CHAPTER FIVE

"Fina, do you want to tell us why this boy arranged the date for 1:30 AM?" Lily asked tiredly. As this was Fina's first date since fourth year (she was pretty picky), Paige and Lily had decided to wait up with her.

Paige yawned widely. "Well, it's 1:29 now. If he's not here at 1:30, I'm going to bed. I have pirates and pistachios to dream about."

After living with Paige for five years, Fina and Lily weren't even fazed by this random statement. Although in all fairness, Fina wasn't really listening. She was busy chewing her nails down to the limit and then using a Nail Growth Charm to restore them. Paige and Lily were playing Exploding Snap; they had given up trying to make Fina tell them who her mystery man was.

"BOOM!" The cards exploded.

"Stupid bloody cards!" Paige exclaimed, wiping soot off her face. "I was just about to win, too!"

Right then, the portrait hole swung open to reveal none other than…