Steam clouded the platform Victoire stood on, relishing her last few school-free moments. Around her children ran and shouted excitedly at each other, but nowhere could she see her friends. They must already be on the train , she thought to herself, and she made her way over to her parents to say goodbye until she was suddenly interrupted.
"Hello, Victoire," came a voice from behind her.
"Teddy!" she exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
He blushed and ran his fingers through his navy blue hair.
"Looking for you, of course." Oh right. He was probably missing his Beater's bat that she'd borrowed from him in the holidays.
She rooted around in her battered old bag for it, embarrassed that she had not already returned it, and slightly annoyed as it meant she now had no excuse for meeting him in Hogsmeade- she probably wouldn't see him again until Christmas!
"Are you alright?" She nodded half-heartedly in response to his sudden question.
"It's just," Victoire began, "I think I'm going to miss you." And to her total and probably ever-lasting mortification, she burst into tears.
"Hey, it's OK," Teddy murmured as he led her away from the crowds, and her patted her crimson hair awkwardly. "You'll have a Hogsmeade visit soon, and I could come up and meet you, if you like," he offered shyly.
Victoire sniffed delicately, so like her mother. "I'd like that," she replied, smiling through her last few straggling tears.
Teddy examined her face with interest, admiring the striking combination of Veela genes and Weasley hair that made Victoire Weasley so captivating to him. Her pale eyes watched him carefully, as if she was unsure of what would happen next. He put his hand to her cheek to wipe away the last remaining tear.
This would not have been a problem if she had not moved her head at the last moment, but she did, meaning that Teddy instead ended up brushing her lips softly with his hand.
"Sorry about that," they both apologised in unison, and laughed at the happy coincidence.
A silence fell between them as they made eye contact, and Teddy took a step towards her. He leant forwards and kissed her in the same place his fingers had been moments before, and they continued in this fashion until...
"Teddy!" Victoire sighed as her cousin appeared before her, an evil grin spreading across his face before he ran back to the rest of the family practically cackling with childish delight.
"Just wait until I tell Auntie Fleur!"