Drabbles

These are all the drabbles I've written in the Next-Gen Drabble Tag! in the NextGen Fanatics Forum


~ LucyLysander / bouquet ~

"Time to throw the bouquet!"

Lucy's ears perked when she heard Victoire's voice. She swallowed one more bite of cake, kissed Lysander's cheek, and then rose from the table she sat at and then moved to the center of the dance floor. Dominique - the willowy beauty with red gold hair who shone brighter than the sun in her wedding gown - stood before the gathering crowd of young girls with her bouquet in her hands. Victoire, the matron of honor, stood beside her with a little girl with strawberry blonde hair on her hip. Victoire's own kids were with Teddy.

After Dominique had graduated from Hogwarts, she decided to spend some time in France with her Aunt Gabrielle. It was then that she met Jacques Campion, and they fell deeply in love. A year later they were still happy and in love, until tragedy struck and Jacques died in a car accident. Dom moved back in with her parents. Then she discovered that she was pregnant.

That was when Doug Freeman - a Muggle childhood friend she hadn't seen since they were little - stepped into the picture. They ran into each other and he found out about her situation. She felt guilty for getting him involved and didn't want to ruin his life, so she tried pushing him away. She even told him she was a witch in hopes that it would scare him off. But Doug stuck with her. And when Dominique gave birth to Lissette, Doug proposed.

Now here they were! A year after Lissette's birth and Doug's proposal, they were finally getting married. Doug was even adopting Lissette. Dominique had never been happier.

"Get ready!" Dominique told them as she turned around.

The crowd of girls squeezed closer together and jostled Lucy, who was in the center. Dominique threw the bouquet over her head, and - cliche as it seemed - it appeared to fall in slow motion. Tessa Wood was in front of her, and the bouquet seemed to be heading toward her. Out the corner of her eye, she saw James (Tessa's boyfriend) blanch when he saw what was probably going to happen. She laughed; even though James graduated two years and they'd been dating for two years, Tessa was still only a sixth year.

Lucy suddenly felt that she had to do something, and so she leaned forward, pushed Tessa out of the way, and caught the bouquet. Amusement and slight disappointment showed on Tessa's face, but she congratulated Lucy before going over to James. Lucy walked over to Lysander, a sly smile on her face.

"Congrats," Lysander said, kissing her softly.

"You know what it means for the girl who catches the bouquet, right?" she asked.

He looked confused.

"It's said that the girl who catches the bouquet is the next to get married," she replied. "No pressure or anything."

Lysander paled and she laughed and told him she was just joking. They'd only been dating for almost three years, and he'd just graduated from Hogwarts a couple months ago. They weren't at all ready for marriage. But thinking about it made Lucy's heart ache with longing. Dominique's wedding was the second she'd been to, Victoire's being the first three years ago, and they'd made her start thinking about marriage, and the future. It seemed that they were the beginning of everybody in their generation getting married. Her older sister Molly was in a serious relationship, and she had no doubt that they would get married. Same with Freddie and his girlfriend.

She sat down and settled against Lysander while they watched the garter toss. But she wasn't paying attention. Her eyes were on the future. She knew that Lysander was the one and that they would be married someday. And even though she felt selfish and greedy and wanted it all now, the thought that one day they would officialize their relationship and start a future and a family excited her.

And for now, at least she had the bouquet.