A/N not sure how I feel about how this chapter turned out, whaaatever…hope you enjoy
When she woke, the common room was dark and silent; the only noise was the fire was still crackling slightly in the hearth. Victoire released that she and Teddy were the only two left, everyone else had gone to bed, she twisted in his lap to look at his face. This was one of those times, where she thought he was the most gorgeous thing in the world. The way his mouth hung open slightly and the light from the fire lit up the slight colour on his cheeks, even in his sleep his hair was tinged deep purple.
He scrunched his nose up a little and opened his eyes to find Victoire's face a few inches from his own
"Hey Tor" he murmured sleepily
"Hi, sorry I didn't mean to wake you up" she whispered beck apologetically
"Don't worry about it, I wonder what time it is"
Victoire glanced at her watch, "Its 5am"
"Wow, I guess we slept pretty well huh?"
"Yeah…we should probably get some sleep in a bed though" she began to sit up and pull away from him, but he just held her closer
"In a minute, just…just stay here with me for a minute longer okay?"
With her heart hammering in her chest she mumbled "sure" and let him pull her closer again, resting her head on his shoulder. Victoire closed her eyes in contentment and wondered if he could possibly be feeling what she was right now
This was not a friendly embrace; it was not how two friends sat with each other, they most certainly had not sat like this before. One of Teddy's arms was around Victoire's back, holding her waist; the other was resting lightly on her thigh, her legs were curled up over his. Her head sat in the crook of his neck with her lips mere centimetres from his skin, one of her hands rested on her own thigh next to Teddy's while the other rested lightly on his chest, feeling his heartbeat, thrumming like her own.
She opened her eyes to find him staring down at her, there it was; that look in his eye that she sometimes saw
"Love you Tor"
"Love you too Teddy"
He smiled "But I think I it's more than that Victoire. You…you make me feel differently than I do with anyone else and sometimes I wish we could be more." he stopped abruptly, a blush rising on his cheeks.
Could he be saying what she thought he was? What a part of her had hoped he would say for so long? What she'd been too afraid to say.
He shifted under her shocked stare, mumbling "Sorry, I shouldn't have said…"
But before he could continue she pressed her mouth against his, her right hand curled into a fist against his chest, gripping his shirt.
When she pulled back he was staring at her with an awestruck expression, his hair was glowing such a bright purple it was almost pink. She grinned at his expression
"I'm glad you said it" she whispered, pecking him lightly on the corner of his mouth, "and ditto"
He relaxed and grinned back at her "I can't believe this is happening, I was sure you were going to hit me or storm off and never talk to me again"
She scoffed "Well cheers for giving me so much credit Teddy"
"Sorry, I'm just…feeling a little dazed right now…I feel like I'm gonna wake up from a dream in a minute"
"Not if I can help it" she grinned before kissing him again, now that he had recovered from the shock, he responded with much more enthusiasm.
He tightened his grip on her waist and pulled her even closer to him; Victoire lifted her arms and laced her fingers through his hair. She let out a quiet moan when he traced her bottom lip with his tongue and opened her mouth to him. It was his turn to let out a moan when she bit his bottom lip and tugged on it slightly, the sound sent shivers down her spine.
They eventually pulled apart, both breathing heavily and flushed in the face and positively bursting with happiness.
"Are your legs dead yet?" she whispered
"No I'm just fine right here" he assured her pulling her back in
"I was just thinking that we might be more comfortable on the sofa" she murmured against his mouth
Teddy's eyebrows shot up and he wasted no time in lifting Victoire from their position on the chair and laying her down along the length of the sofa. She tugged at his shirt, pulling him down so that his body was covering hers. He hovered over her and left a few centimetres between their lips and lingered there, teasing her
"Teddy Lupin you had better kiss me right now"
He grinned and hesitated just a moment before covering her mouth with his, they kissed sweetly for a moment while Victoire threaded her fingers through his hair again. She sought entry to his mouth and he willingly gave it, relieving some of his weight along her body.
After a while Teddy's arms grew tired and they fidgeted so they were side by side, with Victoire pressed against the back of the sofa. She looped her leg over his and he grabbed her thigh, squeezing slightly through her jeans. Then his hand ran gently up and down the length of her body, she released one hand from his hair to wrap it around his waist, pulling his body closer against her own. She pulled away from him, panting heavily but he just moved to her neck, trailing light kisses all over her collar bone and up the side of her neck to just below her ear
"You had better not give me any hickeys" she warned
He pulled back to look at her and smiled, "I wouldn't dream of it"
She lifted her hand to his face, gently trailing her fingers across his cheekbone; little did she know that her fingertips left a trail of fire across his skin. He studied her face for a moment before leaning in to kiss her more.
"You tired?" he asked sometime later
"Not really, we should probably be going up soon though"
"S'pose" he agreed but held her all the tighter, "what time is it anyway?"
"Woah it's nearly seven"
"Time flies when you're having fun" he smirked, causing her to roll her eyes at him
"Come on, Jools is an early-riser, she'll be up soon"
But he just kissed her again, "Ahh, so what?"
She laughed and kissed him back "Listen, I have no issue with people knowing about this; in fact I would personally like to tell Blake Smith myself"
Teddy raised his eyebrows at her; Blake was in Victoire's year and had been trying to go out with Teddy since her and Victoire were in fourth year, she detested Victoire and insisted that she was the reason that Teddy wasn't her boyfriend. Well this time Victoire really would be the reason, this thought made her smile.
"But I'd still rather everyone didn't find out about us by walking in on us like this", Victoire looked pointedly down at their entwined bodies.
He sighed "Okay then" he gave her one last, deep kiss and stood up from the sofa, pulling her with him.
They walked, hand in hand, over to the staircase to the girl's dormitories and turned to face each other.
"See you in the morning" she smiled
"Mmm, a whole hour away" he smirked, "I'll meet you down here and we can go to breakfast together okay"
She grinned back "Okay and we can tell the others, that should be fun" she suggested with mock enthusiasm
He laughed "You can tell them"
"Such a gentleman, and…what exactly will I be telling them" she asked a little nervously
"That you are officially the girlfriend of the legend that is Teddy Lupin"
She smacked his chest "Always so modest…girlfriend huh?"
"Yeah, it took us long enough to get here and it's not like I want to rush things, but I want you to be my girlfriend, no question about it"
"And I want you to be my boyfriend" she grinned and pecked him on the lips "see you in a bit"
"Yeah, eight o'clock okay?"
"Sure" she turned and made her way up the stairs to her dorm, she cracked the door open slightly to see that the others were still asleep. Quietly she snuck in, quickly changed into her pyjamas and slipped into bed, waiting for someone to wake up.
What seemed like hours but was actually only twenty minutes later, Jools' alarm finally went off. Victoire fidgeted and tried to appear as if she was just waking up, she stretched and climbed out of bed
"Hey" Jools said, looking slightly surprised "you're here"
"Where else would I be?"
"Oh you know, you and Teddy looked pretty cosy last night"
Victoire tried to appear nonchalant but could keep the grin off her face, Jools looked at her quizzically, "Did something happen last night?"
"Maybe" Jools squealed, causing Jess to roll over and let out a grunt, they all remained asleep though
Jools half-dragged Victoire into the bathroom and shut the door, "Okay, talk" she demanded. Victoire replayed the night to her, well most of it; she didn't feel the need to go into too much detail.
"So you and Teddy are officially going out now?" Victoire nodded, "ahh! You have no idea how long we've all been waiting for this" she hugged Victoire
"Get off me" Victoire laughed
They both picked up towels and their toiletry bags and went into two showers next to each other
"So when are you going to tell everybody?" Jools called over the noise of the running water
"At breakfast I guess" Victoire called back
"What about your family?"
Victoire hadn't thought about that, "Erm… I don't know, it's still pretty early days" she laughed
Jools laughed back "You have a point, no need to get Teddy killed by your uncles yet"
They finished showering and getting ready in silence, both helping each other choose what to wear
"So will Teddy be joining us for breakfast?"
"Yes he will" Victoire grinned, "and will Sebastian be joining us?"
Jools turned a little pink, "maybe"
It was Victoire's turn to question Jools; she revealed that she and Seb weren't officially going out, but they were going to hang out today and talk about it
"Not all of us can go straight to the boyfriend-girlfriend stage like you two"
"I'm sure you two will soon though, he's been crazy about you for ages"
"Well we're taking it slow" by this time the two girls were walking out of the dormitory and down the spiral staircase.
They found Teddy and Seb leaning against the back of the couch, they both stopped talking and looked up as the two girls entered the common room
"Morning ladies" Seb said walking over to Jools and offering his arm, "may I escort you to breakfast milady?"
"Why of course sir" Jools grinned and took his arm, they sauntered out of the room, briefly glancing back at Teddy and Victoire
Victoire smiled as she watched them go and then turned to Teddy, he was grinning at her like a complete fool
"Long time no see" she whispered as she crossed the room, he sighed contently and wrapped his arms around her waist as she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him gently, "Did you get any sleep?"
"No, I just made my bed look like it had been slept in" he laughed
He stood up fully off the back of the sofa and put one arm over her shoulders as she directed them towards the portrait hole. Victoire slid one arm around his waist and gripped the material of his jumper in a fist.
They received more than a few stares and whispers on their way down to breakfast; they had walked together countless times before, but never like this. As they entered the great hall it was fuller than they expected, a few people including Blake watched them sit down at the Gryffindor table opposite Jools and Seb.
Jools looked up at their entrance and then around the hall, "Blake Smith looks like somebody just slapped her"
Victoire turned to get a look at said Hufflepuff girl who was glaring daggers at her, Victoire shrugged and turned back to the others, haters' gonna hate she couldn't help thinking.
After a while the rest of their group and Teddy's friends had finally joined them, none of them had noticed anything different about how the new couple as they ate. Eventually Teddy and Victoire stood up and holding hands
"Where are you two off to?" Jess asked frowning, then she looked down at their hands and back up at their faces, she did this a few times, her mouth getting wider and wider as she did so
"OH MY GOD!"
"Jeez Jess, you trying to burst my ear drums" Luke muttered, "what the hell are you shouting about"
Jess answered by grabbing his chin and pointing it towards Teddy and Victoire who were now being stared at by everyone in the Great Hall
"Thanks Jess" Victoire mumbled, Teddy laughed quietly and kissed the top of her head
Their group of friends were staring at them, some open-mouthed, some grinning and some not looking surprised in the least
"It took you long enough" Jake Healey broke the silence, everyone in the Hall went back to their food, most people kept glancing back at them though
"When did this happen?" Jess asked incredulously
"Probably when you were snogging Luke's face off" Emma snorted
Jess shot her a look before looking back at the couple still standing in front of her and raising her eyebrows expectantly
Victoire looked up at Teddy and then back to Jess, "I'll tell you later"
With that she began tugging Teddy out of the Great Hall, he grinned at the looks on their faces and slung his arm over his girlfriend's shoulders, pulling her closer to him. She wound her arm around his waist once more as they walked out into the sunshine and went to find a hiding place down by the lake.
so that's it, they are officially the 'it' couple, not sure how I feel about the ending, it could possibly turn into something
I love reviews :) let me know if i should do a few more chapters? and also if you have any story ideas, i don't want to make this too long but if there are any suggestions...
tanks - hannah