Author's note: Yes, another chapter so soon. I must like you guys. :)

Chapter 9: Shopping with Teddy

Friday, 30 March, 2018 (week 13)

On the way home on the Hogwarts Express for the spring holidays, Jenna and Ella were full of chatter. However, all Victoire could think about was that not long from now, she would get to see Teddy again, which was exciting, as she hadn't seen him for a month and a half. It may not seem like much, but being in love with her best friend as father of her child made it seem like an eternity. Victoire was finally awoken by her daydreams when the compartment door opened, and Nathan joined them. "Hello, ladies." He said cheerfully, and joined in the conversation. When they we're about fifteen minutes from London, Nate got up to leave, "My other friends will be wondering where I am, but it was nice talking with you lot." With that, Nate left the compartment.

"I didn't know you and Nathan Hemington were that close of friends." Ella said once Nate had left.

Victoire could only shrug. "Well, we talk to each other in classes. At least the classes I have with him."

"I just assumed it was because you were both Heads." Ella replied. "Do you think you'd help me get to know him better?"

"Um… sure." Victoire said, a little confused.

"Hey, why are you so interested in Nate all of a sudden?" Jenna asked with a mischievous look in her eyes.

"I-I'm not!" Ella sputtered. "He seems like a nice bloke is all."

Victoire decided to play along. "I think you fancy him."

"I do not!" Ella cried, blush coming her cheeks.

"Why are you blushing, then, hm?" Jenna teased.

"Fine!" Ella finally admitted. "So maybe I do fancy him. So what? You two fancy your boyfriends, or at least I hope you do."

Victoire shook her head sadly. "Girl, we don't fancy our boyfriends. It's so much more than that. I think it's safe to say that Jenna and I are both in love with the boys we are dating."

"You're so lucky." Ella sighed. "I've had two relationships, one of which lasted six months and the other only lasted two. I know for a fact that the latter wouldn't have stuck with me if I got pregnant, since he was just using me to get to Katrina. The former probably would have helped me raise the baby, but our relationship would have never lasted, as we decided we were better off as friends in the first place. Anyways, I've never experienced true love, and you both are lucky to have it."

Victoire smiled. "I know. And I'll never take Teddy for granted." She said softly.

A few minutes later, the train arrived in King's Cross station, and after saying goodbye to her friends, Victoire began to search the crowd. Suddenly, she spotted a tall young man with teal colored hair surrounded by a sea of red hair. "Teddy!" Victoire called and ran into her boyfriend's waiting arms. Teddy kissed her lightly on the cheek. He had missed her so much that he would have given her a full kiss on the mouth if only her parents, aunts, and uncles, weren't standing right there.

"What? Nothing for Dad and Mum?" Bill asked, only half-jokingly.

"Sorry." Victoire said, giving her both of her parents hugs.

"Look at 'ow big you've gotten." Fleur said. "We'll 'ave to get you some maternity clothes soon."

"Alright, Maman." Victoire replied, using her mother's special nickname. They were soon joined by Dominique and Louis, and decided to head home.

"I assume you're coming too, Teddy?" Bill asked, and the nineteen-year-old nodded. With that, the family of five – plus Teddy – headed towards their car for the long journey back to Shell Cottage.

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Saturday, 31 March, 2018 (week 14 - beginning of second trimester)

The day after returning to Shell Cottage, Teddy took Victoire shopping in Diagon Alley. "Seeing all these baby products just makes me want to get the baby out of me so I can meet him." Victoire said as they entered a store that sold baby supplies for magical infants and toddlers.

"So it's a boy?" Teddy asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Huh?" Victoire replied, clearly confused.

"You said him." Teddy said simply. "I assume that meant the baby's a boy."

"Oh. Well, no. I mean it could be, but I just also call living things 'him' out of habit. I like to give them an identity, instead of just saying 'it' or 'the baby' all of the time. Which reminds me. Madam Pomfrey asked me if I wanted to know the gender of the baby, but I said I wanted you to be there when I found out. So would you like to find out the gender ahead of time or after the birth?"

Teddy thought for a moment. "I think I'd prefer after the birth. I want to be surprised. Besides, it will give time for our family to bet on it." Even though Teddy wasn't blood-related to the Weasleys and Potters, he still called them his family, and that was one of the many things Victoire loved about him.

She laughed. "That's so true! And I'm glad you feel that way, because that's what I was thinking too. In the meantime, we can pick out unisex clothing."

The couple shopped around the store for almost an hour before going to check out with an assortment of clothes and toys, figuring they could let their families and friends help with the other stuff at the baby shower they would have that summer.

The cashier frowned when Teddy and Victoire came up to the counter. "Excuse me, but how old are you, m'am?"

"Seventeen." Victoire replied slowly, wondering why the woman was asking her that.

"I'm sorry, but we only sell products to married people over the age of twenty who are responsible enough to be parents." The cashier said coldly.

Victoire was about to reply with an angry response, but Teddy beat her to it. "For you information, my girlfriend and I are working extremely hard to provide for this baby. I am currently in Auror training, and she will be looking for a job as soon as she gets out of school. If that's not being responsible for our actions, I don't know what is."

"I refuse to sell anything from this store to disrespectful, arrogant teenagers!" the cashier snapped.

"Then let us talk to the manager."

The cashier was about to protest, but disappeared into a back room. A short while later, she returned with a plump man with grey hair who appeared to be in his fifties. "What seems to be the problem?" The man asked kindly.

"It seems your employee refuses to check us out." Teddy replied angrily.

"And why is that?" the man asked, turning to the cashier.

"They're teenagers! The woman exclaimed. "They're much too immature to raise a child properly."

"Cassandra, please check out this young couple, or else I'll have to let you go if you're going to refuse to follow orders."

The cashier, Cassandra, muttered something under her breath before proceeding to check them out. "Have a nice day." The manager called as they were leaving.

"You too, sir." Teddy replied, and Victoire smiled at him before heading out the door.

"I'm really sorry about that, Vic." Teddy sighed. "Some people are just so prejudiced of teenage parents and think we're all irresponsible whores."

"Don't worry about it." Victoire replied. "I'm used to things worse than that at school. Come on, let's eat. The baby and I are starving."

With that, the two of them – or three, depending on how one looked at it – headed to the nearest restaurant.

Author's note: Sorry I didn't have much Teddy in this story before now, but with Victoire at Hogwarts and Teddy at Auror Training (a process we don't know much about), it's kind of hard to do that. But once summer (the story's summer, of course) comes, he'll be around a lot more. :)

More of him and some of the other Weasleys next chapter. :)