The 8th Year
Chapter 54 – Is it Too Late to Apologise?
Theo didn't leave his room for the rest of the day; he even skipped all of his classes. As annoyed as they were the others had to admit that they were slightly worried, although Sadie hadn't said a word to anyone all day.
In the end it was Harry who made his way up to Theo's dorm first and spoke to the Slytherin.
"You're a wanker Theo but whoever put that list there shouldn't have done it. My bets on Sally, she's a malicious bitch," Harry said as he sat down on the edge of Theo's bed, it was clear to see that he had been crying.
Theo didn't even bother looking up at Harry, "No offence Harry but can you please just piss off?"
"Theo, you've got something fantastic with Sadie. If you'd just tell people the truth and be honest you'd be a happier person. You need to stop being an arrogant git and accept how good what you have is and hold onto it," Harry said as he decided to ignore Theo's rude behaviour, "If you don't you're going to become like Snape. You'll be a sad, bitter, pathetic lonely old man who once had something amazing but let it go and regretted it for the rest of his life."
"Whatever I did or didn't have with Sadie, I fucked it up," Theo said as he clenched his hand tightly around the ring cutting into his palm. He unclenched it and showed Harry the ring which was now coated in blood from where Theo had cut himself clenching it, "She gave me the ring back."
"Everyone says the Slytherins are supposed to be cunning. If you were a proper snake you'd find some way to make Sadie take that ring back but as it is you're nothing more than a worm," Harry said and of course this earned him a punch to the face. Harry didn't flinch as he casually wiped the blood from his mouth.
"Don't talk to me like that," Theo hissed angrily.
Harry said calmly, "Do you want to know how to get out of this situation? You say sorry to every person you've screwed over in the past. Because Theo you have been a git and you've slept with a lot of people but this is your chance to right all of those wrongs."
"What do you know about righting wrongs?" Theo asked bitterly as he angrily wiped his eyes and turned away from Harry.
"I know that I never got a chance to right a lot of my wrongs. A man who was practically a Father to me died and I never really got to say sorry for being a bastard to him before he did," Harry said as he got slightly worked up, "Didn't what happened to Dean and Tracey teach you anything? The war might be over but we live in a dangerous world. If you lost Sadie tomorrow wouldn't you want her to go knowing you loved her?"
Theo sighed and rested his head in his hands, "Of course I would Harry but I don't know if she wants to hear that at the moment."
"Trust me Theo, she wants to hear it more than anything but she wants to be able to believe it and she won't until you give up on this manly facade and be honest with her," Harry said truthfully.
Theo groaned, "Where do I even start?"
"I usually find the beginning is as good a place as any," Harry said somewhat cryptically.
Theo snorted and said, "Merlin, now you just sound like bloody Dumbledore."
Harry only chuckled and said, "Well like him or not, he knew what he was talking about, trust me."
"In that case I'll start with you. Sorry for punching you in the face," Theo said, he tried his best to sound sincere but it just looked slightly awkward.
Harry raised an eyebrow at his friend, "I don't think you have to say sorry to me but I think that will do for Blaise. You're going to need to get a lot more heartfelt for Draco and Sadie though.''
Theo managed a weak chuckle at this, "Draco's going to be harder than Sadie," he muttered.
Harry laughed, "Yeah, you might well be right there."
"Thanks Harry and sorry for being a wanker," Theo said as Harry got to his feet.
The Gryffindor smiled at his friend, "I forgive you Theo."
Theo nodded as Harry left the dorm room. He looked down at the ring and cast a cleaning charm on it then slipped it into his pocket. He took a moment to gather his thoughts. After a couple of minutes, he came to the conclusion that Harry was right. This was a good chance to right his wrongs.
Theodore Nott did not often wander the halls of Hogwarts alone, he usually had company but at the moment everybody hated him. After composing himself he decided to go and find Blaise and apologise. Harry had let him borrow the Marauders map which he had spent 10 minutes admiring before he had even started his search for Blaise. Eventually he found him and Ginny on the map, they were in the owlery.
Theo had a lot of tension he needed to release so the fairly long jog to the owlery helped him out a lot; he stuffed the map back in his pocket as he got to the steps and then he slowed to a walk. He found Blaise and Ginny sending a letter off with Blaise's large barn owl.
Blaise didn't bother moving when he saw Theo but Ginny smiled slightly, "I'll head back up to the school, I reckon you two need some privacy."
"Thanks Gin," Theo said as the redhead walked away. He looked up at Blaise and leant against the wall, "Hey," he said somewhat awkwardly.
"What are you doing here Theo?" Blaise asked.
"Um, well funny you should ask that-"
"I'm not in the mood for any of your bullshit, either say what you're gonna say or go," Blaise said.
"Okay," Theo began with a deep sigh, "I know I've been a complete wanker but I really am sorry about what happened."
"What did happen? But spare me the details please," Blaise asked as he watched his fellow Slytherin carefully.
"Well, remember that time I came to visit you in the summer after 6th Year?" Theo asked and Blaise nodded.
Theo continued, "Your Mother kind of...I don't know what she did. It felt like that thing Gabrielle does, I only remember it in flashes."
Blaise gave Theo a long hard penetrating look. It felt a bit like Blaise was staring into Theo's soul and Theo thought to himself, why is everyone acting like fucking Dumbledore today?
"Okay Theo, I forgive you this time. It wasn't your fault, she's half Veela and she kind of does that to most men that come anywhere near her," Blaise said with a roll of the eyes, "I was more pissed off that you kept it from me. My Mother told me about it ages ago. I mostly used it as an excuse to hit you to be honest..."
"Oh, okay," Theo said, he was slightly taken aback by this, "So we're good now?"
"Yeah, we're fine," Blaise said honestly, "Just don't do it again, yeah?"
"Deal, I'm staying away from your house, no offence."
"None taken."
As Theo walked away from the owlery he passed Ginny who asked, "Are you two friends again?"
Theo smiled slightly, "Yes, we are but I'm staying away from his Mother."
Ginny snorted in amusement, "Good philosophy," she joked as Theo jogged back towards the main castle.
Theo's next job was going to be harder than apologising to Harry and Blaise combined. He had to apologise to Draco who happened to be on the astronomy tower. Theo smirked as he hatched a plan. He started his journey to the astronomy tower which he had to admit was much easier with Harry's map. It meant that he knew which passages to take and who was hiding around the corner or down the next corridor, not that he ever got caught anyway.
When he eventually reached the top of the astronomy tower Draco didn't bother turning around to look at him.
"Draco, I'm a bastard," Theo admitted, this was the sincerest he had been in his life, "I really am and I don't deserve a friend like you. I know you hate me right now but can you please just think about what we've been through together?"
"Does what we've been through together even mean anything to you Theo?" Draco asked angrily as he spun around to face the other man.
"Of course it does," Theo said, "I wouldn't be standing here if it wasn't for you Draco."
"Yeah you wouldn't and you haven't exactly taken that as a blessing, have you?" Draco asked bitterly.
Theo sighed, "No, I haven't," he said honestly.
"Theo you're my best friend and you're the one person I can always rely on…but you've screwed up," Draco said, tears looked like they were threatening to fall from his eyes as he leant against the railing, "Do you even know what date it is?"
Theo's eyes widened, "Shit, Draco! I'm so sorry, today would have been your anniversary with Pansy."
"I can't believe you slept with her," Draco hissed angrily, "When did it happen Theo?"
Theo looked down, he was pretty certain he would lose Draco over this one, "It was during the war. You were gone a lot and even when you were there Draco you weren't there for her, you were a wreck."
"So you decided to be there for her when I couldn't?" Draco asked angrily, "Is that how it was Theo?"
"No!" Theo exclaimed loudly, "You weren't there Draco! She needed you and you weren't there! She was trying to turn to the light but she needed help and you couldn't give it!"
"Theo, there is more to this than meets the eye isn't there?" Draco asked, he shook his head in disbelief, "You had feelings for her!"
"I did," Theo said, he was doing what Harry had said but this whole honesty thing didn't seem to be working out that well, "It was a couple of times in the Christmas holidays Draco, you weren't there and Pansy was helping me rescue people from the Dark Tower. Of course I still had feelings for Sadie but people had been torturing her, I couldn't even have a conversation with her for weeks! She just sat and stared at a blank wall, all I had was Pansy!"
"She was my girlfriend Theo!" Draco yelled.
This only caused Theo to yell back, "But you never treated her like it! You treated her like a chess piece you could screw around with! You say you hate Weasley for what he did to Hermione but back then you were worse than that!"
"There is no excuse for screwing your best friend's girlfriend!" Draco shouted.
Theo snapped back, "I was in love with her Draco! For fucks sake I loved her!"
After this confession it took Theo a moment to get his breath back and Draco took a moment to take in what Theo had said.
"I watched her die too; you weren't the only one, I saw it too," Theo brushed the tears from his face, "I tried to do everything to save her but I couldn't! And I was at the funeral and you didn't even notice! It wasn't because of her; it was never because of Pansy! It was because of your problems, until Hermione changed you it was only ever about you! You were a selfish bastard!"
Draco didn't seem to be able to find the words to reply to this, he just stared at Theo in shock.
Once Theo had his breath back he asked, "Do you know how she died Draco?"
"She was killed by an Auror in a duel," Draco replied, he didn't bother to wipe his tears away anymore.
"No she wasn't," Theo said, "She saw an Auror go for you and she stepped in front of the killing curse aimed at you. She died for you and you didn't even love her."
"I did love her!" Draco shouted at Theo, "Of course I loved her Theo! She was the only person who knew me, she knew everything about me and she accepted me and loved me even for all of my flaws! She still loved me when I became a Death Eater! She was the only person who I let myself cry in front of! SO DON'T YOU DARE TRY AND SAY THAT I DIDNT LOVE HER!"
"I LOVED HER TOO DRACO!" Theo shouted just as loudly with tears in his eyes.
"You didn't carry her coffin to the grave Theo," Draco said quietly but his eyes burned, "You didn't have to sit with her crying Mother all day! I grew up with her, I knew her for longer than I knew you, she was my best friend!"
Theo and Draco were both breathing heavily now.
"I thought I was your best friend," Theo said, the hurt in his voice was clear, "We grew up together too, we were like brothers."
"Yeah, we were once," Draco said as he turned back to the night sky.
"So that's it then?"
"I guess so."
"After 17 years of friendship you're just going to throw it all away?" Theo asked weakly.
Draco still didn't turn around and Theo was quite embarrassed about the fact that he had tears in his eyes. It seemed that his friendship with Draco was crumbling away right before his eyes. There was a long silence between the two Slytherins.
"Draco, the war is over. You can stop living as if your life is in danger," Theo said gently.
"No I can't…because I'll never be the same," Draco said just as softly.
"Neither will I," Theo admitted, "I saw people I loved dying, I nearly saw you die twice. I can't do that again."
"Theo you practically died in my arms when we got you out of the Dark Tower...you had been in there for months, slowly starving," Draco said quietly and his voice broke slightly, "Do you think I want to see that again?"
"I'm sorry about everything that happened Draco, I really am but one thing I can't lose is you. You're the person who helped me through everything, you were the one who was there for me when I was coping with having no Mother and you were there when I hated my Step-Mother for moving in, and you were there when my half-sister was born and I didn't know how to deal with it."
Draco finally turned back around and sighed, "I'm sorry too. You're right, I wasn't there for Pansy during the war…I was selfish."
"I still shouldn't have slept with her, feelings or not," Theo reasoned and at this Draco gave him a small nod.
"I know you and Harry are good friends now Draco," Theo said quietly as he looked down at the ground, "But I never intend to watch you dying again and to do that I need to be your Auror partner."
There was a moment of silence and Theo looked up just in time to catch Draco's eye, his fellow Slytherin nodded, "If we get any choice in the matter Theo, I want to be your partner."
Both boys gave each other a small nod and then after a moment of slightly awkward silence they walked the short distance towards each other and hugged. When they pulled away from the hug Theo put his arm around Draco and asked conversationally, "Do you ever think we act a bit like a couple?"
"We basically are a couple Theo," Draco joked, "Just without the sex."
"So are we back together?" Theo asked in amusement.
Draco laughed, "Yeah, I suppose we are. But speaking of being back together, whats happening with Sadie?"
"She gave me the ring back," Theo said sadly, "And broke up with me."
"And what are you going to do about it?" Draco asked.
"I don't know, I need to at least try and apologise but I don't even know where to start," Theo said with a sigh, he felt a pounding headache coming on.
"Show as much raw emotion as you did with me for a start," Draco said, "I haven't seen you that emotional since you were 6 years old when I stole your favourite hippogriff cuddly toy and dropped it in the lake."
"I still cry for that toy," Theo joked.
Draco laughed again, "Seriously though mate, try and fix things with Sadie. If you don't you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
"You sound like Harry," Theo grumbled.
Draco rolled his eyes at this, "You've got to stop using jokes to hide your feelings."
Theo merely sighed at this and Draco said, "By the time we get back Sadie will be in her dorm anyway so you should probably give her the night to sleep and calm down a little, talk to her tomorrow morning."
Theo nodded, "I will, thanks Draco."
Draco just smiled at him and said, "Hey, what are friends for?"
Theo didn't sleep at all that night, he sat up in bed mulling over how he was going to apologise to Sadie and how he was going to get her back. He spent so long going through everything he had ever done to her and all the ways he had screwed up. When his alarm finally buzzed to tell him it was 7am he couldn't have been gladder to say hello to the morning. That had been one of the longest, loneliest nights of his life.
When Theo got to the common room Sadie had just left. He rushed out after her and ran down the stairs, he took them two at a time. When he did eventually catch up with her it was just before she made it onto the grand staircase.
"Sadie, wait, please!" Theo called and he knew exactly how desperate he sounded but for once he didn't care. He didn't care about how he looked or sounded to anyone apart from Sadie.
At first he didn't think that she would stop, but she did. Theo jogged to catch up with her and when she turned around he felt his heart drop in his chest as he saw the dark bags under her red bloodshot eyes.
"Can we talk Sadie, please?" Theo begged, he was praying that she would at least give him a chance, another one. Theo knew deep down that he didn't deserve that chance.
"Why should I talk to you Theo?" Sadie asked, her voice wasn't chirpy like it usually was. She sounded emotionless and fed up, "All you would do is fill me with more lies that I'd stupidly eat up."
"I did lie about Sally but I haven't lied about anything else. I promise, I've told you everything," Theo said honestly as his voice broke, "Please just let me explain, I'm practically begging you."
"It's kind of pathetic Theo," Sadie said with a bitter glare.
"I know it is," Theo said honestly, "But I don't care how pathetic it is if it means you'll let me explain. If you choose to still hate me after that then I'll let you go but please Sadie, let me explain first."
Sadie sighed and pressed her fingers against her forehead, "Fine," she said as she threw her hands up into the air. She followed Theo into an empty classroom and once they were inside Theo shut the door and turned around. Sadie stood and watched him with her arms crossed over her chest.
"I'm a massive screw up, I know that. I also know that I'm a complete bastard and that I definitely don't deserve a girl as perfect as you," Theo began as he walked towards her, "But I do love you Sadie, I love you so much and you've given me a chance which I've completely blown, I know that! I'm not going to make up any excuses for the way that I am, I could say it was because I had a screwed up childhood but then so did Harry and look how he turned out. I know all you've ever wanted was for me to let you see the real me and I've tried so hard to let you see that. You are the only person who knows me inside out, apart from maybe Draco."
"I clearly don't know you that well," Sadie said with a glare, "Or I'd have known about Sally. Did Draco know about that one?"
"No, he didn't," Theo replied honestly, "Nobody did Sadie which is how I know the bitch put that list up. I didn't tell you because I knew that you hated her! It was one night and I stupidly agreed, the bitch has held it over me ever since because she's a vindictive little witch!"
"I did warn you!" Sadie hissed, "I told you not to go anywhere near her and you said you wouldn't!"
"I know and I'm sorry!" Theo snapped, "But I promised myself at the Yule Ball. I promised myself that I would never hurt you because I started to fall in love with you. It would have hurt you and I never wanted to do that."
"Did you love her?" Sadie asked, the anger and bitterness was gone now. All that remained was sadness.
"No," Theo replied simply.
"Did you ever really love me Theo? Or was this just an elaborate attempt to try and do something serious with your life and I was the only girl stupid enough to try it on?" Sadie asked as tears began to fall from her eyes.
At this Theo lost his temper, "I cannot believe that you would even suggest that! Of course I love you Sadie, I've never loved anyone more than I love you! It makes what I felt for Pansy seem like a childhood crush! I can't even put what I feel for you into words, it's just there and it's constant and you make me so happy! But you don't see that! Since we got together I've been entirely truthful with you and completely loyal but you find out about one little lie and you give me back the engagement ring? I think if anyone has a right to question love it's me! How could you just hand it back to me like that? Did it mean nothing to you?"
By this point both Sadie and Theo were both in tears and neither of them bothered to hide them.
"Theo how can you be so clueless?" Sadie shouted angrily.
Theo was taken aback by this because while she could be cold Sadie very rarely shouted, "You mean everything to me! When I saw that list I thought the worst, all the scenarios flashed through my mind! I thought you hadn't told me because you loved her or because it had been a long-term thing! I knew about Pansy and I couldn't understand why you wouldn't tell me about her!" Sadie cried as she shouted, "I wish I could believe that you're always completely honest with me but you're never serious so how am I supposed to know if you're ever sincere about anything?"
"Sadie, I'm only 18 years old at the end of the day," Theo said quietly, "I'm going to make mistakes and so are you, we all are. I'm not sure of much and I do joke around but with everything I have I am so sure that I want you to marry me. I can't imagine where my career will be in 10 years or what I'll be doing with my life but I can imagine you, you and me. The only thing I can see in the future is you, you in a wedding dress, you and me surrounded by all of our crazy kids, that's all I want. That's all I'm sincere about and I swear to Merlin, I mean that."
The raw emotion that Theo had let spill out the night before with Draco had come out again during his speech to Sadie and it did the trick but it had also been completely from Theo's heart. Sadie broke down into tears and fell into Theo's arms.
"I'm so sorry for giving you the ring back Theo, I was so stupid," Sadie sobbed as she clung onto Theo as if for dear life.
"Don't be sorry, it was my fault and I'm sorry too," Theo whispered as he closed his eyes and held her tight. When she pulled back from the hug Theo pulled the gleaming ring out of his pocket and Sadie smiled, her face was red and her eyes were puffy.
"So what do you say Sadie? Take me back?" Theo asked as he dropped down onto one knee, "Because I can tell you right now that you are the only person I want to spend the rest of my life with."
Sadie nodded, she was still crying as Theo slipped the ring back onto her finger. She wrapped her arms around him once more and he held her tightly until her sobs subsided.
"Do you think they will make up?" Hermione asked Draco quietly as she bit her lip, they had just seen Sadie and Theo disappear into an empty classroom together.
"I hope so, he's happier with her than he's ever been in his life," Draco said with a sigh.
"But they were the first to get engaged. Don't you think it's a bit young?" Hermione asked.
Draco shrugged, "I don't know, I think it was right for them at the time."
"And when do you think it will be right for us?" Hermione asked, this alarmed Draco and Hermione added quickly, "Metaphorically of course."
Draco smiled and kissed Hermione on the cheek, "You'll know when it's the right time."
"How?" Hermione asked curiously.
Draco replied with a smirk, "I'll give you a ring."
"Very funny," Hermione said dryly, although she did smile at her boyfriend, "What about Harry and Daphne?"
"I don't know about them," Draco said thoughtfully, "I mean they love Teddy obviously but can you see them settling down really quickly?"
"Oi! I want 3 kids thanks very much!"
The slightly miffed female voice belonged to Daphne who was walking behind them with Harry.
"I thought you wanted 4 kids," Harry chuckled.
"I do," Daphne said with a cryptic smile, "But we already have Teddy and 1 plus 3 equals 4."
"Really?" Draco asked sarcastically.
Daphne said, "Yeah, it's called maths dumbass. And for your information Black, I bet Harry and I get engaged before you and Hermione."
"Daphne," Harry said in amusement and exasperation, "Don't bet on who's going to get engaged first."
Daphne rolled her eyes, "Fine," she said.
Harry chuckled, "And to think you were scared of relationships when I met you."
Daphne merely smiled at this and took Harry's hand, "Of course, if I have those kids with Harry he won't get any choice in naming them."
"Oi!"
"You want to name them after a bunch of dead people!" Daphne exclaimed.
Hermione chuckled, "Albus Severus..."
"Imagine if he named a kid after all the people he knows who have died..." Draco said thoughtfully, "Albus Severus Lily James Sirius Remus Cedric Alistair Hedwig Potter, you were named for 9 of the bravest people I ever knew and an owl..."
Harry hit Draco around the back of the head for this and said playfully, "Oh shut it Draco."
Draco sniggered and said, "Anyway, as far as engagements go some people's names just sound right. I mean Sadie Nott for example. Now Daphne Potter though, that just sounds weird."
"So does Hermione Black," Harry said, "I mean it sounds like she's marrying Sirius! You'll have the same name as my Godfather!"
Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "Oh come on Harry, we both know Hermione Weasley sounds weirder."
"Gross," Draco agreed.
Harry rolled his eyes, "Ginny Potter never really sounded right either, or Cho Potter actually."
"Hermione Krum..." Daphne teased and Hermione rolled her eyes again.
"So Hermione, is Draco going to give kids normal names?" Daphne asked as she walked ahead and grabbed Hermione's arm.
"Well he's probably going to want to name them all after bloody star signs," Hermione said.
Draco objected from behind, "Cassiopeia and Elladora are nice names!"
"I think they should invent a new law that states that men shouldn't be allowed to name children," Daphne stated matter of factly.
Hermione laughed loudly at this, "I completely agree."
"Merlin, what have we let ourselves in for?" Harry asked as he listened to the girls start a discussion on baby names.
"I don't know," Draco admitted with a chuckle.
When Sadie and Theo walked into the great hall towards the end of breakfast holding hands there was a round of applause and some of the 8th Years even stood up to cheer. Sadie blushed, she didn't like all of the attention. Theo would usually have lapped it up but he just put his arm around Sadie and led her towards the 8th Year table.
"So it's back on," Lilly said with a raised eyebrow as Sadie sat down and flashed her ring.
"Yeah," Sadie said sheepishly, "And we've set a date."
"When is it?" Lilly asked eagerly.
Sadie replied with a smile "The first Saturday in July."
"Oh Merlin!" Lilly squealed as she hugged her friend, Sadie couldn't stop smiling.
"That's great Sadie," Daphne said happily as she jumped up and hugged Sadie. From the other side Hermione congratulated and hugged Sadie. Even Ginny shouted her congrats from across the table. Susan hurried over from the other end of the table to get the gossip and she too hugged and congratulated her friend.
Sadie smiled at them all, "I actually wanted to ask you something Daph," she blushed a little, "I wondered if you'd be my maid of honour."
"Are you kidding?" Daphne asked with a grin, "Of course Sadie! It would be an honour!"
"And I wondered if you guys would be bridesmaids," Sadie said to Hermione, Lilly and Susan. They were all delighted at being asked and Lilly and Susan wasted no time in saying that they would love to be Sadie's bridesmaids.
Hermione smiled broadly at Sadie, "Of course I will Sadie, it means a lot that you would ask."
Next to Sadie, Theo smiled as she told her new maid of honour and bridesmaids the news. He turned to Draco who was sitting next to him, "So Draco, what do you say? Will you be my best man?"
Draco was a little embarrassed about the fact he got slightly teary at this but he nodded, "Of course I will Theo, you can count on it."
Theo nodded happily and patted his friend on the back. Neville sniggered across the table and Harry whispered, "Oh shut up you, you'll be the same when I ask you to be my best man," he said with a wink.
Neville smirked, "But I won't anymore because now I know you're going to ask."
Harry rolled his eyes at this and Neville asked jokingly, "Does this mean I have to ask you to be mine now?"
"If you're going to be like that I'll ask Draco," Harry joked.
Neville laughed, "Nah, of course I'm going to ask you to be my best man Harry when I eventually get to that point. I can't imagine anyone else standing beside me on the biggest day of my life but I'm surprised that you would want me over Ron."
"I don't know about Ron," Harry sighed, "He's still a great friend and he always will be. But keeping in touch is far harder than it should be considering how close he is."
"I get it," Neville said with a slight smile.
Harry nodded thoughtfully, "Well as my future best man are you free this weekend? I'm sort of going shopping for a certain sparkly circular object."
Neville grinned, "Of course I'll come with you. Looks like I'll be the last by a longshot to get engaged."
"Well you and Lil did just get together," Harry pointed out, "And you're the most sceptical about relationships since Hannah."
"I'm not that sceptical about this one," Neville smiled, "I'm not anywhere near the thinking about rings part yet but I'm definitely falling head over heels."
"She's a brilliant girl," Harry said with a fond smile, "I'm not surprised."
"Yeah well you've got a pretty good one yourself," Neville said as he patted Harry on the back.
Harry smiled even more broadly and glanced over at Daphne. She looked up when she saw him and she smiled back at him. He gave her a vague wave and he knew that it was certainly time to start thinking more seriously about his relationship with Daphne.
"So Harry, Nev, Blaise," Theo said, "Fancy being my groomsmen?"
Harry grinned, "Sure thing Theo," he said.
Neville smiled widely, "Of course mate!"
"As long as my Mother isn't invited, sure," Blaise said with a smirk.
Harry had one conclusion for the events of the last few days, despite the bumps in the road his life was definitely very good.
TBC :)
