Charlie always thought the only thing he ever needed was his dragons, that was until he met Bethany Grindle, well actually when he re-met Bethany he had known her from school he only knew her as Cara's little sister, when he was a 7th year she has been a 3rd year, before that day the only time they actually acknowledged each others presents was when they needed to find Cara, actually the whole reason were together is because of Cara, it all started with a phone call.
''So any girl-'' Cara started before I cut her off
''I have my dragons what else would i need'' I said, Cara snorted before going into a detailed explanation of why i needed a girl, I've tried dating none of the girls understood that I put all my effort into my work, Cara than started talking about her little sister Bethany if I remember correctly.
''She was dragon tamer in Wales but she's been transferred to Romania'' Cara said, I never would have thought of Bethany as a dragon tamer not that I know her that well all I remember is a little girl with dirty blonde hair and blue or green eyes I don't know but they were light.
''...And I was wondering if you could show Bethany around Romania she has no sense of direction'' She said, I thought about it if she was working in Romania than odds are I would see her and maybe we would be in the same unit, but I also rather be alone but I knew Cara was over baring sometimes she reminded me of Mum, Mum has even suggested I date Cara, but I quickly shot down my mum.
''Sure i'll show her around, just the sights to do with work'' I said, I was good at talking about dragons but not many other things it wasn't like I was hopeless when i'm around people I just never know what to say.
''Great! Cara will be so pleased, i'm gonna call her right now to set everything up'' Cara said before hanging up without saying another word, I hung the phone up and debated calling my mum but decided against it because I would most likely let it slip that i'm showing Bethany around and mum would blow it way out of proportion.
I was waiting for Bethany in front of Herastrau Park, after a lot of nagging I finally agreed to meet Bethany here I would rather of met her at the office and take her from there but Cara insisted, than someone tapped on my back
''Um excuse me'' Someone said, I turned around to face a young woman, she had pale skin, blue eyes and dark blonde hair, and she stood about 3 inches shorter than me, she was beautiful.
''Hi i'm Bethany are you Charlie cause if your not this is gonna be extremely uncomfortable'' She said
''I'm Charlie...Um it's good to see you again'' I said, and I felt my neck heating up I really wasn't good with girls.
''Ya you to, do you want to get something to eat?'' She asked, Eat? Cara never mentioned us going out to eat, but I should probably say yes.
''Sure, What are you in the mood for'' I asked, before I went on dates mum would call me and give me tips she told me to let the girl pick the destination unless it was planned in advanced than you take charge.
''Well i'm actually in the mood for pizza'' She said, Pizza that was one thing I never heard from a girl most of them asked for a salad well the ones I know at least (accept Ginny).
''Ya that sounds great'' I said and beckoned her across the street where there were a variety of shops and restaurants and cafe's, she followed me across the street and I turned left once we were on the other side and waiting till she was next to me so we can walk, we walked for a few more minutes in complete silence until we reached a small pizza shop that I have gone to a few times, I opened the door for her and she went in and waited for me to follow me in we walked to the front counter were a middle aged woman was standing.
''What can I get you?'' She asked
''Um I will have an all dressed pizza and a water please'' Bethany said, the woman nodded and looked at me.
''Um I will have an all dressed pizza and a root beer'' I said, she nodded and gave us a price, Bethany was about to pay the lady but I stopped her.
''Ill pay'' I said and handed the woman 6 pounds, she put a can of root beer and water and went to the back to get are pizza she came back with 2 large slices of pizza, I grabbed mine and Bethany grabbed her's.
''Thank you'' I said
''Pofta Buna'' She said before turning and going to the back of the shop, I understood the term.
We walked out of the pizza place with me trying to open the door while holding my pizza and Bethany giggling. There was a two people table outside the pizza place I made a gesture for her to sit and she pulled out the chair and sat down and I silently cursed myself for not pulling the chair out for her, I sat down across from her and she smiled before taking a giant bite of her pizza I followed suit and I got pizza all over my face, Bethany snorted.
''So do you know what dragon i'm dealing with?'' She asked
''Well it depends what unit your in'' I said
''I'm in unit 4'' She said, I found myself sad because she wouldn't be in my unit, but I know a guy in that unit and they were dealing with the Chinese Fireball.
''Your dealing with a Chinese Fireball'' I said, she broke out in a grin.
''I've dealt with them before, is it full grown?'' She asked, I smiled and was happy, no girl had ever wanted to talk about my work with me.
''Not full grown he's about 23 feet long and is still growing but give her a few month'' I said and found myself smiling wider.
''Are they planning on mating her with anyone, because I've seen one with there children there vicious'' She said, for some reason I found her 100 times more attracted to her than I was when I first saw her.