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Teddy's Surprise

"Albus and Scorpius have been acting weird lately" Rose stated suspiciously.

"What? No they haven't" Lily replied, feeling slightly hot around the collar. Since turning fifteen, Rose had been slightly less overbearing and as such, Lily had started to spend a little more time with her. Albus's theory was that it was because she'd been made a prefect and he and Scorpius hadn't.

According to Albus, it was only natural that Rose would be less anal retentive, now that she had some degree of control over other people.

Lily and Rose were walking to the Great Hall for dinner, discussing Albus and Scorpius. "They've changed" Rose said.

"How so?" Lily demanded.

"Well, they used to always be causing trouble for everyone. . . And now they just seem to stick to themselves. It's weird, Lily! Scorpius, arrogant bastard that he is, used to be really popular – even though he only has eyes for Albus – and now he just laughs at everything, like a total idiot. And Albus too, for that matter. They laugh at the most random things"

"You're just jealous that they're more fun than you"

"No I'm not! You don't see them in class. You don't know what they're like" Rose said worriedly. Lily, being one of their closest friends, in the same house, and spending a lot of her time with them, knew exactly what they were like. "I just think its odd is all" Rose concluded, seeing Lily's expression.

When they reached the great hall they parted ways, each going to sit at their respective tables. Lily sauntered over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Matt, across from Albus and Scorpius, who were indeed laughing.

"Evening, Lil" Leah greeted amiably from Matt's other side.

"Hiya" she smiled back, helping herself to a hot Portuguese bread roll, spreading butter thickly over it and watching it melt into the bread.

"Rose is starting to annoy me again" Lily said to Albus.

"Really? I knew it wouldn't last" Albus said, laughing.

"Stop laughing!" she said as Scorpius started giggling too. She couldn't help but laugh a little too, simply at the sight of them.

*

The first Hogsmeade weekend of the year was coming up, and Lily was really excited. It would be her first time visiting the little village, now that she was in third year.

Scorpius and Albus owled Teddy and arranged to meet up with him on Saturday morning.

When said morning arrived, Scorpius, Albus, Leah, Matt, and Lily left eagerly. It was always hardest after the summer holiday for Scorpius and Albus, who were used to seeing Teddy lots during the break.

Upon entering the Three Broomsticks, Leah asked "Who's the hottie?" pointing inconspicuously to a heavily tattooed, long-haired young man sitting in a booth by himself.

She almost fainted when he waved them over. "That," said Scorpius, "is our brother Teddy". They made their way over to the booth, where Teddy stood up to give Albus, Scorpius, and Lily each a hug. He then held his hand out to Matt, who shook it, and Leah, whose he took and kissed gently, bowing slightly.

She swooned, mumbling something like "such a gentleman". After introductions, the group sat down and ordered their drinks.

"So, Ted, how's Victoire doing?" Lily said, in a tone that said "you have a girlfriend, remember?"

"I wouldn't know. . . We're not together anymore" Teddy stated.

"What? Why?!" Lily asked, shocked. The rest of the group looked on with interest.

"It hasn't been going well since I discovered Oli" he told them, shaking his head.

"Who's Oli?" Leah asked, dismayed.

"Oliver Sykes. He's my hero" Teddy said, suddenly excited and with stars in his eyes.

"He's a Muggle" Lily said with disdain. She had surprisingly anti-Muggle views.

"But his music is magical" Teddy said, smiling like a love-struck teenager again.

"How's your music going, Ted?" Scorpius asked. The drinks arrived and were given to the respective people before Teddy answered.

"Great! I'm loving it" he said with a grin.

"I like your shirt" Leah suddenly piped up. Matt cocked an eyebrow.

"Thanks! It's a brand called Drop Dead. Oli created it" Teddy informed everyone, clearly relishing the fact that everybody at the table was looking at him.

"Tell me more about what happened with Victoire" Albus said. "You two were so. . . in love"

"Yeah, I know" Teddy suddenly sounded sad. "But she just doesn't get me. She won't make an effort to understand"

"What do you mean?" asked Scorpius.

"Vic doesn't approve of me anymore, and she no longer accepts me. I cannot be with someone like that" Teddy answered with solemn surety.

"What's not to accept?" Leah asked, her turn to be star-struck. Albus was amused. Scorpius was mildly interested by this development, looking back and forth between Leah and Teddy slyly, reading their body language.

Matt snorted in irritation. Everyone knew that he liked Leah except . . . well, Leah.

"Shall we order another round of drinks?" Albus asked, noting that everybody had finished theirs.

Interrupting the murmurs of "yes please", Teddy said "Actually, I have a surprise for Al and Scor. But I don't know how long it'll take and we need to leave Hogsmeade, so we kind of need to get going"

"Surprise?" Albus asked, excited. Teddy always had the best surprises.

"For us?" Scorpius asked, grinning suspiciously.

"So I'll get the bill, and then we need to go. Are you coming with or are we parting ways here?" Teddy asked, looking at Leah, Matt and Lily.

"How far are we going?" Scorpius asked.

"Oh, not too far. I'm going to drive" Teddy said, jingling his car keys. Teddy was rather immersed in the Muggle world.

"I wanted to see Hogsmeade! It's my first time here" Lily whined.

"We'll show you around, Lil" Matt offered, not giving Leah much of a choice.

"Really? You don't mind spending the whole day here with me?" Lily asked excitedly.

"Not at all. Leah and I will show you a good time" he said with a kind smile.

Leah said goodbye sulkily. She, Matt, and Lily stayed at the bar and ordered more drinks. Teddy, Scorpius, and Albus left the Three Broomsticks.

Knowing Teddy would never spoil a surprise, Scorpius and Albus followed him to the car and got in, not nagging him about it. Teddy drove for about twenty minutes, chatting to the boys about business and Oli Sykes, and how wonderful Bring Me The Horizon is.

He stopped outside a small but attractive shopping centre and parked.

"You're taking us shopping at the mall?" Scorpius exclaimed excitedly, slightly giving away his love for shopping (and subsequently, fashion and makeup).

"Haha, no" Teddy laughed, amused at Scorpius's outburst. "But now I know what I can give you for your birthday"

As they walked into the mall, Teddy led them to a small, clean-looking shop. When they read the sign, Albus squealed and Scorpius gasped.

The sign read: 'Doug's Tattoo Parlour'.

AN: In the next chapter we have some good old trippy-ness as the boys get their first tattoos!

Next Chapter: Flowers and Caterpillars

". . . sexy blue caterpillars EVERYWHERE. . ."

. . .to be continued!