"We need to leave, Dom," Bill yelled.
"I'm coming," Dom yelled back.
Sure enough, she came pounding down the stairs only a moment later, dragging her trunk behind her. Victoire raised her eyebrows.
"Sure you got everything?"
Dom rolled her eyes, "Yeah, positive, thanks."
"Come on, we don't want to be late," Bill said.
After Victoire and her siblings had gotten a suitable hold on the arms of either Bill or Fleur, they Apparated to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
The platform was crowded with people, many of their faces obscured by steam.
"I'll see you both at Christmas," Victoire said, kissing her parents on the cheek, "And I swear I'll write."
"We know you will," Bill said, "You always good."
"Au revoir, Victoire," Fleur said, smiling at her eldest child, "'ave a good year."
"Thanks Mum," Victoire said, grinning. She ruffled Louis's hair, "I'll see you at school, kid."
He stuck his tongue out at her, "Yeah, yeah."
"Enjoy the ride on the lake, Lou," Dom said. Her voice faded as Victoire walked away, dragging her trunk behind her. Sterling's cage hung in her hand, the owl hooting impatiently.
"Yes, I know," Victoire said, "Let me find the others and we'll get you settled."
She continued to walk through the crowd, occasionally greeting people that she recognized.
"VIC!"
She whirled around to see Jade standing there with her parents and siblings. She was waving enthusiastically. Victoire grinned and jogged over to her friend.
"I was wondering how long it would take to encounter someone I knew," Victoire said, "Looks like my question has been answered. Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, Trent, Maddie.'
"I think I'm in good hands now, Mum, Dad," Jade said, looking at her parents, "We're going to try and find everyone else."
Mrs. Alexander nodded, "Alright. Well, have a good year, make sure that you write, and we'll see you at Christmas."
"Definitely," Jade said. She hugged her parents and siblings, who then waved and disappeared with a loud crack. She turned to Victoire, "Shall we?"
"Let's," Victoire said.
They started off down the platform, and eventually found Chelsea and Nick, who smiled at the sight of their friends.
"Hey," Nick said, hugging Victoire tightly, "Long time, no see."
Victoire hugged him back, her brow furrowed, "Nick, we barely talked to each other at all last year."
"Which is a problem, hence me saying that it's been a while since I've seen you," Nick said, rolling his eyes and stepping back, "You're basically my second little sister, Vic, you know this."
Chelsea glared at him, "You prat, you're only older than me by two and a half minutes."
"Still older though," Nick said.
Victoire laughed, "Fred and Roxy go through this argument regularly."
"I bet," Chelsea said, sighing. Her eyes brightened again when she looked between Jade and Victoire, "Want to leave your things in the Head's carriage? There's no reason for you to keep carrying them around while you're looking for people."
"That would be wonderful, yeah," Victoire said.
"Alright," Chelsea said, "It's right here, actually." She gestured to the open door behind her.
"Great," Jade said.
The two girls entered the compartment and divested themselves of their belongings before reemerging onto the platform.
"So, is your brother around here somewhere?" Victoire asked, looking between Chelsea and Nick.
Nick laughed, "He's off snogging your cousin, I'm sure he'll come say good-"
"VIC!"
Victoire was caught into a large hug from behind. She laughed and turned to face her best friend.
"Lexa, it's literally been about three days since I last saw you, you don't have to act like it's been months."
"It felt like months," Alexa said, "I see you basically every day for nine months of the year, I'm used to living with you. Where's Edwards?"
"Here, actually."
They turned to see Sam and Molly, the latter of whom was looking a bit flushed. Victoire winked at her, and Molly grew even redder.
"Give me a hug, you great prat," Victoire said, looking back to Sam.
He laughed and obliged, before hugging them all in turn.
"I've got to head out, I've got practice in a couple of hours, but I'll see you lot as soon as possible," Sam said, "Chelsea, be a good Head. Nick, don't let her get too drunk on power."
Chelsea rolled her eyes, "As if I would, you jerk."
Sam grinned, "Just making sure." He glanced around, kissed Molly swiftly one more time, and then Disapparated.
Victoire laughed, "Gonna miss him, Molls?"
"Oh, shut up," Molly said, "Just because some of us have boyfriends that are still at school…"
"Actually, you're the only one of us that doesn't," Alexa said.
"Hey guys."
They all turned at the sound of a familiar voice to see Monica, Ben, and Liam standing there. All three grinned.
"We ran into each other and decided to come and find you lot," Liam said. He hugged and kissed Alexa swiftly, before moving to hug every other member of the group, "Ready for a good year?"
"I'm just glad you showed up so that I don't have to do everything on my own," Chelsea said, shrugging.
Liam rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, I know."
"Has anyone seen Danny, or has my boyfriend just mysteriously dropped off the face of the planet?" Victoire asked, looking around at her friends.
Monica shrugged, "We didn't see him, he could just be running a bit late."
Nick looked down at his watch, "Well, he'd better hurry, the train leaves in ten minutes."
"He'll be here," Alexa said, "You'd have to be remarkably stupid to miss the train."
"Or cursed by a house elf," Molly said.
Victoire chuckled, "Or cursed by a house elf, yeah."
"You're talking about Dobby, aren't you?" Monica asked.
"That we are," Victoire said, "Good observation skills, Mon."
"I try," Monica said, grinning.
"Seriously though, I'm sure he'll be here," Jade said, "He's never struck me as the type to be late, and I don't think that he'd want to have to go through missing the train when it's his last year of school."
"You're probably right," Victoire said, "I just like to be sure."
"HEY, YOU LOT."
"Speak of the devil, and the devil shall appear," Alexa said wryly.
Victoire turned to see Danny walking swiftly down the platform towards her.
Leading another girl.
By the hand.
"Well, this is interesting," Monica muttered.
Jade elbowed her, "Be nice."
Danny stopped in front of Victoire. He pecked her lips swiftly and then grinned, "Vic, I'd like you to meet Vanessa. Nessa, this is Victoire, my girlfriend."
The pretty dark-haired girl smiled and shook Victoire's hand, "It's lovely to meet you. I'm Vanessa, like Danny said, but most people tend to call me Nessa."
"I don't mean to be rude, but who are you?" Victoire asked, "I tend to go by Vic, by the way."
Nessa laughed, "You're funny."
Danny's grin widened, "Nessa here was my best friend while I was growing up. Her parents moved their family to Spain when we were ten- her mum is Spanish- and they just moved back here. She's going to be in Ravenclaw, it's the equivalent of her house from her old school in Spain. She's in my year though. I hope you lot won't mind if she spends a lot of time with us."
"Of course not," Victoire said, "Why would we?" She ignored the piercing gazes of her friends behind her, "Nessa, this is… Well, I'll let you lot introduce yourself, it makes things less complicated. Lexa?"
Alexa nodded, "I'm Alexa, Vic's best friend."
"I'm Liam," Liam said, "Head Boy, Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, and Alexa's boyfriend."
"I'm Ben," Ben said, smiling, "Nothing particularly important, Hufflepuff, Monica's boyfriend."
Monica laughed softly, "I'm Monica. Gryffindor, Quidditch match announcer, Ben's girlfriend."
Nick flicked two fingers in greeting, "Nick, the elder twin, Chelsea's brother, Liam's best mate."
Chelsea rolled her eyes, "I'm Chelsea, Nick's twin sister. I'm a Gryffindor and also Head Girl."
"My name's Molly," Molly said, "I'm Vic's cousin, Gryffindor as well."
"Jade," Jade said, nodding swiftly, "Gryffindor, mates with this lot. My boyfriend's around here somewhere, probably with his friends. His name is Jake, he's the Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team."
"Lots of Gryffindors here then," Nessa said, "What house is that?"
"House of the courageous," Alexa said.
"And brash," Monica said.
"The daring as well," Victoire said.
"Also the chivalrous," Liam said.
"The lions," Chelsea said.
"The best house," Jade said, shrugging.
"That's debatable," Ben said.
Monica laughed, "No it isn't."
"So what are the Ravenclaws, then? The ravens?" Nessa asked.
Victoire and Molly exchanged glances, only to burst out laughing.
"Sorry," Victoire said, clutching her sides, "It's just that… If a Ravenclaw heard you say that, you wouldn't be standing here."
"They're the eagles," Monica said, "They don't like it very much when people assume that their house animal is a raven, just because of the name."
"But then why call it Ravenclaw?" Nessa asked.
"It's the last name of the house's founder," Liam said, "Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin."
Nessa nodded, "I see, I think."
"We should really get on the train," Nick said, "It's leaving in a few minutes."
"I'm with Nick on this one," Monica said, "I really don't want to be left here."
"They'll do that?" Nessa asked, her eyes wide.
"The train leaves at eleven o'clock, whether you're on it or not," Jade said.
"So I'd suggest we get on it," Alexa said.
"I'll see you at school, Vic," Danny said, "I'm going to go take Nessa and introduce her to my friends from Slytherin on the ride up."
Victoire nodded slowly, "Alright."
He grinned, pecked her on the cheek, grabbed Nessa's hand, and jogged off down the platform, vanishing in the steam and crowds of people.
"Well, let's get on then," Molly said.
They all clambered onto the train and into the Head's carriage, which was just as spacious as it had been the year before.
"I'm sure the other Weasleys will show up at some point or another," Victoire said, "Until then… I'm going to get comfortable."
She removed her shoes and laid down on one of the seats. Alexa chuckled.
"You alright there, Vic?"
"I wouldn't blame her if she wasn't," Monica said, "That was just bizarre."
Victoire rolled her eyes, "I'm fine, I swear. Just a bit puzzled, is all."
"She's pretty," Chelsea said, sitting down across from Victoire after removing her shoes as well.
"It's the Spanish blood," Jade said. When everyone else looked at her, she shrugged, "What? It is."
"I should've told her to read Hogwarts: A History," Molly said, sighing, "Oh well."
"Yeah, she could probably do with a bit of a crash course," Nick said, "It's not exactly a good idea to walk into Hogwarts unprepared."
"Well, I don't think she's unprepared, per say," Victoire said, "Clearly she knows magic, she's just not very familiar with the school's history or why things are the way they are."
"Which can be a problem when you're walking into a place that you've never been to where history is really, really important, and tradition taken very seriously," Alexa said, "I'm sure she'll figure it out, and she has Danny to help her."
"I wish him the best," Victoire said, closing her eyes, "I'm sure things will be fine."
Later on during the train ride, after the prefect meeting, when everyone else had gotten into a heated argument over Quidditch teams, Alexa settled down on the seat beside Victoire.
"You sure things are okay?" Alexa asked, eyeing Victoire curiously.
Victoire shrugged, "Yeah, why wouldn't they be?"
"Because this feels suspiciously like what happened with a certain best mate of mine and her boyfriend," Alexa said.
"Meaning?" Victoire asked.
Alexa sighed, "Okay, I won't go there. But still, it's a bit of a shock, isn't it?"
"Well, obviously," Victoire said, "But I trust him, everything is going to be fine."
"Are you just saying that, or do you believe it?" Alexa asked.
"I honestly don't have any clue, Lexa," Victoire said, "And I know that's bad, but…"
Alexa rolled her eyes, "Not necessarily. Well, I hope that whatever happens is what's best for you."
"I'm sure it will be, in the end," Victoire said, "And Nessa seems nice."
"Yeah, she does," Alexa said, "If you're sure."
"I'm as sure as I'm going to get," Victoire said, "Besides, I've got Teddy again. I'm okay."
Alexa raised her eyebrows, but said nothing.
Victoire looked out the window at the countryside that was speeding past, and drew her knees to her chest before wrapping her arms loosely around them.
There was little to be said, if she was being honest with herself. Things were more complicated than she had let on with Alexa, and she let her mind wander to the few letters that were buried at the bottom of her trunk beneath all of her clothes and books, the letters she and Teddy had exchanged at the beginning of the summer. Those first few had been strained, tense, and things still weren't back to normal. Neither of them signed with 'love' anymore when they wrote, they were hesitant to bring up things that only concerned the other, and Victoire wasn't quite sure how she was feeling about everything.
Dom walked into the carriage a short while later, closely followed by Alannah and Marianne.
"Hey guys," Victoire said, nodding at her sister and the other two girls.
"Hi Vic," Alannah said, smiling.
"You going out for Quidditch this year?" Victoire asked.
The brown-haired girl nodded, "Yeah. I might actually stand a chance at getting a Chaser position now that Teddy's gone."
Victoire grinned, "I'm sure Lexa and I would love to have you."
Alexa's head shot up, "What?"
"Alannah's going out for Chaser," Victoire said.
Alexa smiled, "Yeah, you wouldn't be so bad to work with." Her smile faded, "Some of the people who've said they might try out…"
"Like who?" Victoire asked, tilting her head slightly.
"Leticia," Alexa said, shuddering.
"Why in Merlin's name would she try out?" Alannah asked, "She's not even good."
"I think she's hoping that no one else will, so that she'll have an excuse to be close to Liam," Alexa said, "She's not over him yet."
"That was never a serious thing though," Alannah said, her eyes wide, "He was just too nice to actually get rid of her, but he never did anything that should have made her think that he wanted it to go anywhere."
"It doesn't matter," Victoire said, "She's got a thing for him, and she's going to try to win him away from Lexa."
"He won't go," Alannah said, "He loves you, Alexa. Literally. He wouldn't shut up about you all summer, and when my mum asked him if he loved you, he turned bright red and wouldn't say anything. I technically wasn't supposed to tell you, but he'll deal."
Alexa grinned, "Really?"
Alannah nodded, "One hundred percent. He's nowhere near being interested in Leticia Brown, don't worry."
"Good," Alexa said.
Victoire smiled, "Well, looks like you're set for life, Lexa, but we knew that already, didn't we?"
Alexa rolled her eyes, "Oh, shut up."
They got to school about an hour after that, and headed up to school in the carriages. Victoire was only half paying attention throughout the Sorting Hat's song, and the words didn't register to her as she looked around the Great Hall at the rest of the school. Danny and Nessa were deep in conversation at the Slytherin table.
"What's she doing over there?" Alexa whispered, her gaze following Victoire's to the pair.
Victoire shrugged, "I mean, we are allowed to sit at the tables of other Houses now… She's not breaking any rules."
"Yeah, but it's tradition to sit at your house's table during the major feasts," Alexa said.
"Remember, she's not familiar with tradition?" Victoire said.
"I guess," Alexa said, "Still, that's not anywhere close to what she should be doing right now… Whatever."
They turned to face the front of the Great Hall as the sorting began. Victoire tuned out most of it, as usual, though she did clap politely every time someone was sorted, and especially loudly whenever that person was sorted into Gryffindor. She sat bolt upright about halfway through the Sorting at the sound of a familiar name.
"JORDAN, MAX," Professor Longbottom called.
Lee Jordan's youngest child hurried up to the platform and sat down on the stool. Neville lowered the hat onto his head, and it only sat there for a moment before shouting, "GRYFFINDOR!"
There were a lot of cheers from the Weasleys at that, especially Fred and Roxy, and Max walked to the Gryffindor table with a wide smile on his face.
"Now we just have to wait for Louis," Molly muttered.
"He'll be in Gryffindor," Monica said, "The Weasleys always are."
"I hope," Victoire said, "I know it's what he wanted, he told us a couple of weeks ago."
"If it's what he wants, it's probably what he'll get," Jade said, "These things do tend to work out that way."
They watched nervously until Louis's name was called. Victoire's younger brother walked slowly and deliberately up to the stool, where he let Neville set the Sorting Hat on his head. It had barely touched his head when the rip at its brim opened. Victoire held her breath, waiting for the verdict.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Her shoulders relaxed and she let out her breath as the rest of the Weasleys and their friends began to cheer loudly. Louis had slumped slightly, relaxing, and he walked swiftly down to the Gryffindor table. Victoire hugged him tightly and he took a seat just down the table from where she was, where Max had settled by his sister.
"I told you," Jade said, looking at Victoire and Molly.
"Yeah, you did, and we should have listened to you, we know," Victoire said, "I'm just glad that he's happy, I know how much he wanted it."
"The Sorting Hat does take that into account," Molly said, shrugging, "Or at least, I know it did for me. It was thinking about Ravenclaw, but I really wanted Gryffindor, so it put me in here."
"The Weasley blood probably helps," Alexa said, laughing, "You're all Gryffindors, aren't you?"
Victoire nodded, "Hasn't been one in another house in living memory. That's part of the reason why Louis was so worried about getting into Gryffindor."
"That makes sense though," Monica said, "Family legacy can be everything for some people."
"I don't think any of us really care that much," Molly said, "It's not like we'd disown someone for being in a different house, it's not something that I would call necessary, but it's just one of those things that we all grow up wanting because it really makes us feel like we're part of the family."
"You all know you're part of the family though," Jade said.
Victoire laughed, "Yeah, but it sort of cements that yes, we're definitely Weasleys, because Gryffindor is the house of the Weasleys. It's just a nice way of really making it feel like it's serious."
"Like we've been saying, tradition is an important thing," Molly said, shrugging, "That's all it is, it's a tradition."
Alexa grinned, "Well, the Weasley tradition has been carried on."
"Now we just have to wait until next year," Victoire said, "It's certainly going to be interesting, isn't it?"
"Definitely," Alexa said.
The food came not long after that, and they ate slowly. Eventually, Victoire looked at Liam.
"So, what's the verdict for the year, boss?" she asked.
"Well," Liam said, "I wrote Madam Hooch and booked the pitch for next Friday, figured I'd take a leaf out of Sam's book and have really early tryouts, and then we've got the pitch every Tuesday and Thursday after that up until Christmas, but practice will get earlier as the year goes on, just because it gets dark so early."
"Makes sense," Victoire said, "So we need a new Chaser and a new Beater?"
Liam nodded, "Yeah. I'm going to make you guys try out again, but it's going to be for show only. I know you're the best flyers I'm going to get, I just need you lot to set an example for the younguns so that they'll know what they have to try for next year when Dom's captain, since we all know she's going to be the one to get it."
"So do you think that Lucy will take over for you when you're gone?" Alexa asked.
"Most likely," Liam said, "She knows how the team functions, since she trains with us sometimes, and the girl is good. Not as good as me, obviously, but she's good."
Victoire laughed, "She'll be glad to hear that, although I'm pretty sure that she's determined to be better than you are by the end of her time here."
Liam shrugged, "Hey, if she trains, she could easily have me beat by the time she's a seventh year. She's already pretty damn close, and she's in what, her fourth year now? Dom's going to have a hell of a good team after I'm gone, so long as we get good replacements for Teddy and Sam this year."
"Do you think your sister will make it on?" Alexa asked, "From what I saw over the summer, she's damn good, but I know you don't want to play favorites and there could be someone better."
"There could be," Liam said, "I don't know if there will be, though. Ana trained really hard this summer to make sure that she would be good enough to make it onto the team, and I know she's good. If there's someone better at tryouts, then they'll get on. I just don't know how much better it can get. Melissa let her tag along to a couple practices just like Dom did, so she's had exposure to some professionals. She knows what she's doing."
"I certainly hope so," Victoire said, "I just hope nobody complains too much about how the entire team is your friends."
"They really can't," Liam said, laughing, "Half of Gryffindor is made up of Weasleys or good friends of the Weasleys, and I love both groups of people, so it's not like it would be easy for me to find someone that I don't know fairly well at this point."
"He does have a point there," Alexa said, shrugging, "Merlin knows that there are enough of you, it's rather hard to avoid you all, actually."
"It happens," Victoire said, grinning, "But you're right, there are a lot of us, and we're really serious about Quidditch as a family, so it's only natural that there would be a lot of us who are reasonably good."
"Very true," Liam said, "Is Louis any good?"
Victoire shook her head, "I mean, he plays, but it's not really his thing like it is mine or Dom's, and even then it's not really mine. We all know how to play, it's just that some of us have more of a passion for it than others."
"So you're not upset that it'll probably be Dom who gets captaincy next year?" Liam asked.
"Not really," Victoire said, shaking her head again, "I mean, I have prefect duties, and hopefully I'll get Head Girl next year. I'll be busy enough trying to fit Quidditch practice in as a normal member of the team, I don't even want to think about what it would be like if I had to fit captain's duties in as well. Besides, Dom's way better than I am, she deserves it, and she needs it a lot more than I do. She wants to be a professional Quidditch player. I don't. She needs the exposure, so she should get it. It'll be good for her, and I trust her to lead our team. I know she can do it."
Liam nodded, "Understandable. She'll get an offer from a team, she's definitely good enough."
"I certainly hope so," Victoire said, "I know she really wants it."
An hour later found Victoire sitting on her bed in her dormitory, watching as her friends hung up posters and threw things at one another.
"You lot are completely ridiculous," Victoire said, shaking her head, "I don't understand it, sometimes."
Alexa laughed, "We're just having a bit of fun before the seriousness starts."
"It's going to be a hell of a year," Monica said, "Might as well stay relaxed while we still can."
"We'll be fine," Jade said, rolling her eyes, "But still, I enjoy being a bit stupid sometimes."
"More like quite regularly," Molly said, grinning cheekily at her friend, "Anyway, we start class tomorrow, we may as well enjoy ourselves."
Victoire grinned, "I guess you're right. Say, when do you think the first Hogsmeade weekend will be?"
Alexa shrugged, "No idea. Early October, probably. Why, do you want to write to Teddy or something?"
"Maybe," Victoire said, "Maybe not. You have no proof."
Jade rolled her eyes, "We have as much proof as we need, Victoire, there's no need to think that we won't have enough."
Monica chuckled, "Besides, we have to needle you about it a little bit. But then again, given what we've seen today, it might be good for you to have someone to run around Hogsmeade with besides us."
"Things are going to be fine, Mon," Victoire said, shaking her head, "Nessa's a friend of his, she's knew, and she needs someone to show her how things work around here. I'm not worried about it, I've told you lot that a million times."
"Still, it'll be good for you to have Teddy back," Molly said, "It'll be good for all of us. Sam too."
"I still don't know how he's doing it," Jade said, "His best mate's in Australia, his girlfriend's at school, he's off playing Quidditch all the time…"
"You just answered your own question," Alexa said, "He's off playing Quidditch all the time, that's how he deals with it. It distracts him and that makes things easier. Vic and Molly have their friends here to keep their minds off of things, Sam's got Quidditch, Teddy's got the Auror program to keep him busy… They've all got what they need to stay distracted well enough to make everything simpler."
"Besides, it's not like I'm not really used to it," Victoire said, "I didn't talk to Teddy for what, three months or so? I know that was a stupid thing to do and all, and I sort of wish I hadn't done it, but the point is, it happened, I know how to survive without him. It'd just be nice to see him, is all. We haven't seen each other in person since King's Cross at the beginning of the summer, and it would be good to talk to him instead of just having to send him letters all the time."
"You're probably right," Alexa said.
Victoire shrugged, "It happens."
"What do we have tomorrow morning?" Monica asked, falling backwards onto her bed.
"Uh…" Molly dug into her pocket and scanned her schedule, "Defense."
"Professor Valance is back now, isn't she?" Jade asked, "I know she was gone longer than she was supposed to be last year."
"Yeah, she's back," Molly said, "Apparently Professor McGonagall told her to take some personal time so that she could actually recover all the way. Dragon pox is a nasty thing."
"It really is," Victoire said, making a face, "Here's to Merlin that I never get it."
"Here's to none of us ever getting it," Alexa said.
"Hopefully they'll figure out a cure soon," Molly said, "They've been working like mad to find one."
"Really?" Monica asked.
Molly rolled her eyes, "Honestly, Mon, if you actually read the entire paper instead of just skimming the first few pages, you'd know these things. Yes, they are, they've been working on it for a few years, actually. You might get stuck on the project when you first get into St. Mungo's, they're trying to get as many people as possible involved because it's the only way for them to make a reasonable amount of progress, or at least, they seem to believe that."
"How's that going, anyway?" Jade asked, "I was following it for a while, but I got a bit behind over the summer."
"It's going pretty well, from what I last read," Molly said, "They think that they're getting a little closer, but that it could still be a few years before they have a real cure."
"Still, that's better than nothing," Victoire said.
"Definitely," Alexa said, "The closer they are, the better. It'd be a cool thing to work on, I think."
"I'm with you on that," Jade said, "It seems like it would be such a cool thing to be involved with."
"Probably because it is," Molly said, "Think you'd be able to survive it, Mon?"
Monica rolled her eyes, "Yeah, I do."
"I certainly hope so," Victoire said, "Otherwise, your dream of becoming a Healer might be out the window."
"I'll get through it if I have to," Monica said, "End of story. It's not that big of a deal, everyone has to do grunt work for a while. Besides, I'm sure it would be an interesting project. Anyway, you lot all have training ahead of you too. Lex, Vic, you've both got at least a year and a half of Auror training, and more than likely two years, it's not like you'll just be sitting around while I'm working my arse off."
"She does have a point," Molly said, "We've got a lot of work ahead of us."
Victoire groaned, "Can we please not talk about that now? I don't even want to think about it."
"Whatever you say," Molly said, grinning, "You'll have to think about it at some point though."
"Yes, but at some point doesn't have to mean now," Victoire said, "Besides, we have to get up early, so maybe we should go to bed?"
"I agree with that suggestion," Alexa said, covering a yawn.
They were all in their pajamas and settled under their blankets within fifteen minutes. Victoire extinguished the lights with a wave of her wand, and fell asleep not long after that.
A/N:
I won't lie, this chapter's been done for a while, I've just been unbelievably busy.
Two weeks until finals, then three finals, then things will lighten up considerably commitment-wise, which means I'll have a lot more time to write.
In the meantime, I'm going to start Chapter Four now, but no promises for when it will be done and posted. I do think I'll try for a Saturday upload schedule once I get things sorted out and am capable of posting regularly (We'll see, with me off school I might even be able to post twice a week, but it'll depend on how much I've got going on).
Peace and love x
~AC