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Quick Note, I was out of town most of the weekend and was forced to write this on my iphone which doesn't have the greatest spell check in the world so I'm apologizing before hand for the mistakes.

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The party was in full swing by the time Teddy and Victore got there. Most of the Weasley-Potter clan were already there but a few stragglers were still arriving. Everyone was mingling in the living room, catching up on news, talking about the latest Quidditch Cup ect. ect. He wasn't able to pay attention to any of it though, his eyes frantically scanning the room for any sight of James even though his heart already told him that the younger boy wasn't there.

"So..." James turned his attention back to Victore "How do we go about telling everyone we've...Uh...separated."

"The fastest way possible." Victore smirked and waved her younger sister over "Dominique!" she called and it didn't take long for the girl to come over. "Shoo Teddy" she nudged his arm and he walked a few steps away, helping himself to some of the peanuts that laid in a dish. He made it so he was discreet enough to not be noticed but close enough to still hear the conversation.

"What do you want Vic?" she asked briskly. Dominique was three years older then James, twenty years old now and well on her way to becoming one of the best Curse-Breakers around. She had dark red Weasley hair but the rest of her soft features were her mother's. She was pretty but then again so was poisonous nightshade...

"That guy in your office, Randal or Rudy or something-"

"Ryan?"

"Yes Ryan." Victore smiled "Is he still single?"

"Uh...Yeah...Why?"

"Because he was cute, I was hoping you could set us up."

Dominique blinked "Victore did you fall on your head or something? You're dating Teddy."

"Nope, he and I broke up."

"What? No way! Since when!" Dominique was suddenly interested.

"Just this afternoon."

"Why? What happened? Gram has been planning your wedding for months already!"

Teddy winced, he knew that everyone would be so disappointed when they heard that he and Victore split and they'd all probably disown him when they found out the real reason why.

"We just didn't work out."

Please just accept that, please, please, please.

"Bullocks, what really happened? Was there someone else?"

Shit He should have known by now that he wouldn't get off that easily.

"Dominique!"

"Oh gosh there was! Who was it, was it you or him!"

Teddy was so grateful everyone else was to busy in their own conversations to pay attention to the two sisters.

"Me"

Thank you Victore you are a goddess and I swear I will make it up to you somehow!

"You? Damn I never thought you were the cheating type."

"It just happened and our relationship was already so far apart it hardly changed anything, it just gave us the reason we were looking for to call it quits. You can't tell anyone though okay?"

"Corse not." Dominique nodded and ran off, Teddy quickly walked back over to Victore.

"Why'd you tell her not to tell anyone? I thought we wanted word to get around?"

"Because if you say not to tell anyone shell tell everyone. See?" Victore pointed to where Dominique was already huddled up with Lucy, quite obviously gossiping.

"Thanks Vic...for saying you were the one who was...unfaithful..." he whispered softly.

"It's no problem Teddy. Nobody will really care if I did it but if they found out you were the cheater you'd be getting so many hexes sent your way you'd be unrecognizable."

A flood of affection rushed through him "I did want us to work out..."

"I know Ted, luck just wasn't on our side."

"You'll find someone"

"I know that. Now go on, you need to go find James. It'd be better if he heard the real version of the break up from you."

"You're right." he sighed "Good luck,"

"You too"

Teddy made sure nobody was looking before quickly giving her one last kiss. He then jogged off, making sure to avoid the kitchen so he wouldn't be wrangled into helping with the meal.

"Teddy"He turned around and walked over

"Hey Al, you seen James?"

"Oh I'm fine Teddy, it's so nice of you to ask." Albus said sarcastically

"Sorry Albus. I'm just in a real hurry."

"To find James?" the youngest Potter son raised an eyebrow. "Does this have anything to do with you and Victore breaking up? Because I don't buy that she was the one doing the cheating."

Teddy's heart sped up. "W-What do you mean?"

"I'm in Slytherin Teddy. I know sneaking around when I see it and ever since Christmas I could practically smell the sneak and secrets. What's going on between you and James?"

"My guess is that you already know."

"I want to hear it from you."

"We're together okay?" Today is not my day! "Or at least we were, I screwed up but I realized that he's all I want and all I need to be happy."

Albus stared at him for a long moment, again screaming would be better then the dreaded staring. Especially from someone who looked so much like Harry. Then Albus broke out in a wide grin.

"Why are you smiling? The smiling's scaring me..."

"Because if you marry James then you'll be my brother. Not that you aren't already but still!"

Teddy couldn't help but laugh and put Albus in a headlock, ruffling his already messy hair. "You're one crazy snake!"

"Teddy let gooooo!" Albus squirmed but hr was also laughing.

"Dinners ready!" Ginny called from the kitchen and Teddy let go of Albus quickly, his hair turning a dark navy blue, a color that only occurred when he was seriously nervous.

"It'll be okay Ted, you know James. He doesn't hold grudges." Albus tried to comfort him but it didn't help much.

"I hope you're right..." he murmured before walking into the backyard where the long dining table would be spread out. The food looked and smelled amazing, as always. Everybody was taking their seats by their spouses or closest family members, everybody but James that is, he was nowhere in sight. Teddy looked to Albus confused who shrugged, also looking slightly surprised his brother wasn't at the table. Normally James was first in line to fill up his plate, Harry and Ginny often made jokes that he had an appetite like his Uncle and I sat down to the left of Lily and Hugo who were talking animatedly to their surrounding cousins about their latest exploits last year at Hogwarts.

"Albus. Do you know where you brother is?" Harry asked from a few seats down.

"I haven't seen him since this morning." Albus sighed

"Just because he's seventeen doesn't mean he can start showing up late without even a floo call."

"He probably just got held up at work or at a store or something." Albus smirked "I'm sure he'll be here soon besides today everyone's acting like James is the most important thing in the world. Starting to make me feel bad" Albus pouted, he was kidding but Harry gave Teddy a confused look anyways.

"I was looking for James earlier." he explained.

"Ah, " Harry hesitated, as if there was something else he wanted to say but wasn't sure if he should.

"Is there something else...?" Teddy asked hesitantly, praying that Harry wasn't as perceptive as his son.

"I just wanted to make sure if you were okay. I heard about you and Victore. It's the buzz of the night."

He gave an internal sigh of relief. "Yeah I'm fine. It was a long time coming and we're still on good terms,"

Harry looked skeptical but before he could further their conversation two new people stepped into the backyard.

"Sorry I'm late" James said "I sort of got lost."

"Lost going where?" Somebody, Hugo he thought, asked.

"Picking up Todd, he goes to work with me." James introduced the other person who came in with him, a tall olive skinned man with dark hair, a strong set jaw and cobalt blue eyes. "I'm gay and he's my boyfriend."

Everybody stared at James shocked, no one had expected this revelation and especially not done so bluntly. The silence was quickly broken though by Teddy slamming his head against the table in exasperation. Things just never seemed to go right for him...

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Ha! Most of ya'll expected Teddy to screw up! Surprise!

I'm surprised that this is my longest chapter yet! I hoped you liked it and PLEASE REVIEW! I don't even have ten reviews yet and I'm on Chapter 4 already! It makes me so saaaaaaaaaad :(