Author's note: I've had this idea in my head for a LONG time, and now here it finally is. I hope you enjoy the story, and please keep in mind that I LOVE reviews. *hint, hint* ;)
Keep in mind, this is the PROLOGUE. It is meant to give you some background information on Teddy and Victoire's relationship before the story. So, of course, it is NOT going to be the most eventful, exciting thing you've read. Please give it until after the first real chapter to decide whether or not you want to keep reading.
Also, this is NOT a one-shot! Just thought I'd let you know.
Prologue: The Beginning
Victoire Gabrielle Weasley and Ted Remus Lupin had been best friends literally since the day of Victoire's birth. Teddy's godfather, Harry, who was also Victoire's uncle, was watching him on the date of Victoire's birth, and therefore, had brought the two-year-old to visit the newborn and her exhausted mother, Fleur, in the hospital.
The first thing Teddy said when Harry carried him into Fleur's hospital room was, "Can I hold her, Aunie Fleua?"
"Of course, Teddy." Fleur had said in her heavy French accent. "Sit down."
Teddy sat in a chair next to Fleur's bed and held out his arms. With a huge, goofy grin on his face, Fleur's husband's, Bill, took his newborn daughter from Fleur's arms and gave her to Teddy, but not before instructing him how to properly hold a baby. Almost immediately after being placed in Teddy's arms, Victoire opened her beautiful blue eyes and smiled broadly. "She's pwetty!" Teddy exclaimed, causing the adults in the room to laugh, for some reason Teddy was not sure of. But to be honest, he didn't really care.
As Teddy and Victoire grew older, they only grew closer together. Without knowing it, Teddy taught Victoire nearly everything he knew, from learning how to walk and talk to learning how to get attention from the adults. They were both there shortly after the second of the next generation of Weasleys, Dominique Bridget Weasley was born when Victoire was two-and-a-half and Teddy was four, and Teddy helped her adjust to the new baby. Victoire loved her baby sister, but she loved Teddy just as much, if not more.
Time passed, and more Weasleys and Potters were added to the family, but Teddy and Victoire remained the closest of them all. They were always together when visiting the Burrow, and one would rarely be seen without the other. Victoire loved watching Teddy change his appearance, and Teddy seemed to enjoy nothing more than entertaining his best friend. Soon, however, when Victoire was nine and Teddy was eleven, the time came for Teddy to go to Hogwarts.
Teddy had so badly wanted to go to Hogwarts and be sorted into Gryffindor like his father and godfather, the two people he admired. He had talked about it nonstop ever since he got his letter on his birthday in April, almost five full months before he would be able to go, and the amount of excitement he had was clear. Because of this, Teddy was oblivious to the fact that Victoire was getting sadder and sadder every time she saw him. Because the truth was, she didn't want Teddy to go to Hogwarts. She wanted him home, with her, or even better, she wanted to go to Hogwarts, too.
When the whole Weasley family went to King's Cross to see Teddy off, Victoire had to hold her tears in, because one of her worst fears was Teddy thinking she was a baby. Before getting on the Hogwarts Express, Teddy gave his best friend a hug, promised he'd write, and reminded her to do the same. As the train began to pull away, Victoire ran after it, as far as the platform would let her, ignoring Fleur's calls telling her to come back. When the train was finally out of sight, all of the tears Victoire had been holding in came flowing out. Quickly, Victoire wiped them away so that the adults and her younger siblings and cousins wouldn't be able to tell that she had been crying. As she walked back to her family, Victoire was sure Teddy had already forgotten about her, and it would only get worse when he began to make new friends at Hogwarts.
But Teddy didn't forget about her. The pair exchanged letters once a week, sometimes more. Teddy talked about being sorted into Gryffindor, just as he wanted, about his new friends, and about how much he missed her. This only made Victoire want to go to Hogwarts even more. Then, finally, on the first of September, 2011, it was Victoire's turn to go to Hogwarts. Teddy had invited her to sit with him, along with his friends, on the Hogwarts Express. Luckily, fellow third years Michael Wood, and Alex and Amanda Muellenton, and second year Nick Clearton welcomed Victoire with open arms. Upon arriving at Hogwarts, the sorting hat considered putting Victoire in Ravenclaw because of her intelligence, but because she wanted to be with Teddy and her new friends, she begged to be a Gryffindor, and so, because it was on the edge between the two houses anyway, the hat placed her in Teddy's house. Later, Victoire made friends with a girl named Jenna Jacobs, who was in her dorm. Victoire made plenty of other friends as well, but she was closest to the previously mentioned students.
The years passed quickly, and soon Victoire was in her fifth year, and Teddy was in his seventh. That year, Teddy was the Head Boy, and Victoire was a prefect. Also that year was when Victoire got her first boyfriend. Teddy had a girlfriend in his sixth year, and of course, Victoire didn't really approve of her, but she tolerated her, and Teddy eventually broke up with the girl. When Victoire starting dating someone, however, Teddy felt overwhelming feelings of jealousy towards the guy, and he and Victoire had an argument over it. Teddy claimed that Victoire's new boyfriend wasn't good for her, and that he would end up hurting her in the end, while Victoire admitted that she didn't particularly like Teddy's girlfriend from the previous year, but she stayed out of his business, and she told Teddy to stay out of hers. Fortunately though, the best friends made up in about a month, and all was well again. Well, almost everything, because Teddy had begun to realize that he had fallen for his best friend, of all people, and there was no way he could possibly tell her.
Somewhere between Victoire's fifth year and the end of her sixth, Victoire realized that she was developing romantic feelings for Teddy. She had broken up with her boyfriend, but realizing she was in love with Teddy was painful, especially since she thought there was no way Teddy could be in love with her. But he was, and in the end of June, after Victoire had come back from Hogwarts after sixth year, while Victoire and Teddy were attempting to cook dinner for the Potter/Weasley clan, Teddy admitted his feelings. And although Harry accidently walked in during a romantic kiss between the two of them, it was worth it, because Teddy and Victoire were finally together.
Seven months later Teddy and Victoire were still together, yet this was not the end of their story. Teddy and Victoire still had many laughs, tears, obstacles, and most importantly, kisses to get through before they reached total happiness. No, this wasn't the end of Teddy and Victoire's story at all. It was only the beginning.
Author's note: Currently, I also have a Draco/Astoria fic that is at the moment my top priority, so for now, updates on this story will probably be once or twice a week at best. But if I get a lot of reviews, that may change. *hint, hint*