When Draco, Louise and Alex arrived back at Hogwarts, they headed straight to the Slytherin common room.
To their surprise, it was relatively empty (considering that it was a Sunday), so they headed up to their separate dorms to search for their friends.
Louise walked into her dorm to find Pansy curled up on her bed looking as though she was in shock. Daphne was sat on her own bed, flicking through a magazine looking unconcerned. Glancing up, she spotted Louise and grinned, exclaiming "Lou! You're back!"
Louise smiled. "What's up with Pansy?" she asked, shooting their friend an anxious look.
"She got a letter from her parents telling her that-"
"-she's going to be engaged to Draco" Louise finished Daphne's sentence with a grin.
Daphne nodded. "How did you...oh the family meeting, so who are you going to be engaged to?" she raised her eyebrows at her friend.
"Theo" Louise muttered, looking at the ground.
Daphne squealed happily and even Pansy snapped out of her bubble long enough to grin at her best friend.
"Congratulations Lou" Pansy smiled.
"Same to you!" Louise beamed. "We're going to be cousins!"
Pansy grinned. "Was this what the emergency meeting was about?" she asked.
Louise nodded. Turning to Daphne, she asked "did your sister tell you her news?"
Daphne nodded. "She's getting engaged to your brother! Which means we'll be sisters! And Pansy, we'll be cousins!"
The three girls were chatting excitedly when an owl flew through the open window. Dropping a letter into Daphne's lap, it flew to one of their small desks and perched on the edge of it.
A puzzled expression on her face, Daphne opened the letter and began to read it. After a few moments, she gave a small shriek and the letter fell from her hands.
"Daph?" Pansy and Louise looked both curious and concerned.
Hesitantly, Pansy picked up the letter, skimming through it. "You're going to be engaged to Blaise!" she exclaimed.
"Congratulations Daph!" Louise grinned.
Daphne was grinning like a Cheshire cat. "Wow" she breathed.
Before any of them had time to say another word, the three boys walked in.
Theodore wasted no time, walking straight over to Louise and speaking quietly. "I know you've heard that we're to be engaged, but I think it's best if we take things at our own pace" he told her. Louise nodded slowly, unsure of where this was going. "So, will you go out with me?" he asked, a hopeful look in his eyes.
Louise smiled at him. "Yes!" she allowed him to hug her, hugging him back just as tightly.
While this had been occurring, Draco and Blaise had got busy themselves.
Draco had asked Pansy out (she hadn't even needed to consider her response-an immediate yes!) and they were now talking quietly together.
Blaise had finally plucked up the courage to ask Daphne out and they were now staring into each others' eyes, much to the amusement of the other four.
As she leant against Theodore, feeling his strong arms wind protectively around her and seeing her friends who were now coupled up, Louise got the feeling that they may have some problems just around the corner...