Here's another one-shot about Teddy and Victoire, when he's about 6 and she's 4.
Enjoy!
"Oi, Ginny, you home tonight?" Bill asked Ginny over the phone.
"Well, yes I think so. Unless Harry has something planned…" she replied curtly.
"Well cancel them. Me and Fleur have date night tonight and I need you to babysit Victoire for us. Would that be alright?"
"Yeah that should be fine. Teddy'll get a kick out of it, he's been wanting to see her for ages," she replied.
"Ok that's great. We'll drop her off at around 5:30?"
"Yep, see you then." Ginny put the phone back on the hook and sighed. She loved Victoire, she really did. But put Teddy and Victoire together…it was enough to make any parent want to rip their hair out. Their seemingly endless energy and mischief was more than she could handle, especially when she was 7 months pregnant with her first child. And the fact that Harry was constantly out on Auror duty did nothing to ease her stress.
"Teddy!" she yelled to the top of the stairs. Teddy came running down the stairs, his hair a bright orange shade. "Vicky's coming over today so I want you to tidy up your toys from the living room ok, darling?"
"Vicky's coming?" he asked breathlessly.
"Yes, baby. I want you to be a good boy when she comes, ok?" He nodded and went off to the living room.
"Hm, what am I gonna cook for them?" Ginny asked aloud, her brow furrowed in concentration. Victoire had a lot of food allergies so any family function often had to consider this, which made it slightly harder to satisfy everyone. "Ah, screw this. Mac 'n' cheese should be enough."
"Aunty Ginny, will Vicky like my Superman costume?" the innocent child asked her.
"Yes, I'm sure she'll love it. But make sure it's been washed. Have you packed the toys away?" He nodded. "Ok, give me a few minutes and I'll help you put it on."
Ding dong.
"VICKY'S HERE!" Teddy yelled, racing to the door. Ginny tottered after him and opened the door. Bill stood there with Victoire, who was dressed as Sleeping Beauty.
"Thank you so much, Ginny. I owe you one," Bill said gratefully, giving her a peck on the cheek.
"It's no problem really. Have fun with Fleur," she smiled, closing the door. Turning around, she saw both kids looking up at her, for instructions.
"Ok, I know you haven't seen each other for a long time, but when you're playing, I want you both to behave and be nice to each other. If you do, I'll give you a special treat after dinner, ok?" Teddy nodded and raced off to the backyard.
"What is it, Victoire? Don't you want to play with Teddy?" Ginny asked concerned, noticing Victoire hadn't run off with Teddy.
"I like Teddy's clothes," she whispered into Ginny's ears. Then she giggled and ran off, screaming Teddy's name.
Outside, Teddy was showing Victoire the garden.
"Do you want to see something cool?" he asked. She nodded. He dug around in the dirt with his toy spade and pulled out a pink thing and placed it in her palm. Victoire stared intently at it, fascinated by the pink thing, as pink was her favourite colour. Then it wriggled.
Ginny was cleaning the kitchen when she heard a loud scream from outside that obviously belonged to Victoire. Her heart dropped. Was she hurt? What would Bill think? She couldn't even babysit her niece properly, how was she going to take proper care of her own child? She ran outside to find Victoire in tears and Teddy poking at something on the ground.
"Victoire, are you alright?" she asked frantically. Her niece sobbed, pointed at where Teddy was crouching over and was stuttering incoherently. Ginny looked at what Teddy was examining. It was an earthworm.
"Did you pull it out of the ground, Teddy?" she asked sternly. He shook his head and resumed poking it.
"Listen, darling, it will be alright," Ginny said, consoling Victoire. "I think the pink thing is more scared of you! Did it bite you?" Victoire nodded mutely so Ginny kissed her finger. "There. All better?" Victoire immediately stopped crying and nodded. Ginny got up and headed back towards the kitchen.
"Teddy? Come here, I want to speak to you." Teddy walked towards Ginny, with a sullen expression. "Teddy, I know you love to show your friends all the amazing things you find but please don't show anymore bugs to Vicky, okay? Why don't you go upstairs and play, I don't know, Doctors or Teachers? You could show Vicky your new bed and all those toys Uncle Harry bought for you!"
Teddy started smiling. Yes, he was sure that Vicky would like his new Batman bed set and action figures.
"OWEEEE!" came a yell from the dining table. Ginny ran in to find Teddy covering his face with his hands and Vicky squealing in delight as she held a spoonful of mac 'n' cheese high above her head.
Splat. This time it went into his hair.
"Vicky, that is enough!" Ginny said sternly, grabbing the spoon out of her hands. "What have I told you about playing with food?"
"Not to play with it," Victoire replied meekly.
"Yes. You've been a naughty girl so go and sit in the naughty corner, okay?" Victoire nodded and went into the other room.
"Come on, Teddy, we'll wash it out," Ginny told him, reassuringly. He pouted.
"I was having fun with Vicky."
"Yes dear, I'm sure you were. But you know the rules, no playing with food."
Ginny slumped on to the bed, utterly exhausted. Bill had picked up Victoire ten minutes ago and she'd just put Teddy to sleep. When was Harry going to come? Surely he should've finished work a couple of hours ago? She slowly began to drift off to sleep…
"Ginny, love, wake up!" Ginny opened her eyes groggily and saw her husband's face grinning at her.
"What ungodly hour do you call this?" she murmured.
"Sorry, love, tough day at work, had to stay back and sort it all out and I almost forgot, BUT I didn't! Happy anniversary, love!" he said, producing a bunch of orchids from behind his back. Ginny sighed. Her anniversary. How could she forget?
"Thanks love. Though I am sorry, I actually forgot. Pregnancy brain, you know."
"No worries, love. So tell me, what exciting shenanigans did I miss out on today?"
"Mmm, well Bill dropped Victoire over today, they had date night…"
"Oh, Teddy would've got a kick out of that."
"Mmm, yeah. They are so adorable together."
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to help, I can imagine they must've pushed you to the edge…"
Suddenly Teddy came running into the room, his hair disheveled and a frightened expression on his face.
"Uncle Harry! I had a bad dream! It was the Christmas play at school and I wore my new Batman outfit and Vicky was there and she said she didn't like it but she liked Tom's Spiderman costume so she went off and played with him and left me by myself!" he finished, on the verge of tears. Ginny looked at Harry, who was struggling to suppress his laughter.
"Don't worry about it, Teddy, it was just a bad dream."
"But don't you know what that means?" Teddy asked Ginny frantically. Ginny looked at him, bewildered.
"WE HAVE TO GIVE MY BATMAN BED BACK!"
Hope you liked that! I'm not going to promise that I'll be regular with updates, because I can't. However I can guarantee the next chapter will be up…before the end of this year!