A Charlie Weasley Love Story

The Picture

Ava awoke the next morning in more pain than the night before. Having the cruciatus curse performed on her multiple times in one sitting had really taken a toll of her. After waking up, Ava laid there, staring at the ceiling for at least twenty minutes before finally deciding to somehow get up.

Because of all the pain she was in, she had completely forgotten about how the rest of her day, before being caught by the Carrows, had gone. Ava had spent the whole day with Charlie Weasley, her best friend and her professor. They had even shared what would have been a romantic moment, had Ava not have slipped and fell on Charlie, which then lead to Peeves taking a picture of them. But, Ava didn't remember any of that. Until she saw what was lying on the floor, like it had been shoved under her door in the night.

Headed towards the Great Hall for breakfast, Ava was stopped when she noticed something in front of her dormitory door. Ava leaned down to pick it up and soon realized that it was the picture Peeves had taken of Ava and Charlie. And then all the memories quickly started flooding in. And the picture did not look good. Everything about it looked wrong. Because they were soaking wet from the rain, they looked sweaty. Ava was hovering over Charlie but they both were looking at the camera shocked, like they had been caught. Because Ava was in the process of getting up when this picture was taken and Charlie had placed his hands on her hips to help her get up, it looked like Charlie's hands had been up her shirt.

"Oh my god," Ava thought in her head. She started to feel faint. Trying to convince herself that nobody had seen it, she shoved the picture deep in her Hogwarts trunk and headed to the Great Hall.

Ava couldn't tell if she was being paranoid, but she swore people were whispering about her. And she hadn't even gotten out of the Gryffindor Common Room. So far, she hadn't seen any evidence of more copies of this picture so, she had a good feeling. 

She was heading down towards the Great Hall, walking through the corridors, when she noticed it. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a small box taped on the door next to her. Ava about fainted when she saw it was THE picture. Quickly running towards the picture, Ava tore it down. She crumpled it in her hand and as she was about to throw it away, she noticed about ten more, either on the floor, hanging up, or in the trash. 

Tears started to fill Ava's eyes. She kept trying to tell herself that there was nothing to be upset about and that she was being ridiculous, but that didn't stop her vision from getting any less blurry. Feeling the sudden urge to find Charlie and just feel his warm hug, even if meant having to walk in front of all the students of Hogwarts, by means, she was on her way to do just that.

Ava took off in a sprint towards the Great Hall, just longing one person, just longing his comfort. She burst through the Great Hall doors, letting the first tear slide down her stone cold face. The entire Great Hall silenced upon her entrance, even all of the professors at the teacher's table. Even though she saw a few whispers here and there, she didn't care. The stares didn't bother her. The main goal was to hug her best friend and be comforted by him. 

Walking down the center aisle, Ava tried to keep her calm. It took everything in her to walk past all of her peers and try not to fall apart. She was doing her best in holding onto her tears, saving them. In her long walk towards the front of the Great Hall, there was one person that she saw staring at her that when Ava saw her face, she physically felt her heart break. It was her best friend, Ginny Weasley. When Ava saw her, she was holding that picture. Her mouth was slightly gaped open, like she had just seen the picture and hadn't had any time to process it before Ava had come through the doors. Ava slowed down slightly, trying to apologize to Ginny with her eyes, but all Ginny did was stare at her. So, all Ava could do was turn back and find the other set of flaming red hair.