He sat scribbling a rough drawing of her face. Victoire Weasley. How had he never met her before? He sighed. Bill and Fleur had moved to France a couple of months after the war. They had stayed that long to mourn Fred's death, but Bill couldn't stand the constant reminders of his younger brother and Fleur missed France terribly.
That's why Victoire was a stranger.
He carefully scatched her eyes, which were etched in his memory. But his quill didn't do them justice. Not even close. He sighed again. Victoire was in Ravenclaw. There wouldn't be many opportunities to see her. Perhaps a Hogsmeade weekend? No, Teddy thought, that would sound as if I want to take her on a date. Well, I do. But not right away.
Harry had taught him well. He knew the best way was to get to know the lady first and become good friends with her. Then, if they both liked each other a lot, he could ask her on a date. He also knew how to be gentleman-like. Pull out her chair for her, open doors for her, say nice things about her, that kind of thing. Teddy smiled at the thought of his godfather. He wasn't cross with him anymore, so he had torn up the letter and tossed it in the fire while no-one was looking.
"What are you drawing?"
Teddy jumped. He had been so lost in his thoughts...
Victoire smiled at him. He stared back at her. "What are you drawing?" She asked again.
"Where did you...?"
"I didn't think you noticed me before," she chuckled. He smiled at her. She peered at his parchment and asked, "Is that me?" She looked at him questioningly, before smiling again and saying, "Your hair's pink again."
Teddy became even more embaressed as he nodded. "It's good," she said, sitting beside him on the floor of the hallway. "Really good."
Teddy found himself grinning stupidly at her. He shook his head quickly before saying, "Thanks."
"You're welcome. Would you like to take me to Hogsmeade some time?"
His eyes widened. He had never met a girl so confident before. She wasn't arrogant, though - she just had a firm understand of who she was and what she wanted. "Uh... Sure, yeah..."
"Great," she smiled, getting up. "I have to go. My next class starts soon. See you 'round." And with that, she walked away, with Teddy staring after her in surprise.