So, this fic is going to be based on a few select Lady Gaga songs. This is an entry for Vanity Sinning Starship Ranger's Next Generation Musical Challenge :)
Song: Second Time Around
"Teddy, she had her tongue halfway down your throat! And don't you dare insult my intelligence by telling me that she came onto you, you had your hands all over her!" Teddy opened his mouth to speak and Victoire held up a finger, her other hand holding her wand threateningly in front of his face. She had just been completely humiliated by him at Slughorn's Christmas party and she wouldn't take any of his excuses.
"No, you were not "trying to push her away", you lying jerk! If you're trying to push someone away, you have your hands on their chest or their shoulders. If you're pulling someone closer you have your hands on their back, as you clearly did! Don't lie!" She shrieked at him and turned on her heel.
"Come on, you know I love you Tora, you know I-" She cut him off by twisting round and sending a Bat Bogey Hex at him, something she had learnt from Ginny a long time ago. George had once even made a comment that hers was better than Ginny's, earning him a very personal experience with one of his sister's. She spun back around and stalked away from him up the corridor, her stilettos making loud, and threatening clicks on the stone floor.
"Don't ever call me that again!" She yelled over her shoulder.
Victoire woke up with a gasp, wondering where on Earth she was. The room was a completely different colour to her pale blue space at home and there was a warm body lying beside her. Wait, what? Victoire was panicking when she remembered she had stayed at Teddy's last night and the arm currently slung over her waist and pulling her closer belonged to him. This small fact made everything slightly better but still she had to get home – her father was probably completely freaking out. She squirmed about, trying to get out of the bed without waking Teddy but it was no easy feat; his arm was pretty heavy.
"Tora?" Teddy mumbled, squinting up at her through sleep-heavy eyes. "Whuzzgoinon?" Victoire smiled at his charmingly sleep-induced state as she continued to carefully extract herself from his hold.
"I need to get home, Papa will surely be going out of his mind with anger and worry," she said and had almost managed to get out of his grip when he smiled sleepily at her.
"'Kay," he muttered, closed his eyes, then wrapped both his arms around Victoire's waist and pulled her back down onto the bed. She landed against his chest with a surprised 'oof!'
"Teddy, I need to go home," she complained with a laugh, not being able to prevent herself snuggling back into his arms with a contented sigh. He was so warm and strong and he made her feel so safe. And yet… that dream? Was it trying to tell her something? How was it she had come to trust him so much after what he had done?
"Noooooo… just stay a bit longer," Teddy mumbled against her bare shoulder, kissing her neck in a very persuasive manner. She rolled over and folded her arms on his chest, resting her chin on her hands as he smiled drowsily up at her. He pulled her further up his chest so he could kiss her easily. Their legs tangled together as they explored each other's mouths, despite already being very familiar, and Teddy held her with a tenderness that was so intimate she wanted to cry.
"Mmmmmmm, maybe I can stay for another hour or so," Victoire mused and Teddy smiled lazily. She giggled softly when his hair changed from the usual brown with turquoise highlights to a deep pink colour which had the texture of candy floss. She knew his hair only turned that shade and texture when he was feeling very loving.
His lips reclaimed hers, each touch becoming longer and more passionate as he rolled them over so he was lying on top of her, supporting his weight on his hands so he didn't squash her. Victoire pulled away, gasping for breath, and his lips moved down her neck. The door suddenly crashed open behind them and Victoire's eyes flew open in shock.
"Oh Merlin, I did not need to see that," Albus complained, covering his eyes. "Couldn't you guys have put a warning sign on the door, or something?" He groaned and Victoire scowled at him, simultaneously shooting a poisonous glare at Scorpius who was smirking at them, looking her up and down appreciatively. Teddy growled softly and Scorpius tore his eyes away, still smirking.
"Most people would knock," Victoire stated patronisingly, as if she were talking to a very small child. It was Albus's turn to glare.
"Yeah, well, in our defence we thought it'd just be Teddy," Scorpius declared and Albus frowned at him.
"Scorp, we came here to find Victoire…" he said and Scorpius sighed.
"Why is it that every time I come up with something smart that could get us out of trouble, you go and ruin it with your annoying ever-present honesty? Seriously, it's so irritating! Like that time when Professor Longbottom caught us trying to smuggle a Venomous Tentacula leaf out of the greenhouse, and I said it was for a special Potions project, then you went and blurted out that were planning on putting it in James's pyjamas! Merlin, control your mouth!" Scorpius ranted, then blushed when he realised everyone was staring at him. He cleared his throat delicately and picked an imaginary piece of lint from his shirt.
"How's about you boys go down to the kitchen, get yourselves a drink or something, and Tora and I will be with you in a minute?" The boys nodded, completely distracted by the promise of free food and drink, and disappeared downstairs.
Victoire and Teddy got dressed in a comfortable silence, each handing the other their respective pieces of clothing.
She had her tongue halfway down your throat!
The thought came, unbidden, to Victoire's head along with a vivid mental image of the moment when she had stumbled across them kissing. Urgh. She shuddered involuntarily, just as Teddy pulled her shirt up over her shoulders and started to button it up. He stopped abruptly and looked at her with concern.
"Are you alright?" He asked softly, his hands resting on her stomach.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied dismissively, looking away from him. He sighed and took her chin between his thumb and finger, gently forcing her to look at him.
"Please tell me what's wrong?" He asked softly, bending his head to give her a tender kiss. She wasn't sure quite what possessed her to turn her head so his lips only collided with her cheek. He tensed then. "Victoire?" He said; his voice sharp.
"We should get downstairs. The boys will be wondering what's taking us so long," she mumbled and pulled away from him, buttoning up her shirt as she hurried out of the door and downstairs. Teddy gazed after her for a long moment, an expression of perplexity on his face, and then followed her downstairs without bothering to put a shirt on.
Victoire bustled around the kitchen, searching in various cupboards for breakfast stuff while Scorpius's eyes followed her, mainly her ass, around the kitchen and Albus glared at him for staring at his cousin. Victoire sighed to herself as she stretched up to reach for the jam which was sitting on the top shelf of a cupboard.
"Something on your mind, Vic?" Albus asked worriedly, whilst simultaneously whacking Scorpius over the head. The younger boy yelped and tore his eyes away from Victoire to glare at Albus.
"Just a dream I had last night," Victoire murmured, popping some bread in the toaster and rummaging in the fridge for eggs to make pancakes with. "It was rather shocking, and something I'd taken care to forget about." Victoire wasn't aware that Teddy was listening from the stairs, wondering what she was chattering about.
"Well, what was the dream about?" Scorpius asked, staring at the food Victoire was finding now that he'd torn his eyes away from her body. The boys had looked in every single cupboard but Albus had forgotten that Teddy had put a charm on the cupboards to make them look empty, simply to stop James stealing all his food.
"A certain event at one of Slughorn's Christmas parties that Albus will remember, and you will too. At least, I'll assume you two can remember because James did decide to share at Christmas dinner that year." Teddy put his head in his hands, immediately knowing what she was talking about. That had been so awkward…
"Hey, Teddy, Victoire, why aren't you guys sitting together and being sickeningly cute as usual?" Fred teased from his place beside Lily who thumped him on the arm for being an insensitive twat. The entire table shut up, because Fred's statement hadn't exactly been quiet, and turned to stare at either Victoire or Teddy. Ron tried to stare at both but failed miserably.
"Yes, I'd been wondering that as well," Ginny mused from where she was sitting between Charlie and Harry, looking rather small. "Though, in a slightly less tactless manner," she said and directed a glare at her nephew.
"They broke up!" James announced grandly and Ginny switched her death glare from her nephew to her son who ignored it, having been on the receiving end of it many a time. Scorpius, who could usually be found at the Potter house, smirked to himself. "Teddy cheated on Victoire at Slughorn's Christmas party," James continued quite cheerfully and Harry smacked himself in the face in an 'oh-why-does-my-son-have-no-brain-filter' kind of way as Ginny groaned and closed her eyes. There was a dead silence at the table.
Victoire got up suddenly and ran from the room, her hands covering her face. Fleur and Gabrielle – Ginny frowned slightly and wondered what she was doing there – both got up and hurriedly followed her. Bill, who was unfortunately sitting directly across from Teddy, was staring at the boy with the expression of someone who has just encountered a baby Blast-Ended Skrewt. Harry and Albus were both glancing nervously between Bill and Teddy who was fidgeting in his seat and staring intently at the table. Luna was singing softly to herself at the end of the table, completely oblivious, and everyone else had made various excuses to get as far away from the table as possible.
"Is this true, Ted?" Harry asked seriously, gripping Ginny's hand under the table to stop her getting her wand out and hexing his godson to oblivion. Ginny and Bill had always had a very strong relationship so she had spent a lot of time babysitting for him and Fleur before their own children came along. Plus, she and Teddy had once had a very large argument when he had broken her favourite picture of Harry and she hadn't quite forgiven him.
"It was a slightly drunken mistake," Teddy mumbled and Bill completely exploded. Ginny would always have the scar from where that plate flew across the room and cracked on impact with her head.
"Oh yeah, I remember that. You turned down my offer of comfort," Scorpius muttered sulkily. Albus sighed and rolled his eyes.
"That's because, Scorp, your idea of comfort was treating her to dinner then, and I quote, "taking her back to your place for the rest of the evening" which made me feel kind of sick if I'm being completely honest." The two boys had a scowling competition which Scorpius won easily and were then distracted by Victoire setting a stack of steaming pancakes between them. They fell on it like rabid dogs.
Victoire found her shoes by the door and was just slipping them on when Teddy appeared, looking very guilty and apologetic. He attempted to wrap his arms around her waist in a comforting manner but she stepped neatly away from him and he sighed.
"Tora," he said quietly so the two attempting to eat and eavesdrop at the same time wouldn't hear. "You were fine this morning, love, so what's got into you?"
"Why are you even asking? I know you were listening, Teddy," she huffed and he looked at her with sheer perplexity written all over his face.
"How did you know?" There was no point denying anything when Victoire was angry.
"I saw you move several times. Honestly, you call yourself a Metamorphagus, you could have at least tried to blend in a little more." She walked away from him, looking for her coat. She was making no attempt to be quiet and Scorpius and Albus were watching with eager regard. Teddy picked up her coat and she stalked towards him.
"Give it here."
"Not until we've talked about this. Tora, we had such an amazing night, mind-blowing in fact," Al cringed at this, "so why are you so upset now? Did I say something in my sleep or are you just unsettled by your dream? It was just a dream."
"Why are you worried you said something in your sleep?" Victoire snapped suspiciously and Teddy gulped, looking at his feet shamefully. Victoire huffed, looking at him with disgust.
"I was drunk last night, and this morning I was caught up in the mood," she raged. "Who were you dreaming of then, Teddy? It obviously wasn't me or else you wouldn't be looking so mortified. And it was clearly someone else you are attracted to because this morning you were rather excited, weren't you? I guess I was just fooling myself when I thought I was the one provoking that reaction in you." Albus squirmed in his seat as Scorpius snickered.
"Please can someone just come and wash my brain clean of this?" Albus begged, clasping his hands together and looking up at the ceiling mournfully. Scorpius just chuckled harder.
"Tora, come on, can't we talk about this? I can't exactly control my subconscious…"
"Stop calling me that! Urgh, I knew I was wrong to give you a second chance!" She ripped open the door, having completely forgotten about her coat.
"What, you're breaking up with me over something I couldn't control?" Teddy yelled as she stormed down the path. She paused at the gate on hearing his question.
"I'm not breaking up with you for good… I just need to take a bit of a break, alright?" She turned away from him again.
"So who're you going to run off to now? Who's going to comfort you when I'm not around?" Teddy was furious and getting nasty. His hair turned black, never a good sign. "How're you going to get home, huh?"
"Vous pouvez aller te faire foutre! I'll walk!" Victoire spat over her shoulder and disappeared out of sight. Teddy slammed the door and turned to face Albus and Scorpius, breathing heavily.
"And… this just got awkward. Come on, Al, let's go tell Bill that Victoire isn't okay and we don't know where she is," Scorpius remarked cheerfully, hauled Albus up from the table and dragged his shocked cousin over to the fireplace. He chucked some Floo powder into the grate, stepped into the emerald flames and pulled Albus in with him, sending Teddy a jolly wave as he did so.
"Shell Cottage!" He declared merrily and they spun out of sight.