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Chapter 36

When Teddy first told his family about traveling around the world to continue his career, Harry made him promise one thing, to spend his Christmas back in England with the rest of the family. Teddy had promised Harry that he would return no matter what and this is how he came to trudging along the abandoned road leading up to the Burrows. The snow had piled up by a foot and Teddy was just lucky he was a tall bloke. When the door swung open revealing James, Teddy smiled before pulling him in for a headlock.

"Look who I found," James shouted cheekily to the rest of the family. Every head turned to face Teddy and soon enough the whole family came rushing to greet him. This was how Christmas was in the Weasley-Potter family.

"Oh Teddy dear, so good to have you home for Christmas," Ginny eventually said.

Teddy smiled, "I promised I would be back."

For the rest of the afternoon, the present members asked Teddy about his worldly travels and how his career was going. Teddy entertained them with stories, some adventurous, and some just plain boring. Most of the family was so engrossed in Teddy's stories that they didn't even notice the recent additions. Rose had arrived with Scorpius hand in hand and Teddy could see the strained face of Ron who was sitting in the corner. Although they had been together for quite some time, it would seem like Ron never really got use to the fact that his only daughter was dating his enemy's son.

Teddy hugged Rose and then shook Scorpius' hand before the two listened in on Teddy's stories. After he was done, he was starving so he stood up and walked into the kitchen where Ginny was currently whipping up the last of the foods. "Ginny, when can we eat? I'm starving," Teddy exaggerated.

Ginny chuckled, "Almost done. We just have to wait for one more person."

Teddy scrunched his face, had he left anyone out? No, there was the Potters, Arthur and Molly Weasley, George's family, Percy's family, Ron and Hermione along with Rose and Scorpius. Hugo he knew was busy with Uncle Charlie along with Louis in Romania. However, when he thought of Louis, he suddenly remembered the other family that was almost always lacking during these holidays, ever since their move. Teddy guessed that Bill and Fleur would probably not be coming along with Dominique who was all in France. This only left one person, Victoire.

Teddy gulped. He hadn't seen Victoire since the last time they were at the Potter's house together. Over his travels, he had wanted to forget out her but he realized that he couldn't. And so when he was planning on coming for Christmas, he had thought about everything he was going to do the next time he saw her. He was planning on visiting the States after Christmas for a while, and planned on seeing her there. But it would seem that he wouldn't need to travel after all.

And before Teddy could ask Ginny to confirm his suspicions, she had arrived. Teddy knew because at that moment, he heard the family rejoice once again, signaling the new arrival. He saw that Ginny also exited the kitchen to greet her favorite niece but not before giving Teddy a wink.

Teddy slowly pushed the kitchen door open and soon, everyone's attention was back on him. He was really starting to hate the fact that he was getting so much attention. However, this time he didn't mind so much, because he was only staring at one person and she was staring at him. At that moment, Teddy wasn't sure if they were at the Burrows anymore because surely, that meant that he would notice everyone else around them.

Luckily for Teddy, James started speaking again and the crowd was back to chattering with each other. He however noticed that Victoire had excused herself from her cousins Lily and Rose and headed towards the bathroom. Soon, Molly Weasley had called the herd to the dinning room since everyone was finally here. Teddy watched as the family all ran towards the food but he just stood there; until he thought no more and just did.

Victoire's POV

Victoire was attending the Christmas get together in the Burrow for the first time in a long time. And since this year, she was back in England to stay; there was no doubt that she would be joining the rest of her family. Victoire had no idea that Teddy was going to be there as well. She assumed that he would still be traveling the world. But he obviously wasn't, because he was currently standing in front of her with his easy smile and his silly blue hair.

When James decided the silence was no fun, Victoire thanked her lucky stars that there was a distraction and soon distanced herself from her cousins to go to the bathroom. She ran into the room and closed the door; she couldn't deal with it right now. Victoire thought she had gotten over him but one look after all this time and all the feelings came rushing in. She started to laugh, of course she would never forget about Teddy. Her friendship with him was a testament in itself, having survived over a decade without contact.

Victoire must have been laughing for quite some time because she hadn't noticed someone knocking on the door calling her name. Hearing his voice flow through the door crack suddenly made the tears fall again. He wasn't hers anymore and never will be. She was too late and now, all she could do to regret the day she let him go. Victoire tiredly clicked the lock open and opened the door. She was sitting on the toilet with the cover down, her knees bent towards each other like they were broken. She covered her face with her hands to hide the tearstains that were steadily flowing from her eyes.

When she realized it was silly of her to be acting like this, and that she should be congratulating him on his marriage, she stood up and plastered a smile onto her face. But before she could utter a word, he had taken her back the head and crashed his lips onto hers. Victoire didn't think, she just did. She eased herself into him and it felt so natural, however, she soon came to her senses and pulled back.

Victoire looked away from him and felt the tears rolling down again. "It's too late Teddy," Victoire whispered. She waited for him to leave but he didn't. Victoire decided to chance a glance at him; he was probably looking really guilty right now. However, when she saw him, she didn't see guilt, she saw disappointment.

"I'm sorry, I should have asked if you were with someone," he muttered as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.

Victoire furrowed her brow, "I'm not with anyone."

Teddy immediately looked up with a smile but soon turned into confusion, "So why can't we?"

"Because you're married," Victoire said, now with a slight hint of anger, how could he be so dense she wondered.

"What? Married? No," he responded, equally flabbergasted.

"But, Millie said she saw you in the tuxedo store saying how you were getting married," Victoire said.

Teddy furrowed his brow before his face lightened up. "No, that was Caleb, I was his best man," Teddy chuckled.

Victoire suddenly felt her cheeks warming up in embarrassment in the whole misunderstanding," Oh."

"You actually asked Millicent to spy on me," Teddy joked as Victoire felt his hand cup her cheek.

Victoire was about to protest Teddy was quicker, he pulled her violently in for another kiss and this time, she didn't fight it and welcomed his aggressiveness. When they finally had to part to breathe, he rested his forehead on hers. "I should have done that a long time ago."

Victoire closed her eyes as she tried to catch her breath and take in his scent, "What took you so long?"

"I didn't know if you still wanted to be with me. I know I made a mistake and then that kiss, it didn't," Teddy started but this time, he was the one who was cut off because Victoire had once again kissed him.

After another round of snogging, she pulled away, "That's the past." Teddy smiled at her but they were soon interrupted with a chatter of whispers coming from the corner. Teddy had shot his head to see what the commotion was while Victoire peeked through the door. And when she noticed the many heads of her cousins and family, she started to blush. She hoped that none of them had seen the entire exchange between her and Teddy.

1 Year Later

It was an extravagant wedding; there were ice sculptures of every possible animal in the vicinity of the reception area. The actually wedding was over along with the vow and ring exchanges. All in all, it was the perfect wedding. The bride was dressed in a beautiful yet simple white dress while the groom stood at the front of the altar staring proudly at his family and friends.

When the reception began, everyone spread themselves out. Some rushed to the buffet table while others lingered around the bar. But the lot of them had stepped onto the dance floor to sway to their partners during a particularly slow number. Victoire had forced Teddy to dance with her saying that it was tradition so he stood and let her lead them to the floor. Victoire instinctively reached her arms around his neck and leaned her head against his chest while he clung to her waist.

While Victoire was happily leaning into his chest, Teddy took a moment to glance around the room at all the happy couples that were dancing with them. Most notably were his best friends from Hogwarts, Luke and Olivia. He watched as Olivia's white dress draped onto the floor and swayed along with her hips as Luke held her.

It had been a year ago that Teddy found out his best friends were finally going to be together. Luke had told him that he proposed to Olivia right after her divorce from Clark was finalized and Olivia didn't hesitate for a second. An hour ago, Teddy watched his friends create a lasting bond as he stood by Luke's side as his best man.

Teddy knew that Luke only had eyes on Olivia at that moment. When Teddy looked back at Victoire, he noticed that she was staring at him with her icy blue eyes, the ones that had mesmerized him more times than he could count. And in that moment, he knew, that like Luke, he only had eyes for one person and that was Victoire. Teddy knew he would never be able to live without her and he knew what he wanted, he'd always known, it just took some hurdles for him pass to get to this point.

"Will you marry me Vic?" Teddy whispered into her ear.

Teddy felt her tense but it wasn't cold. He felt her heart pounding against his own and he knew her answer.

"Yes," Victoire answered before reaching up to plant a kiss on Teddy.

A/N: The End! Ah, I can't believe I finished this story. I was a bit sad that it was finally ending because this has been my project for the past few months and I can't imagine how I will be to start from scratch again. But I'm also happy that I managed to finish this story because I'm itching to start my new fic. I want to thank all of my wonderful readers, especially those who commented and reviewed. Thank you so much, you gave me encouragement when I needed it and I don't think I could have finished this story without it. And as a last favor, I would love it if you guys reviewed this story as a whole now that it's finished and to keep a look out for my new fic that will follow soon. It's not a sequel or prequel, it's a whole different T/V story. If you want to know a bit more, check out my profile.