Complicated (Charlie Weasley x reader)

Chapter 9 Where are you headed?

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It had been an exciting summer with your grandmother. She had learned you a lot more healing charms and techniques which would help you when you became a dragonologist. Of course you had told her about you considering becoming one and she agreed right away.

"I am soo happee yu want tu bee wone!" She had said with her Norwegian accent and started to prepare you the day after. She was so sure you would become one she didn't even think twice. "Dere ees soo mutch ai haff tu lurn yu!" Your grandmother was acting like you only had a week or so before you'd become one and you had to remind her you still had two more years at Hogwarts. "Yu dun't need skul! Bakk een my time-" you had stopped listening and decided to just endure it. You also wrote a few letters to Charlie during the summer and surprisingly he wrote back, though poor Errold might die from exhaustion soon.

*****

It was the last week of summer and you wanted to spend it at an inn in Diagon alley, you know, so you could get all the books you needed and get your robes fitted since- surprise surprise- you had grown a bit over summer. Your grandmother understood that and packed a bag with some books she thought you could read. Thinking of your grandmother, she never said why she had become so skinny and through the summer she had gotten even skinnier. You were starting to believe she was sick, but every time you asked she dismissed it by saying something like - I haff tu watch my figure yu knuw! Can't let myself bekume fatt!- She was a vert straight forward woman, but you liked that about her.

*****

All of your things were packed, and you had gone to Diagon Alley in London. Strangely enough your grandmother had asked you to use the floo network this time, probably because it was tiering to apparate all the time.

You thought back to right before you had gone. When you said goodbye and told her to take care of herself, the look she had given you clearly told you that there was something she wanted to tell you, but she didn't. Instead she told you to get going before it got too dark. Deep down it scared you and you knew something was up, but you couldn't force her to tell you anything... she will tell you when she is ready... and you hope that is soon.

You walked down the street in Diagon Alley looking for Florish and Blotts so you could buy the new books you needed, but as you walked down you completely forgot what you were doing and walked right past it without even realising it. Then someone put their arm around your shoulder. You almost screamed, but you noticed that it was Charlie right before sh*t went down.

"Why would you do that?! I could have hurt you!" You almost yelled at him but calmed down. Charlie let go of your shoulder, because he laughed so much, but he too calmed down.

"Where are you headed?" He asked while still having that smile on his face.

"To buy new books?" You answered him in the most obvious tone you could.

"To buy new books?" He then started to lightly laugh again "Then you're going in the wrong direction!" This made you embarrassed, but instead of making it worse he leads you to the store.

"What are you doing here anyway?" You asked him as you walked together.

"Same as you? I just got here myself and I saw you walking right past Florish and Blotts, so I figured you were lost in thoughts again and came to get you." He smiled as he replied. You blushed out of embarrassment but thanked him anyway.

When you reached the store you saw every Weasley except Bill, who you figured had gone to Egypt already. Mrs Weasley came straight over to you and gave one of her famous hugs and then made you go get the books you needed (she looked a bit stressed). You mostly had all the same classes as Charlie, except he didn't take potions anymore saying he didn't need it, though you thought it had something to do with Snape always trying to find something wrong with Charlies potions so he could take points from Gryffindor, but one never knows. You on the other hand didn't mind potions, you mostly kept quiet and did what you were supposed to do with ok results, so Snape wasn't that hard on you, though you knew he disliked you as he did with every Gryffindor.

Charlie helped you find some of the books you needed, since his parents had to buy most of his books second-hand he had time to help you.

"Why are you here all alone?" He had asked you as he helped you get down one of the books.

"Oh, grandma didn't feel too well, so I went alone." You checked your list to see if you had all the books you needed.

"Didn't feel well? Is she sick?" He asked as he got you your last book. You must have made a face as he said that because he immediately started to apologize. "I didn't mean to upset you!" He waved his arm in front of him (since the other one carried some of the books) and had this panicked expression across his face.

"No! It's fine! I don't know, maybe she slept in a weird position or something? I've heard that it can become a problem as you get older..." you didn't know why you didn't tell him... maybe it was the same reason why you didn't tell him about your parents? You went to pay for your books and Charlie offered to help you carry them, which you accepted since Merlin those books are heavy! Charlie took most of the books making you protest.

"I can carry more you know!"

"No way! Mom would kill me if she saw that!"

You walked together with the Weasleys as you went to a few more stores. You also learned that this is Fred and George's first year, which explained why Mrs Weasley looked so stressed. They had to get their wands, so you and Charlie decided to get your robes fitted in the meanwhile. Usually it was nice to spend time alone with Charlie, but this day he had seemed so distant... as if something had happened, but when you tried to ask he had dismissed it and said it was nothing. On the way you remembered that your robes are in your trunk. The trunk you had left at the Leaky Cauldron, which was ok anyway since your books was starting to get heavy.

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When you reached the room you learned that Charlie was staying in the room right across you, which he shared with Percy. He told you they were going to stay here until school started as it had something to do with his father's job, but he wasn't too sure.

"You're so lucky you don't have to share a room! It wasn't so bad when I shared with Bill, but now that he has moved I have to share with Percy... and he's only talking about school." You chuckled at what Charlie said as you searched for your robes.

"But you do love him, right? He is your brother after all." You playfully said to him as you finally found your robes.

"Yeah, of course, but he's still boring." Charlie said as he laid flat on your bed and sighed. You put your robes down on top of your trunk, went over to Charlie and laid down next to him.

"Hey, if he gets too boring, you could always come and talk to me!" You told him with a smile. He turned to face you also having a smile on his face.

"Then you better expect a visitor later!" You lightly pushed his shoulder while laughing.

"Now get up! I still have to get my robes fitted."

*****

It was now night-time. You were sitting in the room you rented and had just finished writing a letter to your grandmother, so she would know you had reached Diagon Alley safe and sound. You tied the letter to Freya's leg and sent her on her way. It was a bit late, so you changed into your night clothes and went to read some of the books your grandmother had given you. It wasn't easy since most of it was in Norwegian, but she had been so kind and translated a little bit for you also making it easier for you to recognise certain words. You must have been reading for an hour or something by now, then someone knocked on the door.

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