The Irreplaceable Charlie Weasley

Chapter 4 - The Tombs of Egypt

Nova

I was sitting on the sofa in our cottage staring at my left hand. I didn't know what was more unbelievable – the fact that Charlie and I were engaged or just how breathtaking the ring was.

Charlie proposed to me a week ago but I was still processing it. I can't believe just how perfect of a man he is. The way he proposed and how everything just fit together...there are simply no words for how much I love him.

Ever since we got back we have barely left the bedroom. Two days ago Charlie almost missed work for the first time because I just couldn't let him go. I had everything and more in my life and I couldn't believe it.

The only thing that didn't go according to Charlie's plan was the fact that he promised Ron he would be the first to find out when we get engaged. Because he had a soft spot for Ginny and couldn't lie to her about why he needed her to do him a favor, he kind of broke that promise. Right after we got home and I undressed him and made him see stars right on the floor in the middle of our little wooden house, I made him write to his brother and tell him.

We decided not to wait a year to tell our families this time so we made a plan to visit my mum first and prayed to Merlin she wouldn't tell Molly and then we were going to invite the Weasleys for a vacation to visit Bill in Egypt.

Charlie got a well-deserved promotion for how he handled everything for the Tournament and Eero and Ajax were practically best buddies so I knew my paper was going to do great so we decided to treat the whole family.

We took my mum to a nice restaurant and the second we sat down, she was already suspicious.
"You two put an awful lot of thought where to bring me tonight." She raised an eyebrow at me.
"Mum, we just wanted to celebrate with you." I couldn't hide a smirk that was painting my face.
"Celebrate what, exactly?" Her eyes kept running from me to Charlie.

"Charlie got a promotion!" I exclaimed. I loved teasing her, even though I knew she wouldn't buy it.
"You didn't arrange a portkey and bring me to a fancy restaurant to tell me that, did you?" Both of her eyebrows were in the air now. "Nonetheless, congratulations, Charlie!" She placed her hand on his and smiled.
"Thank you, Olivia." Charlie was as proud of himself as he was nervous. He was always a bit stiff around my mum and I found it adorable. It was one of the rare occasions he managed to call her by her first name and not Mrs. Blackwood even though she told him to call her Olivia in our first year as Molly told me to call her by her first name.

"The other thing we have to tell you..." I cleared my throat with my left hand.
"Oh, my." My mum's eyes shone as she spotted the ring on my finger. "You're finally engaged!" For a minute there I thought she was going to stand up. She snatched my hand and brought it so close to her face that I could feel her breath on my skin.
"Oh, Charlie!" She breathed. "It's gorgeous!" I looked at him and his cheeks were getting redder by the second. He was not a guy to brag about these things and even though the ring looked expensive I knew I would never get the price out of him.

To me, it didn't matter. I would've said yes that night even if he proposed with a lock of Snape's hair. Everybody else, though, went nuts over the ring. The women in the Sanctuary lost it when they saw the two dragons around the diamond and one of the newbies was staring at it so much that I feared she might cut my fingers off to get it.

I knew that to Charlie the ring didn't mean much, just like to me. I know he loves it because it has dragons on it but knows it's just a formality. I told him that he didn't have to get me a ring and just the question would've been enough but he didn't want to hear it. Admitting or not, he loved being traditional.

"Have you picked the date yet?" I knew my mum was going to ask that. Everybody that we have told so far did.
"We haven't discussed it yet. Perhaps spring?" I posed a question more than gave an answer. Charlie chuckled. We knew we will have to have a big wedding. Inviting both of our families, our friends, our co-workers. Molly would lose it if we didn't. We, however, wanted to have a simple ceremony, perhaps just the maid of honor and the best man.