Maybe it's All For the Best

Chapter 10: Nice

"No way! I never picked her to bat for the other team" I snorted and took another bite of my sandwich.

"Yeah neither did we, but her partner is a nice girl from Liverpool" Harry nodded, grinning at me from behind his desk.

For the last week, while everyone else had been at work and I'd been totally bored at home. So to conquer this boredom I'd been stopping by Harry and Ron's office to have lunch with them. Sometimes Ron went and had lunch with Hermione, like today, so I had lunch with just Harry.

"So who else ended up together?" I asked, adjusting the way I was sitting on the chair in front of his desk. I tucked my feet underneath me and rested my elbow on the desk.

"Luna and Neville" He thought for a second.

"Shut up!" I laughed. "How did that happen?"

"I actually don't know, you've have to ask Hermione and Ginny... but they've been together for about a year now" He explained with a smile. He screwed up the paper his sandwich came in and tossed it in the waste paper bin.

"What about Seamus... is he single?" I grinned, remembering what Katy had asked last week.

Harry cocked an eyebrow, an amused smile on his lips. "Now why would you want to know that? Are you looking to trade Nate in?"

I stuck my tongue out at him. "No! I'm asking because my friend Katy in New York wanted me to find her a nice English wizard that would make her parents happy" I flipped my hair over my shoulder and sat back in my seat. "I'm engaged, remember?"

"Yet you're not wearing your ring?" Harry said without missing a beat. Why did he always notice when I wasn't wearing the damn thing?

I glanced at my hand and found the ring not there. Suppressing a sigh, I let my mouth fall open in surprise. "Crap I forgot to put it on again!" I lied. Of course I knew it wasn't there... it was just too heavy to carry around all the time.

"Yeah ok Riles" Harry rolled his eyes with a smirk. "If you don't like it why don't you just tell him?"

"Who says I don't like it?" I jutted my chin forward in indignance.

"I can tell, I know you" He shrugged a shoulder.

"Well you're wrong" I stuck my tongue out at him. "I happen to love the ring, I'm just not used to wearing it"

Harry snorted and opened his mouth to say something else when the door opened and Sarah walked through. I stared at her. She didn't even knock.

"DADDY!" Teddy's voice rang out.

"Hello Tedd!" Harry stood up quickly. "What a nice surprise" he smiled at Sarah and took Teddy from her arms. She beamed back at him and kissed his cheek. I narrowed my eyes.

"Well I thought it'd be nice to take Teddy out in Diagon Alley and stop by to have lunch with you" her eyes fell on me "But I didn't realise you'd be busy" They bore into my like I'd committed a mortal sin.

"Oh Riley already bought lunch for me today. Everyone else is at work" Harry waved his hand.

"And she just decided she'd have lunch with you?" She raised her eyebrow coolly.

"Well Ronald was here as well, and it's almost impossible to have lunch with anyone else because Avery, Draco and Charlie work outside, Roe works with the twins and Ginny and Hermione work in a hospital" I replied before Harry had a chance. "Harry and Ron have their own office and it's the easiest place to eat lunch"

She just stared at me and I suddenly felt like I was looking at a younger Umbridge. Her watery blue eyes flashed at me and I waited for wands to be drawn.

"I'm sorry I already ate Sarah, but you and Ted should stay. Hang out with us for a while" Harry said hesitantly, walking back around behind his desk and sitting with Teddy on his lap.

I turned my attention to the toddler. "Hey Teddy!" I cooed. "What have you done today?"

"Shopped" He grinned. "Uncle Fred gave me this!" he stuck out his fist and clutched between his fingers was a miniature figurine of a dragon, like the one Harry had received during the Triwizard Tournament. It was wiggling around in his hand like a stuck lizard, smoke emitting from his nose.

"Wow that's awesome" I exclaimed. "Did you name him?"

"Dino" He nodded proudly. I laughed.

"That's a great name"

"Where's your ring, Riley?" Sarah asked, interrupting my chat with Teddy. I glanced at her, my eyes narrowing.

"Forgot to put it on after my shower" I shrugged a shoulder.

"Really? Seems like a pretty important thing to forget" She said snootily.

"I guess I'm just not used to it" I answered coolly. I turned and caught Harry's apologetic look. I rolled my eyes. "I think I'm gonna head off now... I'll see you tonight at dinner, Harry?"

"Yeah of course" Harry nodded, standing up. I leant across the table and kissed his cheek lightly, lingering a little longer than I should have. I placed a kiss on Teddy's head too.

"See you tonight then" I smiled, flicking my hair and turning around. I shot Sarah a satisfied look as I passed and shut the door behind me. God that girl was such a bitch!

I told the girls what happened at lunch when they got home. We stood around the kitchen, preparing dinner for the night talking about what we were going to do about her.

"Ugh I hate that girl!" Roe smacked her hand on the table. She pulled a face when it hurt.

"She's worse than Fleur ever was" Ginny nodded. Fleur started to protest but the looks from all of us made her nod and admit defeat.

"She acts like she's Teddy's mother or something" Avery rolled her eyes. "I have no idea why Harry won't make her disappear"

"I could make her disappear" I muttered, rolling my eyes. "He knows we don't like her though... he called her 'abbrasive'"

"She's more than just 'abrasive'" Hermione rolled her eyes, reaching for another carrot to cut up. "But at least he's not completely stupid and can see there's something off about her"

"True" I nodded. "But honestly, she's a total pain! You should have seen the look she gave me when she saw me there... I was eating lunch, not screwing him! God!" I shook my head and picked up a carrot to munch on. I sat on the bench and looked out of the window at the boys playing Quidditch. Little kids the words drifted briefly through my mind and I smiled. Some things never change.

" – well maybe Riley could do something about it?" a giggle from Roe bought me back into the kitchen.

"What!" I exclaimed, jerking away from the window and staring at the girls. Fleur laughed.

"I think you may be right, Rosalie" Fleur nodded.

"About?" I prompted.

"Some things never change" Avery shook her head with a smile.

"What!" I exclaimed. The others looked at each other and laughed.

"We were just saying that maybe you could change Harry's mind about Sarah" Ginny poked me in the leg as she placed a pot in the sink. A wave of her wand had it filling with water and it started cleaning its self. God I missed things like that when Nate was around.

"And how would I do that?" I raised an eyebrow.

"A big smooch would do it" Roe winked. I threw a wet tea towel at her and held up my left hand.

"Uhm, engaged remember?" I wiggled my ring finger. The ring, which I'd replaced when I'd gotten home, made my movements sluggish and I put my hand back down.

"What Nate doesn't know, won't hurt" She laughed, pulling the tea towel off her face.

"ROSALIE!" Avery and I both scolded.

"I'm JOKING!" She admitted. I gave her a disbelieving look. "I am! I promise" She laughed. "But seriously. Something has to be done about her" She nodded.

"About who?" Harry's voice made us all jump around guiltily.

"Mum" I lied quickly. "She's driving me, Roe and Avery crazy with wedding plans at home" I glanced at Roe.

"Right. She's a nightmare. I thought Riley was going to be bad with wedding plans" Roe snorted. I flicked the back of her head but smiled at Harry. "What's up?" I asked, wondering why he'd come inside without the others.

"Oh... I have to go pick Teddy up... and Sarah" he admitted. I could feel my natural smile fall but my fake one held it in place.

"Great!" I exclaimed. "She's coming to dinner"

"How wonderful" Ginny said sarcastically. Avery nudged her shoulder. Harry's expression faltered and I felt bad.

"She can help us make dessert if you go and get her now" I suggested. I felt five pokes in the middle of my back and I struggled not to laugh.

"Yeah she might like that... Anyway I'll be back soon" He smiled, shouldered his broom and disappeared.

"Help us make dessert?"

"Help us?"

"As in associate with us?" The girls all squawked when he'd gone. I laughed and dodged their attacks.

"I just feel bad that he might like her and we don't!"

"There's a good reason for that!" Roe exclaimed.

"She's a bitch!"

I laughed and ran away from them. I was going to at least try and be nice to her. For Harry's sake. Even if she did annoy me.

Plea's Note:

Sorry for the filler chapt guys... more soon... sorry it's so late too... had date night with my man (I traded draco back in)

xo Plea