Tumble Through Time

Chapter Four

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snuffles95- the Harry Potter WIkia page for him says his eyes are green. And I'm pretty sure that somewhere in the books, it says his eyes are green. If I'm not misitaken, they turn amber when he's a wolf, but they're green otherwise.

The group of Hogwarts students fell through the fireplace in Florish & Blotts one by one. And one by one, they picked themselves up off of the ground and dusted themselves off. James's glasses had gone askew, Sirius was shaking the ashes out of his hair in a very dog-like manner, and Teddy and Remus both just looked shaken. Lily and Victoire looked at the boys with incredulous looks on their faces and both pulled their still pristine-looking hair up into ponytails.

"Do you both still have your shopping lists?" Lily asked Teddy and Victoire, who both nodded. "Well, go on then and get your books. There's a few things I need to look at, so we can all meet at the front doors in 30 minutes?"

"I'll help you find what you need, Victoire." Sirius smiled, trying to be charming as he walked up next to her.

"I think I can manage, Sirius." Vic said, rolling her eyes and chuckling a bit.

"Nonsense. You've never been here before. You have no idea where anything is. Meanwhile, I've browsed these shelves once a year for the past six years, dreading picking anything up that they had to offer. I coupld probably find you anything you wanted."

"Erm, right..." Victoire had forgotten that her and Teddy were 'from France' and 'had never sat foot in Diagon Alley before.' "Well, then, Mr. Black, where should we go first?" She handed her supply list over, attempting to call his bluff. But he happily took it from her and began walking.

"You gonna come or not?" Sirius asked, turning around, his eyes twinkling at the double meaning in his statement.

"Yeah- yeah, sorry." Victoire jogged a little to catch up.

"So, what's France like?" Sirius asked, walking up to a set of shelves and plucking a book off of it.

"It's, uhm, very different than here." If she could have been honest, she had only actually visited France a handful of times in her life. She was fluent in the language and had a small accent, thanks to her mother, but that was about it. "So, do you live in London?" She asked, changing the subject.

"Well, I did. But I moved in with James over the summer. Long story short, my family sucks and they disowned me. But Prongs- I mean, James's- parents have always been more than understanding. They love the shit out of me. And, I mean, who wouldn't? Have you seem me?" Sirius laughed.

"You're really full of yourself, you know that?"

"And yet, the girls still love me. Never had one say no before." Sirius winked.

"You've had one." Victoire stated, raising any eyebrow.

"Bollocks. Who?"

"Me." Victoire grinned.

"I never formally asked, therefore that doesn't count. I'll get you to say yes. 'Yes, yes, oh gods, yes', to be exact."

"Are we almost done yet? You're getting a bit creepy." Victoire couldn't help but smile, though.

"Quit kidding yourself, Victoire Delacour. No one says no to Sirius Black. Ever." He winked again and brushed his hand up against hers as he lifted her book list. "I do believe we're finished. For now, at least. Let's get these blasted books paid for." Victoire couldn't speak as he walked off.

Across the building, James and Remus were helping Teddy find everything he needed.

"So, what's it like? Being an orphan, I mean..." James asked, looking around.

"A bit lonely, to be honest. I mean, my whole life, Vic and I have only had each other. Our parents were friends and passed away in the same accident. Why do you ask?"

"Well, I mean... My parents are getting on in years and I'm just afraid that if one passes on, the other one will follow because they can't live without one another. I don't think I could handle it."

Teddy scanned the shelves and grabbed a book from his list. "You get used to it..."

"I couldn't imagine losing a parent, let alone both of them." Remus said, solemnly.

"I guess I was lucky enough to not have any memories of them. So," Teddy cleared his throat. "What is there to do at Hogwarts? To be completely honest, I was a bit of a troublemaker at my old school."

"Well, then, Teddy, you've made friends with the right people." James grinned. "We call ourselves the Marauders. We're kind of a big thing around school."

"Oh, really?" Teddy asked, laughing at the proud look on James's face. He marvelled at how much Harry resembled his father.

"Well, James and Sirius are the troublemakers. I just observe most of the time." Remus chuckled. "Well, I think you have everything you can get here. Ready to go?"

Teddy nodded and they walked up to the counter. When Teddy finished paying, they made their way to the front of the building to meet with the others. As they got closer, they noticed a couple standing very close together, with the male whispering something obviously funny in the female's ear. Then, they all realized around the same time that the two were Sirius and Victoire. Teddy cleared his throat and they jumped apart.

"Finished, Vic?" He asked, nonchalantly. Victoire nodded, embarrassed. "Sirius, I think Vic and I can shop together from now on. Sirius ran his hand through his hair and nodded. "Are we just waiting on Lily now?"He spotted an auburn head of hair walking towards them. "Never mind. Let's go." Victoire began to walk after Sirius, but Teddy grabbed her wrist. "We can follow everyone." He had a hard look in his eye.

Once everyone walked out of the door, Teddy and Victoire followed. "What are you doing?" She asked in a harsh whisper.

"Keeping you from making a mistake. Unless you've forgotten, you do have a boyfriend."

"Well, it's not like I'm planning on sleeping with Sirius..."

"Oh, that's all well and good, considering we haven't even done that, but you don't need to flirt back."

Victoire paused, looked at Teddy, and glared. "Maybe it's just nice to have someone that I don't know giving me some attention. You know, girls flirt with you all day long, and I keep my mouth shut. But Merlin forbid, one guy glances at me and you go ape-shit. Ever since we were little, you've acted like I was your property and no one else's, but I'm just supposed to be okay with girls eye-fucking you everywhere we go? Not fair, Teddy."

Teddy huffed. "They just walked into the Apothecary. Let's go."

The rest of the trip in Diagon Alley was relatively uneventful. Teddy refused to let go of Victoire's hand and Sirius decided to stay back from everyone. They got back to school and Remus and James walked Teddy and Victoire back to their room.

"I'm sorry about Sirius." Remus said to Teddy as Victoire walked into their room.

"It's... Fine, I guess. He just needs to cool it. I wouldn't hit on his girlfriend if he had one.

"Sirius just doesn't know when to quit." James said, shrugging. "Listen, we're having a party in a couple weeks. Would you like to come? It should just be a relatively small one, but it probably won't be." James laughed.

"Sure. We'd love to come. That sounds cool. Thanks."

"See you when you start classes on Monday." Remus smiled genuinely as he and James began to walk off.

Teddy shut the door and walked over to Victoire, and tried to pull her in for a kiss but she wrenched away.

"What are you doing? I'm mad at you, if you didn't notice."

"Vic, come on. I love you, now quit. Maybe I'm the jealous type and I apologize for that. But you are insanely beautiful and anyone could steal you away from me at any time. So, don't you think I have a right to be jealous sometimes?"

"No one's going to steal me away from you, Ted. I'm yours. Sirius may try and get in my pants, but I haven't even let you in there yet and we've been together almost two years. So, why would I let him? I'm still waiting for you to marry me first." Victoire smiled sweetly and intertwined their fingers. "I love you, too. We're just a damn good-looking couple and we have a right to get jealous of anyone who looks."

Teddy kissed Victoire on her forehead and sighed. "You ready to go to sleep? I'm wiped out."

Victoire raised her eyebrow and looked at Teddy, grinning. "I was thinking we could fool around a bit, actually. All this talk of sex has me all worked up..." Teddy furrowed his brow at his girlfriend. "Just because I'm not ready to sleep with you doesn't mean we stop getting damn close, does it?" Teddy relaxed his expression as Victoire pulled him in for a passionate kiss. Teddy hooked his hands up under Victoire's bum and pulled her legs up around his waist, before laying her down on their bed.

"You're such a tease..." Teddy groaned as Victoire unbuttoned his jeans and stuck a hand down his boxers.

"You love it." Victoire grinned as Teddy nodded furiously and began placing kisses up and down her collarbone.

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