Complicated (Charlie Weasley x reader)

Chapter 1 The short, freckle-faced, red head with the friendly eyes

When the door opened you had all walked in and up to the front, waiting to get sorted into one of these "houses" and when it finally was your turn, you got sorted into Gryffindor. Why, you didn't know. You had overheard some other students talking about the houses and couldn't see why you got Gryffindor, but who knows, maybe you had some hidden qualities even you didn't know about.

You sat down at the table and waited for the sorting to end, when the remaining students had gotten their house and the feast had started you decided it was time to look up and see your fellow Gryffindors. That was the first time you met him. The short, freckle-faced, red-head with the friendly eyes that sat right in front of you.

When he saw that you had looked up, he wasted no time before he introduced himself to you.

"Hello, I'm Charlie Weasley! And your name is (Y/N), if I remember correctly?" He had smiled at you and even reached his hand out to you so you could shake it. You found it kind of weird that someone your age was THAT friendly to you, so you looked at him doubtfully.

"Yeah." You had answered him in a monotone voice, you did not take his hand and that was the end of the conversation.

This is a moment you remembered really well and honestly; you never knew why Charlie bothered to keep talking to you. Throughout the beginning of the year, he had tried many times to start a conversation with you, but you never said more than a few words. You thought he was way too friendly with you, and he probably just talked to you so he could learn your weaknesses and make fun of you later. Some Slytherins had already called you a "Mudblood" several times, so why would he be any different?

It was some time in November, while you were sitting in charms class that he finally got through to you when he had said something about dragons.

"You like dragons?" You had asked with a lot more emotion and enthusiasm than he was used to hear coming from you.

"Well, yes, I do and have already decided to become a dragonologist after we graduate, though my mom's not that found of the idea..."

"A dragonologist? What is that? Do they get to spend time with dragons?" You had asked him so fast that he didn't know where to begin at first, but when he came over the shock of finally getting you to talk to him, he explained everything you wanted to know. You had even decided to meet up later after class, so you could talk more and so, your friendship with Charlie Weasley began.

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The first two years of your friendship with Charlie was mostly spent talking about dragons. Whenever you got together it was all about them. How the different breeds would flap their wings when they fly or how to recognise them. You even talked about how they laid eggs but honestly, you didn't understand much of that. You had learned a lot from Charlie and was also surprised to find out that a lot of the things your mother had told you actually was right.

"Your mother must be a witch! It's either that or she has a very accurate fantasy!" Charlie had said to you once and you both agreed on the last. She couldn't be a witch. You would have known!

You often met up with Charlie and one was rarely seen without the other. You were mostly found in the library, searching for books about dragons, but when Madame Pince had shushed you one too many times you could be found near the magical creatures outdoors, which also was very often.

You really liked spending time with him, but there was one thing you didn't like. He played a lot of Quidditch. You HATED Quidditch! Or... it wasn't the Quidditch that was your problem, but the broom-flying. You had a TERRIBLE fear of heights. So terrible that you felt like fainting just thinking about it. You were also one of the very few students allowed to quit flying-class, especially after the first and only one you attended ended so bad. You did feel insecure about it, like even Ben Copper still took them and that guy was afraid of his own shadow!

Of course, Charlie knew about your fear, but he never made fun of it, which you appreciated very much. He had asked you if you wanted to watch him practice once, but apologized right away when he had seen your horrified expression. You did want to support him, but your body just wouldn't let you.

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When you reached the end of your second year at Hogwarts, Charlie became the new seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. You were happy for him, but also a bit sad since he would have Quidditch practice, which meant less time with you. You did feel selfish for thinking that and would often tell yourself that he had other hobbies and friends and couldn't spend ALL his time with you... though you wanted him too.

You realised that after becoming such good friends with Charlie, you had become less independent. You liked being with him and got very sad when he had to do other things. This was something that actually annoyed you. You were the girl that didn't need anyone, and you had to admit that life was a lot easier back then, but no, you had to get attached...

In your third year, you had both elected to take the care of magical creatures' class, with a bit hope that you would get to spend just a little bit more time together, but mostly learning more about the creatures -or that was what you said-. You did get to spend more classes together, but less when you had free time, since after you had started taking the lessons, Charlie had become so sure that there was a dragon in the Forbidden Forest, so he would often sneak into it and search for one. You had gone with him maybe three times, but most of the time you refused, since the safest way to sneak in was by broom and yeah... you know. You didn't like him sneaking into it all the time, but he had assured you that when he couldn't bring you, he would bring his older brother, Bill.

You did feel left out whenever he went there, but that feeling went away every time he returned and told you what had happened, though by the end of the year, he still hadn't found a dragon, but he never lost his spirit! Which might have been one of the reasons as to why you had developed this small smaaall crush on him.

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Thank you for reading the first chapter! This is mostly based on the mobile game Hogwarts Mysteries (since that is where you get to know Charlie the most + I will try my best not to spoil anything, but I can't promise this will be spoiler free.) but I'm also making a lot of it up and some of it is inspired by the books.

And of course, I don't own anything.

Also! I know a lot of you don't like Gryffindor, but please just bear with it! (Originally, I didn't plan on giving you a house, but it made things much easier for me to write.)

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