T. P. part 16

Teddy was sitting in the great hall and looking up at the big stage that had appeared there magically over night. It was Lily's graduation day. His wife's graduation day. Wife. He still loved that word. They had been married for almost two months now and so far every thing was perfect. Their wedding had been beautiful. Lily had walked down the isle wearing her grandmother's gown (which naturally had been adjusted a little have some flares of Lily thrown in) and looked absolutely stunning. If memory served, Teddy's best man, Albus, had to tell him to put is eye balls back in his head. The ceremony went by quickly but a moment that would forever stand out in Teddy's head was when they were proclaimed man and wife, Lily had pounced on him and kissed him more passionately then she probably should have considering James was sitting in the audience ready to kill his god brother turned brother in law at the sign of any wrong moves.

At the reception, there were many tears and beautiful speeches, and of course, as is the Weasley and Potter way, drama. Vic showed up at the end of the reception, and asked if she could talk to Teddy alone. Remembering what happened last time they where alone together, he refused.

"Any thing you have to say to me, you can say in front of bride," he said as he turned to the lovely woman in question, who was sipping champagne and looking at Vic warily.

"Fine, if you insist Ted," Vic said using Teddy's old pet name. "I think you made the wrong choice. Lily is just a little girl, and you could have had me, a real woman. I just want you to know that two years from now, when you're getting your divorce form this brat, I will be around." Teddy heard glass break behind him, Lily had clutched her champagne glass so hard it broke.

"I think you should leave now," Lily said dangerously.

"I'll leave when Ted wants me to leave," Vic returned, clearly under the delusion that he wanted her there in the first place. The only reason Vic had been invited was because Ginny had told them to be the bigger people and forgive her. But that was all over. Vic had just insulted his mate, and Teddy wasn't going to stand for that.

"Vic, apologize to my wife and leave," Teddy said, relishing the way the word 'wife' had felt on his lips. Vic just rolled her eyes.

"Just be happy I didn't object when I had the chance," she sneered. "We all know that Ted is still in love with me, and that you are just a little tart that he's fooling around with. Sooner or later, he'll come back to me. He always comes back to his true love."

"That's right, I do," Teddy said, looking in between the two girls, one of which was looking like she had just won the lottery and the other one in the white dress looking at him as though he were Voldemort's latest reincarnation. "Why do you think I came back to Lily, Vic?" he asked pulling the girl in the white dress close to him. "She's my one and only mate, and my first and true love. There is absolutely nothing that I would ever want more, then this beautiful creature right here." He looked down at her and her eyes so round and lovely, that he just had to kiss her. The kiss was simple and chaste, but it was interrupted by sarcastic clapping.

"Bravo, Ted," she jeered. "It was a very good performance, but it just lacked a certain truth that I think your character should have had."

"Vic, just go away," Lily said getting more and more annoyed as the seconds passed. This day was supposed to be perfect, for her, and Teddy wasn't going to let his ex-girlfriend get in the way of that.

"Poor baby, can't face the truth," Vic snarled, "he doesn't want you. He doesn't love you. He wants me. He needs me, he loves me. The key word here is 'me.' I'm the only one that can make him feel like a real man." Vic took a step toward Teddy but was stopped by Lily next words.

"He never asked you to marry him."

"Excuse me!" Vic shrieked, making her seem more like a banshee then a veela.

"He never asked you to marry him. He asked me. He never called you his mate and I bet he never you bit your neck to mark you as his, did he?" Lily pulled her long red hair off to one side to show off her long gorgeous neck, and the mostly faded red mark on her skin that fit Teddy's mouth perfectly. "Face it Vic, you're just embarrassing yourself by trying to convince us of Teddy's love for you on our wedding day. I think you should leave now."

Teddy heard, James yell "Oh Snap!" behind him and realized that the entire room was listening in on the conversation. Vic must have noticed too because she began to glance around the room, begging someone to back her up. When no one stepped forward, she bitterly told Teddy she'd see him in two years, and apperated on the spot.

After that little glitch in an otherwise perfect wedding, the couple had apperated to a little beach house on the coast, and shared their wonderful first night together as man and wife. They stayed there for the rest of the Easter holidays, before they had to return to school. It was surreal getting back on the train, knowing that he and his wife would be unable to be open about their relationship once again. Of course McGonagall knew, she had been at the wedding, but she had requested that they keep their marriage quiet while Lily remained a student. The first two days back were torture. Lily had his class only twice a week and she was studying for exams with Rose, Scorpious, and Sarah when she didn't have classes. Teddy knew that it was only for a few months, but after a while he really started to miss his little Lily. So, one night, he stormed the Library.

"Miss Potter!" he exclaimed, "I must speak with you immediately." He gestured for her to follow and lead her to his office. Once the door was closed, he grabbed his wife and kissed her hungrily. She let him kiss her for a few minutes before pulling away.

"Is this the only reason you need to speak to me professor?" she giggled.

"What can I say?" Teddy replied. "I'm a weak man, who needs his girl on regular bases." He leaned in to kiss her again, but she wouldn't let him.

"Teddy, we can't do this now, I have to study!" she told him. He looked down at her for a few minutes before pulling her head girl badge off her Hogwarts sweater.

"Lily, could you stop thinking about your exams for a half hour to be with your husband?" He asked looking down at her with puppy dog eyes. She lit up at the mention of 'husband' before kissing him lightly on the lips.

"Teddy Bear, you know I love you more then anything, and I would absolutely love to throw my exams out the window and spend time with you, but I can't. If I'm going to get the job as potions mistress, and be near you all year I have to pass all of my exams with flying colors. If I don't then I may not get the job and then we will be apart for most of the year. You don't want that, do you?" She had made a sensible argument, and Teddy knew it was stupid, but he exploded.

"Fine! Fine! Go back to the library! It's clear that you would rather spend time with Malfoy then me. So go on go back to your 'studying' if that is what you're doing!" Lily stood there stunned for a few seconds before kissing Teddy on the cheek, and calmly walking out the door without another word.

Teddy stood in the center of the room realizing what a tool he was being. He had gone off on the one person who understood him completely. He had fucking accused him of cheating on him with Rose's boyfriend! What was he thinking? He had just let the best thing that had ever happened to him walk out the door. He needed to go after her, apologize, but a second interruption in her studying might be just glutting for punishment. He would have to wait.

At midnight, Lily finally walked into the room. Teddy had snuck into her head girl room and magically placed a hundred little white candles all over. There was a hot bubble bath drawn in her bathroom, and Teddy was there to be her personal misuse and help her de-stress from the day. It was his was of apologizing for his craziness earlier. When she walked in, looking exhausted, Teddy held his breath. She hadn't yelled at him earlier but that didn't mean she would be happy to see him either. As she saw the room, her eyes grew wide and Teddy rushed to hug her.

"I'm sorry, Love. I was a totally ass when you being were calm and reasonable, I just really missed you and I got irrational, and I know you would never ever cheat on me and I-"

"I love you," Lily said simply before kissing him sweetly on the lips.

That had been their first fight as a married couple, and it had lead to really great make up sex, so Teddy figured that if they could survive exam week, they could survive anything. And now he was sitting in the great hall listening to Professor McGonagall ramble off the names of all the 7th years. He couldn't wait to hear Lily's name.

"Nicole Lister"

She was coming up soon.

"Jennifer Longbottom"

Teddy saw Neville stand up and clap with fatherly pride written all over his face.

"Lily Lupin"

There she was. She was perfect. Teddy was so focused on Lily that he didn't notice the confused stares and questioning glances. But once he heard some one say, "Professor Lupin has a daughter?" He just had to laugh. McGonagall also noticed the confusion and decided to remedy the situation.

"Professor Lupin, you may go collect your wife," she said with a smile. Teddy didn't need telling twice. He quickly ran over to Lily and pulled her into a tight embrace before kissing her lovingly on the lips.

"I'm so proud of you," he whispered in her ear. The graduation ceremony continued on with out further interruptions, but at the end when everyone was taking pictures and saying goodbyes, Teddy and Lily were attacked by many of Lily's friends who weren't at the wedding and her ex-boyfriends who weren't happy with her being officially off the market. After the intense Q and A session, Teddy turned to his beautiful and perfect Lily.

"I love you," He told her.

"I love you too," she replied.

And as Teddy kissed her sweetly, he knew that he had found his perfect match. Who would have thought that Lily Lupin would be the perfect teacher's pet?

AN: Yaaaaaay! Well, that's our story! Unless you guys want an epilogue… but in order to know if you do or not, you must review! Thanks you all of you for your positive feedback and wonderful help with my evil writers block. I luv you all!