Sarah Jane Albright
and
Frank Vincent Weber
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage
on Saturday, the eighteenth of August
two thousand and eighteen
at two o'clock
Cathedral of St. Thomas
751 Rowena Road
Hogsmeade, Scotland

Teddy adjusted his green cravat in the mirror. The robes fit beautifully, which was lucky considering he had returned to England only the day before and had spent the majority of his day as Edward and checking in with the boss. Mr. Pacino hadn't had any complaints for him, and Teddy was happy with how his job was going. He really enjoyed the daily challenge of breaking curses to delve deeper into the mysterious old caverns of the ancient wizarding complex. He also didn't mind the spying he got to do on the side, sneaking into offices, following suspicious persons, investigating what type of studies were being done. And on top of that, he was translating the werewolf legend for himself during his free time. So far, he was amazed at the detail of the legend, and he knew his werewolf legends. This one even named the first werewolf by name and gave a family lineage.

"Almost done Ted?" called Frank. The man was a bundle of nerves. The rest of the groomsmen were Ravenclaws, but Teddy had worked closely with Frank on the school paper and their interest in quidditch while they had never played for a house team had brought them close. They had also studied together quite a bit.

"Yup," said Teddy coming out wondering how Frank had been talked into the unappealing yellow robes that Teddy was wearing and then the white ones that actually looked good on Frank. "So, you're going to be great, channel the Gryffindor in you and enjoy this. It's not every day a wizard gets married."

"Yeah, I'm a bit nervous. But, you know, Sarah's it, she's the sun to my moon, the light to my dark, the antidote to my poison, the counter curse to my spell! She's.."

"Yeah Frank, we get the picture! While Ted here hasn't been present for the days leading up to this wedding, we've had to listen to you moon over Sarah for bloody weeks. Merlin, I'll be glad when this is over, and you'll be gone on your honeymoon being sickeningly in love far away from ME," interrupted David Lee, Frank's best man.

"You're just being a prat because this is a big day for you too!" retorted Frank. He turned to Teddy and explained, "He's been secretly seeing Yang for months now, and not even Sarah knows they are seeing each other, but they decided to go public today, and Dave wants to take it a step further. Instead of merely letting it out that they are seriously seeing each other, he's proposing!"

"Wow, gutsy move right there, you sure you weren't a Gryffindor?" laughed Teddy while at the same time wishing he had the courage to even ask the girl he had loved for years out on a date.

"Guys! We need you, the wedding is going to start in about fifteen minutes! Places!" exclaimed Elaine popping her head in the room. Teddy noticed she was wearing the pale yellow color that the men were wearing, and she looked quite nice in the dress. Her hair was pinned up in a curly mass on her head, and she was carrying a big green bouquet of evergreen leaves, and other greenery mixed with some baby's breath. James would be acting lovesick.


In no time at all, the bridesmaids were filing down the isle. The first to come, was Mandy, Sarah's younger sister who was either a fifth or sixth year, Teddy couldn't remember. Next, ShiShi, and Teddy watched Dave stand a little straighter as his girlfriend stepped into view, looking lovely. Next was Victoire, Teddy held his breath in anticipation and grinned when she appeared. Her shiny hair was done beautifully in big curls that were pinned up similar to Elaine's. Her smile showed off her perfect white teeth, and her bright blue eyes were glowing in her pretty face.

In all honesty, Teddy didn't even notice the dress, he was so enthralled to see his friend and crush again after weeks away from her. He had missed her so much. He had secretly taken to putting her letters under his pillow just because they smelled slightly of her, and then he could pull them out at any time and look at her delicate script and reread the finally lines over and over and over. Love, Vic or better yet All my love be with you, Vic.

He watched her walk down the isle and barely registered when Sarah began her procession down the isle. She looked beautiful, he couldn't take his eyes off her. Hopefully she wasn't trying to use his veela charm and that was why he was so enthralled with her, nope, no one else around him was staring at Vic. Just him.

Finally decided to try to concentrate on the ceremony, the rest of the wedding went quickly and without a hitch. Unless you counted Dave almost forgetting to give Frank the rings because he was staring at ShiShi. Apparently he had a problem too. Anyways, Teddy nudged him, and he jumped into action, presenting the rings with a sheepish grin.

Finally, after Frank and Sarah had said a heartwarming "I do," to each other, the priest pronounced them husband and wife, sending them down the isle while the wedding guests shot bubbles and confetti at them with their wands as they passed. Teddy grinned as he suddenly realized what that meant. Elaine and Dave linked arms and followed which meant that he and Vic were paired up for the march back down the isle.

Relishing the feel of her gloved hand resting on his arm, he grinned like a madman as he escorted her down the isle so they could go get pictures. Looking over at her, he smiled to see her looking back. "Missed you," he said with a smile.

"Missed you more," she smirked.

"I'll make it up to you?" he asked knowing he would do anything to make up for lost time.

"We'll make the most of this wedding," she agreed.

"Who's your date?" he asked, already dreading her answer.

"Couldn't find one," she said somewhat miserably. She had been a bit disappointed when she had been unable to obtain a date for the wedding, she had been given adequate time, but she kept comparing every possible date to Teddy and none measured up. "It's no big deal, how about you? Bring a foreign friend?"

"Nah, I'm too busy to be dating anyone in Egypt. Besides, I don't speak the language," replied Teddy out of the corner of his mouth as they reached the end of the isle and headed off to take pictures.


Almost an hour later, they were finally on their way to the reception after all the pictures and formalities that had to be taken care of at the Church. When they arrived, the wedding party was announced first and then Sarah and Frank Weber were presented for the first time. Everyone once again shot bubbles and such at the couple as they headed to the high table where the wedding party was seated. The food was delicious. During dinner, Teddy and Victoire, who had sat together, chatted and caught up with each other, filling in where letters had fallen short.

Before long, Sarah and Frank were spinning around the floor in their first dance as a husband and wife, and after that, the reception really went into full swing. Firewiskey, vodka, butterbeer, muggle beer, wine, mead, and any other alcoholic drink was provided, and some people were getting a bit tipsy. However, Teddy and Victoire knew better than to get drunk. They were both a little crazy when they did, although that was one thing they didn't know about each other.

"Look at that snot nosed slytherin over there," said Vic, looking across the room at a darkly beautiful woman who was standing next to a large ice sculpture of a castle. She was wearing a set of black robes that looked absolutely beautiful and a pair of high heels. She was dark haired with pale skin and bright blue eyes that could be spotted a mile away. She was beautiful but all of the men were hanging back from her, afraid to approach and ask her for a dance.

"Yeah, she looks about as a cold as the ice sculpture," commented Teddy looking up from the second dinner he had filched from the kitchens.

"Let's play a game!" exclaimed Victoire who was a bit bored, being that all of her friends were dancing enthusiastically with their boyfriends or the other groomsmen. David Lee was all over ShiShi. Victoire might have something to say about appropriate dancing to her later. In any case, Elaine was laughing hysterically as James took her around the dance floor, doing outrageous dance moves, and Sarah was lost entirely to Frank. After all, it was her wedding.

"But this food is so delicious!" laughed Teddy pointing to the plate of English food he had missed while in Cairo. Honestly, they just didn't cook like Grandma Weasley in Egypt, or like the Hogwarts House Elves for that matter.

"Oh, you have all weekend to pig out on English food," scolded Victoire with mock seriousness. "Now, let's play 'have you seen my mama?'" she said with a sly grin.

"Oh Merlin! I remember that game!" he laughed.


He had been six, she had been five. It was uncle Percy's wedding, and Uncle George had come up with the brilliant idea. He had helped too. It had been absolutely hilarious. Uncle Percy's wedding had been full of horrid stuffy ministry workers, and Uncle George had found the absolute most unpleasant of them all. This had resulted in the creation of a game that would provide Uncle George with pure entertainment and torture the horrible woman.

"Go up to that lady over there, and bug her. Ask her if she knows where your mama is," Uncle George had directed Teddy. Uncle George and Vic had watched laughing as the ugly lady had looked around and said she didn't know, but had obviously been annoyed by Teddy. Teddy had reported back to Uncle George who had been laughing hysterically at how the woman had reacted, uncomfortable and almost scared of the small child.

"Now, let's transfigure your robes a different color and make you look like a cute little redhead," suggested Uncle George. "Go bug her again, say something like, I lost my mum, can you help me find the little boys room?"

"But I know where the bathroom is Uncle George, this is Grandma Weasley's house!" Teddy had explained.

"But it will be funny!" Uncle George had explained. And it had. The woman had been quite embarrassed and had tried to help him find the bathroom. Then he had returned to uncle George who had transfigured his clothes again, and Teddy had changed his appearance and gone to ask the woman to help him get some food, and then again later a different boy approached the woman when he needed a drink, and then another one needed help finding his mum who was Angelina, and another help finding his sister who was Victoire. It had been absolutely hilarious to see the woman get frustrated with the children who were approaching her, and she had finally just left early in a huff, complaining about being a children magnet and how much she hated children.

Uncle George and the other Uncles who had joined in on the prank had laughed and laughed about how much they hated that Toad and that she got what she deserved. Teddy had later learned the horrible hideous woman was Dolores Umbridge who had tortured his Godfather, Uncle George, Uncle Ron, Aunt Hermione, and all of the family while at Hogwarts. Apparently she was bad news and hated children. However, they had gotten her back a bit with the funny little trick.

After that wedding, at almost every occasion that the opportunity presented itself, Teddy had played the "have you seen my mama?' game. Victoire always was happy to help. As he had gotten older, it had morphed a bit. He didn't ask where his mama was, but instead kept crashing into someone, or running by and screeching in their ear. Sometimes he would spill something on someone. Basically, he tortured some unfortunate guest. However, it had been years since they had played, perhaps since their very early years at Hogwarts.


"How do you propose I do that? Do I just go up to her and say, have you seen my mum?" laughed Teddy referring to the "slytherin snot" that Vic had pointed out earlier.

"No, that ice queen is 'Princess Ophelia', she was a year ahead of us, Slytherin, stuck up snob. She's related to the Zambinis, pure blood to the extreme, a bit old fashioned. She thinks she's better than everyone else," answered Victoire. "I want you to go up and ask her out! Or at least to dance. However, she can't know you're a pure blood at all! She probably studies the old families, there is a book that comes out every few years with pictures of all the pure bloods in it. You can't look like a pure blood. So, go ask her out, errr… Dan."

"No, no way am I asking this girl out, she'll bite my head off!" declared Teddy. "Besides, what if she says yes?"

"Errr…" Victoire hadn't thought that far. "You'll have a hot date for the next wedding you go to."

"I don't know how to tell you this, but she's not my type," answered Ted, not knowing that this made Victoire very, very happy.

"Then you'll just stand her up." She didn't want Teddy actually going out on a date with that woman. However, if long legs, luscious dark hair, bright blue eyes, perfect skin, teeth, and nose wasn't his type, what was?

"Okay, fine, hopefully this is entertaining," laughed Teddy nervously. Sometimes being a metamorphmagus had its upside, and he usually found it entertaining to trick people and play pranks with his ability.

Teddy approached Ophelia Rossi with Gryffindor courage. He had decided the first man to ask her to dance should be relatively good looking, and Vic had transfigured his robes into some fairly nice ones.

"Hiya Missy," he said in his Yankee Accent. Perfect, purebloods hate Americans sometimes. Stuck ups. He smoothed back his dark brown hair that was relatively short and stuck out his calloused hand. He was going to pretend to be a thestral rancher if they got to talking. Somehow he didn't think they would.

"Good Evening," she said stiffly, lofting her nose into the air as if she had smelled something atrocious.

"What's your name pretty lady?" he asked with a wink.

"Excuse me!" she said quite loudly. "Are you hitting on me?!"

"Maybe," said Teddy sheepishly in his overly deep voice, making himself blush a bit.

"Witches with asses like mine, do not talk to wizards with faces like yours!" she snapped and twirled on her heel, marching off toward the bathroom. Teddy stared blankly at her and then burst out laughing as Victoire who was also laughing approached him and joined him on the floor next to the ice sculpture.

"That, was, priceless," she panted out between laughs. "Let's do that again!"

"Hurry, we better go somewhere else, before she gets back from her fit. What did you think of the American accent?"

"Amazingly sexy, don't know how she didn't fall for it," laughed Victoire. "Let's actually have an unattractive guy this time, then it really will be true that witches with asses like hers don't talk to wizards with faces like yours!"

Soon, Ophelia had returned, and they were once again hiding. Teddy transformed his face into something quite unattractive that even had Victoire looking at with slight disgust. He knew it wasn't pretty at all, rather pig like. However, she had made his robes scream wealth. He looked like a ridiculously wealthy yet horribly ugly wizard.

He had made his voice incredibly deep and charming for this encounter, and when he approached Ophelia, he noticed that she was visibly recoiling from him. He smirked inwardly.

"Hello, I'm Vern," he said introducing himself in his well bred and charming voice. His mere voice oozed pure blood.

"Charmed," she said awkwardly taking his hand when she clearly didn't want to.

"Ophelia right? Ophelia Rossi?" he asked pretending not to know her name for sure.

"Yes, why yes I am Ophelia Rossi, famed fashion model and pureblood heiress," she said as if to say, 'if you know who I am, why are you bothering?'

"Well, Ophelia Rossi, famed fashion model and pureblood heiress, what would you say to a dance?"

"Eww, no!" she said unable to keep the disgust out of her voice.

"Why not?" he said charmingly.

"I'm me and you're you, that's reason enough, buddy," she said snootily.

"My name's Vern, and I may not be the best looking guy here, but I'm the only one talking to you," he said turning away with a slight smirk on his face as if her rejection hadn't hurt in the least; which it hadn't. It had been merely entertaining. Her face registered shock, but she let him walk away. Teddy and Victoire laughed for about ten minutes under the main table.

"Alright, now, I want you to look unbelievably handsome! Make yourself godlike, but I'll make your robes look like you're poor. Poor boy with the pretty face!" laughed Victoire waving her wand. "Let's see how she reacts to this."

"You mean I'm not already godlike handsome?" joked Teddy in mock offense. However, he was surprised by the face Vic made. She looked like she had swallowed a frog. He thought she must really think of him like a really ugly friend or a brother who didn't have an appearance.

"I didn't mean it like that, just erm… look like a different sexy god?" she said uncomfortably. She didn't want Teddy to think she thought he was unattractive.

"Ok, how's this?" he asked transforming his face into a veela like visage. Incredibly handsome, but the shabby robes off set it barely enough to be noticeable. Perfect. Teddy approached the intimidating Ophelia with a friendly grin. As she saw him walking toward her, she smiled a bit before her eyes flicked to his robes and she pursed her lips.

"Hi, I'm Dan," he said introducing himself, something he hadn't tried yet.

"Ophelia, Ophelia Rossi," she said with a tight smile.

"Would you care to dance, Miss Rossi," he said cordially.

"No thank you," she said unable to keep the contempt out of her voice as she rejected him. Obviously she thought that although he was handsome, he was beneath her socially due to his apparent lack of wealth.

"Don't thank me, thank Merlin somebody asked you," retorted Teddy, once again jabbing her before leaving.

"Excuse me! Are you implying that I am unable to attract a decent good looking, pureblooded, affluent male?" she asked, quite rudely with an emphasis on affluent.

"Well, hey, you can't be that picky, I know I wasn't," he said trying not to laugh before he had gotten all the way back to Victoire and turned his back to Ophelia. Once again, the two long time friends laughed hysterically over the rejection before planning another attack on the woman. Deciding the next man should just be very sleezy, they dressed Teddy in average robes and gave him the appearance of a used cauldron seller.

"Can I buy you a drink?" he asked tapping Ophelia on the shoulder, causing her to whirl around and look at him.

"No, I'm staying sober tonight, but I will take the fifteen sickles," she quipped back with a smirk. Maybe she was flirting with him.

"How about a dance instead then?"

"I don't like this song, but even if I did, I wouldn't dance with you," she shot back. Obviously she wasn't flirting, that was just rudeness.

Teddy grinned, thinking of a comeback that Toire had suggested. "I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce."

"URGGGG!" she exclaimed storming off in the other direction while Teddy was left to laugh at her retreating back with Victoire who had once again appeared at his side. They were enjoying this altogether too much.

"Okay, okay, once more and we're done," laughed Victoire finally settling down. "This time, we're going for weird, I vote you have a nose ring or something, crazy hair, I'll make your robes ridiculous!" She transformed them into bright orange and purple while he made his hair green and spikey while he changed the pigments in his skin to have a tattoo on his neck. He didn't have the heart to tell Vic that he couldn't make a nose ring with his skills.

He approached the ice queen who was now drinking a strong drink and looking very pissed off.

"Hey," he said with a slight wave while she looked at him with angry eyes and looked about ready to storm away. "Do you mind if I stare at you up close instead of from across the room?"

"What am I? Flypaper for freaks?" she exclaimed before rushing away. Teddy and Vic laughed for the rest of the night and entertained themselves by reliving the different incidents with "princess Ophelia".


It was late in the evening, and they were sitting, enjoying yet another piece of cake, when suddenly David Lee was up next to the band and making an announcement.

"Hi, everyone," he said nervously. "I have a bit of announcement. Not many of you know, in fact no one but our families really know, but I've been seeing this beautiful, intelligent, amazing witch for the past seven months. Until we were sure if this would work out, we wanted to keep it quiet, but now, we wanted to let everyone know, and well, you're all here. How Convenient," he attempted a joke before continuing. "If ShiShi May Yang would come up here please," he said, causing Victoire to look surprised and glance around at her other friends to see who knew.

They were all surprised. Elaine's mouth was hanging open and Sarah was looking angry at Frank who obviously had known. ShiShi herself looked a bit stunned at what David was doing, but went up to the stage anyways, giving a nervous wave at the crowd. "ShiShi has been the light of my life since I met her, and I honestly couldn't imagine living without her. She is the absolute most amazing woman I've ever met, and I wanted to take this opportunity to ask her something," he said addressing the crowd. Turning to ShiShi and dropping onto his knee, he smiled nervously as he held out a small box and said, "Shish, will you marry me?"

ShiShi's eyes got wide, and her face looked entirely shocked. There was a pregnant pause. "OH FOR THE LOVE OF MERLIN! SAY YES! IF THIS IS WHO YOU'VE BEEN MOONING OVER AND SNEAKING AROUND WITH SAY BLOODY YES!" shouted Sarah who was a bit tipsy. Suddenly ShiShi regained her composure and broke out in a smile.

"Yes," she whispered so low that no one but David could hear her, but it was obvious to the crowd what she had said. Everyone was clapping as David stood up and placed the ring on her finger while she cried and hugged him, looking quite happy. Mr. and Mrs. Yang joined them on the stage, and ShiShi seemed to be accusing her mother of not warning her while David and Mr. Yang were talking quietly. Obviously, they were some of the few that weren't shocked.

Victoire pulled Teddy toward the stage, wanting to be one of the first to talk to her friend. She was in total shock. Of course she had known toward the end of their seventh year that Dave and ShiShi were friends, and talked a lot, and that ShiShi had a major major crush on him, but she hadn't heard a word about him since graduation. In fact, all she had known was that ShiShi regularly disappeared with some unknown guy or guys. Apparently it had been Dave all along.

"Wow, didn't know you had it in you," said Teddy as they reached the happy couple. "That was Gryffindor courage right there."

"Thanks Ted. What you implied earlier about me being a wimpy ravenclaw who hides behind books really gave me the needed nudge to do it," replied Dave who seemed to be sweating a bit as they got close enough to see him in detail. Teddy didn't have the heart to tell Dave he had never said that so nodded and smiled.

"OMM! SHISHI WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!?" exclaimed Victoire taking her friend by the shoulders and shaking her.

"Er, well, we wanted to make sure we were serious, and it worked before we told everyone. We didn't want to make a big deal out of it… and then it was nice not to have the pressure of everyone knowing we were dating."

"OMM!" exclaimed Elaine rushing over and hugging Shishi. "YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED! AHHH!!!! ANOTHER WEDDING TO PLAN! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DATING THE GUY YOU MOONED OVER FOR YEARS AND DIDN'T TELL US!" Sarah was soon over there shrieking with Ellie about the development while Victoire stood shell shocked.

ShiShi was assuring them that she was entirely in love with Dave and that she was so happy yet surprised he had proposed, she merely thought they were announcing to everyone that they were dating, and he had proposed instead. It was obvious she was happy and loved Dave very much.

Victoire however, was unable to join in the celebrations all of a sudden. Suddenly, she realized exactly what this meant. ShiShi was moving in with her and Elaine this week, after all, Sarah was moving out and getting a small house with Frank. When Ellie got married in December, ShiShi and Victoire would share the flat. Now, she would be all alone when ShiShi got married. All of her friends, all of them, would be wrapped up in weddings, and then husbands, and then babies, and then they would be sending their children off to Hogwarts and then having more babies, and being all married and happy and she wouldn't! She shook herself. She was getting just a bit ahead of herself. After all, it wasn't that bad. Yet.


A little later, Sarah and Frank left for their honeymoon in a special ministry cab that would take them to the Floo Port. They were going to Hawaii, over halfway across the world, and would be gone for two weeks. Everyone cheered for them and waved as they drove away. Heading back inside, the party was winding down as everyone headed out on the floor for a few last dances or gathered their belongings to leave.

Victoire who was still a little upset about the announcement of Dave and ShiShi's engagement searched for her shoes while Teddy waited to walk her home. He had offered, and she wasn't about to say no. After all, she had liked him since maybe fourth year. Okay, so perhaps it might have been longer, but she hadn't wanted to admit she was in love with someone who was practically her brother.

"Do you want to dance the last dance?" asked Teddy who was surprised that Vic hadn't danced all night. Usually she was a bit of a dancer. However, sometimes he knew that she didn't like to because being part veela made it a little awkward for her. Vic looked around and realizing that not many were left, it would be fine to dance the last dance, it was a slow song anyways. She loved dancing and hadn't barely stepped on the floor all night.

As they danced to the old Cecilia Warback tune, Teddy tried to remember everything about that moment as he held Victoire close, the smell of her perfume, the touch of her hand on his shoulder, the feel of her hand in his as they twirled, but most of all, the smile in her tired yet beautiful eyes. He wouldn't be able to see her, let alone hold her this close for quite a while. He just wanted to imprint this moment on his memory. Little did he know she would be doing the same.

He walked her to her apartment on the pretense of merely making sure she got home safe. When he reached her door after the pleasant walk where they had chatted lightly, he said goodbye, both knowing they wouldn't see each other for a while. She had hugged him, and he had attempted to breathe in as much of her scent as possible before parting and had watched her close the door before apparating back to the Shrieking Shack.

As she closed the door behind her, Victoire pulled the pale chain that disappeared below the neckline of her dress to reveal the locket that hung from it. Holding the jewelry in her hand, letting her palm warm the metal, she smiled. As much as she could miss Teddy all summer, seeing him tonight had been so much better because of it. Now if only she never had to be miserable and miss him again.

So, Grace didn't Beta this because she was visiting our Aunt. Sorry for errors... However, you wrote 5 reviews! Thank YOU!!!! AHH AMAZING!!! Please do send me more!!!! I don't know when I'll update next, but perhaps next Thurs! Hopefully maybe! More reviews will deff inspire me though! BTW one of the lines from the scene with Ophelia was from She's the Man= GREAT MOVIE! Lol! Sorry, can't claim it as my own, or any of rowling's stuff either! If I have ten reviews(24) by Thurs I will definitely update, promise!! Happy Easter!

Ellie

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Angelpris- I suck at spelling and I often do stupid things, one reviewer pointed out recently I said ancient ruins instead of ancient runes… embarrassing.. so thanks for telling me about metamorphmagus… lol!

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