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Victoire sat in her office running over different memories in her mind. She had been working on important paperwork but her mind started to wander. She decided the best way to focus was to sift through these memories and give each other them a short moment of attention so they could leave her mind and let her finish her work. The memory that stuck out the most to her was that of her Hogwarts graduation. Her whole family had come, which, as it had forever, included Teddy. She was in the top percent of her class that year so she was able to sit in a different section with her family. Granted, her family was huge if you counted all the cousins, but she only had seats for a few.

She sat with her mother, father, Dom, Louis and Teddy. She wasn't originally going to invite Teddy to sit with her, but when it came down to sending him a graduation announcement, she found herself including the ticket that was for the spot right beside her. On her right hand side, the most important place to sit. She wasn't sure why she did it, but she was happy when he accepted and showed up anyway, sitting beside her during the ceremony. She felt bad, laughing with him and almost acting as if nothing had changed.

But it would've felt wrong not to have him there. He was the one who comforted her and told her she would do just fine her first year. She had received less than perfect marks and ran out into the grounds crying. He had seen her, followed her out there and discovered her on a bench veiled by trees. She was crying harder than she ever had in her life. Teddy, a second year at the time, came and sat with her and wrapped his arms around her. "You'll be brilliant," he said, "you always are." He spoke softly as he continued to explain how her grades would go up and she would graduate at the top of her class. He was sure of it.

Would she have succeeded without that encouragement? Probably. But she had to acknowledge his importance in her education and motivation. She couldn't just leave him out of her graduation.

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It was not like Fleur to be in the Ministry of Magic, she hated the place, but most of her family worked here. She would talk to the others later, since she was usually visiting everyone. But today she wanted to have a nice chat with her daughter Victoire. It had been quite some time since they had actually had time to sit down and chat like they used to do when Victoire was younger. Fleur missed those times, and thought back to the last time that they had talked, just the two of them and it made her happy. She had been excited and a little worried when she saw her daughter at the Order meeting, more excited than worried. She knew that she couldn’t stop Victoire from joining it. She was and still is a little bit mad at Bill, Harry, and Ron. Fleur had overheard them talking about letting the younger kids join the Order, and that just flat out made her mad. Harry and Ron had the good sense to leave when they saw Fleur after they had talked. But Bill stood there and made her see their reasoning. She knew that the kids would join anyways so she really couldn’t stop them.

She had passed many people mostly men who had stopped and stared after her all because of her being part veela. She did not care one bit. If any of them tried anything they would most likely be spending the next few days at St. Mungos. Finally Fleur reached her destination, and behind the door of the office she knew her daughter was in there probably working but it was time for a break and a chat. Fleur knocked on the door announcing her presence and then proceeded to open the door.

There sitting at her desk was Victoire, who looked deep in thought and probably sifting through memories. Fleur notice that her daughter did this a lot and had asked about it before. “Are you going through memories again Victoire?” Fleur asked with a smile as she closed the door and waited for her daughter to acknowledge her.

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Victoire jumped a little when her mother spoke. She had been lost in thought and her mothers voice startled her. "You know me too well," she said breathlessly with her hand over her heart. Her mother was one of the few peolpe who could guess what she was feeling just be looking at her. The two had one of the strongest mother/daughter connections in their family. They rarely kept anything from each other. In fact, Fleur was one of the very, very few people who knew why Vic broke it off with Teddy. She had done it because she wanted to focus more on her studies and her career. The break up had paid off.

Though, there was one thing Victoire was keeping from her mother. Granted, it had only started a few days ago, but Victoire was now... sort of seeing her coworker, Sebastian. He was almost twenty years older than her and she wasn't sure how Fleur would feel about that. Heck, she wasn't even sure how she felt about that.

Victoire stood, and gestured to the chair across her desk, "please, have a seat mom," she smiled, tucking her skirt in order to sit back on her own chair. She thought for a moment about all of the work she had to do. But this was a rare moment and she wanted to savor it.