Albus POV:
Selena continued: "The first placed house will get tickets for a Quidditch match between the Holyhead Harpies and the Chudley Cannons. The price for the second placed house is a round of free drinks at The Three Broomsticks. The prices are sponsored by donations that we collected this week and some teachers, including our headmistress Professor McGonagall, so thanks for that to everyone! Now: The winner of this game was…. Slytherin, congrats! Ravenclaw, congratulations to you as well, you even collected three points in the last round!"
The Slytherins screamed, danced and hugged each other. I was happy for them, because I felt like they deserved winning from time to time after so many years of bullying from the other houses.
After the competition was over, the party went on. I went to get some drinks together with James, Jessica and Rose.
"What a shame we didn't win these Quidditch match tickets", James said, "maybe I'll ask our mother if she can get us cheaper ones, I'd like to see that match."
"Yeah, it's in Inverness", Jessica said, "that's not too far away from here."
"It's a shame anyway that we didn't win", I complained.
"Come on, third place is also something", Jessica smiled, "it's what we got in the Qudditch House Cup last year!"
We laughed.
"Yeah, that was pretty bad", James answered, "we'll certainly do better this year."
Cady and Selena joined us at the bar and Cady asked: "How was it?"
"It was fantastic, really", Rose said, "it's just a bit sad that your house lost its own competition, don't you think?"
"Yeah, I know. But it isn't about winning", Cady smiled.
"You're such a typical Hufflepuff", I laughed.
James and Jessica started dancing together, and I went to sit down with the three girls.
Cadence POV:
After talking to Albus, Rose and Selena for a while, we all got a bit bored and decided to dance a little. Some people had already had a bit too much alcohol, so it was quite hard to find a space where nobody bothered you. More people joined us and we had a lot of fun, until the DJ decided to do a period of playing slow music where couples could dance with each other. I went off the dance floor together with Selena, Amy, Diana and Bailey.
"I suppose that was it", Amy complained, "I don't think any boy will ask me to dance with him."
"Who knows", I said.
"Maybe the DJ will play some other music later", Diana said.
"Hopefully", I answered, "let's get some snacks. I don't want a boy to dance with me." I didn't know why I had said that, because it wasn't actually entirely true…
We got some snacks and then hung around and talked a bit, but it didn't take long until a fourth-year from Gryffindor asked Selena to dance with him.
"That was not surprising", Diana stated after they had disappeared.
"Of course", I said.
Rose came over to us, together with her friends Leah and Mary.
"Where's Selena?", she asked.
"Oh, someone's asked her for a dance", I answered.
"Not surprising", said Rose and laughed, "won't happen to me, I guess."
"We'll see", I said.
Just a few minutes after that, Scorpius came over to us, took Rose's hand and went off to the dance floor with her.
"I was right", I said to her friends and they laughed.
We had some conversations and then Albus joined us and said to Mary: "Do you want to dance with me?"
She looked very surprised and said yes.
Leah and I smiled at each other.
"Imagine them as a couple", said Diana, "that'd be cute!"
"I know, right?", I said, although I wasn't completely convinced. I liked Mary, but I didn't know anything about her.
The party went on and after a while Jayden came over and we danced together. After a while, the DJ started playing faster music again and we all had a wonderful time. I didn't see Mary or Albus anymore… That doesn't mean anything! I told myself, but I couldn't stop wondering where they were.
We went to bed at circa 1 pm and we were all incredibly tired, but happy.
"That was nice!", Selena said.
We all agreed, although Albus and Mary were still at the back of my mind.