Later that day...
The six of them were in Potions with Snape. The greasy-haired professor favoured his own house and turned a blind eye when Draco and the others did barely any work, choosing instead, to sit and talk.
At the end of the lesson, Snape issued Ron and Harry with a detention for not paying attention in lesson. Draco, Blaise and Theodore found this hilarious and kept sniggering as they left the class.
At the end of lunch, Professor McGonnagol stood up and announced that the sixth years would be able to visit Hogsmeade that weekend and that they should take extra-care so as not to disgrace the good name of the school in a single afternoon.
They were leaving the Great Hall, when Pansy pointed out that they had a free period next. The three girls headed up to their dorm, leaving the boys to lounge around in the common room.
Once they were out of earshot of the boys, Pansy squealed "Lou! Theo can't keep his eyes off you!"
Louise rolled her own eyes. "As if" she snorted in disbelief.
"Honest Lou, he keeps staring at you when he thinks no one's looking" Pansy said seriously.
Louise raised her eyebrows, looking thoughtful. "While I consider this information, what about Daph and Blaise?" she giggled.
"What about me and Blaise?" Daphne demanded.
Louise shook her head despairingly. "No, no Daphne! What you should have said was 'what about Blaise and I?'" she scolded.
Daphne pulled a face. "Yeah, yeah, anyway..." she looked questioning.
"You're like a pair of lovesick puppies, one of you needs to ask the other one out before one of us does it for you!" Louise sniggered.
Daphne went pink. "What do you mean?" she asked.
Pansy sighed dramatically. "We mean, you two are driving us all insane with your endless flirting! And if you two don't hurry up and get together of your own accord, then we'll all just set you two up on a date" she warned.
Daphne looked anxious. "I'm not asking him! I can't!" she fretted.
Louise and Pansy exchanged exasperated looks.
Meanwhile, back in the common room...
"Mate, will you just man up and ask Daphne out!" Theodore exclaimed to Blaise.
Blaise raised his eyebrows. "I could say the same to you about Louise" he retorted.
"No you couldn't, because I don't flirt non-stop with her and when I do, I'm subtle" Theodore smirked lazily.
Blaise looked to Draco for back-up, but his friend shrugged calmly, responding "Theo's right, you flirt non-stop with her, and she flirts back. She obviously likes you, so you should just ask her out before I go and do it on your behalf!"
In the separate areas of Slytherin house, both Daphne and Blaise sighed, thinking dreamily of the other whilst their friends exchanged exasperated looks...