Shades of Denial
9 | In Which the Girls are Suspicious
June 24, 2017
The party began to die down around midnight. Shortly after they were nearly discovered by Molly, Victoire and Teddy decided it was best not to stay up there much longer.
As per tradition, after the Midsummer Party, all the grandkids slept over and spent the whole next day at the Burrow to spend some time with their grandparents. After receiving the customary hugs and kisses from their parents, the kids split to claim the various rooms. Teddy, however, had to leave because he had to help Jesse out with plans for the wedding.
The remaining boys split into two groups; Freddie, James, and Louis stayed in Bill and Charlie's old room and Albus and Hugo went to Ron's old room. The girls split into three groups; Rose and Lily took Ginny's old room, Lucy and Dominique claimed Percy's old room, and Victoire, Molly, and Roxanne stayed in Fred and George's old room.
While the boys did whatever boys do on sleepovers, the girls talked about boys in Percy's room – with the exception of Rose and Lily; Rose, ever her mother's daughter, insisted that it was far too past their bedtime and they needed to sleep.
"Was it just me, or did Blaine Wood look hotter than normal tonight?" Molly asked.
"All three of the Wood boys are pretty cute," Dominique agreed.
"Pretty cute?" Molly repeated. "They're gods."
"And they're great at Quidditch," Victoire interjected.
Dominique rolled her eyes. She hated Quidditch.
"I heard their sister Tessa is good too," Roxy added. "She'll be a second year in September, so I hope she tries out."
Eager to change the subject, Dom spoke up. "I saw Asher Cole checking you out earlier, Vicky."
Victoire wrinkled her nose. "He's one of my friends!"
"So?" Roxy asked.
"And he's Ginger's ex-boyfriend," Victoire said. "I don't date my friends' exes."
The girls nodded in respect.
"So, Luce, got your eye on anybody?" Dom asked.
Lucy shrugged half-heartedly and ignored the girls' pesterings until they gave up.
"You know who was looking pretty good tonight?" Molly asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Teddy."
Victoire stiffened but tried to relax. Dominique laughed while Roxy and Lucy exclaimed, "Ew!"
"What?" Molly asked innocently.
"He's family," Dom pointed out.
"Not by blood, and besides, family members can still be attractive," Molly argued, then swung her piercing gaze over to Victoire. "Right, Vic?"
Victoire shrugged. "I guess. I've never really noticed."
"Really?" Molly asked. "Well you two are the oldest and have spent the most time together, I really thought you would've picked up on how smoking hot he is by now."
Dominique, Roxy, and Lucy exchanged a look, picking up on the tension between Victoire and Molly.
"I don't feel like talking about Teddy," Victoire said. "Let's – "
"But why?" Molly interrupted. "Why would you not want to talk about Teddy? Did you two get into a fight? You were getting along fine earlier, or was I mistaken?"
Victoire glared at her cousin, but Molly glared right back. Normally Victoire and Molly got along, but Molly was obviously not going to let this drop until Victorie admitted what she and Teddy were really doing earlier.
"I don't want to talk about him because I'm tired," Victoire answered, getting off of the bed they were sitting on. "I'm going to sleep."
She stalked over to the door and closed it firmly behind her. She lingered a moment to listen.
"What was that about?!" Dominique exclaimed in a hushed tone.
"Nothing. Sorry," Molly replied, and then the girls moved on to a different topic.
Victoire crossed the hall to her Uncle George's old bedroom and crawled into one of the beds with tears in her eyes.
