Tp part 11

Teddy smiled down at Lily from the High Table. It had been two months since that day in the Shrieking Shack, and things between them had never been better. Teddy hadn't told her that he loved her yet, not because he wasn't sure if he really did love her, but because he didn't want to say it, and scare her away. They had only been dating for a few months… Plus, Teddy was still beating himself up for hurting Lily all those years ago and didn't feel that he deserved her… at least not yet. He was going to make sure that he had healed all her wounds before pushing her at all. But by looking at her now, Teddy couldn't have known that she had had her struggles with pain at all. She was looking radiant as usual, with her long hair flowing around her in a fiery red waterfall. Her cloak was covering her school uniform, but that didn't stop him from remembering what was underneath the offending garment. As he went off into happy thoughts of Lily writhing beneath him, he failed to notice the looks he was receiving from Professor Carpenter. It wasn't until he felt her hand on his knee that he came out of his perverted sexual thoughts of his student/godsister/girlfriend.

"Lucinda?" Teddy asked her questioningly.

"Teddy," She said, looking up at him from under her heavily mascara covered eyelashes, "I want to ask you something." Teddy didn't speak; he was too busy trying not to think about what she could possibly want. Lucinda looked down; a ploy at looking shy and cute, but he knew all too well that she was far from shy, and cute wasn't a word that could possibly describe her… sexy or slutty would have been better suited. "Would you be willing to go to the Christmas ball with me?" she asked.

Teddy felt his mouth go dry. The Christmas ball… He had been dreading this for quiet sometime. He knew that Lily would be going to her parent's house over the holidays and would be spending Christmas stuffing herself silly with Molly Weasely's homemade delights. He felt a wave of sadness wash over him as he thought about this. It would be an eternity before he saw her smiling face again… What if her parents tried to set her up with some bloke over the holiday? What if she fell for him and realized how old Teddy really was? What if she broke up with him? A snap to the face is what stopped the crazy train of thoughts that occurred every time Teddy remembered his girlfriend's Christmas plans. He shook his head lightly before looking at Lucinda again, who was still waiting for an answer.

"Well?" She asked, clearly growing impatient.

"I don't know, Lucinda," He began, "I'm just not sure if I'll be sticking around the castle for the holidays." It wasn't a lie. He was planning on maybe going to his grandmothers for a surprise visit. Lucinda clearly thought that this was ridiculous because she snorted at his remark.

"Where else could you possibly go?" she practically laughed. Teddy knew that she thought he was being stupid. Who wouldn't want to spend their holidays with a beautiful woman? Before Teddy could answer, the owls began to fly into the Great Hall to deliver the mail. One large golden owl, which he recognized as Ginny's right away, perched on Teddy's shoulder, holding a letting in his beak. He took the letter from the owl, named Phoenix, and read it while Phoenix munched on the food that remained on the forgotten breakfast plate on the table.

Teddy gave the letter a quick skim, a large goofy smile growing on his face as he did, before looking back at the witch sitting next to him, looking rather angry at the lack of attention she was receiving.

"You asked where I could go on Christmas?" He asked her. She just nodded, beginning to narrow her eyes. "I will be spending my time with the Potters. As in Harry Potter." Teddy informed her smugly. Lucinda pursed her lips and glared at him before getting up and storming away from the table. She clearly didn't take rejection well. Holding back his laughter at the pathetic display he had just witnessed, Teddy read the letter once again. It may have come from Ginny's owl, but it was clearly from Harry.

Dear Teddy,

I was very happy to receive your last letter. You have no idea what it means to Ginny and I that you and Lily have managed to work through your problems and are once again friends. It was driving us mad to see you two acting like a couple of werewolves… you know… you were always at each others throats… no offence to your dad or anything…

Teddy laughed at this line. He knew that Harry wasn't the least bit prejudice, and always thought that it was funny how he would try to be funny and just end up embarrassed at his own words. He never was too good with speeches.

Any way, seeing as you two have made up, I think it only appropriate that I invite you to spend the holidays with us. I understand that you may have difficulty getting out of your teaching responsibilities, but seeing as you are family, you would be more then welcome. I'm sure Molly would be thrilled at the idea of having another guest to fatten up, and you needn't worry about Bill, or Vic, or anybody. Everyone is over the breakup, including Vic. I think she's bringing a date even…

Well, send Phoenix back with your answer, and we hope to see you soon.

Love,

Harry.

Teddy sighed as the Hogwarts Express pulled up to the station again. He was filled with memories, some good, others bad, of his time at the school as a student and what the journey to the castle had always been like. He and his friends would all catch up and talk about who was the most attractive girl and what classes they were taking, before falling into a sugar coma from all the sweets that they had consumed from the lunch trolley. He was snapped out of his reverie buy a red head nudging him.

"Ted- Professor Lupin?" Rose asked looking at him curiously. "Why are you getting on the train?"

"I'm going to be spending Christmas with your cousins," he replied with a smile. Rose looked more confused then ever.

"You and Vic got back together?" She sounded so bewildered that Teddy couldn't help but laugh and ruffle her hair a bit.

"Naw, I was talking about the Potters," He informed her. She smiled happily at this answer, before looking a little past Teddy, and franticly fixing her hair. Her godcousin looked in the same direction she had been looking at before she began to have a hair fit. There was Scorpius Malfoy walking… no it was more strutting over to them.

"Rose," He said addressing her, but completely ignoring Teddy, "I hope to see you again soon after break." Rose just nodded eagerly at the boy, who was now smirking down at her. Deciding to leave the two love birds alone, Teddy set off to find a comfortable place on the train to sit. He finally found an empty compartment at the very back of the train. He didn't bother to try to find Lily. She would be sitting with her friends and therefore, unable to entertain him, or even be too friendly with him.

Sighing, Teddy pulled out a book that Lily had told him he should read, called The Thorn Birds, opened it up, and began to read. After about ten chapters, he could tell why Lily had felt a connection with this story. It was a about a young girl who is the only girl in her family and is slightly ignored. The priest in the town is young and they bond. As the girl grows up, he's there for her, even when her family isn't. One day, they are having a party and she is wearing a beautiful dress and is all grown up. The priest can no longer pretend that his feelings are simply fatherly or brotherly, and has to face that he is in love with her. The girl returns his affections, but they cannot be together because he is a priest and won't give up God for her. That was as far as Teddy had gotten in the story, when his compartment door opened and his girl walked in. She smiled down at him, looking too beautiful to be true.

"Hi," she said cutely, before plopping down across from him.

"Hey," Teddy returned, putting his book down.

"You're really reading it?" Lily exclaimed happily in surprise.

"Yeah, you told me to, remember?" He smirked as she blushed. "So what, Miss Potter, are you doing in an old Professors' compartment. Shouldn't you be off with your friends or snogging some guy in a corner somewhere?" he teased, even as his stomach clenched up at the idea of Lily with another man.

"No, I'd rather spend my time with my boyfriend," she answered brightly, "besides, I was getting sick of all the lovey dovey stuff they were talking about… it made me wasn't to be with you… and I couldn't."

"How'd you manage to escape this fate worse then death then?" He mocked, earning him a smack on the arm.

"They were going to be playing exploding snap, and I just told them I wanted to sleep and was going to go find an empty compartment to crash in."

"And nobody was suspicious?" Teddy asked in surprise. The girls were still hounding Lily with tons of questions about her so called "Knight in Shining Armor," or "K.S.N." for short, and the thought of them not catching on to Lily sneaking out of the compartment was ridiculous.

"Of course Albus knew where I was really off to, but he covered for me by distracting Sarah, and Rose was too busy with Scorpius to notice anything out of the ordinary," Lily explained. "So now, we're all alone… What do you want to do?"

Teddy groaned inwardly. He wanted her… yes he defiantly wanted her… but he found that if he started making love to her on the train, and some poor unsuspecting first year came in thinking it was the door to the bathroom, he could get into HUGE trouble. But when Lily looked up at him with those big green eyes and smiled so sweetly, he didn't know what to do or how to resist her. He was about to give up and pull her to him, when the door was opened once again, but this time it was Albus who was standing in the door way.

"I want to set some ground rules," He told them very firmly, before even saying 'hello'. Lily and Teddy looked at each other and then back to Albus.

"Ground rules?" Lily asked.

"Yes," Albus continued. "I'm the only one who knows about your relationship and I think that it should stay that way until Lily here graduates, got it?" the couple nodded, "And since you two are so obviously into each other, I want to give you guys some guidelines to help you keep your secret. First, no physical contact; a kiss after everyone is asleep or if you get stuck under the mistletoe is acceptable, but no sex!" he made this point looking directly at Teddy.

"Secondly, Lily is going to have to pretend to have a boyfriend because of the whole "KNS" nonsense that James has written home about, but don't give out any details. You can tell Mum all the stuff you've told Sarah and Rose, but leave out all the rest, got it?" He looked at lily this time and waited until she nodded to continue.

"And lastly, if this secret somehow finds its way to the surface, I knew nothing. Got it?" He asked both of them, and waited for both of them to nod before leaving the compartment just as abruptly as he had entered it. Lily burst out laughing as soon as the door was closed.

"Did you see his face?" she asked through giggles. "He seemed so serious. It was fantastic!" Her laughter must have been infectious, because not too long after, Teddy joined in and they both laughed until they cried. After that was over, Lily looked back up at him with that same, innocent stare.

"So, one of the rules is no sex until we're back at Hogwarts," she pointed out.

"I don't like that rule," Teddy pouted.

"I can make it up to you," Lily said through an impish smile.

"How?" He asked, though he already had many ideas on the subject. Lily didn't speak but simply walked over to the compartment door, and turned the lock. The door had a lock. Why hadn't he noticed that before? If he had, then Albus probably would have walked in on a very different scene.

Forgetting about the past, Teddy grabbed Lily around the waist and kissed her hungrily, before gently lowering her onto the train seat. 'It is going to be a very merry Christmas this year' He thought mischievously.

AN: Hey guys! I hope you like the chapter. I own nothing! I also will not write any lemons so don't freak out. But let me know what you think… Should the Potters find out? Should Vic try to get back with Teddy? What if Teddy told Lily he loved her? If you have any other suggestions, just let me know and I will try to work something out!