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French Plaits.

Blurb …

Teddy loves Victoire French plaits. Victoire wants to know why Teddy keeps gawking at her. Harry and Ron are at a loss on what to do, Hermione's the voice of reason, and Rose is the only one making sense. Confused? :TeddyVictoire SU postDH:


CHAPTER SEVEN: Don't wear French Plaits!

She was only there to pick up her sister Chantelle. She was over at Frank Longbottom's house, who only lived a few hills away. Victoire's dad had asked her to go fetch her.

Now she found herself talking to Auntie Luna about Teddy.

That was going to be an interesting conversation.

"Auntie Luna, I really just need to get Chantelle." Victoire said earnestly. She turned over her shoulder. "CHANTELLE! GET YOUR ARSE DOWN HERE NOW, OR I'LL GET TEDDY TO HEX YOU INTO NEXT WEEK!"

They don't call her a loving sister for nothing.

"I'm coming!" Came a faint voice from upstairs. She had said that half an hour ago.

"I'm sure Chantelle and Frank are having fun." Luna was saying. She moved to an oddly shaped teapot and poured some tea into a mug painted with sunflowers. She poured another one for Victoire, who accepted it gratefully.

No matter how odd Auntie Luna was, Victoire had always liked the Longbottom's. Frank, Kadee and Alice, the children, were an odd bunch themselves, but nice enough, and Neville was her Herbology professor at Hogwarts. They always had an optimistic approach to life, and Victoire wished she could hang around them more often.

They didn't live far away from Shell Cottage. A few hills away from them were a small town, a few minutes walk from the beach below the cliffs behind Shell Cottage. The Longbottom's house was located to the fields beside the village, with an overgrown garden and a tall house that you could tell belonged to Luna.

"Thanks Auntie Luna." Victoire said. She tasted the tea and gagged-it tasted like rotten cheese.

"That's all right, Victoire." Luna said cheerfully. She pulled out a chair from the round table and sat down, indicating that Victoire do the same. She did, pretending to take another sip of the tea to be polite. "I think we can assume that Frank and Chantelle will be another half an hour or so. That sister of your's is never exactly on time for anything."

"Yes, last year, she was two hours late to a Christmas party down in the village." Victoire said. "In the end, she completely missed it."

Luna laughed brightly. That was another thing Victoire liked about the family. Their laughter was infectious, and always seemed to make you want to laugh with them. Their smiles were just the same.

"But then, we have to remember." Luna said. "Sometimes, being constantly late can be a good thing."

"How so?" Victoire asked.

"Well, think of the circumstances. The Christmas party was ransacked by gatecrashers-in the end, they stole everything, and no one had a good time. Maybe it would have been a good thing if she had missed it. Everything has consequences, and unfortunately, consequences seem to be the only thing people ever notice."

Victoire shook her head slightly. Even though the party hadn't been gatecrashed, Auntie Luna was the one person who could branch off into some completely random subject.

"Well, I don't look at the consequences all the time." Victoire said definitely, pretending to drink more tea.

"I wouldn't be sure." Luna said. "If more people looked at the positive results of a choice to make, they wouldn't be worried on which choice to make. People always consider the bad outcomes."

"Well, shouldn't people consider what bad things might happen?" Victoire asked. She was judging on a decision she had to make-whether to tell Teddy about her … stupid feelings for him. (Damn it, she couldn't even deny that now).

Luna shook her head and smiled. "If you looked at the good things, and accept that bad things will happen, no matter what you choose, then you'll see things in a different light. For example-give me a hard choice to make."

"Er …" Well, why not? "Whether to tell someone that you fancy them."

"Hmmm." Luna thought for a moment. "I'd tell them."

"Why?"

"Because." Luna put down her tea to watch her more closely. "Look at the positives-one one hand, you tell them-he may like you back. And you can be happy."

"But-"

"Ignoring the bad's, Victoire." Luna reminded her with another smile. "And on the other hand, you don't tell them-you could be their friend, and won't have to face possible ridicule."

"But if you look at it that way, wouldn't telling them be better?" Victoire asked. "Because it'd be better just to know whether you have a chance with them, rather than always settling for being 'just a friend'?"

Luna smiled and took another gulp of tea. "You're learning, Victoire."

"But what about the consequences?" Victoire argued. "You can't just ignore them?"

"No." Luna agreed. "But don't dwell on them. Sometimes, risks are worth it. If you told him-the bad outcome is that he may not like you back. But how bad is that really? If they don't, you know that it isn't meant to be-you could get over it. Or he might find it awkward and not want to know you."

"See?" Victoire asked, but Luna held up a hand to let her continue.

"But if they react like that, who's to say that they were the right one in the first place?"

Victoire opened her mouth to argue, but closed it, unable to think of an answer. That was true … but …

"I can't think of an argument to that." Victoire admitted.

"That is exactly my point." Luna said. "You've come a long way in decision making in this last 10 minutes, Victoire."

"Right." Victoire pretended to drink again. "Why are they taking so long?" Victoire muttered. She had to have Chantelle home by dinner.

Luna sat and hummed a cheery tune for a while, gazing out the kitchen window. Victoire followed her gaze and saw 8-year-old Kadee playing with her 5-year-old sister, Alice in the fields with what looked like a cat.

"You have an interesting way of looking at things, Auntie Luna." Victoire said after a while.

"Thank you." Luna said. "I find that a positive outlook, can lead to positive things. Just hold your head high and good things will happen-they just take time, and you have to stay true to yourself."

"I don't know why my brother thinks you're crazy." Victoire told her, and Luna offered her more tea. Victoire shook her head and Luna poured herself some more.

"People have their opinions." Luna said, sitting back down. "But I was in Ravenclaw for a reason. And I'm assuming that your choice of example of decision before wasn't a coincidence?"

Victoire almost swallowed a gulp full of tea, as she pretended to drink, as her mouth fell open in horror. Luna was looking quite serene.

"I-I … I don't fancy anyone …" Victoire said lamely.

"Victoire, I've seen the way you act around a certain someone." Luna said. "It's how I first acted around Neville. She gestured to the ceiling, where Neville voice could be heard, as it was the summer holidays.

"I … er …"

"It's ok, I won't tell anyone." Luna said. Victoire trusted her on that one-Luna never lied.

"I-ok. I guess I fancy someone … Teddy, if you can believe that."

"I can." Luna said. "I fell for my best friend too."

"I guess you did!" How could Victoire have forgotten that? She didn't have only Aunt Hermione to talk to after all! Ok, Auntie Luna was a bit out of it, but she was smart enough, (the decision making lecture was proof).

"So are you going to tell him?" Luna asked.

"If I look at the positives …" Luna smiled. "Then, the only decision that I can make is to tell him."

She never thought she'd say that.

"Good luck." Luna said, just as Chantelle and Frank finally turned up.

"Can Frank stay for dinner, Auntie Luna?" Chantelle asked.

"Of course, Chantelle." Luna said.

"Wha-? You spend all that time just to ask him to dinner?!" Victoire asked in outrage. Chantelle grinned and ran outside into the sunshine with Frank right behind.

Victoire was about to follow when Luna called out:

"Oh and when you do tell him, I suggest you don't wear French plaits, or else he won't understand a word you're saying." Luna laughed. "He loves them that much."

Victoire left even more confused, yet maybe a little wiser than before.

Well, that's what she liked to think. She still wasn't sure if telling Teddy was the right thing. But one thing she could be sure of was that Teddy loved her French plaits.

And she was getting to the bottom of it.


A/N: This one doesn't have much to do with the french plait concept except for right at the end, but i reeeeally wanted to get the Auntie Luna conversation in there. I love Luna, though i'm afraid she's a little OOC here. She just didn't want to cooperate.

And in my opinion, Hannah Abbott throws herself off a veeery high cliff while Neville and Luna marry under a clump of Nargles.

-Cough- Anywho, i hope my decision making lecture via Luna made sense. It probably didn't. Victoire just needed the decision to talk to Teddy ... or something. Oh i don't know, i'm tired.

Today, i offically am on holiday for the year (minus exams). Woot! So i want to say:

Merry merry Christmas,

It's Christmas time,

HOORAY!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Love Moon.

Hope you liked, until next time-

-Moon. : D