A/N: Okay, my ages and dates are still pretty screwy and I'm starting to hate this story. Please review and tell me what you hate or like?
July 28th- Lily: 13, Vic: 18, Teddy: 21
It is your birthday and you're finallyfinally a teenager. Hugo, little child that he is, still is only twelve. You debate with yourself whether you should tease him or bask in your new maturity.
Since you are still you and Hugo is still red headed and brilliant and annoying you tease him for a little while to pass the time until Vic and Teddy (for the first time back home since he took the job) get here. Unfortunately for Hugo, Teddy is terribly late as expected and Vic is too (which is odd and not at all like the perfectionism that she pretends). Of course the part starts without them- food is piled onto tables, Dom and Lor and Rose wander about wreaking havoc while their (better) halves sit and try to avoid misplaced hexes (mostly due to Dom's less than stellar wand work).
Vic shows up before Teddy does, a cute boy named Alec holding her hand in tight grip that looks like it hurts a bit. It isn't like you can blame him, what with all of your cousins and siblings descending upon him and Uncle Bill treating him to an even scarier death glare than the one that Teddy got. This boy is the first one that Vic has brought home, except for Teddy, so you're ready to congratulate him when Teddy walks in the gate with a black haired girl holding his hand.
It's then that you realize that, no matter how much older Teddy and Vic are, they are still incredibly silly about some things. Judging from the way that Teddy pulls his girl closer when he sees Vic with a boy, and the way that Vic pulls Alex closer with a little turning on of Veela charm, you're pretty sure that the only reason they have dates is because they knew the other was going to be here.
It's been a year and they're both trying to prove that they are completely and totally over each other. You feel oddly hurt for some reason, more hurt than when you first found out Teddy and Vic were dating. The two of them aren't just yours anymore.
Teddy's hair starts turning orangeish and Vic's face is flushed, both of them staring only at the other and not even noticing the crowd of people around them (including you).
Heaving a sigh at the thought that this birthday kind of sucked, you wandered off to the tree house, hoping that James and Alice aren't there already. Luckily, they aren't.
You sit in the tree house for a while, a little bit of needed peace. It's kind of funny- your teachers say that "exuberant" is not quite enough to capture you, your parents tease you about being a little spitfire and, kind of ironically, lately both Teddy and Vic have taken to calling you dragon girl. And yet, you really like hanging out with just a few friends and being able to just listen sometimes.
You wonder if it's Teddy or Vic that you should be comforting or talking to. Feminine solidarity pulls you to Vic, but Teddy writes more despite the fact he's busy with his job. For now, torn between the two, you decide to be just Lily instead of TeddyandLily or VicandLily.
Unfortunately, your moment of peace is broken be harsh words rising from below.
"We're supposed to be finding Lily, not arguing like children," Vic says. You've never heard her talk like this to anyone before (except for one time to Alexander Zabini).
Teddy's voice answers and you can tell he's trying, and failing, to stay calm. "I'm not the one who's shouting. Or the one who brought some random guy they seduced just to prove they weren't pining or whatever." The faint sound of Vic gasping sounds soso loud, because never ever did any of them hold what they were against the others (PotterVeelaMetamorphagus).
You peer out of the window, the two of them evidently forgetting about you at Teddy's words. His hair cycles from red to bright sickening green to brown and then back to red again.
Vic shuffles her feet nervously, nearly falling over in her high heels. "I thought we were in love or something." Vic's voice isn't angry anymore, it's terribly sad and you can't keep track of the way her emotions change and Teddy's hair shifts from color to color.
You kind of want to jump in between them, pull them back to the party, back to loudness. Because even having a bit of peace and quiet is not worth listening to these two yell and fight and (worst of all) speak in that sad, flat tone.
While you've been thinking to yourself, they've finished for now. "I should be getting back to Lisa," Teddy says, just as Vic speaks up with, "Alex will be missing me."
They both glance away from each other and begin walking back to the party, forgetting about you for now.
You can't let them slip away, can't let the best friends you've ever had slide away from you and each other (and it's unbearably selfish but you don't care right now), so you hurry after them.
Your hands catch theirs and you pull them to a halt, Teddy and Vic looking at you with identical expressions of surprise and shock. You don't say anything, just pull them to your side and glare at them to ensure they stay while you fumble for your camera.
"Best friends forever," you say. When their eyes meet over your head (before skittering away from each other) you know they think you're terribly naïve and whatever. You don't care and instead take the picture.
It's among the worst you've taken in a while because Teddy's hair is only barely changing back from blue and Vic's mouth is tugging up and down all at once, but it's you three right now, together.
And whatever comes next, you're (almost) sure that you'll be able to face it together.