The next day I woke up in my soft, warm four-poster bed, completely blissful. That is, until Caity decided she would jump on my legs. Oh, the pain.

'Bloody hell Caity.' I groaned, pulling the covers over my head.

'It's time to get up Toire! Hannah and Steph have been up for ages!' She squealed hyperactively.

'That's because they're Hannah and Steph. It's what they do.' I mumbled, closing my eyes and trying unsuccessfully to fall asleep despite Caity's chatter.

'But we have to get up! We only have two days before classes start again! Well, one and a half, because it's nearly quarter to twelve now-'

'Caity! I'll get up! Just get off me and stop talking!'

She immediately jumped off, leaving me to fall asleep again in peace. My eyes started to drift close, and I heard Caity huff with irritation.

'Toire! I swear, if you don't get up, I'll get Ted to come and make you...' Her threat trailed off. I smiled smugly from under the blankets.

'Fine, get Teddy. It isn't as though he can come up here anyway.'

I estimate that I slept for about another five minutes until a much heavier weight landed on my legs.

'Rise and shine Vic! It's a beautiful day!' Teddy's voice was very close to my ear and I immediately jumped up in shock.

'Ow! Freaking hell-' Teddy swore. I grinned, and threw the covers off my head.

His hair and eyes were both a shocking shade of purple. Teddy's hands gripped his nose tightly, and his peculiar eyes glared at me from above them.

I shrugged. 'That'll teach you to wake people up that simply don't want to be. You shouldn't be angry at me, I should be angry at you!'

He removed his hands gingerly and frowned at me.

'Don't give me that look!'

'It's midday! You should be up and doing something productive!' He exclaimed.

'I have two days before I have to go back to classes. I can be productive then. But for now, I have sleep to get to.' I rolled over and pulled the covers above my head again. I could feel Teddy still sitting on my legs, but ignored him, trying not to smirk.

And then the covers were pulled off me. The freezing air reached my skin faster than I could attempt to yank my covers back on. I huffed and sat up, glaring at Teddy. He looked at me strangely. Ah. So that's why it's so cold. I was wearing my old shorts, which were way too tight and a little too short, if you catch my drift.

'Well, once you're done staring at my legs...' I said, standing up and stretching.

'What? Hey- I was not!' He said. I laugh; his hair was red. Wow this whole mood-hair thing is fun.

'Were too.' I teased as I strolled into the bathroom. Teddy followed me, still spluttering.

'Honestly Vic, what the hell! As if I would-'

'And you followed me into the bathroom because?' I asked. His face went bright red as well and he backed out of the enclosed space.

'Thank you. You've completed your mission, you can leave now.' I said, stifling a laugh.

He glared again, and strode out of the room. I finally let out my laugh as he went, shaking my head. He was just too easy. If only the girls of Hogwarts could see him now. I showered and dressed slowly, as always in the morning, and walked out of the dormitory feeling only slightly more awake.

Breakfast would be over of course, and I felt slightly regretful as my stomach rumbled. But when I got down to the great hall I was pleasantly surprised to find lunch still on. I just loved days like these. Whenever I slept in, the day just went well for me. Hannah caught sight of me and waved me over to where she and Caity sat.

'It's about time.' Caity grumbled as I sat down, yawning.

Hannah shook her head and grinned. 'I don't understand how you can sleep for that long Toire.'

I shrugged. 'It's rather simple really. You just don't get up. Easy.'

She laughed.

'So where's Steph?' I asked, shovelling food into my mouth.

'Where do you think? Library.' Hannah answered. Caity just glowered at me. She's never been able to deal with my sleeping habits.

'And what are we doing today?'

'Don't you mean this afternoon?' Caity said.

'Oh, calm down Caity.' I said, grinning.

Her lips twitched and she huffed angrily. 'Why can't I stay angry at you?!' She exclaimed.

'I'm too cute to stay mad at.' I shrugged.

'It's not that hard.' Teddy said, sitting down next to me.

'You've really got to stop randomly popping up and answering me.' I said.

'I'm allowed to at least answer a person's questions if I want when they bash their head into my nose.' He countered, glaring at me.

I tried not to laugh. 'I'm sorry.'

He didn't look fooled by my fake apology. I bowed my head remorsefully and stuck out my bottom lip. He frowned harder at me. I frowned too.

'C'mon Teddy! The puppy dog face is supposed to be full-proof!'

'Yeah, well, not today.' He said, still scowling. He got up and began walking out of the Great Hall. I stared after him.

'What's wrong with him?' I asked. 'He can't be angry just because I accidentally bashed his nose with my head.'

Hannah stifled a giggle. I threw a glare in her general direction. She fell silent rather quickly.

'I know!' Exclaimed Caity, all anger on her part forgotten. 'He's angry because he realised you have a crush on Brandon!'

I turned my glare to her. She didn't stop talking.

'Seriously Toire! It's either that or Brandon's told him how much he likes you-' She rambled.

I glanced towards the entrance again, concerned and a little anxious. Teddy was gone. I jumped up but inevitably lost my footing and plonked back down into my seat. Caity immediately stopped talking and burst into annoying giggles. I scowled, getting up more carefully this time and hurried as fast as my legs would carry me out of the Hall. There was no hair shade out of the ordinary that I could see, so I rushed out of the open doors onto the grounds.

I calmed down a little once I was outside. It really was a beautiful day. Students in various states of dress, whether it be muggle or robes, spilled out onto the grassy lawns that surrounded Hogwarts castle. I smiled a little, watching everyone, but then became focused once more in search of Teddy. I absolutely hated it when he was angry at me, whatever the cause. It was just not fun. After all, Teddy is a very big part of my life, probably even more so than Steph or Hannah, or even Caity.

I searched fruitlessly about the grounds for at least ten minutes, before spotting a head of turquoise hair under the big old tree opposite my side of the lake. I walked even faster now, barely restraining myself from breaking out into a run. Before I crashed into someone. Luckily, I managed to keep myself upright. Wow, two embarrassing uncoordinated moments in twenty minutes. Almost a record.

'Whoa, slow down there Tiger.' I looked up into honey coloured eyes. Brandon. Not exactly the person I wanted to see.

'Sorry Brandon, I'm kind of in a rush.' I told him quickly, itching to start moving again before the blue-headed figure disappeared.

'Yeah I noticed.' He said, his eyes twinkling. 'It's kind of lucky that you literally ran into me though. I was looking for you.'

'Oh yeah? Could you maybe possibly tell me a little later? I really have to speak to someone.'

He gazed at me imploringly. 'It'll only take a second.'

I gave up. 'Fine. Go ahead.'

'I was just wondering if you've seen Ted around today? He seemed a little weird this morning.'

'He did?' Brandon had finally caught my interest. Was it possible that Teddy's anger had absolutely nothing to do with me?

'Yeah. Kind of upset or something. Did you two have a row or something?'

'No, why? Did he say that?' Okay, a little panicky now.

'Nah, he didn't say anything actually. But I just assumed, I guess...The only time he's really like that is when you guys have rowed.'

I smiled affectionately a little. 'It's fine, Brandon. I'll talk to him about it, and tell you if anything's up.'

'Cool, alright. Any excuse to talk to me, I'll bet.' He winked.

I rolled my eyes at him. 'Good luck with that. See you later.'

Brandon grinned, and stepped aside, letting me continue on my path of destruction.

'Try not to kill anyone, Toire!' I heard him call after me. I smiled to myself, ignoring the jealous looks of three fourth-year girls in Ravenclaw.

Focus, I told myself. Now at least you don't have to be worried about Teddy being angry at you.

Clearly something's wrong with him though. He doesn't snap at me like that unless something's up, I argued. With myself. How sad.

I was only about ten paces from where Teddy sat. His eyes were closed, but he opened them as soon as I stood in front of him. He said nothing. I sat down next to him without waiting for an invitation.

It was weird, being with Teddy and not talking. It just didn't feel right. Usually I was babbling on about nothing and he was mocking almost every word that came out of my mouth. I just couldn't break the unnerving silence. Instead, I just waited for him to speak, to tell me what was wrong. I wracked my brain, trying to think about how he'd acted that morning, and yesterday. Nothing had been off; he'd been completely fine actually. Normal. Or as normal as Teddy can ever be.

'Why are you here?'

I almost jumped when he spoke. I turned to face him immediately, but found he wasn't looking at me. His eyes were closed again, his head resting against the tree trunk.

'Just wanted to see what the fuss was about.' I said carefully.

'Yeah, well, nothing really.'

'Brandon was worried about you.'

His eyes popped open. 'Oh yeah?' There was a certain amount of challenge in his voice. 'When did you speak to him?'

'Just now.' I was a little scared at the sudden anger in his voice.

'Well, great, that's just great. Hope everything's just wonderful on his side.'

We were silent again.

'Teddy...what's wrong?' I asked softly.

He sighed, shaking his head. 'I don't know. A lot of things I guess. Brandon just set me off last night.'

'What did he do?'

'I don't really want to tell you, Vic.'

I relaxed a little at the familiar nickname. Teddy was the only one who ever used it.

'Please? Maybe I can help.'

'He just...he said that...That this year was the year he was going to finally get with you.' He looked apprehensively at me, as though I was going to explode.

'Oh.' I was a little stunned. 'Well, that's okay; I don't think you should be so angry at him...' I trailed off at the sudden tension in his face.

'You're okay with that?' Teddy demanded forcefully. 'Okay with just hooking up with Brandon on the side? Honestly Victoire, you're so much better than that. Merlin, how am I supposed to keep idiots like Brandon away from you when you'll just jump willingly into bed with them?! Can't you just make it even the least bit easy for me?'

'Teddy, Teddy slow down! What do you mean 'jump willingly into bed with them'? I have absolutely no intention of sleeping with Brandon! I thought you meant get together like date!'

'Oh.'

I glared at him ferociously.

'That's all? Just 'oh'? What is wrong with you? Do you honestly think so low of me?'

'Wait, no, of course not Vic-'

'Oh really!? Well, that's what it sounds like!' I jumped to my feet. Teddy did the same.

'Vic, you're acting absolutely ridiculous. Could you please calm down?'

'Me!?' I exclaimed incredulously. 'You started this all! I can't believe that the first thought that popped into your head was 'Victoire can't take care of herself'. Even if I did want to sleep with Brandon, it would be absolutely none of your business! If I wanted your help in any way shape or form I would've come to you and told you that I wasn't comfortable with Brandon liking me!'

'Victoire, I have no problem with Brandon liking you. I'm just not sure that that's where his thoughts were! I think you should seriously think about avoiding him! And of course it's my business! You're like my sister! I can't just let you run along and act like a-' He stopped. I almost growled at him.

'Like a what?' I asked dangerously.

'Never mind-' But I cut him off.

'I'm so sick of this Teddy! We're not even related! If I want to go out with Brandon, then I can. And I don't need you telling me otherwise!'

'Oh, so now you want to go out with him?' Teddy demanded furiously, his face going red.

'I don't know!' I threw my hands up in the air in frustration. 'But if I do end up going out with him, I'll expect you to not say a word.'

'What if I can't do that?' He challenged me.

'Then you'll just have to deal with it.' And with that, I turned on my heel and strode off.

'Wait, Vic,' I completely ignored his futile attempts to make me come back. How dare he say stuff like that! I was absolutely infuriated. I stomped all the way up to the Gryffindor common room and was surprised to find it empty.

Teddy had no right, no right at all to make me feel like this. Like I'd done something wrong. I don't even know why he was angry at me!

I breathed heavily, sorting through my many thoughts. Eventually, I came up with two mental piles. One of the actual incident, and the consequences.

Pile 1:

-Brandon had said last night that he was going to get into my pants this year. Lovely.

-Teddy had heard this, but judging by Brandon's demeanour beforehand, he had no idea how Teddy was feeling.

-Teddy had gotten angry on my behalf at Brandon.

Okay, so not a very large pile.

Pile 2:

-Teddy had begun to resent me because he thought I would be okay with sleeping with Brandon.

-I, in turn, had gotten angry right back at him.

-Strangely, I was not that irritated with Brandon, despite him having started all of this.

Okay, also not a very large pile. It's all so much more confusing in my head. Alright, let's try that again.

Victoire, aka me, is angry at Teddy for being over-protective and believing me to be a slut. Not angry at Brandon for reasons currently unknown.

Brandon has no idea what's going on and is currently trying to get into my pants. Once again, lovely.

Teddy is angry at Brandon. And possibly me also.

And here comes the big question: Why? Why was Teddy so angry at Brandon? I mean, would he have gotten so angry if some boy had said this about Dom? Probably not, considering the lack of a relationship between them, but he definitely would have reacted. He probably would have bashed the guy up and have been done with it. But with me he's taking it kind of personally. As though Brandon was doing this specifically to him. There is seriously something wrong with this picture...Something I'm missing desperately.

I guess all I can do now is sit around and wait for the next instalment of Victoire and Her Crazy, Messed-Up Life. Damn Lupin. And I had thought today was going to be a good day.