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After making another visit to Madam Pomfrey, she gave me many pamphlets and books on pregnancy. Never before, had I even thought the situation possible. She also gave me a calming potion, and a potion to take in the morning to avoid the whole "morning sickness" business.
I made it to the last day of term, mostly by staying locked in the dormitory, not only hiding from everyone around me, but also my fears. I sat on my bed, knowing that I was going to be facing my family in a mere few hours. Suddenly, Anne barged into the room.
"There you are! Though, I'm not really surprised, this is where you've been for the last few weeks." I looked up at her and gave a weak smile. "Is this about Teddy?"
"What?" I asked raising my eyebrows.
Anne rolled her eyes, "Oh come on, I'm your best friend. Don't think that I didn't notice that you have a crush on him."
"Oh," I replied quietly. "Er, yeah. It's kind of about him."
"Hmm, I see," she said as she began to move around the dormitory. "How come you haven't packed yet? The train leaves in an hour."
"I'm getting there." In truth, I had just been laying on my bed, but she didn't need to know that.
"Here, let me help," she said going over to the closet and grabbing my clothes off of the hangers.
"No, it's fine, I can do it."
"Oh shush. Just go get your stuff out of the bathroom.
"Okay," I replied, going into the bathroom and grabbing my cosmetics, toiletries, tooth brush, and anything else left behind. I went back into the room, and saw Anne standing frozen over my trunk. In her hand, was one of the pregnancy pamphlets from Madam Pomfrey.
"What is this," she asked quietly.
"Nothing," I replied, grabbing it from her hand and shoving it back into the trunk. She stared at the trunk and looked back at me.
"Oh shite," she mumbled. "Victoire, you need to explain yourself, now."
"It's nothing. Just some light reading..." I said moving to sit on my bed.
"Are you pregnant or not," she asked.
I looked back at her, and knew that there was no use in lying.
"I am," I replied quietly tearing up again.
"Shite," she said again, coming down to sit next to me. "Who? When?"
"I'm about a two months along now," I said quietly.
"You can't see a thing, have you been eating?" she asked.
"Yeah, of course," I replied quietly. In truth, I barely ate at breakfast, and came to dinner when I had the energy. But lunch, lunch was when I spent time debating the issue at hand.
"Who?" she asked. I looked at her, "can I trust you not to say anything?"
"What? Of course. I'm your best friend! I think trust goes along with that role!" she exclaimed.
"Teddy."
"Teddy!" she said widening her eyes. "I thought you only had a crush on him! How long have you been seeing him?"
"Nearly a year."
"And you kept it from me? Thanks," she said sarcastically. "Does he know?" I nodded. "How did he take it?"
"Okay, he doesn't want to leave me, but he's not even in school next year. I don't even know how we are going to manage raising a baby, and living far away from each other. I haven't seen him much since I've told him."
"Well, that's because you've stayed locked away in the room."
I glanced down at my watch. "We should probably get going, train leaves in a half hour."
"Yeah, you're right, let's go," she replied, grabbing my trunk and running down the stairs.
"You know, I can carry it myself."
"No, you don't want to add strain to the baby," she said. I rolled my eyes and pulled my wand out of my pocket.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about those things we carry in our pockets all day." I smiled, my first smiling in the past two weeks. We both left the dormitory and made our way out of the castle, to the station in Hogsmeade.
We climbed onto the scarlet train, and looked for a compartment. The scarlet train, I repeated over and over in my head. Mum and Grandmum were going to call me a scarlet woman. Sex out of wedlock. A baby, none of it was good. I sighed as we entered a compartment and sat down on the plush seats. At long last, the train began to pull away from the station and I groaned.
"I wish I could just stay locked in my dormitory forever," I said quietly.
"Your parents don't know yet, do they," said Anne, more of a statement than a question. I shook my head.
"Teddy and I have to tell them over the summer." I replied. I heard a knock on the compartment door and it slid open.
"Speak of the devil," I said smiling softly.
"Oh, I'm the devil now, am I?" he asked jokingly.
"I'll give you two some privacy," Anne said while standing up and leaving the compartment.
"Ready to do this?" asked Teddy sitting down next to me.
"Don't really have a choice, do we."
"No, not really," he said sighing.
"When?" I asked.
"When they're all in a good mood, I suppose."
"Which is never, someone is always mad or upset."
"We'll make it work," he replied quietly.
"Victoire, have you seen... Teddy!" said a voice from the doorway. "What are you doing in here?" asked James Potter, my twelve year-old cousin.
"Just talking," Teddy replied. "What's up?" he asked.
"I need some help, I was in the middle of making the toilet disappear, when I noticed that there is this pipe thing attached to it. I tried pulling on the pipe, and now there is water everywhere in the bathroom."
"Why were you trying to make the toilet disappear?" asked Teddy frowning.
"Oh, you know," replied James. "Can you please just help me?"
Teddy sighed, "I'll be back." I nodded and watched as my cousin dragged him our of the room. I sat and looked out of the window, watching the landscape pass by. I remembered clearly the first time Teddy kissed me, which ended up turning into so much more...
0o0o0o
(Flashback)
It was the summer after fifth year, and all the cousins were gathered in the backyard, splitting into teams for Quidditch. Somehow, our cousin Molly, Percy's daughter, and I were captains.
"I want, my dear cousin...Fredrick," said Molly choosing George's oldest son.
"Alright, then I want, my dear cousin..." I scanned the group in front of me, "Teddy."
"I'm not your cousin," I heard him mutter. I raised an eyebrow while looking at my sister Isabelle who shrugs.
It was later that night when I thought about what Teddy had said while sitting in Aunt Ginny's old bedroom. Never had it bothered him when I called him 'cousin'. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I said, and saw Teddy enter the room and close the door behind him. He turned the lock, and stood by the door. I looked at him questioningly.
"I'm sorry about freaking out before," he said quietly. I stood up and went over to him.
"It's fine," I replied, yet still confused. "Why did you freak out?" I asked.
"It's just," he began before looking at me. He stepped forward, and I soon felt his lips on mine. I felt myself melting into him. I had always had more than friendly feelings toward Teddy, yet I often tried to dismiss the feelings, believing they were impossible. I felt myself backing up, and was soon pinned again the wall. I felt him kissing down my neck, "I am not your cousin."
"Thank Merlin," I mumbled, as he continued kissing my neck and back to my jaw and mouth.
0o0o0
I smiled, it felt like so long ago. Yet, in reality, just a year.
"Alright, I got James all straightened away," Teddy said coming back into the compartment.
"Teddy, I love you," I said smiling. "We're going to make this work."
"Yes, we are," he said, sitting down and letting me rest my head on his shoulder. My family would just have to find a way to accept the news, because at this point, I have.
A/N: Flashback is loosely based on the oneshot, Playing Games by Paprika Dreaming.
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