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Alfred and Robbie had their heads down and were studiously doing their homework, Robbie, being head boy, had said it was to 'set an example for the younger years.' Nobody followed their example however, they were all playing Exploding Snap or shrieking loudly at each other. Only Teddy was following the example, which shocked everyone. Victoire sat beside him attempting to make conversation, but every time he answered her with one word so she stood up and huffed off. Needless to say, he didn't notice her leave.
Victoire swung her blonde hair over her shoulder and pranced over to Leanne, attracting the gaze of the male species at large. She glanced over her shoulder, Teddy was still scribbling on a piece of parchment. She scowled and threw herself into an armchair next to Leanne. Leanne didn't notice her straight away, she was staring at Robbie, chewing her lip. Victoire waved her hand in front of her face, Leanne blinked and turned to her.
She blushed, "Sorry, I was just….erm what are you doing here?"
"What? Can I not talk to you without having an agenda?" Leanne raised her eyebrows. Victoire sighed, "Teddy's completely ignoring me." Her bottom lip stuck out.
Leanne snorted," Are you pouting?" Leanne swung around to get a closer look at her face. "Victoire Weasley, the biggest tomboy I know, pouting?"
Victoire put her hand in front of her mouth, "I wasn' t pouting!"
"Riiiight," Leanne glanced over at Teddy, "Look, he's studying for his OWL's!"
Victoire snorted, "In December? Puh-lease, he's writing a letter."
"To who?" Leanne asked with interest, wondering why Victoire cared so much.
"My cousin," Victoire began and Leanne had in mind some French Veela, "Lily."
Leanne burst into laughter, "Lily Potter? You're jealous of an eight year old?"
"I'm not jealous!"
"Eh, yeah, you are."
Victoire sighed, "I just don't understand, he's been writing novels to her every day this week!"
"And therefore not paying enough attention to you?" Leanne questioned shrewdly. Victoire blushed and inspected her nails which Leanne took as a yes.
Victoire looked up at Leanne, her blue eyes wide. "The day we heard about the Yule Ball, we thought it was going to be terrible, so we know, agreed to go with each other," Victoire went back to biting her nails.
"Okkkk."
"And I was thinking, maybe, this was going to be the night."
Leanne was listening closely now. "The night we would finally kiss." She blew out a sigh and put her head back into the chair.
"So you like him more than friends then?" Victoire looked into the fire, her navy eyes reflecting the flames.
"Always have," she touched her chest as though it pained her, "Always will."
"You've never said anything."
"I'm afraid," Victoire whispered and Leanne saw a whole new side to the funny, care-free Victoire she knew. She squeezed her hand and glanced over at Robbie.
"I know how that feels."
They sat like that for a while. Two conflicted girls staring into the fire before Teddy came over and sat next to them. The two glanced at him, he looked tired and worried.
Leanne decided to get his mind off whatever was worrying him. "We were just talking about the Yule Ball."
Teddy glanced at her, "Oh, yeah. Hope you have fun. I'm going home though."
"What?" Victoire gasped, staring at him.
"Yeah," Teddy looked at her in surprise, as though he was wondering why this was such a shock. "Lily has dragon pox, I have to be there for her – I'm her favourite." Teddy puffed his chest out proudly.
Victoire could barely constrain the shout of, "You're my favourite too!" But she kept it to herself and said instead, "I thought we were going together?"
Teddy frowned and then said, "Oh yeah!" Leanne could see the hurt in Victoire's eyes when he had almost forgotten. "But it was just for a laugh, wasn't it Vicky?" he clapped her on the back and Victoire flinched away. Finally Teddy noticed that something wasn't quite right with his best friend.
"You ok?"
Victoire turned to grin at him, "Sure, only a shame that you'll miss Mega Magic's gig."
"Oh yeah…" Teddy smiled.
After a couple of minutes of normal chatter, Victoire knew she could excuse herself to her dormitory without Teddy thinking anything was up.
Teddy just said he had to deliver some letters to the Owlery anyway, so he didn't mind. Victoire watched him go out the portrait hole a tear sliding down her face.
She wiped it away and got up gracefully in one fluid, graceful moment.
Tomorrow she'd get a date to the Yule Ball, even If it killed her.
If there was one thing she hated more than being wrong, was Teddy seeing her cry. Especially over him.
Ok that was mainly focused on victoire/teddy, hope you liked it :D review and I'll love you forever!