AN: Please review, it would be much appreciated! I could do with lots of advice with this story! Also, incase anyone doesn't know, the world of Harry Potter belongs to Miss J.K. Rowling, not me :(
They had been planning this moment since they the train journey home from Hogwarts for the summer after his fifth year and her fourth. They had been waiting for the mildest weather, as well as making sure the adults and other family members were well distracted. The chance had finally arrived, on Harry Potter's birthday to be precise, and the day had dawned bright and warm and the family had gathered at Shell Cottage to celebrate. Currently, all the adults were busy cleaning up the mess made by the addition of fireworks to Harry's cake. While his grandmother and Molly Weasley were attempting to salvage the rest of the food from the table, and while the other adults were all wrestling cake splattered children into the house to get cleaned up and trying to figure out the culprit, Teddy and Victoire managed to make their escape.
The ocean spread out before Teddy's eyes, glittering hypnotically beneath an immensely blue cloudless sky, and he couldn't help but change the colour of his eyes and hair to imitate the sparkling blue expanse.
"On the count of three," Victoire said.
Teddy could tell that she was nervous by the way she stood so still, the breeze whipping her long blonde hair out behind her like a flag. He grasped his best friend's hand and felt her relax a little.
The inseparable twosome stood with their backs to Shell Cottage, and in front of them, the grassy land ended abruptly in a sheer cliff that dropped twenty feet into the salty depths below. The conditions were perfect. It was now or never.
"1…2…3," Victoire counted, with a great amount of apprehension in his voice. Hands still clasped they took off running towards the edge of the cliff, and with a great leap they jumped off the edge. They released control over their magic and let it flow through them freely, allowing them to remain longer in the air than gravity would normally permit, taking them a short distance from the jagged cliff face, and then they plummeted down toward the rippling waves below.
The freezing ocean engulfed Teddy as he plunged several feet down into it. A slight current pulled Victorie's hand out of his own, and he frantically kicked his legs propelling him up to the surface. As his head broke the surface of the water, his lungs drew in a lungful of air and he immediately looked around trying to find Victoire. He couldn't see her anywhere, and fear badgering him, he ducked back down into the icy water in the hope of seeing her, but as his did so something caught the corner of his eye.
Relief flooded Teddy as he saw his best friend laughing at him, perched on the small rock that lead the narrow winding steps that led up to the top of the cliff. He swam over to her and started to hoist his lean body out of the ocean when Victoire burst into giggles "The look on your face!" she gasped through her laughter, "I've not seen you that worried looking since that time when you were in fourth year and you received that howler at breakfast!"
"It wasn't funny!" Teddy yelled as he stood up, turning away from her in embarrassment.
"Oh, come on, Ted!" she said, continuing to laugh, "It was a bit funny, don't be a grumpy face."
"I thought you were really hurt." He said frowning, staring intently at a piece of seaweed stuck on the rock.
Standing to look him in the eye, she said "You really care about me, don't you?"
"You're my best friend, Vic." He said mildly.
"Aww, I love you, Teddy!" she cried, jumping at him wrapping her arms around him in a tight embrace, causing the pair to fall to the ground.
"Ugh, Victoire!" he said a little breathlessly as she was squishing him. "How much do you weigh?" he groaned.
She ignored his dig grinning at him, then leapt up and proceeded to run up the steps to the top of the cliff, and deciding he was quite chilly and could really do with drying of he followed after her at a gentle jog up the crumbly steps. Reaching the top he froze, seeing his god father frowning at Victoire. 'Oh crap,' thought Teddy as Harry's glare shifted on to Teddy.
"So..." said Harry, "care to explain?"
Victoire looked at Teddy, with panic in her eyes, not having a clue what to say. Teddy looked back to his god father and grinned nervously. "Uhh, well... we-we wanted to erm, see what it would be like to, you know, uh, jump of the cliff." Teddy avoided Harry's gaze, staring intently at Harry's collar. Harry looked over to Victoire raising a dark eyebrow
Looking down at her feet Victoire quietly mumbled "We're sorry Uncle Harry." She glanced up to see him hiding a grin.
"I won't tell, don't worry. However..." Harry said, an evil grin spreading across his face.
"What?" asked Teddy nervously. It was never good when Harry got that evil look.
"George asked Ginny and I to make sure the twins don't get into trouble next weekend, but I'm sure you guys are free, right?" he asked, knowing full well that neither of them would say no out of fear of what might happen otherwise.
Simultaneously Teddy and Victoire groaned, knowing what awaited them next weekend, while Harry sauntered back off the Shell Cottage feeling rather pleased with himself.