A/N: Hi! So, I got some requests for a sequel to My Funny Valentine. So I decided to write one. It's not going to be exactly what I hinted at in the AN of My Funny Valentine, but you'll soon see what I mean by that. I really hope you all find this and all my old readers continue to read and review this. I'd be really grateful. Thank you so much! You probably would need to have read My Funny Valentine to get into this, but I won't know if you haven't, so I won't kill you or anything. This is just a set up chapter, so please review kindly!

A tall sixteen year old girl with flaming red hair, freckled cheeks and emerald eyes sat cross-legged in the garden of her childhood home, threading the hair of her younger sister with daisies.

"You okay over there, Bonnie?" Viria called to her daughter, laying out plates of food on a long table underneath the marquee, baby on her hip. Bonnie smiled.

"Sure, Mum. I'm fine" she replied, continuing to braid. Twelve year old Ally (Alison, but no-one, not even her parents, had called her that since birth) fidgeted impatiently.

"Are you nearly done? I need to get changed" Ally was still in her pyjamas, itching to put on the summer dress that she had bought for the annual family get together. Viria loved playing hostess.

"Nearly...there!" Bonnie added the final flower with a flourish, "You look great, Ally. The white looks amazing on your hair, as it's so dark"

Ally, who was going through what Molly referred to as a 'phase', grunted and moved away without thanking her older sister. Viria moved to take her place, flopping down on the grass beside her eldest daughter, cradling her six-month-old son, Jack. Her other son, Finn, was also in the garden, rushing about with a pretend wand that shot out green sparks.

"I'll be glad when your father gets home" Viria murmured, closing her eyes against the sun and exhaustion, "I like parties, I just don't like the organisation"

Bonnie laughed, not unkindly but without sympathy, "You put yourself up for it every year. You should let someone else take over next year"

Viria looked horrified by the thought, "Good grief, Bonnie, no! Our parties are legendary"

"Suit yourself" Bonnie played with Jack's soft starfish hands and looked up at her mother, shielding her eyes from the sun, "Is Dad going to try and set me up with Liam again tonight?"

Viria's eyes opened wide, "Oh. You know about that?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes, "Of course I do. Nothing would make Dad happier than for me to end up married to Liam Jordan"

Viria laughed awkwardly, "He is a nice boy, Bonnie, and he does like you so..."

"I didn't realise you were in on it!" Bonnie threw a handful of grass at her mother, but couldn't quite find it in her heart to be annoyed with her parents; truth be told, she found the whole thing quite amusing, "He doesn't like me that way, I tell you that for nothing. And I don't like him that way either"

"Your father will be devastated"

"Will I? What about?" Fred appeared through the side gate, grinning as usual, and hugged Finn, who had flown over to him eagerly, "Hey, Finn! I do hope you've been listening to what your Mummy and Bon-Bon have been saying about me?"

Finn shook his head, looking alarmed, "But that's spying, Daddy"

Fred laughed ruefully, "Okay, okay. You are definitely your mother's son" moving away from Finn, he kissed Bonnie's cheek, scooped up Jack and planted a long, lingering kiss on Viria's lips. Bonnie grimaced.

"Oh, that's really quite disgusting" she grumbled, "Please, I've only just had my lunch"

Viria and Fred pulled away from each other, both of them laughing.

"I think you need to be kissed, Bon-Bon" Fred observed teasingly, "Then it might not gross you out as much"

Bonnie blushed, "Shut up, Dad! Anyway, there isn't anyone I want to kiss" she retorted, not entirely truthfully. Viria noticed the lie, but knew better than to comment.

Fred looked crestfallen, "Not even Liam? I can assure you, he's a very nice boy – "

"DAD!"

Bonnie had been in love with Teddy Lupin for as long as she could remember. The only problem was, so had her cousin and best friend, Victoire. Which made things a little complicated.

Neither of them ever addressed the fact that they both loved Teddy; it was an unspoken rule between them that they could not mention it. The only person Bonnie ever talked to about Teddy was her closest and most reliable best friend, Joe Bell. They had become friends in first year, when Joe dared her to eat a newt's eye in their first Potions lesson. She did it without so much as a gag, and won both Joe's respect and his friendship. They had been inseparable ever since, and she always missed his company over the summer.

Instead of dancing with Teddy at the party as she had wanted to, Fred had somehow managed to lumber Bonnie with Liam Jordan – AGAIN. Bonnie was sick of Liam, and it didn't help that at that moment, Teddy and Victoire were dancing barefoot in the grass, laughing, Victoire looking beautiful as always. Bonnie wished that she looked like Victoire. No-one ever looked at her when Vicky was around – except Liam, that is.

"So are you excited about going back? I know I am" Liam asked eagerly. He wasn't a bad person really, Bonnie thought; he was sweet and he told good jokes, and he wasn't even bad to look at: she just didn't like him that way.

"Yeah, I guess" Bonnie watched as Teddy twirled Victoire round, once again envying the silkiness of her silver-blonde hair, "Look, Liam, I'm really sorry, I just thought of something that I have to...that I have to tell Victoire"

"But she's dancing" Liam pointed out, looking hurt. Bonnie, hating herself for it, threw him the stunning smile that she had inherited from her mother. That smile consistently allowed her to get away with murder.

"Oh, don't worry about that! She's used to me cutting in. I'll be back in just a second" she lied in honeyed tones, and moved to step between Victoire and Teddy.

"Hey, Bonnie!" while Teddy's smile was inviting as he pulled her in to dance with them, Victoire's was clearly not, "I thought you were going to ignore us all night"

Bonnie laughed, "Now, how could I ever do that?"

Victoire glared at her through gleaming blue eyes.

Bonnie twirled in Teddy's arms.