Family Fun. Chapter Eight.
Title: Family Fun
Author: vampire_rogue/Starlight
Rating: Between PG-15 and R. Though there might be a few scenes that should be NC17. I'm not fully sure.
Pairings: Albus/Scorpius, Draco/Harry, Lorcan/Lysander, James/Hugo, Teddy/Victorie(past)
Summary: The Extended Weasley Family Reunion draws near and the Malfoy-Potter household is in full chaos as everyone is getting ready for it. During the coming weeks it wont just be the reunion they have to deal with.
Warnings: Twincest, cousincest, sexytimes, boylove, creature!lore, disgusting cuteness, randomness and possible psychoness and semi-crack at parts.
Beta: I need one. I've gotten better at all the grammar/spelling stuff I personally believe, but I know I've probably missed a lot. I would love it if someone wanted to volunteer...
Author's Rambles: This was started for Cheryl Dyson/dysonrules for her birthmonth last year(2009), but it never got finished. I used all the prompts from last year, and the year before as well as some she gave me personally. There will eventually be a post of them on my lj. She is amazing and I adore her. This is not amazing, but it was mostly sooo much fun to write. I finished it in March and have been rewriting it all of May. It is complete and if everyone approves, I can update it weekly, or biweekly, we'll see...
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it. Though I do own the members of "Dysfunction." I kind of want to write their own story after this.
Rambles #2: Also, please, please not the warnings and pairings. I know they are not everyone's thing, but they were the fandom's suggested ships, and I just added them all.
Feedback: Is absolutely amazing and I love it.
Story Word Count: 50, 00+
Previous
Chapter One.
Chapter Two.
Chapter Three.
Chapter Four.
Chapter Five.
Chapter Six.
Chapter Seven.
Family Fun/Birthmonth
Starlight/Rogue
Part Eight.
Sunday, June 29, 2025.
It was after closing already, and the club was empty of dancers and party goers. The absolute lack of noise was always so startling when Albus was locking up, that he had taken to turning on the Wizard Wireless until he was done. Albus was locking doors on the second floor, making sure it was completely empty. Security had done that already, but Al always triple checked. He loved his club and didn't want anything to happen to it. Security had left after the crowd outside dispensed, and Whyte fled right after them, leaving everything to Al for the night. He was going to have to have a talk with his club manager about that.
But the thought was a vague one as Al secured the door to the upstairs and moved into the main club area. Everything there was locked as well, the bar was neat and the kitchen cleaned up. Albus turned off the wireless and locked that room down, waving on the hallway lights as he pushed open his office. No one was supposed to go in there, and while it didn't stop people, it looked like it had not been violated that night. Albus turned off the light he did not remember turning on, and locked the door quickly. Scorpius was leaning against the furthest wall, smiling at him easily.
"The basement is all cleared and locked. No experiments hidden down there this time," he reported with a smirk and Al grinned back.
"Good, lets get out of here then," he said as he pushed open the door to Whyte's office. "It's late - Lily? what the heck?"
The red headed girl looked up from the desk, sliding her glasses off her nose. "Nothing, I was just doing some paper work."
"Why are you doing paper work in my club? That's Whyte's job, most of why I even pay him."
"Well, someone needed to, because it looks like it hasn't been done since Easter." Lily shuffled pieces of paper carefully, closing folders as she turned to put them in the file cabinet.
Lily sighed and grinned at her brother's as she pushed them out the door and locked it behind her. "There are still a few more things that need to be gone over, but it shouldn't take much time after they're brought up from the basement."
Albus continued to frown after his sister as she peaked into the bathrooms in the main hall to check that they were empty.
"I'm going to apparate home now, see if James is still up, I didn't even see him leave," Lily confessed.
"Hmm," Albus spoke. "Neither did I. I don't think he said good bye at all."
"Last time I saw him was when Lily and Jayden were dancing." Scorpius admitted and only blinked at the glare Lily gave him.
"Right!" Albus spoke up, turning to look at Lily. "What was that about? You never dance with Jayden! Actually, you never dance with guys period."
"I wonder why," Lily grumbled, glaring at Albus and Scorpius. "I have four over bearing older brothers, no one wants to take that chance."
"So what was with the sudden change?" Al demanded. "I saw you dancing with that Ravenclaw bloke."
"Oh, I don't know," Lily hissed. "Maybe they figured that now that I'm all grown up, my big brothers wont be so annoying."
"No," Albus and Scorpius said at once, looking at each other. "That's not going to happen."
"ARG!" Lily shrieked and flung her hands up in the air. Then she turned around and stomped out of the club, apparating home before either Albus or Score said anything else.
Al grumbled under his breath about female hormones as he punched in his security code, setting the alarm and the wards on the building. Then he took Scorpius's hand and apparated them to their front porch, by passing the wards and gates. There was no noise inside except for the rhythmic steps going across the floor. Al guessed it was Teddy, since their fathers would not have waited up, and Lily hand stormed off in a tiff.
Albus opened the door quietly, not wanting to wake anyone, and pulled Score in behind him. Score locked the door as Teddy turned around and paced back towards them, blinking when he looked up.
"Oh, wow, it's that late already?" He asked, glancing down at the watch on his wrist. "Huh, oops."
"Yah," Albus said. "What is it, Ted? Is it the full moon that's keeping you awake?"
"No, it's nothing like that Al, don't worry. I just... I saw James when he came home... and... nothing, it's ridiculous."
"What is it? James just took off without saying good bye to any of us." Scorpius asked as he hung his coat in the coat closet, before doing the same with Al's.
"I'm not sure, really, I think that's why I'm still up. He seemed... he almost seemed upset... I haven't seen him like that since... since." Teddy shook his head, whipping away unwanted memories before shrugging. "I don't know, maybe I'm just looking for something to make a big deal out of so I don't have to think about the reunion."
"Maybe," Al sounded doubtful as he said it. It wasn't in Teddy to turn things into a big deal. "But I'm going to check on him anyway."
Al and Score said good night to Teddy and hurried up the stairs. Score to their room, and Al to knock on James' door. "Go 'way," James said, but it lacked none of his normal attitude, so Albus opened the door and blinked a couple times to let his eyes adapt to the dark.
James was sitting on his bed, his blanket around his shoulders and his knees pressed against his chest. His cheek was pressed into his knee as he stared at the family picture on his night stand. Albus doubted he was actually seeing the picture itself.
"James?" Albus asked again and James didn't move to acknowledge him.
"Go 'way," he said again and Al stepped closer to the bed, sitting on the edge of it.
"James, I'm not going to ask if you're okay," Albus informed his brother. James snorted and stared harder at the picture. "I am just going to assume something is really really wrong."
"Of course you are," James grumbled. He pulled the side of his blanket up further, closing his eyes tightly before looking back at the picture.
"And since, something is wrong, it's my sworn duty as your younger brother to find out what it is." James snorted and rolled his eyes, turning his attention on Al finally. His blue eyes were defensive, and hard and Al opened his mouth in concern but stopped himself from saying anything.
"Good luck with that," James snarked. "Let me know if you find something out."
"I will," Albus agreed. James didn't like people seeing him in pain. He did not like admitting that he wasn't always perfectly happy, even to his family.
James snorted, looking back down at the picture. "Sure Al, tell yourself that so you don't feel so bad when you can't figure it out."
"You're being purposely churlish," Al commented, leaning back on his elbows but never taking his eyes off his brother. He doubted he could actually help James any, but he could try. "My natural guess would be that you just broke up with someone, but seeing as you haven't had a girlfriend in just over a year, I know that can't be it."
Al blinked up at his brother, smiling wickedly. "Unless of course, you've been dating someone on the sly and they finally got sick of being a dirty little secret."
"Fuck you," James snarled, flinging himself up and reaching for the front of Al's shirt. "Not all of us are lucky to have the perfect relationship with our brother."
Albus pushed him away with more force then he intended, green eyes furious. "Not that it's any of your business," he snapped. They had dealt with this hadn't they? Albus was sure it had been dealt with when their father's accepted their relationship. "But even if Score and I had been raised together from birth I don't think that would have stopped be from falling in love with him."
James just stared at Albus from where he'd landed on the bed, licking his lips before finally looking away. Al raised an eyebrow and muttered a quiet "huh" because he'd had no idea James was actually seeing someone. "Whoever it is that has you all twisted up inside. I'd deal with it, because love isn't something you want to push away."
"You're very romantic for a Slytherin," James grumbled and it was as much as an apology either brother knew would happen.
"I'm also a Potter," Albus reminded James. "One whose seen more love in his life then a lot of people."
Al stood up and walked to the bedroom door. "Night James, I hope whatever it is works out for you. Lily does not like seeing you sad. You're not as fun to pick on then." James said nothing as Al closed the door behind him.
The younger Potter blinked tiredly and walked back to his own room. Scorpius was all ready curled up on their bed, sleeping, so Albus stripped out of his clothes and curled up around Score. Score murmured in his sleep, relaxing against Al. Al kissed his bare chest softly, marvelling in the fact that he still had Score, and let himself fall asleep.
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Morning came really, to early really, since neither Harry nor Draco slept fully with the kids out of the house. Despite being tired they were both up and ready for work half an hour before they had to apparate to the department. Draco did up the buckles on his work boots, thinking that he really needed to get them to a shoeshine and quickly. They were starting to look worn, and it was hardly acceptable, when there came a knock on the front door.
Draco glanced at Harry, who shook his head, not sure who it could be. All the kids were still asleep, and no one, besides Hugo, ever came over this early. Harry adjusted his coat and apparated to the front door, Draco heard the fluent curse that went up right before he opened it. Curious, Draco apparated down to him, and wanted to swear himself.
Of course, he thought a tad bitterly. They had just gotten Teddy back, so why wouldn't Vikki arrive and mess that up.
"Victorie," Harry was saying. "Everyone is still asleep, and Draco and I were just getting ready to leave for work, isn't there another time you could come over?"
The blond part veela smiled delicately, twirling the Chinese parasol she had protecting her hair from the morning sun.
"Really, Uncle Harry," she teased. "I think now is the perfect time, how about I just go wake up Teddy so we can talk."
Harry stood in the doorway, blocking her way in and the blond's smile faltered. "I don't think that's a good idea, Vikki. Not right now."
"Uncle Harry," Vikki said calmly. "I just want to clear the air, that way there are no awkward scenes at the reunion next week."
Harry worried his bottom lip and glances over at Draco. The blond Auror nodded his head just a fraction and Harry stepped back from the door. "I'll go get Teddy," He said, "Draco will take you to the kitchen."
"Thank you, Uncle." Vikki smiled and followed Draco into the kitchen.
Harry watched them leave, wondering if he should be worried about Vikki landing herself in a horrifying accident that Draco wouldn't be able to help her out of. Then he remembered that angry part of him that didn't care and went to wake Teddy.
He knocked on Al and Score's door, as well as Lily's and James's before waking up Teddy. His oldest son blinked at him, rubbing sleep from his eyes, and straightening his pink mohak between his fingers. "What is it, Dad?" He asked and Harry sighed. Al and Score's bedroom door opened then, both young men were half dressed and looked half dead from lack of sleep.
Teddy blinked again, then straightened, sniffing the air. "Vikki," he said and Lily's door flung open.
"What is that horrid bitch doing here?" She demanded.
"Your language Lily!" Harry scolded but his daughter just glared defiantly at him. Harry sighed and turned back to Teddy. "She said she wants to clean the air, so there is no problems for the reunion."
"Bullshit!" Lily snapped. "She wants to make sure Teddy's in one piece so she can stop feeling guilty." Vikki did not deserve to feel guiltless. She never would either, if Lily had any say it in. Lily would make sure she had some say in it, one way or another.
"Doesn't that come down to the same thing?" Harry asked, rubbing at his face. Today was going to be a long day, he could feel it.
"Hardly," Lily growled.
"Lils," Teddy said, "Get dressed and come downstairs."
"And be nice," Harry added.
"I don't think I know how," Lily admitted. "Not to Victorie Weasley."
The three bedroom doors closed again and Harry walked to the fireplace in his room to fire call Kingsley Shacklebolt, letting him know that both he and Draco were going to be late.
The Minister glared up at him from the fireplace. "The two of you could find more acceptable times to shag, you do know this right?"
"At least we aren't shagging at work," Harry quipped back and Kingsley shuddered violently.
"Thank Merlin for that at least," he said before vanishing.
When Harry walked back into the hallway, his kids, minus James were waiting for him. Lily banged on James's door, telling him to get his arse up. The other red head snarled something vulgar and Lily rolled her eyes.
"It's almost like he broke up with Hugo," she said loud enough for James to hear through the door.
Al turned and looked at her, stunned realization crossing his face as his mouth fell open. Then he closed his mouth, and glanced back at the door.
Well, shit, he thought. He hadn't thought James had been dating anyone. The only person he was ever really with was Hugo. But if it was Hugo he was dating, no wonder none of them knew.
Scorpius glanced at him, and Al shook his head, following their family down the stairs and into the kitchen. There would be time to discuss that turn of events later, right now was about Teddy.
"Well, if it isn't the veela come grace us with her presence." Lily said sickeningly sweet.
"There is no need your your histrionics," Vikki said, sipping her tea.
"Do you even know how to use that word properly?" Lily demanded. "Of did you just hear it some where and decided to use it in an effort to sound smart? Because you failed."
Vikki ignored the question as she smiled at Teddy. Teddy froze on the spot, his siblings surrounding him. He had loved her so much, and instead of talking to him, she'd warped the minds of every male in the bar room and let them believe he was a threat.
Lily reached for his hand, squeezing his tightly. She stretched up and whispered in his ear. "Lets get this over with, so the nincompoop can leave and we can all go back to bed." Teddy shot her a bemused look at her choice of words and Lily shrugged. "Dad said to check my language."
"You may as well sit," Vikki said, folding her hands in front of her on the table. Teddy moved before his siblings would speak, claiming the seat across from her. Lily offered the blond a fierce glare, then sat beside Teddy while Harry ordered breakfast for his children.
"I'm glad to see you are in one piece," Vikki said solemnly. There was honesty in her voice, and Lily ground her teeth and glared. She would have said something, but Teddy's hand squeezed her's tightly, warning her against it.
"Yes, I still heal quickly, thankfully. It takes a lot more then a bar full of half crazed Wizards to take me down. Other wise I wouldn't be half as good an Auror as I should be."
"I am sorry, Teddy," she said. "I would like to think you can forgive me. That you have forgiven me."
Albus scoffed loudly, and Vikki shot him a venomous glare. It was Teddy's sharp look and Draco's non-discreet cough that stopped Al though.
"That is a lot to ask, Vikki, and it's far too soon to even be asking it." Teddy flexed his fingers on the table, Lily was stabbing her heal into his foot and scowling at him.
"I understand, of course I do. It is good to see you though, Teddy. I do hope you enjoy the reunion. We are going to be there for a few days, at least." Vikki stood up, and placed her hands on Teddy's. "I've missed you," she said, looking him in the eye.
Teddy snatched his hands back to his side, but did not look away from her gaze. "You'll get over that." They had only spent their entire lives together, Teddy thought sarcastically, it couldn't be that hard to get over.
"Maybe," she sounded doubtful. "Well, I just came to... say sorry, before the reunion. I have some errands to run. I'll see you, and I'll see myself out."
She nodded at the collected family, her eyes lingering on Teddy, before walking out.
"Can we just stuff her up the fire chute and be done with her?" Lily growled under her breath and the laughter followed Vikki as Draco purposely walked her out. She glanced up the large stair case to the top floor and wished... she wished. She had always loved the large Potter-Malfoy house. James Potter was standing at the top of the stairs, staring down at her angrily.
Vikki smiled up at him, but James didn't move until she had her coat on. "Don't ever come near my brother again," he finally said, his voice was oddly subdued, but it carried down the stairs to the blonds below. "Or you are going to really regret it."
"Good bye James," Vikki said, ignoring the warning. "Good bye Draco," she said as he closed the door behind her.
Draco looked back up to James, but the red head was already gone, probably back in his room.
TBC
Author: vampire_rogue/Starlight
Rating: Between PG-15 and R. Though there might be a few scenes that should be NC17. I'm not fully sure.
Pairings: Albus/Scorpius, Draco/Harry, Lorcan/Lysander, James/Hugo, Teddy/Victorie(past)
Summary: The Extended Weasley Family Reunion draws near and the Malfoy-Potter household is in full chaos as everyone is getting ready for it. During the coming weeks it wont just be the reunion they have to deal with.
Warnings: Twincest, cousincest, sexytimes, boylove, creature!lore, disgusting cuteness, randomness and possible psychoness and semi-crack at parts.
Beta: I need one. I've gotten better at all the grammar/spelling stuff I personally believe, but I know I've probably missed a lot. I would love it if someone wanted to volunteer...
Author's Rambles: This was started for Cheryl Dyson/dysonrules for her birthmonth last year(2009), but it never got finished. I used all the prompts from last year, and the year before as well as some she gave me personally. There will eventually be a post of them on my lj. She is amazing and I adore her. This is not amazing, but it was mostly sooo much fun to write. I finished it in March and have been rewriting it all of May. It is complete and if everyone approves, I can update it weekly, or biweekly, we'll see...
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, I don't own it. Though I do own the members of "Dysfunction." I kind of want to write their own story after this.
Rambles #2: Also, please, please not the warnings and pairings. I know they are not everyone's thing, but they were the fandom's suggested ships, and I just added them all.
Feedback: Is absolutely amazing and I love it.
Story Word Count: 50, 00+
Previous
Chapter One.
Chapter Two.
Chapter Three.
Chapter Four.
Chapter Five.
Chapter Six.
Chapter Seven.
Family Fun/Birthmonth
Starlight/Rogue
Part Eight.
Sunday, June 29, 2025.
It was after closing already, and the club was empty of dancers and party goers. The absolute lack of noise was always so startling when Albus was locking up, that he had taken to turning on the Wizard Wireless until he was done. Albus was locking doors on the second floor, making sure it was completely empty. Security had done that already, but Al always triple checked. He loved his club and didn't want anything to happen to it. Security had left after the crowd outside dispensed, and Whyte fled right after them, leaving everything to Al for the night. He was going to have to have a talk with his club manager about that.
But the thought was a vague one as Al secured the door to the upstairs and moved into the main club area. Everything there was locked as well, the bar was neat and the kitchen cleaned up. Albus turned off the wireless and locked that room down, waving on the hallway lights as he pushed open his office. No one was supposed to go in there, and while it didn't stop people, it looked like it had not been violated that night. Albus turned off the light he did not remember turning on, and locked the door quickly. Scorpius was leaning against the furthest wall, smiling at him easily.
"The basement is all cleared and locked. No experiments hidden down there this time," he reported with a smirk and Al grinned back.
"Good, lets get out of here then," he said as he pushed open the door to Whyte's office. "It's late - Lily? what the heck?"
The red headed girl looked up from the desk, sliding her glasses off her nose. "Nothing, I was just doing some paper work."
"Why are you doing paper work in my club? That's Whyte's job, most of why I even pay him."
"Well, someone needed to, because it looks like it hasn't been done since Easter." Lily shuffled pieces of paper carefully, closing folders as she turned to put them in the file cabinet.
Lily sighed and grinned at her brother's as she pushed them out the door and locked it behind her. "There are still a few more things that need to be gone over, but it shouldn't take much time after they're brought up from the basement."
Albus continued to frown after his sister as she peaked into the bathrooms in the main hall to check that they were empty.
"I'm going to apparate home now, see if James is still up, I didn't even see him leave," Lily confessed.
"Hmm," Albus spoke. "Neither did I. I don't think he said good bye at all."
"Last time I saw him was when Lily and Jayden were dancing." Scorpius admitted and only blinked at the glare Lily gave him.
"Right!" Albus spoke up, turning to look at Lily. "What was that about? You never dance with Jayden! Actually, you never dance with guys period."
"I wonder why," Lily grumbled, glaring at Albus and Scorpius. "I have four over bearing older brothers, no one wants to take that chance."
"So what was with the sudden change?" Al demanded. "I saw you dancing with that Ravenclaw bloke."
"Oh, I don't know," Lily hissed. "Maybe they figured that now that I'm all grown up, my big brothers wont be so annoying."
"No," Albus and Scorpius said at once, looking at each other. "That's not going to happen."
"ARG!" Lily shrieked and flung her hands up in the air. Then she turned around and stomped out of the club, apparating home before either Albus or Score said anything else.
Al grumbled under his breath about female hormones as he punched in his security code, setting the alarm and the wards on the building. Then he took Scorpius's hand and apparated them to their front porch, by passing the wards and gates. There was no noise inside except for the rhythmic steps going across the floor. Al guessed it was Teddy, since their fathers would not have waited up, and Lily hand stormed off in a tiff.
Albus opened the door quietly, not wanting to wake anyone, and pulled Score in behind him. Score locked the door as Teddy turned around and paced back towards them, blinking when he looked up.
"Oh, wow, it's that late already?" He asked, glancing down at the watch on his wrist. "Huh, oops."
"Yah," Albus said. "What is it, Ted? Is it the full moon that's keeping you awake?"
"No, it's nothing like that Al, don't worry. I just... I saw James when he came home... and... nothing, it's ridiculous."
"What is it? James just took off without saying good bye to any of us." Scorpius asked as he hung his coat in the coat closet, before doing the same with Al's.
"I'm not sure, really, I think that's why I'm still up. He seemed... he almost seemed upset... I haven't seen him like that since... since." Teddy shook his head, whipping away unwanted memories before shrugging. "I don't know, maybe I'm just looking for something to make a big deal out of so I don't have to think about the reunion."
"Maybe," Al sounded doubtful as he said it. It wasn't in Teddy to turn things into a big deal. "But I'm going to check on him anyway."
Al and Score said good night to Teddy and hurried up the stairs. Score to their room, and Al to knock on James' door. "Go 'way," James said, but it lacked none of his normal attitude, so Albus opened the door and blinked a couple times to let his eyes adapt to the dark.
James was sitting on his bed, his blanket around his shoulders and his knees pressed against his chest. His cheek was pressed into his knee as he stared at the family picture on his night stand. Albus doubted he was actually seeing the picture itself.
"James?" Albus asked again and James didn't move to acknowledge him.
"Go 'way," he said again and Al stepped closer to the bed, sitting on the edge of it.
"James, I'm not going to ask if you're okay," Albus informed his brother. James snorted and stared harder at the picture. "I am just going to assume something is really really wrong."
"Of course you are," James grumbled. He pulled the side of his blanket up further, closing his eyes tightly before looking back at the picture.
"And since, something is wrong, it's my sworn duty as your younger brother to find out what it is." James snorted and rolled his eyes, turning his attention on Al finally. His blue eyes were defensive, and hard and Al opened his mouth in concern but stopped himself from saying anything.
"Good luck with that," James snarked. "Let me know if you find something out."
"I will," Albus agreed. James didn't like people seeing him in pain. He did not like admitting that he wasn't always perfectly happy, even to his family.
James snorted, looking back down at the picture. "Sure Al, tell yourself that so you don't feel so bad when you can't figure it out."
"You're being purposely churlish," Al commented, leaning back on his elbows but never taking his eyes off his brother. He doubted he could actually help James any, but he could try. "My natural guess would be that you just broke up with someone, but seeing as you haven't had a girlfriend in just over a year, I know that can't be it."
Al blinked up at his brother, smiling wickedly. "Unless of course, you've been dating someone on the sly and they finally got sick of being a dirty little secret."
"Fuck you," James snarled, flinging himself up and reaching for the front of Al's shirt. "Not all of us are lucky to have the perfect relationship with our brother."
Albus pushed him away with more force then he intended, green eyes furious. "Not that it's any of your business," he snapped. They had dealt with this hadn't they? Albus was sure it had been dealt with when their father's accepted their relationship. "But even if Score and I had been raised together from birth I don't think that would have stopped be from falling in love with him."
James just stared at Albus from where he'd landed on the bed, licking his lips before finally looking away. Al raised an eyebrow and muttered a quiet "huh" because he'd had no idea James was actually seeing someone. "Whoever it is that has you all twisted up inside. I'd deal with it, because love isn't something you want to push away."
"You're very romantic for a Slytherin," James grumbled and it was as much as an apology either brother knew would happen.
"I'm also a Potter," Albus reminded James. "One whose seen more love in his life then a lot of people."
Al stood up and walked to the bedroom door. "Night James, I hope whatever it is works out for you. Lily does not like seeing you sad. You're not as fun to pick on then." James said nothing as Al closed the door behind him.
The younger Potter blinked tiredly and walked back to his own room. Scorpius was all ready curled up on their bed, sleeping, so Albus stripped out of his clothes and curled up around Score. Score murmured in his sleep, relaxing against Al. Al kissed his bare chest softly, marvelling in the fact that he still had Score, and let himself fall asleep.
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Morning came really, to early really, since neither Harry nor Draco slept fully with the kids out of the house. Despite being tired they were both up and ready for work half an hour before they had to apparate to the department. Draco did up the buckles on his work boots, thinking that he really needed to get them to a shoeshine and quickly. They were starting to look worn, and it was hardly acceptable, when there came a knock on the front door.
Draco glanced at Harry, who shook his head, not sure who it could be. All the kids were still asleep, and no one, besides Hugo, ever came over this early. Harry adjusted his coat and apparated to the front door, Draco heard the fluent curse that went up right before he opened it. Curious, Draco apparated down to him, and wanted to swear himself.
Of course, he thought a tad bitterly. They had just gotten Teddy back, so why wouldn't Vikki arrive and mess that up.
"Victorie," Harry was saying. "Everyone is still asleep, and Draco and I were just getting ready to leave for work, isn't there another time you could come over?"
The blond part veela smiled delicately, twirling the Chinese parasol she had protecting her hair from the morning sun.
"Really, Uncle Harry," she teased. "I think now is the perfect time, how about I just go wake up Teddy so we can talk."
Harry stood in the doorway, blocking her way in and the blond's smile faltered. "I don't think that's a good idea, Vikki. Not right now."
"Uncle Harry," Vikki said calmly. "I just want to clear the air, that way there are no awkward scenes at the reunion next week."
Harry worried his bottom lip and glances over at Draco. The blond Auror nodded his head just a fraction and Harry stepped back from the door. "I'll go get Teddy," He said, "Draco will take you to the kitchen."
"Thank you, Uncle." Vikki smiled and followed Draco into the kitchen.
Harry watched them leave, wondering if he should be worried about Vikki landing herself in a horrifying accident that Draco wouldn't be able to help her out of. Then he remembered that angry part of him that didn't care and went to wake Teddy.
He knocked on Al and Score's door, as well as Lily's and James's before waking up Teddy. His oldest son blinked at him, rubbing sleep from his eyes, and straightening his pink mohak between his fingers. "What is it, Dad?" He asked and Harry sighed. Al and Score's bedroom door opened then, both young men were half dressed and looked half dead from lack of sleep.
Teddy blinked again, then straightened, sniffing the air. "Vikki," he said and Lily's door flung open.
"What is that horrid bitch doing here?" She demanded.
"Your language Lily!" Harry scolded but his daughter just glared defiantly at him. Harry sighed and turned back to Teddy. "She said she wants to clean the air, so there is no problems for the reunion."
"Bullshit!" Lily snapped. "She wants to make sure Teddy's in one piece so she can stop feeling guilty." Vikki did not deserve to feel guiltless. She never would either, if Lily had any say it in. Lily would make sure she had some say in it, one way or another.
"Doesn't that come down to the same thing?" Harry asked, rubbing at his face. Today was going to be a long day, he could feel it.
"Hardly," Lily growled.
"Lils," Teddy said, "Get dressed and come downstairs."
"And be nice," Harry added.
"I don't think I know how," Lily admitted. "Not to Victorie Weasley."
The three bedroom doors closed again and Harry walked to the fireplace in his room to fire call Kingsley Shacklebolt, letting him know that both he and Draco were going to be late.
The Minister glared up at him from the fireplace. "The two of you could find more acceptable times to shag, you do know this right?"
"At least we aren't shagging at work," Harry quipped back and Kingsley shuddered violently.
"Thank Merlin for that at least," he said before vanishing.
When Harry walked back into the hallway, his kids, minus James were waiting for him. Lily banged on James's door, telling him to get his arse up. The other red head snarled something vulgar and Lily rolled her eyes.
"It's almost like he broke up with Hugo," she said loud enough for James to hear through the door.
Al turned and looked at her, stunned realization crossing his face as his mouth fell open. Then he closed his mouth, and glanced back at the door.
Well, shit, he thought. He hadn't thought James had been dating anyone. The only person he was ever really with was Hugo. But if it was Hugo he was dating, no wonder none of them knew.
Scorpius glanced at him, and Al shook his head, following their family down the stairs and into the kitchen. There would be time to discuss that turn of events later, right now was about Teddy.
"Well, if it isn't the veela come grace us with her presence." Lily said sickeningly sweet.
"There is no need your your histrionics," Vikki said, sipping her tea.
"Do you even know how to use that word properly?" Lily demanded. "Of did you just hear it some where and decided to use it in an effort to sound smart? Because you failed."
Vikki ignored the question as she smiled at Teddy. Teddy froze on the spot, his siblings surrounding him. He had loved her so much, and instead of talking to him, she'd warped the minds of every male in the bar room and let them believe he was a threat.
Lily reached for his hand, squeezing his tightly. She stretched up and whispered in his ear. "Lets get this over with, so the nincompoop can leave and we can all go back to bed." Teddy shot her a bemused look at her choice of words and Lily shrugged. "Dad said to check my language."
"You may as well sit," Vikki said, folding her hands in front of her on the table. Teddy moved before his siblings would speak, claiming the seat across from her. Lily offered the blond a fierce glare, then sat beside Teddy while Harry ordered breakfast for his children.
"I'm glad to see you are in one piece," Vikki said solemnly. There was honesty in her voice, and Lily ground her teeth and glared. She would have said something, but Teddy's hand squeezed her's tightly, warning her against it.
"Yes, I still heal quickly, thankfully. It takes a lot more then a bar full of half crazed Wizards to take me down. Other wise I wouldn't be half as good an Auror as I should be."
"I am sorry, Teddy," she said. "I would like to think you can forgive me. That you have forgiven me."
Albus scoffed loudly, and Vikki shot him a venomous glare. It was Teddy's sharp look and Draco's non-discreet cough that stopped Al though.
"That is a lot to ask, Vikki, and it's far too soon to even be asking it." Teddy flexed his fingers on the table, Lily was stabbing her heal into his foot and scowling at him.
"I understand, of course I do. It is good to see you though, Teddy. I do hope you enjoy the reunion. We are going to be there for a few days, at least." Vikki stood up, and placed her hands on Teddy's. "I've missed you," she said, looking him in the eye.
Teddy snatched his hands back to his side, but did not look away from her gaze. "You'll get over that." They had only spent their entire lives together, Teddy thought sarcastically, it couldn't be that hard to get over.
"Maybe," she sounded doubtful. "Well, I just came to... say sorry, before the reunion. I have some errands to run. I'll see you, and I'll see myself out."
She nodded at the collected family, her eyes lingering on Teddy, before walking out.
"Can we just stuff her up the fire chute and be done with her?" Lily growled under her breath and the laughter followed Vikki as Draco purposely walked her out. She glanced up the large stair case to the top floor and wished... she wished. She had always loved the large Potter-Malfoy house. James Potter was standing at the top of the stairs, staring down at her angrily.
Vikki smiled up at him, but James didn't move until she had her coat on. "Don't ever come near my brother again," he finally said, his voice was oddly subdued, but it carried down the stairs to the blonds below. "Or you are going to really regret it."
"Good bye James," Vikki said, ignoring the warning. "Good bye Draco," she said as he closed the door behind her.
Draco looked back up to James, but the red head was already gone, probably back in his room.
TBC