When dad got home from work, I practically tackled him to the ground. I was so anxious to hear what happened with Teddy, I'd forgone any type of politeness. He was my dad, I think it was allowed.

"So, what happened?" I asked, bouncing on my heels.

"You're never this excited about my day, poppet," he remarked, ignoring what I was really asking. "We dealt with a new shipment of ancient artifacts from Cairo. Those Egyptians sure loved their curses, I must've broken over a hundred before lunch alone."

I pouted and crossed my arms over my chest. "Dad!"

"I spoke to Teddy today and he told me the ultimatum he gave you. I'm a little angry you only told me the truth because of what he said, but I respect him for doing it," he answered, sitting on the sofa. "I agreed to let him take you on a date, but no more of these spontaneous trips to his flat. I don't want you alone with him like that."

I wanted to argue with him I was old enough to make my own decisions, but I bit my tongue. Right now, I'd gotten what I wanted and didn't want to ruin that. So, instead of looking a hippogriff straight in the mouth, I hurried upstairs to write to Teddy asking about what really happened today and to my friends to tell them the news.

Teddy,

Considering my dad is in my living room instead of awaiting trial at Azkaban, I assume today went well. He said our date was okay, as long as I don't go to your flat with you alone. It's as if I'm fourteen years old or something!

I knew better than to question him, or he might pull the entire date off the table. Even if I'm the oldest daughter, he still thinks I'm a child.

Victoire

I folded up the letter and laid it on the corner of my desk before writing a single letter to copy for all my friends.

The date is a go! Need to rendezvous and plan the perfect outfit soon!

I made four copies of the letter and took my parchment back downstairs. Hazel was a trooper this summer, sending all the family mail without as much as a nip to the fingers. She even nuzzled my hand as I tied the letters to her leg.

"Can you take these to the guys and Teddy?" I asked, kissing the soft feathers at the top of her head. "You're a good girl, Hazzie."

She cooed and clicked her beak affectionately before taking off out the window.

The date was set for Saturday, and all my friends came over for a sleepover Friday night. Teddy said to wear whatever I wanted, I'd be gorgeous no matter what it was. After I swooned for a few minutes, I decided to go semi-formal.

"This dress is beautiful and it still has the tags on it!" Jade exclaimed, pulling out an off-the-shoulder wine colored dress. "You've got to wear it!"

I nodded and dug around in my shoe chest, coming out with a pair of chunky black heels. "With these shoes."

Addie nodded, bouncing on the bed where she sat. Anth reached over and stilled her, making her stick her tongue out at him in response. They'd been friends the longest out of all of us because they lived in the same building, two flats apart. Growing up as muggleborns, they bonded over having magic.

"When are you going to admit you're in love?" Jade asked, eyeing the two of them.

"The 31st of November in the year of mind your business," Anth snapped back, making me barely keep my laughter at bay.

After my outfit was picked out, we headed downstairs to raid the kitchen. Maman was sitting in the living room with dad, no kids in sight. Instead of springing apart, they just looked at me petulantly until we were out of the living room.

"Your parents were so snogging!" Jade teased, opening the fridge and getting the pumpkin juice.

I sighed and nodded in agreement, getting up onto the counter and taking a drink from the bottle before passing it. "They're all over each other all the time. It's almost disgusting, if they weren't so in love."

"And hot," Anth added, making me throw my hands up in frustration. "What?"

"Why does everyone think my parents are so hot? I'm going to develop a freakin' complex!" I exclaimed. "Teddy also thinks they're hot."

That caused them all to start laughing and me to roll my eyes, drinking more juice. Once they all calmed down, Jade sat at the table with Bat and Anth with Addie beside me on the counter.

"So, are you going to join the non-virgin squad soon?" Addie asked in a quiet voice so we wouldn't be overheard. "Jade got you that peng baby doll. Teddy would die if he saw you in it."

"Jesus, keep that to yourself, yeah? I just convinced my dad to let me see Teddy," I said quietly but my voice tense. "I don't fancy him going back on it before tomorrow. Anyway, I'm not planning on losing my virginity any time soon."

"You were literally telling us a few weeks ago that him looking at you made you ruin your knickers, yet you're saying you're not going to shag his brains out?" Bat accused, eyeing me in disbelief.

I knew my face was absolutely FLAMING at her statement. The talk of sex with Teddy made me nervous and embarrassed and excited all at once. I'd never even entertained the thought of sleeping with anyone until that day in Teddy's kitchen and then again in his living room.

"It's our first date!" I tried to reason, but I knew my voice was unsteady.

They all saw it and went in for the kill. "Victoire Weasley!"

"You're gagging for his dick!" Jade cried in a whisper, making me yelp and cover my face with my hands. "Just look at you!"

"With the way she's lusting after him, she'll be gagging on his dick sooner rather than later!" Anth teased just as quietly.

"I'm too gay for this conversation!" Bat cried, making me snort and some of my embarrassment ebb away.

"Speaking of being gay, is Dom into Bat?" Jade asked in a nearly silent whisper. "I know you won't tell us, V, but I was asking the others if they noticed."

To my surprise, Bat's cheeks flushed and she remained silent while the others discussed Dominique's possible feelings. I knew my lack of an answer told them the truth, but I couldn't out Dom.

"A better question, is Bat into Dom?" Anth asked, finally catching the sporadic change in the color of her face.

"That's a question I can get behind," I agreed, finally joining the conversation. "You've been flirty…"

Bat looked at me and stalled for a few minutes, trying to figure out the best answer. "Dominique is beautiful, everyone knows that. She's also smart and funny and really nice to talk to…"

"Bat, you're allowed to fancy my little sister as long as it's not some fleeting thing you're going to be bored of in a couple weeks," I said, getting off the counter and going to sit beside her. "I don't want her to get hurt."

"That's why I haven't really made a move," she sighed, tracing the lines of the wood on the table. "I don't want to hurt her. She's probably never even been kissed before."

"I didn't think the Veela allure worked on girls," Addie said in confusion.

I shook my head and replied, "It doesn't, it only works on men, and they can create an immunity to it they more they're exposed to us. It's why Anth doesn't nearly choke every time he sees me like he did when I first came into my Veela."

He stuck his tongue out at me before flipping me the bird a couple seconds later. Whatever conversation was going to follow was cut short by a breathy giggle coming from the living room. Gross, that was my maman and I didn't like the sound of it.

"We need to be anywhere that isn't here. That's the sound she makes when they're close to shagging!" I shrieked, making my friends all huddle around me.

"Let's go to my house," Jade announced, Apparating out of the kitchen.

Anth wrapped an arm around my waist and we were sucked up into the air together.

I ran my hands down the front of my dress for the billionth time as I looked in the mirror. My makeup and hair were done exactly like I wanted and my outfit was as perfect as we'd all hoped, but I was so nervous I felt like I was going to vomit.

"Victoire, Teddy's here!" maman shouted up the stairs to me.

I stood up from my vanity and took a calming breath, gathering myself. Then I went to the stairs and held the rail as I made my entrance. Well, it wasn't necessarily supposed to be an entrance, but I felt eyes on me when I reached the bottom.

I met Teddy's gaze and smiled when I saw his reaction. His hair was bubblegum pink like it always was when he lost control of himself around me, but his nose turning from a duck's bill to a pig's snout and back to normal made me laugh. How people didn't see his mum in him was astounding to me.

"Hi," I said quietly, walking up to him and stopping when we were about a foot apart. "Are those for me?"

I gestured to the snapdragons in his hand and saw him smile, handing them to me. "Yeah, I know they're your favorite. Not the white roses you say to sound more elegant."

When I reached up to touch the flowers, they closed around my finger and made me cry out. They were magical snapdragons, the flower blossoms even had dragon scales on them and everything. They smelled floral and like burning fire at the same time, making me take a big inhale -they were part of my Amortentia after all.

"They're beautiful!" I told him, almost his height in my heels so hugging him was easier. "This is off to a smashing start."

"He brought you flowerz?" Maman exclaimed, coming into the living room with the two of us. "Zey are beautiful!"

I let her take them from me before disappearing back into the kitchen. I had no doubt she and dad were watching us with Dominique in tow, but it didn't matter. All I could focus on was the handsome man standing in front of me.

"You shaved for the occasion?" I asked, reaching up to stroke my fingers over his smooth jaw. "I like the scruff better."

The statement was barely out of my mouth before the stubble was back, poking my fingertips. I snickered and kissed his jaw in response, making my parents enter the room with us. To impress my father, Teddy took a step back from me, but I wasn't trying to impress him.

What? You try caring what your father thinks when the most beautiful man in the world is looking at you! He was wearing a pair of dark jeans with boots and a denim button up shirt, rolled up to his elbows and exposing some of his tattoos. His hair was its usual wild mess on top of his head and his smile had me absolutely beaming.

"You'll have her back by eleven," dad instructed, crossing his arms over his chest.

Maman butted in, placing her hand on dad's arm and revised. "Haz her back by midnight, we truzt you wiz our baby girl. Don't ruin zhat."

Teddy swore he would treat me with the utmost respect, and we were off. He held my waist gently and Apparated us out of my house. When we were on the street, he pulled me to him and held my face as he placed his lips on mine.

He kissed the breath from my lungs and pulled away, making me gasp and look him straight in the eye. "Hello to you, too."

"I missed you," he shrugged, taking my hand and leading the way down the sidewalk. "I'm allowed to kiss you now for the first time in nineteen years and I'm taking full advantage."

"Well, in that case," I grinned, using our twined fingers to pull him behind a building away from prying eyes.

I held his neck and pulled him into another kiss, making him grip my hips to steady himself. I must've taken him by surprise -good. He matched my moves and countered them with some of his own, making me jelly against the wall I was suddenly pressed against.

"We have plans, stop distracting me," he said, pulling back from me with his forehead against mine as he regained his breath. "God, I put thought into this and would like for you to see it."

I jutted out my bottom lip in a pout and he rubbed just under it with his thumb. When I saw I wasn't getting my way, I let him start leading me down the sidewalk again. I cuddled up to his side, holding the bend of his arm with my free hand as we walked.

"Do I get to know where we're going or is it a surprise?" I asked as we entered the town square. "Do I even get to know where we are right now?"

"We're in London," he answered, spinning me around in front of him. "And you are even more beautiful here than at home. What is your secret?"

I mocked him, but I couldn't stop myself from smiling. It felt like a muggle film; things were so perfect and I was so happy. This was brilliant.

As I've said before, the family dynamic is very important to me. I hope you've grown as attached to them as me.

Thanks for reading!