Chapter 8: Aftermath

Hope and Orlando quietly slept in their dormitories for 3 days after that. News got around and they were made heroes. They were in the Daily Prophet for a while but neither of them cared. After that, they seemed their old selves again. There was a swimming party in the lake and Hope went to get away from the common room. After swimming for a while she felt something on her shoulders. Before she could turn around, she was pulled under water. The hands wrapped around her and then she felt something touch her lips. The person was kissing her! Then it pulled her above water and she was shrouded in sunlight. She opened her eyes and saw Orlando standing right there in front of her. " What was that for?" she asked quietly. He softly replied, " Because I love you." She got out of the lake and walked back to the school.

Orlando walked back to his dormitory to find that Hope was sitting on his bed, dressed in a tight purple tank top and tight jeans. She picked him up by the neck of his shirt and threw him on his bed. She sat down on the bed and kissed him. She said, " I love you, too." Orlando asked her out and she accepted. For some reason the news spread around the school like wildfire. People were congratulating them everywhere they went. "Oh well," said Hope. " We'll live through it!"

The End