Beloved - F. Weasley

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Trigger warning: alcohol

The next morning Carina and Fred had packed and were sulking around Charlie's cabin. Neither of them had wanted to leave and they were both nursing slight hangovers as Charlie had brought out the Firewhisky and they gathered around a fire to sing some songs that Charlie had learned. Carina had never had so much fun, she couldn't even imagine how much fun her and Blaise could have had if they had thought of doing this when they were younger, maybe even now. Although she thought Blaise would think he's too cool to sing with his sister now.

Carina was in one of her posh designer tops and a skirt with boots. She dressed nice as she thought it would bring up her mood. She was wrong, but it was worth the try.

"You two ready then?" He asked setting them down cups of tea

"I don't want to leave mate," Fred said honestly

He had loved spending time with his brother and he only wished that Charlie was able to be at home more often than he was. He knew that this was Charlie's dream though and he would never want to take it away from him. He remembered when the joke shop seemed out of reach for him and George. He'd be devastated if it got taken away from him now.

Carina finished her tea and smiled at Charlie. She went to her room and grabbed a box of chocolates she had imported from Belgium to give to him as a thank you.

She placed the bow on the top and pulled her bag over her shoulder.

"Charlie these are for you, they're not much but it's a thank you for allowing me to stay in your home and showing us around, I've enjoyed every second." she smiled "they're Belgian," she added at the end

"Thanks babe. This is so kind of you!" Charlie said taking the chocolates and giving her a hug "I meant what I said, if you truly want to work on a sanctuary I'd love to have you train under me, tell Fred to send me an owl," he said and Carina nodded excitedly

"Thank you so much! It would truly be an honour." She said

Charlie held his hand out for the two teens to hold onto. Fred was nervous, poor Charlie was awful at apparating but they hadn't bothered to tell Carina, in the fear that she'd get nervous and panic. Fred could have apparated them both but he hadn't really apparated that far a distance and he didn't want to risk splinching Carina as he wanted to impress her Zio.

He'd been very nervous about it. Carina had told him that Leonardo was just turning thirty this year which meant that he wasn't very old at all, in fact he was only a few years older than his eldest brother. Which caused him stress as he didn't know how uptight Leonardo would be, he also didn't know if he was to call him Sir as he could have been offended by that.