A/N Sorry for the late update but here you go. It took some thought to write this, I wrote and deleted it four times before I wrote this. Enjoy! =)
Victorie P.O.V
After Teddy left with daddy I took a nap and when I woke up the bed across the room was full. A cluster of doctors were crowded around the bed and I couldn't see who was in it. I heard a soft sob and looked to see a woman crying into a man shoulder while he stared intently at the bed with worry on his every feature. I wonder who is in the bed, maybe it's their sister or maybe…my thoughts were interrupted by the doctors parting.
As the doctors moved they revealed a tiny girl with blood matted dark brown, almost black hair that was clinging to her head. She was very pale and looked worse for wear. The man and woman by the wall rushed over to the doctors and started to talk quietly. I strained my ears and heard a couple of phrases like, "nargles", "not waking up" and "head trauma".
I tried to put them to together in my head but, didn't make sense. Auntie Luna discovered nargles, but what does that have to do with the girls' injuries. A couple of hours later the parents left and I was alone except the girl with the blood soaked hair. I leaned toward the bedside table and picked up a pretty book Maman had left for me. The Wizard and the Hopping Pot it said, I turned to page one and started to read. A low grumble took me back from my book, the girl in the bed was moving and she opened her eyes and looked around with the most stunning green eyes.
"Hi I'm Victorie; it's nice to meet you." I waved to her and she gave a weak smile back.
"I'm Julie and it's nice to meet you too." She said with a wider smile. She leaned over and itched her arm and winced because she had pressed to hard on a big purple and black bruise on her left hair. She softy said "Ow" and took a deep breath.
"So Julie how old are you? And, I'm not trying to be rude but, what happened to you?" I asked with a small smile.
"Well, I'm nine and my birthday is May 29th. I was hiking with my daddy and when we were by a cliff a nargles went in my ear and fuzzed up my eyes and I walked up the cliff." She said to me.
"Wow, were both nine! Are you going to go to Hogwarts?" I asked really hoping she would say yes.
"Yeah, both my mum and daddy went there. Mum was in Ravenclaw and daddy was in Slytherin." Julie said.
"We can go together! We can be best friends forever! You have to meet my other best friend Teddy, he is really nice." I said all excited. Julie nodded and then they both looked over to the door which had just opened. A head with purple hair poked inside and gave Julie and me a shy smile.
"Teddy! You came; I was really bored until I met Julie here. She is my age and were best friends, like you and me!" I said really fast so he could know faster.
"Nice to meet you Julie" Teddy said in a quiet voice and sat down in the chair next to me. Teddy was usually loud and laughing but this Teddy frightened me. I wonder what's wrong with Teddy, maybe its Julie. I don't know how it could be Julie though; she is very, very nice.
I whispered to him "Teddy is there something wrong? Is it Julie or something else?"
He turned and look me in the eyes and I saw his eyes were full of tears. His lean in and said just above a whisper "It's my fault you're here, it's my fault my parents are dead, everyone who loves me just seems to get hurt. I don't want you to get hurt so I can't be friends anymore".
My head was spinning or the room was; I didn't know which was spinning or cared either. All that mattered is that Teddy had to be my friend. I need him; he was and still is my first and best friend.
"Teddy it's not your fault I fell, you tried to save me. I love you and I need you!" My vision started to swim and I saw Teddy's hair go light pink.
"Is it really what you want?" Teddy said with a lump forming in his throat.
"Of course, you're my first friend and I love you to death! Come here" I gave Teddy the biggest hug I ever gave and he smiled and his hair turned the brightest blue I've ever seen.
Teddy crossed the room and said, "Hi Julie, nice to meet you. You have pretty eyes you know. Dark, like a storm of green." I didn't like the Teddy said she had pretty eyes, I have pretty eyes too. I really didn't like that she blushed and batted her dark lashes at Teddy and he smiled back.
He is my Teddy, he is in my family. I was lost in my thoughts when a giggle broken through and I looked around to see Teddy sit on my bed waving a hand in front of my face.
"Earth to Victorie, where'd you go?" Teddy asked in an amused voice. I murmured "nowhere" and we all started to talk. A couple hours later Teddy had to leave and he said good-bye and left.
"Julie did you like Teddy?" I asked Julie. She blushed a little and said she really liked him. I bet Teddy likes her too…hmpt. I sat on my bed thinking when Julie asked me something.
"Why are you pouting?" she asked confused.
"No reason, just….um, eh….thinking" I said quickly. A short while later Julie went to sleep and I sat there thinking. Julie likes Teddy, I guess it's okay. Teddy will be my Teddy forever. The next thought that ran through my head scared me and shocked me. I'm in love with Teddy, and nothing can change that. Ever…. I leaned back into the warm pillows on my bed I thought of Teddy as I drifted to sleep.