CHAPTER 2: Train Rides and Arrival

Victoire POV

Victoire blinked sleepily as the Hogwarts Express wound its way through the Scottish countryside towards Hogwarts. Sunlight streamed through the half open blinds and illuminated the compartment, showing that it was empty except for her. She straightened up and stretched languidly, and got up to get her trunk out of the overhead area where the baggage was kept. She finally found her bag after searching, and tugged on it, trying to dislodge it from among the other bags. She finally moved it a tiny bit, but it still refused to come out. She gave a great tug and landed on her backside due to the force she had been pulling on the handle. She swore quietly and got up, locking eyes with a certain blue-haired seventh year as she dusted herself off. She felt heat rise to her cheeks and knew she was blushing by the way he chuckled amusingly at her.

"Have a nice sleep?" Teddy asked quizzically as Victoire set down the trunk and looked at him. She nodded and plopped down beside him, resting her head on his chest as he put his arm around her. Teddy was very warm. And he smelled very nice, like orange blossoms and raspberries. She had to find out what kind of shampoo Teddy used, it was intoxicating. She was woken from her thoughts on how to sneak into his dorm to find out just that by Teddy. "Good, because you slept for long enough." He chuckled as she narrowed her eyes and stuck out her bottom lip slightly in concentration. How long had she been asleep? Teddy seemed to read her mind. It was no wonder; they had been best friends for as long as she could remember. "You've been asleep for hours, Vic! Didn't you get any sleep last night? My shoulder will never be the same." He sighed and put the back of his hand to his forehead dramatically. Victoire rolled her eyes and slapped him on the arm lightly.

"Whatever, Teddy. You know you love it." She laughed as he stuck his tongue out at her before stopping in embarrassment. He could be so immature sometimes, but it was quite funny. "You're such a little kid," she teased, tickling his side. Teddy fought hard to keep a straight face, but bursted into laughter as she continued. She knew he was very ticklish there, and she continued until tears threatened to come to his eyes.

"S-stop it, Tor! I'm s-serious!" She just chuckled and continued tickling him as he howled in laughter. She gasped as Teddy fought to sit upright and began tickling her stomach.

"No fair!" she cried before tackling him to the floor and resuming tickling, "You promised you'd never use my secret spot!" Teddy merely bit his lip, trying to contain his laughter to no avail. He laughed so hard she could feel his abs tighten under her fingers as she tickled his sides and stomach. She laughed in victory as Teddy flopped down on the floor and stopped struggling.

"I-I surrender!" he gasped, attempting to breathe through his fit of laughter. Victoire looked down at him and smiled widely before a loud bang startled her.

"Ugh, Alex, get your hand off her. Oi!" Victoire could hear the voice of Patrick coming from the doorway, and she slowly lifted up her head to see the whole group, each holding what looked to be a whole meal consisting of sweets and pasties. Everybody wore matching stunned expressions, which simultaneously tuned into sly grins. Vitoire groaned and rolled off of Teddy, where she had previously been pinning him to the ground.

"So…" Alex said, grinning madly, "Couldn't keep your hand off each other for a minute while we were gone, eh?" Heather smacked him in the back of the head before leading the way into the compartment, where Teddy and Victoire were now sitting down in their seats. Victoire glanced over at Teddy, whose hair was a shade of vivid purple. She giggled, remembering a time back when they were little and his hair had been that exact shade. She had been five, making him six at the time. Teddy had refused to eat his apple at snack time, insisting that it was poisoned (Hermione had shown them Snow White and the Seven Dwarves the day before on her television), and Grandma Weasley had tried to force him to eat it. Whenever she reminded him of this, his hair always turned that exact shade of purple before he muttered to her to shut up. Teddy looked at her, an eyebrow raised questioningly.

"I was just remembering that time when we were little… and you didn't want to eat your apple at snack time. Why was that again, Teddy?" Teddy's hair grew bright purple once again and his face was a brilliant red before he muttered at her to shut up. She grinned triumphantly and set her head on his shoulder again. She had no idea why, but Teddy seemed like quite a comfy pillow at the moment. She smiled sleepily before she drifted off to sleep while inhaling Teddy's sweet smelling shampoo.

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Teddy POV

Teddy woke with a jolt as the train came to a halt at Hogwarts. "Merlin's pants! Tor! We've got to get changed into out robes!" Teddy watched as Victoire's navy eyes snapped open, and she jumped about half a meter before unzipping her bag and pulling out her Hogwarts robes. Teddy did the same, willing himself not to look as she pulled off her shirt to change into her white button down. He mentally slapped himself. 'She's like my cousin,' he thought as he pulled on his slacks, 'I can't go and start acting like this. She just thinks of me as a friend, not like that.' With a heavy heart, he tied his red and gold tie and stepped out the door with her hand in his.

The ride up to the castle in the carriages was loud, but Teddy just stared out the window and up at the approaching clouds. In less than an hour, it had turned from light sunshine to looking like it was going to start raining. He felt someone nudge him and he turned to see Colton looking at him, a concerned expression crossing his face.

"You all right, mate?" he asked, peering at him closely. Teddy merely looked at Victoire wistfully, and Colton nodded. "Don't worry, Teddy. She'll be nuts about you in no time." Teddy rolled his eyes and looked down at his laced fingers, where Victoire's hands had been only minutes before. The carriages stopped with a lurch in front of the castle, and there was a mad rush as everybody dashed to get out of the cold and into the Great Hall for the feast. Teddy's stomach rumbled as he thought about all the warm food waiting inside for him. He'd been eating a lot lately, and it didn't help that he hadn't eaten since breakfast since he's slept on the train. His mouth watered as he thought of treacle tart and blackberry pudding that the house elves had prepared. He quickly made his way through the crowd with Victoire's hand in his, leading his way to the front door. As soon as he entered, he made his way to the Gryffindor table with Victoire and his friends, ignoring the whispers that were being muttered all around them.

"Is it true? They're finally together?"

"It's about time; she's been pining for him forever!"

"Why, Teddy? WHY??"

"He's so hot. Look at how buff he got over summer!"

"I'd hit that."

"Aww! They're so cute together!"

Teddy sat down and waited for the customary start of term speech, trying to block out all the curious stares in their direction. Victoire pulled his hand onto her lap as they sat down next to each other, and he felt his cheeks burn and the familiar prickling sensation that meant his hair was changing color. He hastily smoothed his thick hair down, willing it to turn back into turquoise. He shook his head at Victoire as she laughed at him, and turned his attention to the teacher's table. Professor McGonagall was standing up, which meant that the sorting was about to begin. He slumped down on the table halfway through the long list of names, and Victoire poked his cheek. He opened one eye to see her staring down at him, and he sheepishly straightened up. After seven years, the sorting got to be redundant, and he was starved. He sighed in relief as "Yerkes, Kristen" was sorted into Ravenclaw, and looked down at the table in anticipation.

"Before your much awaited meal, let me welcome the addition to the teaching staff, Professor Longbottom!" Teddy jerked his head up and saw the familiar face at the teacher's table, who was looking very flustered. The whole Hall broke into a loud applause, added to by Teddy and his friends, who were whooping as Neville stood up to wave and acknowledge the students. He smiled sheepishly before sitting down, and Professor McGonagall motioned for everybody to quiet down. "Professor Longbottom will be taking over as Herbology professor, due to Professor Sprout retiring to travel the world in search of the rare Argentine Wild Maracuja. Our caretaker Mr. Filch would like me to remind you that any banned items found will result in a night's detention. If you need to see the full list, which has incidentally been added around a hundred more items over the summer, it is on the door to his office. Now, enough blabbering. Tuck in!"

All the golden plates that had been previously empty filled with food before Teddy's eyes, and he immediately began piling his plate with food. He began wolfing down a chicken leg before remembering that Victoire was sitting next to him, and slowly turned to see what she was doing. She stared at him with wide eyes before laughing so hard that everybody turned to stare at her. Teddy felt his cheeks turn red for what must have been the tenth time that day as Victoire continued laughing, occasionally looking at him before erupting into laughter once more. "What?" He huffed, pouting as he set down his food. Victoire shook her head and wiped away a tear of mirth as she gave one final chuckle.

"You…Your… You should have seen your face!" She giggled, laughing as his hair turned purple again. It figured that his hair turned the worst color when he was embarrassed.

He scowled playfully and took a bite out of his chicken leg, sticking his tongue out that was now covered in bits of chicken. "GROSS, Teddy!" She pretended to vomit into her bowl of soup and he smiled widely as he cut into his baked potato, not caring that people were whispering about him again.

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Well, that was fun(:

And that story about the apple? That actually happened. I still mock him about it.

Oh yeah, and while researching names for Professor Sprout's plant name, I came upon a very interesting plant.

It's called the nipple fruit, commonly known as the tiyyy fruit. NO JOKE, google it. I almost died laughing!

New chapter will be up in a few days. I want to do it sooner, but school sucks.

Now, review my pretties! REVIEW!! Cx