curiously around the painting, occasionally shooting out a ball of flames.
"Hermione..." Charlie whispered, tears pricking at his eyes, this was truly the best present he had received in a long time. "It's beautiful"
Hermione smiled, "I'm glad you like it. I know it's your favourite dragon, plus if you recognise the birthmark on the side of its leg there"
Charlie inched closer to the parchment to inspect it and sure enough he saw the all too familiar of the dragon from his reserve, the dragon that he had hatched from an egg and acted like the Mother while it grew up. "It's Ludo"
Hermione nodded, gazing at the dragon with a soft smile. "I know how much you've missed him since leaving the reserve so I owled one of your colleagues, Jack, who was more than happy to paint this for you. He knows how much you love that dragon. So he sent it over to meand the parchment was only the size of a small sheet so I asked Fred for help because I didn't want to use an engorgio charm on it in case it ruined the paint or tore the parchment. Fred helped create a charm to enlarge the parchment so nothing was ruined. When you heard me saying 'it's huge' I was referring to the parchment because I didn't know how big Fred actually made it" Hermione laughed a little, feeling a little amused at the situation.
"Wow" Charlie scratched the back of his neck, not knowing what to say
"Wow, the dragon tamer speechless. That's a first" Fred chuckled, ignoring the glare he received from his brother. Instead of retorting back Charlie took one stride over to Hermione, picked her up and planted a passionate kiss on her.
"Oi! Get a room you two" Fred barked, this time dodging the quick hand of Charlie with a grin. "Just trying to diffuse the tension" He teased
Hermione rolled her eyes and muttered "Boys". She twisted herself out of Charlie's arms and sauntered towards the door before looking back over her shoulder. "Charlie?"
"Yes dear" Charlie smiled
"You're still in my bad books" Hermione winked
Charlie blinked, his heart hammering inside his chest as he caught on to what she meant, the pink tinge returning to his cheeks. He coughed a little and glanced at Fred who looked bemused yet confused also. "Witches" Charlie grinned, "They say the darnest things" He laughed before running out after Hermione