"You do know that James is going to go announce what he saw to whichever members of the family are still on the platform, right?"

"Well, we did decide to let everyone know, didn't we? Let's just let James do all the work for us," Teddy grinned down at Victoire. "At least then we won't have to listen to the astonished initial reactions of everyone."

"You do realise that my parents left some time back, right?" Victoire laughed at her boyfriend. She knew exactly why he was so willing to let his surrogate brother do all the work. His utter terror of her father was something that never failed to amuse her, especially since her parents thought of him as a second son, and her mother and already confided in her that if she had to date anyone, her father would much rather it be Teddy Lupin.

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up," Teddy grumbled, "you're not the one who has to face one of the best curse breakers alive and tell him you're dating his daughter. He still thinks you're a baby, and I am not looking forward to being on the business end of his wand."

This just made Victoire laugh harder.

"So much for having a supportive girlfriend," Teddy said, still scowling.

"I have to get onto the Express before it leaves," she said, stifling her laughter. "I love you," she concluded, stretching up to kiss Teddy once again before turning to walk towards the train.

"Bye Vic!" Teddy hollered at her retreating figure.

Victoire just turned her head back and blew him a kiss, continuing on to the train and her best friend, Sam Finnegan, who was poking her head out of her compartment's window, watching the couple with a disturbingly interested look on her face.

As soon as she reached the compartment, Sam pounced on her.

"OH MY GOD!" she shrieked, "YOU'RE DATING TEDDY LUPIN?"

Victoire immediately clasped her hands to her ears, wincing at the noise Sam was creating. "You might want to scream that a little louder," she said, "there might be people fifty feet away who haven't heard."

"Sorry," Sam said, calming down a bit, "but you cannot blame me for being shocked. You've been pining over the boy since fourth year, and you didn't even bother to tell me when you started dating him? Me, the person who had to listen to all your love struck whining?" By the end of her little speech, her voice had risen again, this time in indignation.

"I'm sorry!" Victoire said, throwing Sam a pout. "It's just that we wanted to keep it a secret until we were certain we'd work out."

"So you two have decided that you'll will work?" Sam questioned, her desire for more information overpowering her sense of betrayal over the fact that her best friend had kept such a big secret from her.

"Yeah," Victoire smiled, a secret smile playing around her lips.

Sam spotted the smile immediately, quickly becoming excited again. "You have to tell me everything," she squealed, desperate to know more.

Victoire laughed at her over-eager friend. "Of course I will, you moron. Who else would I tell?"

"Mel, Emma and Dia?"

"Well, yeah, them too," Victoire conceded, "but you too! Where are they, by the way?"

"Running late, as usual. I have no doubt that Jason's the reason why Emma's not here yet. We both know that Mel will never turn up until the last moment." Here the two girls exchanged fondly exasperated looks at the thought of their fashion obsessed best friend. "And Dia's coming with Mel, so that explains her lateness. Anyways, why don't you start telling me?" Sam concluded, back to pumping Victoire for information.

"I'll tell you guys in the dorm tonight."

"But why?" Sam whined, "you can tell me right now, and we can let the others know tonight."

"Have you forgotten that you sister and my cousin happen to be starting Hogwarts this year? And that they're on the train today, and we'd decided to take them under our wing for the train ride?"

"Oh. Yeah," Sam said, momentarily disheartened at the memory. She suddenly perked up again after a few moments. "But you could at least tell me something!"

"No, Sam," Vic said sternly.

"Fine," Sam pouted.

"Stop being that way Sam! Just because I'm not going to tell you about Teddy and me right now doesn't mean I don't have other stuff to share! And I'm sure you do too!"

"Good point!" Sam said, perking up once again. "You will not believe what my fathers decided to do this summer…"

For:

The if you Dare Challenge, Prompt 182. Sharp-Eyed

50 Different Friendships Challenge, Prompt 13. Share

Fantastic Beasts Challenge, Antipodean Opaleye