Daphne was standing in front of her elaborate mirror. She wore an ocean blue dress, her long blonde hair fell loose in curls around her shoulders. Her blue eyes, which she always considered her best feature, were brought out beautifully with the dress. She applied a bit of blush and some pink lip gloss and looked herself over. She knew she looked beautiful. She tried hard not to think about what she had to do tonight. She never dreamed in a million years that she would have to do this. How could Theo have done this to her? Why in the world would he have wanted Astoria over her? It did not seem possible.
No one in their right mind would choose Astoria over me.
A knock on the door told her that it was time. She went to the door and when she opened it, Nott was standing there, looking very handsome in black dress robes.
"Daphne" he says with a huge smile.
"You look absolutely stunning" he tells her.
"Thanks" she says quietly as she brushed her hair out of her face.
Theo gave her an odd look, "Can I come in?" he asked.
She nodded.
"You alright Daph?" he asked, looking into her eyes for an answer.
"Perfect" she says with an attempted smile.
She knew he didn't believe her as he looked her over suspiciously.
"Where's Astoria?" he asked trying to change the subject.
A look of fury crossed her face and she wanted to punch him across the face. She tried to remain angry but instead she began to cry.
"Daphne! What is it? Is it Astoria? Is she okay?" he asked concerned.
"That's all you care about isn't it" she asked trying to hold back her tears.
Theo looked bewildered. "What are you talking about?"
She broke down and began sobbing and he led her over to the couch. He put his arm around her and she pushed it off.
"Pansy saw the two of you together! On…on a date!" she said through sobs.
"How could you do this to me, Theo? Don't you know how much I love you? I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. How could you-" She was cut off by his soft lips crashing into hers.
"Daphne! I love you more than anything or anyone in this world. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Astoria and I were not a date. She was just helping me out with something."
He paused.
"You see I chose Astoria, because she has the same size hands as you do" Theo said smiling.
"What?" Daphne says, her tears disappearing.
Theo pulled a small box out of his pocket.
"Daphne, I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you."
He got up and kneeled down In front of her. He opened the small box to reveal a stunning diamond ring.
"Daphne Annalise Greengrass, will you marry me?" Daphne smiled and her eyes watered again.
"Oh Theo! I'm so sorry for what I did. I should know better than to listen to Pansy!"
He looked at her anxiously. "So?"
"Of course I'll marry you!" Her arms went around him. "Nothing in the world would make me happier than to become Mrs. Theodore Nott!"
He slid the ring on her left ring finger and her lips crashed down onto his.