Should Have Been Mine

-no one ever did know the real reason-

Charlie/Tonks

Tonks was, well Tonks was, Tonks was just something. She was different, and he liked that about her. In fact, Charlie had to admit, he liked everything about her. From her pink-spiked hair down to her yellow sock covered feet, Tonks made him happy and always knew how to make him laugh.

Even though they weren't in the same House, and hadn't known each other for very long, Tonks quickly became one of his closest friends. She was constantly badgering him over his current choice of girlfriend, and happened to be the reason so many of them broke up with him with a second look. They were threatened, and Tonks thought it pointless to them to feel so.

When she went out with the Beater on her House team, Charlie felt it his right to be constantly by her side, always chattering on about what he had done that day. She had done the same thing to him countless time, and payback was always best served cold, right? Eventually, he was happy to say, Thomas got so fed up with one Charlie Weasley, that he spilt up with Tonks, grumbling all the way back to his friends.

He should have been pleased with the result. After all, he had been harbouring feelings for Tonks ever since he had met her, and now, he finally had the chance to tell her. He had got rid of everything in his way, and he had summoned up the courage to tell her how he felt.

So why did seeing Tonks, tears streaming down her cheeks, her eyes puffy and red from crying, and a half-eaten box of chocolates beside her, suddenly fill him with remorse?

So, he did he what any best friend would do in that situation. He took a seat beside her, dried her wet cheeks, and let her cry it up, her tears wetting the collar of his shirt. He fed her chocolates, and pulled silly faces to make her laugh, however feeble. He played games, and tried to take her mind off Thomas. He waited and he watched, until Tonks was snatched up once more.

No one ever did know the real reason why he fled to Romania after graduation.

OOOH, second last chapter! Nearly done! Reviews are loooove.