Clandestine: The Art of Revelations
Roxie is one of Victoire's bridesmaids. She comes right after Dominique, who is Victoire's Maid-of-Honor. This makes her feel even worse about her and Teddy's 'thing'. She spends the day with Victoire, Dominique, and two of Victoire's friends from Hogwarts.
They help Victoire prepare, simultaneously preparing themselves as well. Luckily, one of Victoire's Hogwarts friends is told to go check on Teddy, rather than her. She's not sure if she would've been able to handle that.
When it's time for the wedding to start, Roxie waits anxiously for her cue, and then enters the church. She keeps her eyes on the steps up to the altar. She can't look at Teddy. Not today. Her heart is already cracked; it doesn't need to be shattered.
She gets to her place, and locks eyes with James, the groomsman after her Uncle Harry (Teddy's Best Man). James doesn't notice the tension in her body, and proceeds to make funny faces at her. She tries her hardest to not laugh, even though she feels sick.
Roxie barely notices when Dominique comes in. She's too busy trying to distract herself. But it's hard to not notice when Victoire comes in. She hears the Bridal March begin, and she instinctively – along with the rest of the gathered people – turns to the doors.
Victoire seems to float in, escorted by Roxie's Uncle Bill. It is in that moment that Roxie truly sees why she was just a fling, and Victoire's the one that Teddy is marrying today. Even though Victoire's only one-eighth Veela (and Roxanne's met Victoire's grandmother, who is one-half Veela), Roxie's pretty sure that she's never seen another living creature look so beautiful.
Tears begin to well in her eyes, but not for the reasons that tears are gathering in the eyes of the rest of the audience. Jealously fills her, and she's having a hard time suppressing it. Victoire gets everything she wants; she always has. So why is it that, the one thing that Roxie wants more than anything, Victoire gets too?
As Roxie mentally rages, the Minister of Magic (Roxie's Uncle Percy) begins the ceremony. She's not even paying attention until Uncle Percy says, "If anyone has a good reason as to why these two shouldn't be married, speak now or forever hold your peace."
And she knows that she shouldn't do it. Every fiber of her being is telling her not to. This is going to destroy everything in her life. She promised him, and she's never been one to break a promise. But this…
"Teddy and I have been having an affair for two years! I'm sorry, Victoire!" She yells it out for all to hear, and then clamps her hands over her mouth. Everyone in the church, from Great-Great-Aunt Marge (who still hasn't died yet) to little Marisol Leblanc (the Flower Girl, and Victoire's five-year old cousin from her Aunt Gabrielle), looks at her. Nobody says a word.
Tears streaming down her face, Roxanne runs out of the church. Still, no one speaks as she flees. And she knows that this may be the most cliché thing that she's ever done – and she's always been probably the least cliché person she knows – but there is no way to take this back. What has she done?