I know this is about Teddy & Victoire again but I promise next chapter will be about someone else. By the way, I'm sorry for any language mistakes I'm not a native speaker but I try to do my best.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I'm not J. K. Rowling :(

When friendship grows

Victoire had never thought she'd love Teddy Lupin. They grew up together, were best friends and they simply knew each other too well. It would never work out. But then she turned fifteen, started her fifth year in Hogwarts, as a prefect, by the way, and she started noticing certain things about Teddy. She started noticing that it was adorable the way his hair turned red, when he was embarrassed or green when he was pissed. She started noticing that he was cute when he smiled and had a very nice laugh. And she started noticing that Teddy Lupin was in fact very beautiful. She also liked the way he said "Tory" to her. For everyone else, she was Vic and she hated the name, but for Teddy, she was "Tory".

She didn't tell him, that she loved him. She was his best friend and nothing more and he would never see anything else in her. Until summer break before her seventh year came.

Teddy had already been out of school for two years and worked with Mr. Ollivander. He was good at his job, but Victoire knew, that one day, he wanted to go back to the school and teach. She hoped he'd succeed in his plans. But he had that Saturday, that changed Victoire's life, off and he came over. Victoire was glad that he did, she already dreaded the days when she would be alone in the castle and could only write him letters.

"Hey, Tory", he said and strangely he sounded nervous.

"Teddy", Victoire said. "What's up?"

"Uhm", Teddy stuttered, his hair changing colours randomly. "I, uh, I, I thought, that maybe, uh, you'd like to go to cinema with me?"

Victoire gave him a funny look, it wasn't like they'd never been in cinema before, but he had never been nervous about it, but maybe...

"Is it a date?", she whispered, blushing.

His hair turned red. "Maybe, if... if you want to."

"Of course, Teddy", she said and the butterflies started flying around in her stomach.

Teddy smiled relieved. "I hoped so, but I wasn't sure. Uncle Harry said I should try to ask you out or I'll never know."

"He's a wise man", Victoire said, suddenly aware of how close Teddy stood. He was just a few feet away, Victoire took a step to close the distance.

"He is, he saved the wizarding world after all", Teddy told her and tucked her hair behind her ear.

"I'm glad you listened to him", she whispered.

"Me too", he said and then he kissed her.

Victoire never doubted again that Teddy didn't love her or that she would ruin their friendship if she kissed him. Because they kissed and stayed best friends and kissed again.