Strolling around [[[Victoire//Private]]]

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy was strolling across what once was a large grassy slope, but was now covered with a thick white blanket of snow. He wandered around, not paying much attention to where he was headed. He had his hands shoved deep into his pockets and his head downcast, watching the snow crunch beneath his feet. He had managed to not run into Victoire all break, thus managing to save himself some face. It was extremely hard for him to think clearly when he was around her. He continued to walk along his unknown course with the snow falling all around him.

[Victoire Weasley]

Victoire was outside, enjoying the snow fall and being back at Hogwarts again, not that she had not enjoyed spending her break with Lilly and Lacey. That had been a great deal of fun. But it was always nice to come back to Hogwarts, it felt so much like home to her even though she had only transferred last year. She was smiling to herself and spinning and dancing and skipping in the snow when she accidentally ran into someone and knocked them and herself down to the ground. “Oh, I am so sorry.” She said while laughing. She then turned to see who it was she had ran into and recognized him immediately. “Oops, sorry Teddy.” She said to him while still laughing for no apparent reason.

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy got up almost immediately after being knocked down to the ground when he realized it was Victoire. He reached down his hand to help her up. “No, it was my fault. I should have been paying attention to where I was walking.” He said as he pulled her up to her feet. He could not help but notice how close that had brought the two of them together, her face was only inches away from his.

[Victoire Weasley]

Victoire smiled and allowed Teddy to help her to her feet. In the process she was pulled extremely close to him. She had stopped laughing immediately and it felt as though she had stopped breathing even though she could see the fog of her warm breath coming out from her mouth and she could see her chest rising and falling. “Th-thank you Teddy.” She said to him finally in an almost whisper. She could not think of what to do or say or how to act. She seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move on her own. Her mind was a complete blank; all she could think of was how nice Teddy smelled today.

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy smiled softly down at Victoire. She looked so perfect at that exact moment with the fresh flakes of snow stuck in her long blonde hair and her cheeks rosy from the cold outside. “You are very welcome.” He said to her, trying with all of his might to resist the urge to reach out and kiss her. She was his student, she was the daughter of people he considered to be family. It was just so wrong, and yet…

[Victoire Weasley]

Victoire returned the smile, glad to know that she was not completely incapable of moving. But the smile seemed to be all that she could do. She tried desperately to think of something to say, but no words came. She could not even open her mouth to talk, though if she did she doubted that any sound would come out. She could not even manage to brush the lock of hair that had fallen in front of her face out of the way.

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy watched as if in slow motion the blond strand of hair fall in front of Victoire’s face. He slowly reached up and ever so gently brushed it out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. His hand slowly traced Victoire’s jaw bone and lingered at the side of her face. Then, without thinking or caring what might happen to him after wards he leaned forward and gently kissed Victoire.

[Victoire Weasley]

Now Victoire knew she was no longer breathing. When she had felt Teddy’s hand on her face she had lost any will power she might have had left. Then when he had leaned in and kissed her, why she thought that she had died and gone to heaven.

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy quickly snapped back to the reality and forcibly drew himself away from Victoire, no matter how much he did not want to. He looked down at the ground again. “I am sorry. I should not have done that. Please, forgive me.” He said before turning and walking away briskly.

[Victoire Weasley]

As suddenly as it had all began, it stopped. Victoire looked at Teddy and listened silently to his words. They broke her heart. She had not fully realized how much she had really liked Teddy until that exact moment. Then he had apologized for even kissing her. What was so wrong with her that he regretted the kiss? A silent tear rolled down her cheek, she stood there and walked him walk away from her, perhaps forever. That was when Victoire finally came to her senses and ran after Teddy. She jumped in front of him and blocked his way out. “No.” She said as she folded her arms across her chest, willing herself not to let another tear escape even though there were so many that were dangerously close to falling. “I will not forgive you.”

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy was startled by Victoire’s sudden appearance. He had thought that she would want nothing more to do with him. He had just ruined their friendship by acting on his feelings that she obviously did not return and never had. He was even more startled by her stern attitude, he was not sure if he had ever really seen her like this. “I am really sorry Victoire.” Was all he managed to say. She must be really angry with him to be acting this way.

[Victoire Weasley]

“Why?” Victoire asked, choking back more tears. “Why are you sorry?” She asked him, a tear managing to escape. She blinked furiously to keep the others back and bit her lip to try and keep herself under control.

[Teddy Lupin]

“I never should have-I mean, I understand if you will never forgive me. I completely understand.” Teddy said. He had been looking down at the ground most of the time, too ashamed to even look up at Victoire. But he raised his head to look her in the eyes at the last of his words and saw the tear that was on her cheek. Now he felt even worse which he had not thought possible a moment before.

[Victoire Weasley]

“Of course I will never forgive you.” Victoire said. “I will never forgive you for saying you are sorry for acting for once upon your impulse and making the right decisions.” She said, she then threw out her mothers old words about never being the one to make the move and reached up and kissed Teddy back.

[Teddy Lupin]

Teddy was completely shocked by Victoire’s words, and even more shocked by her actions. He kissed Victoire right back and took a step closer to her and gently placed his hands at her waist.