Since Teddy had decided to follow me outside before, I figured the only way to talk to Jade in private was to lock myself in a bathroom once again. I called Jade and she picked up fairly quickly, considering it was Christmas eve.
"Aren't you with your family?" I asked.
"Yeah, but I told my mum about you and Teddy and now she's really invested in what happens next. You're on speaker phone, by the way." Typical Jade. She told her mum all the gossip at Hogwarts and her mum was usually more interested than Jade and I.
"Oh, hi Miss Miller. Ive got a bit of an update," I told Jade and her mum what had just happened outside.
"I swear that boy does not deserve you," Jade's mum interjected. She was a bit scarred because of Jade's dad leaving her.
"Thats not true. He is perfect for you, Vic. I know you two are going to make up eventually. But do leave him hanging a bit longer. He didn't talk to you for five months. And then he gives you some bullshit excuse about wanting what's best for you. Seriously, what is his deal," Jade exclaimed.
I shook my head. I wasn't sure I wanted to ignore Teddy any longer.
"It's just… he's here. And I haven't seen him in so long and I just want it to be like it used to. I want to talk to him and I want to not think about whether or not he'll ever call me again after Christmas." I sighed. Jade and her mum sighed in agreement.
They told me to stick with the ignoring him plan and I decided to pull myself together and leave myself a shred of dignity by not just blindly letting him in again when he had shut me out for almost half a year. When I came back into the living room, I realised that it was already later than I thought. My little cousins had been sent to bed already and the rest were trying to hide their sleepiness.
I sat with my siblings on the floor. They were playing a game with Harry's and Ron's children. My sister turned to me and raised an eyebrow. "Where's Teddy?" She asked.
"How should I know?" I replied. Now that she mentioned it, Teddy was nowhere to be seen. Neither were Harry, Ginny, Charlie and my mum. That could not mean anything good.