AN: Harry Potter and everything to do with does not belong to me, and never will. Poor me. However, you can make it better by REVIEWING. Please? :D

As the alarm clock on his bedside table started to beep at him louder and louder, Teddy snaked one hand out of bed and was blindly attempting to whack the snooze button on it. He hated getting up to work. Half hour later Teddy was showered, dressed, and was springing down the stairs, singing tunefully as he went. Taking the last three stairs at a jump he landed on the hallway floor with a resonating thud, and strolled down the hallway tapping a beat on the hallway wall with his hands as he went, and into the kitchen where he met his grandmother.

"Good morning," he said with a huge grin.

"Good morning, Teddy dear." said Andromeda Tonks with a smile, which obviously showed that she thought that no one else could make as much noise in as small amount of time, especially not that early in the morning.

"Oh, by the way, Mary is ill, so I'm going to be taking her shift," Andromeda said, setting herself down at the table looking very proper, laying her napkin across her lap. "I probably won't be home until about nine, possibly ten. Think you can manage to feed yourself tonight?"

Teddy grabbed a glass and the juice from the 'fridge as he went to join his grandmother at the table said "Of course. Do you want me to make extra for you or will you have to eat out?" with a slight frown.

Teddy looked at his grandmother taking in the bags beneath her eyes not entirely covered with make-up and the thick hair that was mostly grey now, feeling partly guilty. She had retained the fine features of the Black family into her sixties; however, Teddy didn't like to think a woman her age still had to take a double shift at the apothecary's in Diagon Alley, when she ought to be thinking about retiring. Before his grandfather had died in the war, his grandmother had not worked since before his mother had been born as Ted Tonks' salary had been enough to support them. This is why Teddy felt a bit guilty; he knew that he was the reason that his grandmother still had to work.

"Oh no, don't worry about making extra I'll grab something in-between shifts." Andromeda said, calling Teddy back from his thoughts again. "Oh and this came today," she added with a sly grin.

"Huh?"

Andromeda placed a large, thick envelope in front of him, "It took two large owls to carry it. Made a right huff getting in through the window they did!" She smiled down at him with pride, and even a little bit of sadness; she was remembering a day around 25 years ago when a very similar package had arrived for her daughter.

It was the application for Auror training he had sent away for earlier that year. He knew he needed two recommendations, a personal essay, a passing physical exam by a healer, a clean criminal record and N.E.W.T's in Defence Against the Dark Arts, Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, and Herbology. It was very competitive and Teddy had to admit that the application scared him a little; it was his future in that envelope. It was summer; he didn't really want to have to think about it right now.

"Merlin, look at the time," Andromeda exclaimed, eyes wide. Suddenly she was flying around the kitchen and hallway gathering the things she needed for work and slipped her shoes on in the hallway. Dashing back in to the kitchen, she placed a kiss on the top of Teddy's head as he laughed and then she flooed to work. He ate his breakfast slowly, trying hard not to think about the application and the expectations people had for him.

Later on, Teddy was humming to himself as he shelved books at Flourish and Blotts when he heard the bell above the door chime, followed by Victoire Weasley's exclamation of "Teddy!"

Teddy barely had time to register her arrival when he found that the books he had been holding were in a small pile on the floor and Victoire was grabbing his shoulders shaking him slightly as she jumped up and down, babbling unintelligibly about a concert, London and something else.

"Victoire," Teddy said removing himself from her vice-like grip, "What are you on about?" He around the shop as he knelt to pick up the books, making sure his supervisors weren't lurking anyway close by. They were very strict, and didn't much like it when Teddy wasn't 100% focused on his job. However, Teddy's summer was brightened by the fact that Victoire appeared to have returned her normal energetic, slightly frivolous self.

"I just won tickets to the Lorcan d'Eath concert today!" She pulled two tickets out of the sleeve of her violet robes and waved them about in Teddy's face.

"That's, um, great, Victoire!" Teddy said as he bent down to pick up the last fallen book. He didn't notice her bound over to him, and he jumped when he stood back up and turned to find her directly in front of him. She wore a slight, timid smile, and Teddy just knew that when she made that face that she was about to ask him to do something he most likely wouldn't want to do. At all.

"What?" he asked suspiciously.

"Well, like, I told Mum and Dad about it, but then it sounded like they weren't going to let me go, so, basically right, well, I told them that you were coming with me," she finished, anxiously biting her lip.

Teddy Blanched. Lorcan d'Eath. The half vampire heart throb. No way was he going.

This obviously showed on his face as Victoire shot him a pleading look. "I'm sorry! They weren't going to let me go!" She explained, nervously twisting her hands about "Please, Ted." She finished with a hopeful grin.

Teddy grimaced "You know how I feel about Lorcan d'Eath Victoire, I do have SOME sort of reputation to keep up" he said poking his tongue out in a very cheeky manner.

Victoire rolled her eyes at him. "Pfft, quit being all snobby, or I might be forced tell everyone at school about how you used to sing along to Celestina Warbeck at Nanny Molly's at Christmas time." She said with a sly grin "What's with the hair anyway?"

Confused for a moment, due to the quick change of subject, he realised she was asking him about his strangely dull appearance. He self-consciously ran a hand through his sandy brown hair; it was the "natural" hair colour from his father. "My employers didn't think turquoise was very professional..."

Victoire just continued to grin at him. "Fine," Teddy gave in, "I'll go with you." Victoire whooped and placed to kisses on each of Teddy's cheeks, causing the books to tumble to the floor once again. He felt slightly strange as her long silvery blonde hair swept over him, hitting his nostrils with the scent of chocolate, paints and papaya. Maybe he wasn't as immune to her Veela charms as he thought he once was...

A customer somewhere cleared their throat, causing them to break apart abruptly, and Teddy bent down to pick up the fallen books for the second time that day.

"Well, anyway, I know that you're seeing Jamesie tonight, but do you want to hang out tomorrow night?"

Teddy shook his head, "Can't, Kingsley asked if I can teach his son guitar."

Victoire just gave Teddy a death glare "It's one of the few lessons I get paid to teach! You know I won't let and of the Weasley's or Potter's pay me for the lessons!'"

This was true however the large family had recommended Teddy as a music teacher to their well-connected friends after they had discovered his musical talents, and it was payment enough.

"Fine," Victoire finally sighed.

"Next year is my last year at Hogwarts, Vic. I need to save some gold," Teddy explained, "plus, I like teaching. Maybe I'll do that when I'm old." He trailed off.

This is exactly why you've got to spend all the time you can with amazingly wonderful best friend before you go off and grow up! How about Friday?"

Teddy felt a bit sheepish as he answer, "Well, its Lily's piano lesson in the morning and then-" Teddy found himself cut off again as Victoire pushed two fingers to his lips to silence him. Teddy was quite mortified when he found himself enjoying the sensation of her fingers on his mouth. It was reminder of the feelings he was desperately trying to ignore.

"Then, WE are hanging out." She nodded forcefully and removed her fingers, stepping back from him. His voice oddly absent, he nodded back to her in agreement.

Victoire smiled at him, said goodbye, and left the bookshop, the door jingling as she pushed it open. Teddy sighed and headed to the stock room to retrieve more books, pausing to rub the place on his cheek where Victoire had kissed him.

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