The next morning he ran downstairs and found Madelyn. "How DARE you?" he screamed in her face. "Why, why the hell would you tell her? What would you gain? I think nothing of you; I wouldn't care if you fell off the face of the earth! What made you think I would want you? You ruined the one thing I cared about. Are you happy, Madelyn? Are you happy that you ruined my life?" his face was bright red and Madelyn couldn't meet his furious gaze.

"Quite happy, yes," she said quietly, her nose in the air.

"Well, I'm so glad." Teddy growled and stormed off. For a second he looked over and saw Victoire, tears in her eyes, watching them.

Teddy and Liam walked down to the Black Lake before dinner and found Victoire sitting on the edge of the water, flicking her wand up and down, making the water float and fall. She turned around and when she saw Teddy, she turned back to the water and held her shoulders back, high and proud. Liam walked over to her and sat down, while Teddy sat under the tree about a hundred feet away. He watched the two of them talk, very calmly, very seriously. Liam put his arm around his friend and she was stiff. Eventually he got up and walked over to Teddy, his features like ice. "Nice going, mate. My sister? Really?" he spat. "I thought you had more respect than that." He walked off, leaving teddy alone under the tree and Victoire alone by the dark water.

The days dragged on like this, misery clouded around them wherever they went. Hana and Liam were the only ones that talked to each other, since Victoire didn't really talk to anyone. When she did speak, her voice was soft and hoarse. She started talking with Hana quite often, and the two girls were seen together most of the time. When Hana wasn't with Liam, she was with Victoire, and when she wasn't with Victoire, she was trying to cheer up Teddy. Hana was the only one who talked to Teddy, and she felt bad for him. teddy hated being pitied, but he was grateful that one of his friends actually spoke with him and didn't hate him. those days were quiet and cold, and when the sun began to peek through the thick clouds, Teddy wondered whether anything would change.

"Alright, everyone! Now I need you to close your eyes and picture moving outside of your circle!" the Apparating teacher's mustache wiggled as he spoke, and none of the sixth years were ready to start Apparating. Teddy ignored the voice of the teacher and tried to move himself out of the circle, but he knew it wasn't going to work. He looked around and saw a few students get a minor splinch, some move a few inches, and some have a loud cracking noise appear out of nowhere. Liam was gone at Quidditch practice, and they were getting ready for the game against Hufflepuff the next day. Victoire blinked and smiled to herself when she noticed she was standing outside of her circle, but frowned again when she realized she couldn't share her happiness with anyone. Fred and Roxanne switched circles and successfully ended up in each other's spot, to the teacher's great delight. Teddy actually managed to move a couple inches forward, and felt pretty good since he wasn't expecting anything to happen at all. That night, he fell asleep with the usual knot in his stomach and his mind racing a million miles an hour.

Everyone was excited about the Quidditch match, but Teddy noticed that Hana and Liam were especially quiet at breakfast. She wished her boyfriend good luck, but cheered extra loud when the Hufflepuff team scored their first point. "First point goes to Hufflepuff; nice throw, Molly! You're doing great, cuz!" The Hufflepuffs were zooming past the bludgers, smacking the quaffles like ping pong balls and already the seeker looked like she had a lead on the Snitch. Teddy sighed and gave a half- hearted cheer for Gryffindor. Everyone could tell they weren't playing their best game. "Lily Potter is soaring through the air- does she see the Snitch? No, it's a fake- out. Way to trick 'em, Lily! Watch for that Snitch! Oh, looks like Gryffindor scores a point. Keep it up!" Liam accidentally hit a Hufflepuff keeper in the nose, and Madelyn, one of the Gryffindor keepers, threw her head back and cackled.

"Shut up, Madelyn." Liam shouted at his sister. She scoffed at her brother and blocked a quaffle from going through the hoop.

"A nice save from Madelyn Fink! But Gryffindor is still behind." The game lagged on, Hufflepuff slowly racking up points. Hana's face was beaming, and her cheers could be heard from the stands. Suddenly everyone gasped, and a shock of red hair zipped through the sky. "Merlin Lily, are you okay? Lily Potter is flying upside down; she almost has the Golden Snitch in her hand!" the petite fifth year had one hand on her broom, one outstretched in front of her. Her face was filled with a look of pure determination as she was hanging upside down and dangerously high- everyone was holding their breath as she dipped up and down chasing the golden winged ball. "COME ON, LILY! JUST TURN RIGHT SIDE UP! DON'T FALL!" Fred's voice was a reflection of everyone's thoughts. Suddenly, the Hufflepuff seeker flew in front of Lily and snatched the ball right up. "Woah, did you see that, folks? Hufflepuff seeker Rose Tyler appears out of nowhere and grabs the Snitch! Win for Hufflepuff!" The yellow and black section of the stands was screaming and hollering, congratulating their team.