and heeere's part 2 :)

i'm not JK Rowling undercover on fanfiction, so no i do not own hogwarts or victoire or teddy :/


2. The After Party

When they reached the Gryffindor common room, the party was in full swing, Teddy set Victoire on her feet before they climbed through the portrait hole together, receiving a loud chorus of cheers from the party goers. He leaned down to her height

"I'll go get you a drink, don't go too far" he said with a smirk

Victoire rolled her eyes and went in search of her friends, she found them lounging on a cluster of chairs in the corner of the room. Clarisse, Katie and Jake were sharing the small sofa, Wes and Emma were sprawled out on the floor, while Jools and Seb and Michelle and Bradley occupied the two armchairs.

"Hey Tor, good of you to join us" Michelle called from Bradley's lap

Victoire smiled and leaned against the arm of the sofa, looking around the group, "Where's Jess?" she asked with a frown

"Oh she went to find Luke" Jools answered with a grin

Victoire raised an eyebrow and scanned the common room for her friend; she caught sight of Jess' red hair from the corner of the room, where she was snogging the Keeper in question

"Wow she makes fast work" Victoire laughed as she pointed out the couple to her friends

"Oh my god!" Katie exclaimed

"I can't believe her!" said Michelle

"I can!" Jools snorted

"Jeez, get a room!" Emma shouted across the room to her friend, Jess pulled her right hand from Luke's hair to raise her middle finger to her friends who laughed back

"That is one classy lady" Wes joked

"How long have they been at it? She's got to come up for air soon surely" Jools commented

"Well she made a beeline for him pretty much as soon as he came through the portrait hole" Katie snickered

"Wait, doesn't Luke have a girlfriend?" Clarisse asked interrupting their joking. The whole group lapsed into silence

"Not any more I guess" Emma said with a smirk causing everyone to start laughing

Victoire's was barely paying attention to the conversation around her; she had been watching Teddy circulate the room, earning congratulations from everybody. A smile played on her face as she watched her best friend animatingly discussing the match, his hair further expressing the joy on his face. Teddy's hair always revealed his emotions; whether he wanted it to or not. Victoire's mind drifted back to one night in her 4th year as she thought of his ever changing hair.

"No Dylan, I said I don't want to, we're in the corridor, for Christ's sake!"

"Oh c'mon Vicky, there's a free classroom right here"

"Don't call me that and no I don't want to. I'm going to bed, I'll see you tomorrow" she said pulling away from him

"Oh c'mon Vic, don't be like that" he grabbed hold of her left arm, pulling her back into the shadows

"Let go of me Dylan, don't think I won't hex you …"

"What? Is that supposed to be a threat? What are you gonna do Vicky?" he taunted

She pulled her wand from her pocket

"Oh you're such a bloody tease Victoire!" this made her pause, "I mean you flirt with guys and lead them on, make him think you'll put out and then you back out"

Victoire was disgusted, "What the hell made you think I wanted to do that in the corridor?"

"Well we could go somewhere more private" Dylan replied suggestively

"No! I'm not going anywhere with you!" Victoire all but yelled at him, "If that's what you really think of me – a flirt who will give it up on the second date"

"Are you serious? You're dumping me over this?" he exclaimed

"I'm dumping you because you're a dick!" she turned to walk away

"God they were right, you really aren't worth it Victoire"

"Excuse me?" she turned back to face him

"I thought you might be a little fun, but the lads were right; you're just a pretty face, that's really is the only reason people like you Victoire, you're just a stuck up bitch who thinks she's too good for everyone else"

Victoire sucked in a breath, then promptly strode up to him and punched his jaw, her wand forgotten and stormed off in the direction of the Gryffindor common room

"Aargh! You bitch!" he yelled after her, his voice muffled slightly as he was cradling his face with his hand.

Victoire started jogging and as she rounded the next corner crashed straight into none other than Teddy, who was patrolling the castle on Prefect duty. He caught Victoire before she could fall to the ground

"Tor?" he caught sight of her expression, "Hey what is it, what's wrong?" he asked urgently

Victoire shook her head "nothing, I'm fine" her voice broke slightly, she tried to pull away but he didn't release his grip on her

Teddy turned to the prefect he was on duty with "Angela do you mind finishing up"

She nodded, eyebrows raised, "sure Teddy, I'll see you later" casting a confused look at Victoire before she carried on down the corridor

Teddy turned his attention back to Victoire "Tor, what the hell happened"

She still didn't respond, instead letting out a sob that had been building up in her chest. He sucked in a breath and pulled her into a tight embrace, "come on, let's go back to the common room"

Teddy led her back in silence, keeping one arm firmly around her shoulders, when they'd climbed through the portrait hole and sat down on the sofa in front of the still slightly crackling fire. He sat up and faced her, grabbing hold of her shoulders

"Talk" he instructed

She took a deep breath and relayed her conversation with Dylan. Embarrassing at it was, she felt better telling him, when she got to the part before Victoire had hit him, Teddy's hair turned black as night; he looked possibly terrifying.

"He said what" he uttered, a scowl on his face

Victoire was startled by his expression and honestly a little scared, "so then I punched him" she stuttered

This caused Teddy's face to brighten, his black locks fading back to their usual turquoise colour, a shocked laugh escaped his lips, "you…you hit him?" when Victoire nodded, smiling slightly from his amused reaction

"Nice one Tor" he praised, "well you sure know how to pick them"

Her face fell

"Hey, I'm kidding" Teddy backtracked "it's not your fault that guy turned out to be a jerk"

"No, I don't really care about that; I sort of knew what I was getting into and at least I got out of it early on. It's just that…" she faltered, "maybe he's right, I mean maybe my looks are theonly reason people like me"

"What? That's crazy!" Teddy exclaimed, his hair darkening slightly again, Victoire continued to stare into the fire, unconvinced.

Teddy reached out to hold her face in his, forcing her to look into his warm, brown eyes "Listen to me Victoire, you are beautiful, but that's not why people like you. They like you because you're funny, because you're kind and considerate and smart. You're brave and strong and more bloody determined than anyone I've ever met" he continued with a smile, "You always know how to make someone feel better, especially me and Tor…I honestly don't know what I'd do without you in my life"

There was barely an inch between their noses, Victoire's face felt hot between Teddy's hands and she was in complete shock; her best friend had just poured his heart out to her and was looking at her with such earnest, his hair had turned a bright pink and she could feel the heat of the blush on his cheeks.

"Teddy" she breathed as she closed the small gap between them, her hands gripped the front of his shirt; pulling him against her body.

Just as Victoire lightly brushed her lips against his the portrait door swung open causing them to jump in shock and leap away from each other as Angela walked in. She stopped in her tracks as she noticed the pair looking slightly alarmed and sitting awkwardly on either sides of the sofa

"Oh, sorry. Did I interrupt something?"

"No!" Teddy and Victoire all but yelled at the girl

She raised her eyebrows "Ok, well I'm off to bed then, see you tomorrow" with that Angela swiftly crossed the common room and jogged up the stairs to her dormitory, leaving Victoire and Teddy to themselves

A few moments passed with them both sneaking glances at on another, finally Victoire broke the awkward silence

"Listen I'm sorry about that, it's just been an emotional night" she offered with a shy smile

"Yeah, no of course, me too. I guess we got a bit carried away" he returned her smile

She closed the space between them and hugged him tightly; wrapping her arms around his neck as his encircled her waist. "Thank you Teddy, I don't know what I'd do without you" she murmured into his neck

"No problem" he closed his eyes, holding her closer for a moment, his hair turned a light purple colour expressing his happiness. "Well we should be getting to bed"

She pulled away with a smile "night Teddy"

"Night Tor" he murmured as she walked up to her room.

Both lay awake in their beds for a long time that night, despite how tired they both were, Victoire couldn't help wondering what would have happened if Angela hadn't interrupted them and whether it was a good thing that she had. Victoire decided that it was; she couldn't lose Teddy as a friend and anything more than friendship could cause that to happen. So the next morning they greeted each other simply as if it hadn't happened and carried on as best friends, neither mentioning that night to anyone.

Victoire was broken out of her reverie by none other than Teddy who had managed to break free of his many adoring fans and returned to her with drinks

"What's up Tor? You look all sad" he asked, concerned

"Nothing, I'm fine" she replied with a smile, taking a drink off him, "how goes it with the fan club?" she jerked her head in the direction of a swarm of 3rd year girls who were staring in their direction, giggling amongst themselves.

"Ahh well you know, the life of a celebrity is tough"

"I'm glad to see it's not gone to you head" Victoire laughed

"Hey guys, come join us" Emma called to them from the floor, Teddy dragged another armchair over and sat down, pulling Victoire into his lap

"You two are so cute together, why don't you just make it official already?" Jools said to Victoire and Teddy with a grin on her face. The pair merely responded by giving her a look and tilting their heads to the side. Their friends laughed at their identical responses

"Ho-kay, you two spend way too much time together" Emma snickered, Victoire rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to respond, but just then Jess returned to the group

"Hey look who decided to resurface!" Wes commented

"Where's lover boy?" Michelle chorused

"Oh he's gone to get drinks" Jess replied smugly

"You're not even a little bit ashamed are you?" Victoire asked grinning at her friend

"Nope" she grinned as she found another free arm chair to drag into the circle

Luke returned with drinks for both himself and Jess and slumped into the chair dragging Jess onto his lap. The group chatted for a while about the game, the lessons they would need to get up for the next morning, they reminisced about their past five years at Hogwarts. At one point the girls' favourite song came on and they all jumped up to perform a dance routine they'd perfected in their third year, attracting the attention of the entire common room and earning a loud round of applause from everyone, this lead to them dragging the boys up and dancing for an hour or so before collapsing back into their chairs.

After a while the rest of the Quidditch team joined the group as many people drifted back to their own common rooms and up to bed. They talked well into the night, they were interrupted at one point when Katie spotted Jools and Seb snogging, when the group fell silent Michelle cleared her throat suggestively they merely looked around at everyone, shrugged their shoulders and continued snogging.

"Some people have no dignity" Jess said haughtily

Victoire raised her eyebrow at her friend, "You're one to talk"

Jess grinned sheepishly before looking at Luke and whispering something in his ear, Luke nodded and she stood up, dragging him off the chair to find somewhere more private. Michelle and Bradley and Jake and Peyton soon followed suit, causing Wes and Emma to leap into the free arm chairs. Jools and Seb soon took the hint and slunk off to find somewhere more discrete to snog.

Which left the singletons alone in the common room; everyone else had gone to bed, they chatted about the new couples among other topics into the early hours of the morning. Victoire found her eyelids drooping and curled deeper into Teddy's warm arms, resting her head on his shoulder she drifted off to sleep.