~Victoire's POV~

One of the few things that irritated me more than a snooty Slytherin was a guilty Teddy Lupin. When he truly felt bad about something, he became desperate and determined to be forgiven, and would only be stop once he has fixed whatever it is he had done. Unfortunately for him, his current predicament could not be fixed by a simple apology, and he knew it. But that didn't stop him from trying.

"I'm sorry, Vic! Come on, you know you can't resist my adorable face," Teddy pleaded with me during breakfast. I could see that he had used his metamorphosis to change his head into that of a chocolate lab puppy in my peripheral vision, but I didn't even glance his way.

I stubbornly turned my attention to Julianne, who was recounting to me the events of her date with Shawn Tortere last night. I tried to pay attention, but my heart wasn't in it. As much as I hated to admit it, being mad at Teddy had always put me in a horrible mood.

I knew his game, and I was prepared to beat him. First, he would beg for my forgiveness, and I would ignore him. Then, he would sulk around and ignore me. It was his way of trying to make me feel guilty, but I would ignore him right back. Although, I had to admit, these disputes weren't a walk in the park. It involved lots of ignoring, and not seeing my best friend for a week really put a damper on my attitude.

Sometimes I hated myself for being so stubborn; I don't know why I couldn't just forgive him and get on with it. I knew that Teddy was only looking out for me. He always meant well, but I just couldn't stand to let him get away with treating me like such a baby.

I had been so wrapped up in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed that had Ted stopped pestering me.

Hhmm… I mused, He switched from begging to the guilt trip faster than usual. Merlin, why is he staring at me?

"Take a picture, Lupin," I snapped at him. "It will last longer." He looked startled and quickly looked down at his food.

I smirked and walked over to the Ravenclaw table to find my new boyfriend, Landon Shrouttus. I saw him wave in my direction, so I came and sat down next to him. He quickly kissed my cheek and smiled at me, then turned back to whatever conversation was at hand.

Landon was a sixth year with curly blonde hair and deep brown eyes. The only thing that bothered me a little was his height, or lack-there-of; he was only an inch taller than me, and I was pretty average height at 5"7. Besides the height issue, I liked Landon a lot. He was captain of his quidditch team, and a great beater. He was funny and charming, although he could be a little rowdy at times. The girls at Hogwarts all seemed to think he was the best thing since sliced bread, so I had been flattered when he asked me out when we ran into each other before the feast last week, and had agreed to go out with him immediately.

I had to admit that when he leaned in to kiss me that same day, I was a little surprised at the bluntness of it all. But I had never had a real boyfriend. I didn't think it was a bad thing to kiss your boyfriend, even if we had just started dating.

After breakfast, Landon left with his friends for his next class. I had hoped that he would walk me to my next class, or even say goodbye, but he just got up and left.

Slightly hurt, I looked around for Ted and lit up when I saw him. Then I remembered that I was mad at him and quickly shuffled towards my Transfiguration class.

XxXxX

I was sitting at the top of the astronomy tower, as I often did when I was feeling particularly conflicted. The cool fall breeze helped me clear my mind. It had been a week since I fought with Teddy, and he was still working the 'I'll-avoid-Vic-so-she-misses-me' tactic. Unfortunately, it was working.

I wasn't really surprised when Teddy came and sat down next to me. He was the only one who knew I liked to come up here.

"Victoire?"

"Yes, Ted?" I said without looking at him.

"Listen, I just wanted to apologize for what I said last week in the common room," he said in a firm deep voice.

"You already did." I felt him sigh next to me.

He gently grabbed my chin and turned my head towards him. I contemplated slapping him away, but decided to be nice and at least let him try to explain himself.

"I know you aren't a child. I'm sorry for treating you like one. Maybe it's just my instinct to protect you, Little O- um, I mean, Victoire. You know I love you, and I don't want you to get hurt. This is new; you've never been out snogging boys and going on dates! Give me a bit to get used to it. But if you think this bloke is really worth it, then its fine with me. NOT that you need my permission! But I won't be lecturing you about him, okay? Basically, I was wrong to treat you like a four year old, and I am sorry."

I looked into his eyes for a few moments and knew he was being sincere. I tilted my head back to the view in front of us, and this time he let me.

Finally, I leaned my head against Teddy's shoulder and whispered, "I love you, too."

He understood that I was forgiving him, and wrapped his arm around me, ruffling my hair.

"Well!" Teddy exclaimed loudly, making me jerk and lift my head from his shoulder. "Now that this terribly sappy moment is over, lets get to the point! Why aren't you with that bloke you call your man?" He teased.

"Oh. Well truthfully I am not sure. I have barely seen him this week. I mean we meet up sometimes in the halls, but we just snog for a few minutes until one of his mates drags him away." Teddy looked like he was about to explode into a lecture me about boys my age and such, but he held back.

"Well, we'll just have to get your mind off of that, won't we?" He said once he had composed himself.

Teddy helped me up from where we sat on the floor, and pulled me down the stairs then towards the basement. I quietly followed him as he tickled the peach and entered the kitchen. I followed his lead and we gathered up a dozen or so eggs, and stuffed them into our robes carefully. Then we hurriedly walked back to the Gryffindor tower and into Teddy's dorm. By this time I had caught on and figured out his plan. Grabbing the invisibility cloak, Teddy and I ran back towards the dungeons. When we neared the entrance to the Slytherin common room, we huddled together and slipped the cloak around us.

Tiptoeing into the dormitories behind a first year, we made our way into the seventh year boys' dorm.

"Peeves? Is that you?" A voice called out as we opened the door. A disgruntled blonde sat up in his bed, and looked at the door incredulously.

"What in Merlin's name?" He muttered as he went over to inspect the door. As he got out of his bed, Teddy seemed noticed that he was shirtless and instinctively covered my eyes with his hand. I swatted his hand away and glared at him from under the cloak.

Teddy and I had to wait for him to leave before we could set up our prank. It took the Slytherin a good fifteen minutes to get ready, not counting the five he spend flexing in the mirror, much to our amusement.

Once he left, Teddy charmed the door to warn us when someone was approaching it, and I unloaded the supplies. It took us less than thirty minutes to charm each egg to float above the boy's beds. It took another ten minutes to cast a spell that caused the eggs to crack when they sensed movement underneath them. Teddy must have done his research, because he repeated the lengthy enchantment by heart over each bed. The best part of his plan was that Hippogriff eggs have blue yoke, which would stain the Slytherins' skin for at least a week.

XxXxX

Once Teddy and I made it back to the Gryffindor tower that night, we were still laughing as we remembered the faces of the Slytherin boys we had pranked when they came bursting into the Grand Hall. It was pretty late and no one else was in the common room, so we plopped down on the couch.

After our laughter had died down, we sat in a comfortable silence.

"Teddy?" I asked.

"Hhmm?" He mumbled.

"I'm going to miss this next year. Just hanging out in the common room." I hoped he understood that I was trying to say I would miss hanging out in the common room with him.

Luckily he did, "I'll miss you, too, little one." This time I slightly smiled at his use of my nickname, but then sobered as I thought of something.

"You're going to be out living life, meeting people, going places! You say that you will miss me, but how much do you want to bet that by the time I'm in my seventh year, your married and have an amazing career and a new best friend!"

Teddy looked at me in what seemed to be disbelief. He pulled me towards him him so that my head was on his shoulder.

"I, Teddy Lupin, promise you, Victoire Weasley, that you will remain my best friend until the day I die. And even then, even when we are up in Heaven, we'll be pranking the Slytherins from their fiery gates of hell. You and I, always and forever."

I smiled, "That was awfully sappy." Conversations like these always made me uncomfortable, but somehow from Teddy it seemed like the most natural thing in the word. "Don't tell me your turning into a softie, Lupin!" I teased and tickled his stomach.

"ME? Sappy? Oh, its on!" Teddy quickly pinned me to the couch and tickled me until I was gasping for breath and my eyes were filled with tears of laughter. He grinned down at me. Oh no you don't, I though. Suddenly, I pounced at him, causing him to fall into the floor, tickling him with all of my might. He easily grabbed my arms and locked them at my sides, laughing.

"Good try, Weasley! But, sadly, not good enough," He winked at me.

"What in Godric's name is going on in here?" Professor McGonagall inquired loudly as she walked into the common room wearing her silk red robe.

"Busted," Teddy whispered.