Chapter Nineteen: To Be or Not to Be

Albus read over his invitation and sighed. Of course Victoire wanted them to bring dates. She had a way of meddling as sneaky as she could; she was still a Weasley after all despite her taking after her mother in the looks department. He had a feeling the date part of the invitation was pointed mostly towards James. Ever since Christmas their family had been trying to get James to ask Mya out. They of course didn't know about the whole Eli situation. He tried to figure out who he was going to ask to the wedding, he couldn't let Rose upstage him with Scorpius. James was clearly going to ask Mya. Even a blind person could tell there was a change in him since Mya's transformation.

"Hey Al."

Albus looked up and saw a Gryffindor girl sit down across from him. She had light brown hair and had a huge smile across her face. It took Albus a few minutes until he realized it was Harmony Roads. The two of them bonded when one of Hagrid's lessons went wrong. Harmony had helped him gather all of the strange creatures back up. Since that lesson back in January, the two of them had been getting closer.

"Harmony, hey. What are you doing in here?" Albus asked

"It's the library Albus. I need to study."

"Oh right. So how far are you in our Care of Magical Creatures homework?"

"I have fifteen out of the sixteen inches and I feel like I'm missing some of the unicorn horn's uses." Harper said plucking a book off of the shelf

"Well I think that I have all of the uses. Maybe we can compare our papers." He suggested blushing a little

"I would like that Albus. Hey what are you doing this weekend over the Hogsmeade trip?" Harmony asked

"Defiantly not hanging with my brother, the last time that happened it wasn't a pretty sight."

"Oh right. The whole Mya, Eli, James love triangle." Harmony said rolling her eyes. "You should of heard the Gryffindor tower for the past few weeks after that,"

"My sister said it was bad,"

"Anyways I was going to ask if you wanted to go to the Three Broomsticks or something with me?" Harmony asked sticking her nose in a book right after the words came out of her mouth

Albus blushed even harder. He had never been asked out by a girl and had never asked a girl out. Most people only cared about James. He wasn't used to someone wanting to go anywhere with him. Heck the one girl he liked would soon get the boy she'd been wanting since she was five. Albus found himself struggling for the right words.

"Like on a…date?" He asked shyly

"Well that would be nice, but if you want we can go just as friends." Albus couldn't tell who was blushing harder; him or her.

"A date. I would love to. I mean I've never gone on one before." He confessed

"Well neither have I. My brother has been pushing me to ask you out. He's known that I've liked you for awhile."

"Really?" Albus asked quite shocked "I uh really like you too Harmony."

For a few seconds Albus and Harmony sat across from each other blushing. Albus looked at her and though hard. Maybe she would like to be his date. Harmony got up and was getting ready to walk out of the library when Albus grabbed her wrist.

"Wait Harmony!"

She raised her eyebrows. "Yes Albus?"

"Well my cousin and my god-brother-"

"Teddy and Victoire?"

"Yeah them. Well they're getting married. Victoire, well she wants us all to try and bring dates. It's my cousin's day, I mean I should try and give her what she wants. I was wondering…well no it might be too soon." Albus thought backing off and letting go of Harmony's wrist

The young Gryffindor didn't move though. In fact she walked back up to Albus and grabbed his hand. She was never the shy type and tried to make Albus feel less uncomfortable. "Is there something you want to ask me Albus?"

"Well it might be too soon, but I was wondering if you would like to be my dad to my Victoire's wedding. I'm sure it's going to be the talk of the Wizarding world for awhile now. My aunt goes a little overboard on the preparations for big events." Albus ranted

"Albus I don't want to go because it'll be all over the news, I want to go, because I like you." Harmony insisted

"Really. I mean that would be so cool. Victoire will be so happy that I found a date. She wanted James to ask Mya, so I of course needed to ask someone. I'm really glad it was you."

"Albus, you're ranting again." Harmony said sweetly

"Oh right sorry." He blushed again

"You don't have to apologize to me Albus. I need to finishing my homework. We can cheek our essays over later."

"Good I need to go talk to Mya. I'll see you in class tomorrow." Albus said before leaving

Albus ran out to the courtyard and found Mya sitting out and reading a book. She looked up and smiled when Albus sat down next to her.

"Hey Albus." She said setting her book down next to her

"Mya I need to talk to you." Albus confessed

"Is this about your cousin's wedding? My invitation came this morning. I can't believe your cousin wants us to bring dates. My invitation came with a letter from Victoire. I haven't read it yet."

"Mya, that's what I wanted to talk to you about; the wedding." Albus said nervously

"Oh Albus you weren't going to ask me where you?"

"No, but I know someone that wants to even though they wont admit it." Albus said

"Wait why don't you want to ask me?" Mya asked

"I already found a date. I realized that James likes you Mya and I can't steal my older brother's crush. He never really grew up you know, but he likes you. In fact I think he wants to ask you to the wedding. Lily told me that he got a note from Teddy about you." Albus told her

"James?" Mya rolled her eyes "They want me to go with James?"

"Don't kid yourself Mya. You still like James. As much he hurt you, you still like him." Albus pushed

"No, no I don't." Mya blushed trying not to give away the fact that she did indeed still like James

"Please if James didn't ask you ho would you go with?" Albus asked crossing his arms

"I don't know. I'd see if maybe Fred would go with me." Mya said biting her cheek

"Fred? Really Mya. Of all the guys, Fred? You know what, just read Vic's letter and ask yourself your true feelings for James." Albus said before boosting himself off of the bench and then walked away

Mya stared at the young black haired boy in shock. Albus was always a clever boy and he could pick up on things very easily. He was just as cunning as the sorting hat had predicted on his first day of Hogwarts. Albus turned around and gave Mya a stare, that coming from Albus could only mean one thing; please don't let me regret the choice of letting James win. Mya sucked in her breath and slowly read Victoire's letter.

Dear Mya,

I know we don't know each other very well, but I'm inviting you to my wedding. Teddy insisted that it would be a good idea. I heard that Dom and Lily gave you a transformation, Teddy and I can't wait to see it. I'm sure you've heard that we were originally going to have the wedding over your summer break, but we decided we didn't want to wait. I don't know if one of my cousins or siblings told you, but we're having all the teenagers bring dates. Lily told me that you and James have been on the rocks lately. For me Mya, please consider James as your date. I know that deep down he wants to ask you and you know as well as I do, that he's too proud to admit anything though. I have to go now Mya; I hope to see you at my wedding.

Sincerely,

Victoire Weasley

P.S. Can you make sure your father and the twins got their invitations?

Mya sighed and looked up. People were passing by and barely paying attention to her. She didn't know if she wanted James to ask her. The two of them had been through so much and she hated the tension that followed them whenever they were near each other. She knew Albus could see right through her and knew he was right. She still loved James, but she didn't know if she wanted him to ask her or not.

Hey guys. I finished this chapter a few days ago. I was sick when I wrote it, so I don't know how good it is. Please leave a review and feel free to send me a message. Also please check out my new story about Teddy and Victoire. It's called Till Death Do We Part. I'm trying to make a play list for this story (My Best Friend) so if you have any songs that remind you of this story or any of the characters please leave a comment telling me who or what part of the story the song reminds you of. Hope to hear from you.