Dragon Proof

An Unexpected Kiss and Answered Questions

“She’s beautiful!” Charlie thought. Without thinking, Charlie leaned forward towards Rachelle and kissed her. 

It was a heart-felt kiss that meant more to him than a thousand words. he was the most surprised when she didn’t pull back, but kissed him in return. 

In Charlie’s opinion, the kiss ended much too soon, but he couldn’t help but pull back. 

“Wow...” was all Charlie could muster. “Rachelle, I’m so sorry. That was...” Rachelle cut him off by laying a gentle finger on his lips. 

“Charlie, I’ve only known you for a couple of weeks, and you know that, but I can’t help but feel as though I’ve known you my whole life. Don’t apologize for the kiss. I don’t blame you for the kiss, and I don’t blame me. It was a combined effort that we kissed, so don’t worry about it.” 

Charlie nodded that he agreed then looked down into her blue eyes. Rachelle raised herself from the bench, laid a gentle kiss on Charlie’s cheek, and exited the tent. 

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Rachelle had to convince herself not to fly away on pure joy. 

“He kissed me! That must mean he likes me, right? I don’w want to ask tonight, so I’ll ask tomorrow.”

Rachelle walked off to her tent, and without another thought, got into bed and fell asleep. 

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Charlie silently whooped for joy. She had kissed him back!

“That must mean that she likes me, right? She told me that I shouldn’t apologize for the kiss. That means that she liked it, right? I hope I didn’t scare her off my kissing her.”

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The next morning, Charlie awoke early to make a special breakfast for her. When she came in to eat, he sat her down, told her to close her eyes, and set a plate of steaming food in front of her. 

“Charlie, why did you do all this?” Rachelle asked when she was told to open her eyes. 

“I wanted to apologize for last night. I didn’t mean to scare you by kissing you when we barely know each other,” Charlie apologized. 

“Charlie. I told you not to worry about that. I don’t care if  you kissed me, in fact, I’ve been wondering for a while if you cared about me or not, and I guess out kiss answered that question. 

Charlie nodded. He couldn’t help but get lost in her eyes. Rachelle smiled and then broke eye contact. 

“We will be getting to your parent’s house in about a day,” Rachelle said. 

“Good,” Charlie answered. “I want you to meet my family. You’ll love them. Maybe Percy will be there to tell some stories of your days at Hogwarts.” 

Rachelle gave a good impression of being angry at him, but couldn’t keep her face scrunched up like that for long. 

Charlie smiled at her appearance. She was so beautiful, even when she was angry at him. 

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A/N: I know that this one was probably the shortest chapter yet, but there is a lot more! Please wait for the updates and comment with any thoughts!