We stared at them in shocked silence, just letting the news sink in. Suddenly All the women were squealing and rushing towards Victoire, trying to see the ring, hug her or claim godmother rights on her firstborn, if you were Dominique that is. Mrs. Weasley was hugging Victoire and sobbing at the same time, mumbling about how proud she was and that she wanted great grand kids, soon.
Everyone was thumping teddy's shoulders and how each one would hunt him down and rip him apart if he ever hurt Vic, but even these threats were half-hearted as they All knew that teddy loved Vic even more than his own life. I hugged both of them and congratulated them with genuine happiness. They were soul mates.
Toasts were made to the happy couple and the ladies already started planning their engagement party and even wedding. I wasn't really surprised by this news. I already knew that it was inevitable. The real shocker came later.
All the teen girls were standing in the kitchen, gushing over Victoire's beautiful diamond and platinum ring. Suddenly the topic turned towards bridesmaids. Obviously Dom was going to be the maid of honor, but Vic wanted a lot of bridesmaids. A lot.
'So I was thinking first Dom and James, then molly and Fred, Roxy and frank, then Lucy with Louis, then Rose with Scorpius…' Roxy and frank were grinning at each other, they had gotten together just last week and only the 3rd gen knew about them, Rose was turning as red as her hair, while Scorp, who rarely colored was turning a sweet pink. I glanced towards Al, we were both holding in sniggers, they obviously had it bad for each other yet refused to acknowledge it.
'… then Scar with Al and-'
'Woah, hey hold on. You want me to be your bridesmaid?'
'Yeah of course' she said as if it was the most obvious thing on the planet.
'Why?' I felt puzzled. We got along well enough but it wasn't like I was related or too close with her.
'Scar its time you accept that you're practically a part of this family now.' She leaned forward and hugged me, I felt so happy that I hugged her back and whispered a light thank you in her ear.
After us, Vic's French cousin, Lux was to come with Lorcan, then Alice with Lysander, and finally Lily with Hugo. Lux like Vic and Dom was sure to be an icy beauty. Though Vic and Dom had certain warmth that automatically came with being a weasley, I doubted that she would even talk to us without adding a snobby word. Rose had met her once and hated her since then. Even Vic wasn't exactly fond of her, but being direct family, Vic had to ask her.
Finally Hermione came and ushered the girls to their respective beds. We walked the guests to the door and waved as they apparated or flooed back to their homes. All of the direct family, Scorpius and me were to stay at the burrow. Rose and I trooped up to 3rd floor to the room that we were sharing, we waved goodnight to scor and Al as we passed their room at the other end of the corridor.
The burrow had been enlarged several times since the war but still had the cozy feeling to it. It was much more organized, larger and prettier now. The lake that flowed next to it served as a swimming pool in the summers and a skating rink in the winter. The hill close by hid us from any muggles when we played Quidditch and the woods close by the burrow were a favorite for late night meetings and sneaking out.
Rose and I had slipped into slumber, dreaming of flowers and engagement rings.
The two weeks at the burrow went past quickly is peaceful bliss. Rose and Scorp had been made prefects, they had tried boasting about it but since we hadn't really cared, their tactics hadn't worked. We spent our days swimming, and playing Quidditch. Sometimes Rose manipulated us into doing our homework. We went to diagon Alley thrice, and got our books and other necessities (WWW products, candy, a few books, candy, quidditch supplies and oh did I mention candy?).
I woke up on 1st September with a bang. Literally.