Tumble Through Time

Chapter Seven

Teddy awoke the next morning to Victoire exclaiming, "Oh, holy Merlin, turn off the sun! When did it get to be so bright?" He laid perfectly still on the couch as he heard her begin to search the bed for him. He knew she had sat up and noticed him when she asked, "What are you doing on the couch, love?"

"What? Conveniently don't remember what you told me last night as you fell asleep?" Teddy rolled his eyes.

"What did I- Oh, oh shit, we- And I- Oh, Gods, Teddy, I am so-" She was cut off by someone knocking on the door.

When Teddy opened the door, he vaguely realized that there was three people standing there, but only one of them came in perfectly clear. Sirius Black was standing in the doorway. Before anyone could speak, Teddy reared his arm back and punched Sirius square in the nose. Victoire shrieked as blood spurted out onto the floor.

"Well, can't say he didn't deserve that, can you, Moony?" James asked, snickering a bit.

"What the bloody fuck was that for?!" Sirius exclaimed. "And why, exactly, did I deserve it, Prongs?!"

"Can we please come inside?" Remus asked, looking around the hallway to make sure no one had seen what just happened. Teddy begrudginly ushered them in and Victoire pulled the sheets on the bed tighter around her. Remus deposited Sirius on the couch and glanced at Teddy with an apologetic look in his eye. "Honestly, Teddy, he doesn't remember what happened last night. I didn't even know what was going on, but when I realized what they had done, I brought her straight here. I'm sorry. I should have kept a better eye on her."

" 'S not your fault." Teddy said, glaring at Sirius.

"Will somebody tell me what the fuck I did?! And make my nose stop bleeding!"

Teddy couldn't contain himself anymore. "You fucked my girlfriend! That's what the fuck you did! I thought we were friends." His hair turned bright, flaming red with little help.

Sirius's eyes widened in shock, blood still spewing from his nose. "I- I did what? That must be where the big, black hole in my memory is from. I don't think I've ever drank that much in my life. Blimey, mate, I am so sorry." Teddy barely moved his head in acknowledgement. "Merlin, I need to stop drinking. Little Sirius has a bloody mind of his own when I do." James snorted at the fact that Sirius had named his manhood. "Well, Slightly-Larger-Than-Average Sirius, if we're being perfectly honest..."

"Not the time for jokes, Padfoot..." James mumbled under his breath.

"Right... Right... Listen, Ted, I am truly sorry. I honestly have absolutely no memory from about 10:30 when Marley let me do body shots off of her until Remus was beating me awake with his pillow this morning to come down here. It was not intentional. You're right, we are friends. I wouldn't do that to a friend." Sirius's bright grey eyes were shining with sincerity. "Please, accept my apology. And you as well, Vic. If I had been in my right state of mind, I wouldn't have taken advantage of you like that."

Teddy nodded, acknowledging that he accepted the apology, while Victoire just looked ashamed. "I think you all had better go now. We have some things to discuss." The Marauders mumbled their goodbyes and shuffled out the door, while Teddy turned his bac to Victoire. "Can you please get dressed so we can talk?"

"Why can't we talk like this?" Victoire asked, quietly.

"Honestly, I really don't think I can stand to see you naked right now. Just put on some clothes, please."

Victoire quietly obliged and quickly got dressed in a pair of her pajama pants and a tank top. She walked up behind Teddy and wrapped her arms around his waist. When he didn't move, she wimpered slightly and moved away to sit on the edge of one of the armchairs. " Teddy, I-"

"No, I'm sorry. I'm not mad at you, disappointed maybe, but mostly I'm mad at myself. I shouldn't have left you alone." Teddy began to pace the floor, not looking at his girlfriend.

"But I should have had more control over my actions."

"I can't even tell you how many times during parties that I had a few too many and went and slept with some random girl just because I could. But I never had a girlfriend when I did all of that. I was waiting on you to be ready for me and if that meant that we had to be married first, so be it. I stopped sleeping around 9 months before you finally agreed to date me because you told me the first time that I asked you out that even though you were my best friend, you weren't comfortable dating someone who had no discretion about who he slept with. I've gone almost 3 years with no sex and lots of dirty magazines because you weren't ready! I was waiting on you and the first time you're drunk without me, you o off and shag my father's best friend?!"

"I need to tell you something."

"What? What else could you possibly have to tell me now?" Teddy threw his hands in the air.

"When I told you I wasn't ready, that first time we almost slept together, I lied. I was testing you to see if you really were trying to be better for me. And you said okay. You didn't push me. You didn't push the issue. You didn't try and make me do anything I said I didn't want to do. You were amazing. And then, I pushed it farther and told you I wanted to wait for marriage. And again, you were the greatest. You agreed with me. And then, as time went on, I started thinking that maybe it would be better for us to wait... So, I just went with it..."

"You thought I was with you just so I could have sex with you? That's just fucking brilliant. Did you seriously believe that? Merlin's beard, Vic! If i had just wanted to shag you, that's exactly what I would have done. I wouldn't have worried about your feelings. I wouldn't have even had feelings for you! You have been my best friend since we could walk. You've always been there for me. I was never just going to fuck you and leave. I didn't want to be with you just for the sex. I mean, I'm not gonna lie, it'd be a plus, but that's not the only reason. You're beautiful, smart, funny, sexy... You keep me calm when I get antsy and angry around the full moon, you're all around amazing... Sex doesn't even register on the reasons I want to be with you."

"I'm sorry, Teddy..." Victoire whispered. Teddy pulled her close and they wrapped their arms around each other.

"I know." Teddy whispered into her hair before kissing the top of her head. "Speaking of the full moon..."

"I know, it's in a couple of days. That's why everything is all crazy." Victoire sighed. "I hate the full moon."

"Yeah, you and me both."

"I hate being all jumpy, paranoid, antsy... Anxious... I don't know why I complain, though. You get it so much worse that I do."

"Well, your dad isn't a full werewolf. If being anxious and incredibly horny and, you know, hungry for raw meat once a month is the worst thing that happens to me, I think I'm okay."

"I think that's why I slept with Sirius... Lately, the full moons have affected me more like they do you lately... Even though Dad isn't an actual werewolf..."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want you to worry." Victoire shrugged. "Do you think they'll tell us? About Remus?"

"Well, they've been using their nicknames so I assume they've finished their Animagi training. I really don't know if they will or not. But I bet we could get them to."

"How?"

"Tell them about our dads." Teddy grinned. "Technically, if I tell Remus that my dad's a full werewolf and I'm practically normal, I'm not lying. And besides, hasn't Harry always said that he was so worried before I was born that I would be just like him and that that's why he didn't want to get with my mother in the first place? Maybe if I can show him that I'm normal, it will make their relationship easier when it comes."

Victoire nodded slowly. "You're just determined to meddle somehow, aren't you?" She grinned a little.

"How can I not? Merlin, with the things we know about that aren't even invented yet, we could be millionaires! Or we could just, you know, let my dad know that being a werewolf isn't a bad thing." He said quickly, after seeing the look on his girlfriends face.

"Or we could, you know, not meddle at all..." Victoire said, mocking Teddy a little.

"Oh, shut up." Teddy rolled his eyes. "Let me have something, please."

"Fine. But just this one thing. Please don't try and change anything else. We already don't know what kind of future we're headed back to anyways."

"You're getting repetitive, love."

"And you're getting a bit ridiculous trying to change things."

"At least when we go back, you'll have your parents." Teddy spat bitterly. "I won't."

All Victoire could do was roll her eyes. Teddy was never going to drop this, she knew it. He wasn't going to drop it until he had his way.

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