Daphne and Pansy had got a detention with Professor McGonnagol for not paying attention in Transfiguration, so LLouise was searching the castle for the three boys, who'd left History of Magic early at a request from Snape.
As she walked out of the library, after checking that they weren't there, Louise decided to check the Quidditch pitch again incase they'd headed outside.
Nearing the pitch, she heard voices around the corner. She headed towards the voices and realised, with a sinking heart, that they belonged to Blaise, Draco and Theodore, and they sounded angry. But there was a fourth voice.
Louise turned the corner and spotted the three boys standing over a cowering figure. She marched over to find out what was going on; Theodore and Draco knew that she hated them bullying younger students.
But, to her horror, she realized that it wasn't a younger student. It was Neville Longbottom.
Her cousin was scowling furiously at him. "I don't like you upsetting my cousin" he was snarling.
As Louise neared them, she heard Theodore hiss "don't you ever upset her again, you hear me? Or else..." he menacingly pointed his wand at the Gryffindor.
"Stop!" Louise yelled.
The four boys turned to stare at her.
"What are you doing?" she demanded.
"He upset you" Theodore shrugged, stepping towards his girlfriend.
Louise's hands flew to her face. "Is that what this is about?" she asked in horror. "But we explained what had happened; it wasn't as though he'd intentionally set out to upset me...although I wouldn't have blamed him if he had" she added under her breath.
Theodore shook his head. "Don't say that" he said sternly. "None of this is your fault"
Rolling her eyes at him, Louise turned to Neville, who was still curled up on the ground. She extended a hand to help him to his feet and, hesitantly, he accepted it. Once he was back on his feet, he was about to walk away when Louise spoke directly to him. "Neville I'm so sorry, about your family as well as what just happened" she said sincerely.
Neville nodded nervously. "It's okay" he mumbled, turning away.
Theodore looked at the despairing expression on his girlfriend's face and spoke. "Long-...Neville?" he asked.
The Gryffindor looked at him.
"Look, I'm...sorry, I just couldn't bear the fact that Lou was upset, so no hard feelings?" he offered his hand for Neville to shake, which the Gryffindor boy did so, looking uncomfortable.
"No hard feelings" Neville agreed.
Draco, after a sideways glance at his cousin, also stepped forwards, offering his hand. "I was just looking out for my cousin, no hard feelings?" he asked.
Neville agreed, his eyes widening at the fact that Draco Malfoy of all people was apologising to him.
Blaise was last, he muttered some apology and shook Neville's hand quickly, trying to get the whole thing over and done with as quickly as possible.
As Neville hurried back up to the castle in a state of shock, Draco pulled his cousin into a brief hug. "I'm sorry Lou" he muttered. "I just didn't want you to be upset"
She hugged her cousin back. "It's okay, can we just forget about it?" she asked.
Draco nodded. "Gladly" he agreed.
Theodore slipped his arm around his girlfriend as they all headed to their common room. "Are you angry with me?" he asked anxiously.
Louise shook her head. "I know why you did it...as long as you don't do it again then I'm okay with it" she replied.
Theodore looked relieved as he kissed her forehead before continuing to walk towards their common room with their friends...