Teddy x Rose.

Chapter 3.

As Rose lay in her bed after her sudden and unforeseen revelation, she didn't know what she was supposed to do. Teddy was her best friend – she couldn't like him, it just wasn't right. On top of that, she knew he was in love with Victoire – it was only the previous week that he had told her so. And then there was the fact that he was so much older than her, he was 23, and she was still only 15. There was definitely no way that anything could ever happen, she would just have to try and get over him.

When Rose woke up late the next morning, the first thing to come into her mind was Teddy. This crush on him is pretty serious, I can't stop thinking about him, Rose thought, what am I going to do? Seeing him again is going to be so difficult.

Rose tried to stop thinking about him during the day. She kept herself busy, doing things around the house, but all the time her mind just kept wandering back to Teddy. She hoped that the constant thoughts of him were only because she had only just realised her affection for him was so strong, and that even if she couldn't completely get over it, she would at least be able to think about him on a less regular basis when she had gotten used to the concept. Having to think about him so often was something she didn't want to have to do all the time.

Maybe this year, for the first time, Rose would be happy when she went back to school and would no longer be able to see Teddy. But for now, the family had arranged a lot of meetings, so that they would all get to see each other while the Hogwarts students were out of school.

The next time everyone was getting together was in a few days. They were all going to The Burrow to enjoy more of Molly's beautiful cooking.

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As Teddy stood in front of the mirror, getting ready for the day out at The Burrow, he was having trouble thinking of a hair colour for the occasion. He knew that Rose liked him to have a different colour each time, but no inspiration would come to him today. He settled for a light green, hoping Rose wouldn't remember that he had only used it about a month ago, and that it wasn't a completely new shade.

Before travelling to the burrow, he went to pick Victoire up from Shell cottage. Today he had decided to meet her first, instead of meeting her at the event, and they would arrive together. When she came out of her house, her hair was blowing in the wind and she looked as beautiful as ever, as she walked over all he could think of was how much he loved her.

When she reached him, he stroked her face lovingly, causing her to smile. He loved it when she smiled. They had one quick kiss, and then they apparated to their destination. When they arrived they were hand in hand, and had accidentally appeared right in the middle of everyone.

"Oops," Said Teddy "I must have misjudged the distance."

As he was talking, he noticed that Rose had given him and Victoire a strange, unhappy look, before turning and walking off to talk to Albus.

Later on in the day he tried to get hold of Rose to ask her what was wrong, but she seemed to be avoiding him, she would always end up moving away to see someone else when he began to approach her. It wasn't like her at all – they always got on so well at this sort of thing.

The entire day went by and he still hadn't managed to talk to Rose once. Afterwards, he and Victoire had gone for a walk together along the beach near her home, where he was still worrying about what he could have done to upset her.

"You need to stop worrying about Rose," Victoire reassured him, "She's a teenage girl. She will have strange moods and times where things like this happen. You'll just have to wait until she gets over whatever is bothering her." After this, Victoire smiled warmly.

"Thanks, Victoire. You've really made me feel better, and I do love that smile of yours." Teddy smirked, and leaned in to kiss Victoire one final time before she had to return home.

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Rose didn't feel much better about her new crush on Teddy after avoiding him so successfully throughout the entire day. She hadn't really expected it to help, but it had been worth a try. He had looked so happy with Victoire, and Rose told herself that she would just going to have to get over it. They were in love and there were no signs of them breaking up ever again. But it's so much easier to tell myself to stop this, than it is to actually do it, she thought.

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