Trip

The love that lasts the longest is the one that is never returned.

It was a beautiful wedding, she couldn't deny that even if she tried. She had not wanted to come, she had dreaded this day since she received the laced invitation. Since her whole family was going she couldn't just skip it, it was her cousin's wedding, after all. It killed her to witness it, this was the wedding that she had dreamed about since she was a young child. The same location, the same color theme, and the same groom.

Teddy was all that she wanted, all that she needed, but he never knew. She had liked, no loved, him since she was ten and he was nineteen, that was seven years ago. Age did not matter to her, a silly number would never get in the way of her love for him. What was nine years anyway? Nothing, in Lily's opinion. She didn't know why she was in love with him, she never had actually thought about it. Was it his ever-changing hair, his goofy smile, maybe it was his twinkling eyes. No, those things were nice but they didn't matter to Lily, it was his personality. He could make a whole room of serious people laugh with just one joke, he could put her in a good mood no matter what was wrong was her. Teddy was intelligent too, he had everything she looked for in a guy. But it did not matter anymore, he was not hers and now he would never be.

Victoire had got to him first, her charm and flawless looks were enough to win any man over. That was what Lily never understood, she could have had any guy that she wanted, why did she have to pick Lily's Teddy? They were a cute couple, well everyone else thought so, but they never could get along like Lily got along with him. Victoire would never understand Teddy like Lily did, Lily was sure of that.

So there she sat, on a chair surrounded by her family, watching her one and only love marry her cousin. She wanted to be happy for them, she truly did, but she just was not able to. She was jealous of her cousin, she hated to feel that way but she knew it was true. Victoire was the only person in the world that could make her jealous, and she despised that. She didn't want to feel that way, she loved her cousin but her love for Teddy overrode it.

"Does anyone object to the union of Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley?"

There was her last chance to stop this nightmare, to confess her true feelings to Teddy. She pushed herself up from her seat slowly, she could do this, she had to do this. If she didn't, she knew that she would regret it for the rest of her life. Almost to her feet, the strap of her silver high-heel shoe caught itself in her folding chair, causing her to trip and fall roughly to the ground.

Everyone looked over at her to see what the loud noise was about, Lily was so embarrassed, she could feel her cheeks turning as red as her hair. She rose to her feet, brushed off her deep blue dress robes, and returned to her seat. She could not do it, it wasn't right, no matter what she felt for him. Victoire got him first, she would just have to live with it.

Teddy would never know but that did not stop her from loving him all the same.