Author's Note: This is the last chapter!
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TheTwoGirls suggested I add in a scence to show James and Ginny making up, so I did.
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The rest of the night went on peacefully. The adults returned at dinner with the rest of the cousins, and all of them had dinner at the Burrow.
At nine o'clock the Potters went back to their home.
"Bed!" Ginny ordered James, and for once, he went without a fight.
"Don't you think we are being a little hard on him?" Harry asked her once all three kids were asleep.
"He set Lily on fire! Are we supposed to just let that go?" Ginny said incredulously.
"No, but I don't think he deserves the cold treatment because he already feels terrible about what he did. We're going to punish him, but I think we should get over some of our anger because he's only 13 years old," Harry explained calmly.
Ginny knew that when Harry said we, he meant her, but he was just too polite to say that to her.
"Am I a bad parent?" Ginny asked quietly.
"Of course not," Harry said hugging her, "You've just got that Weasley temper, which most of the time is very useful when dealing with James."
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The next morning James got up early for breakfast. He thought if he got up early enough he could eat and then hide in his room from his mom.
When he walked into the kitchen, he saw his mom already sitting at the table. He did an abrupt about-face ran out the door, but it was too late. Ginny had seen him.
"James," Ginny called, "could you come here a minute?"
Slowly, James inched his way to where his mom sat.
"Please sit down, honey, I'm not going to yell at you." Ginny said smiling sadly.
He sat, but he didn't let his guard down.
"I wanted to apologize for yelling at you yesterday. Let me rephrase that, I want to apologize for continually yelling at you yesterday. I should've stopped after I took you home, but my temper got the better of me. I'm not angry anymore, I'm just…disappointed," Ginny said.
James got up from the table and hugged her.
"I love you mom, and I'm so sorry about what I did to Lily. I didn't do it on purpose. I was angry at her for ruining my stuff, and I felt like I had to get back at her, but I didn't mean to hurt her," he cried.
"I know, I know, it's okay," Ginny said soothingly as she hugged him back.
Once he calmed down Ginny let him go and made him some breakfast. They ate together and talked about different quidditch teams.
"I love you mom," James said as he got up to leave.
"I love you too," Ginny said to him as he went to leave the house, "but you're grounded."
"What?" James whined.
"Two weeks, no friends, no quidditch," Ginny said sternly.
"Urrrg," he growled going back up to his room.
Ginny laughed to herself, "He should be glad he didn't have my mom. She'd give him something to whine about."
The next day, Teddy and Victoire had plans to spend the day together. Teddy went to shell cottage early in the morning and took Victoire to Diagon Alley.
"What do you feel like doing today?" Victoire asked him as they walked down the street.
"Anything sounds good to me," Teddy tried to say casually, but Victoire noticed his knowing smirk.
They went around to all the different shops. They didn't buy anything, but they had fun trying on different things. They would use thick accents when talking to the sales clerks that they didn't know, so they couldn't understand them.
They found a grumpy elderly couple and followed them around for a bit, laughing at what they did. During this they saw them argue with five different sales clerks, yell at three toddlers, two children, and four teenagers, and place a silencing charm on a man who asked them the time.
"Should we have dinner at the Leaky Cauldron?" Victoire asked a few hours later.
"I actually thought we could go somewhere else." Teddy said offhandedly.
"Like where?"
Teddy offered her his arm, and she grabbed it. He side along apparated her to a hillside that looked over a lake. There was a Willow at the top of the hill and under it was a picnic blanket.
"Wow," Victoire whispered.
"I know the view isn't as nice as the one Leaky has of that old brick wall, but I thought we could manage." Teddy sighed, trying not to smirk.
He couldn't help but laugh when Victoire shoved him.
"Race ya!" Teddy yelled as he sprinted up the hill.
Victoire quickly followed, but wasn't quick enough to beat him. Teddy reached the tree first and collapsed on the blanket breathing heavily.
"Victory!" He sighed, smiling up at Victoire.
"You act like a ten year old!" She laughed and sat down next to him.
After they had caught their breath, Teddy raised his wand and a picnic basket appeared.
They ate their dinner and talked about all the weird things they'd done together over the years.
"Want to play a game?" Teddy asked as they started to eat dessert.
"As long as it isn't the Quiet Game I am all for it," Victoire laughed.
Teddy smiled, "Truth for a Truth?"
"Alright..." She said a little suspicious about what he was going to ask her.
"What's your real secret from yesterday?" he asked.
"What, um, you were there when I said it… it was, um, something about a homework assignment or…er-" She rambled.
"You know that I didn't believe that for a second. Tell me what it really was."
It wasn't a question.
"I love you," Victoire said quickly.
"Don't change the subject."
"No, that was my secret!"
Teddy looked at her strangely. "That's hardly a secret. You've been saying that since you were about two."
"No, I don't mean like that love. Not like how I love Dom and Louis, I mean like I love love you."
To her surprise, Teddy started laughing.
"That's it? I've been worried it'd be the opposite or that you wanted to split up," he laughed.
"Teddy," Victoire whined, "this is a big deal. Don't laugh!"
He had to take some deep breaths, but he eventually stopped laughing.
"I know that wasn't really funny, but I was just so relieved. Do you really love me?"
"Of course I do! I've loved you ever since sixth year when we kissed in the common room."
They were silent for a bit while they remembered that day.
"Are you mad?" Victoire asked nervously.
"Why would I be mad?" Teddy asked smiling.
"You're 20, and your 18 year old girlfriend just told you she loves you!" She half shouted half sighed.
"Maybe I love her back, then what?" He smirked.
"Well that would- wait a minute!" she looked at him with wide eyes. "What did you just say?"
"I love you too," Teddy said simply.
"How can you be so calm about all of this! We're too young to know what love is! Most teenagers say they're in love with someone, but they're really just infatuated with them! How do you know it isn't the same thing with us?"
"You're seriously comparing us to all those other couples!" Teddy said looking angry. "Okay, well, to answer your question I know what we have is real for many reasons. 'Infatuation' is all about physical attraction, and even though I find you extremely attractive, that's not even close to the reason why I love you. You're smart, funny, and not afraid to put me in my place when I am wrong.
"The main difference between love and infatuation is commitment. I've known you your whole life, and we've been friends since day one. It's not like our relationship started when we started dating. It's been going on since the first day we met.
"Infatuation weakens over time and separation whereas love only strengthens, and if you've noticed our love's only strengthened over the past year when I wasn't at Hogwarts. We aren't like those other couples who only know each other for a few months and say they love each other."
Victoire was shocked into silence, so many thoughts were running through her mind.
"I'm sorry," she said softly, "of course we aren't like them. I just never thought about it as much as you have."
Teddy's expression softened. "I'm sorry too; I shouldn't have snapped at you."
They moved closer to each other on the blanket, and Teddy put his arm around her.
"Hey, we're in love!" Victoire said smiling up at him.
They just smiled at each other for a while.
"Look at the sky," Teddy said suddenly.
The sun was setting, and the sky was filled with different reds, oranges, and purples.
"Wow…" Victoire said staring open mouthed at the breath-taking sight.
"You still haven't asked me for a truth," Teddy said smiling.
"Oh, what was your secret going to be?" She asked glancing up at him before looking back at the sky.
"It's funny you should ask that." Teddy said standing up.
He held out his hand to her to help her up. She reluctantly stood next to him, and he got down on one knee, pulling a small box out of his pocket.
"Victoire Weasley, will you marry me?" he asked holding the box out to her.
"Oh my Merlin…" Victoire gasped, wide eyed.
She took the box from him and opened it. Inside was a small, but magnificent, diamond ring.
"Is that a yes?" Teddy asked smiling nervously.
"Of course I will!" Victoire screamed.
Teddy stood up and kissed her.
It was definitely not infatuation because Teddy knew that you should never tell a girl you love her unless you're willing to marry her, and that was exactly what he was going to do.
Author's Note: That's the end!
I had to throw in that Infatuation vs Love thing because that is a major peet peeve of mine. Teenage couples will date for a few months (In real life and in stories) and then they say they are madly in love.
But I feel Teddy and Victoire could actually be in love because they have known each other for so long.
And I am not saying that people shouldn't date when they are young and infatuation is bad at all. Most real relationships start out that way.
I'm rambling now...
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