Theo was holding Eden's hand as they found their way back into the Great Hall for the rest of the ball. It was getting later into the night and many students had already returned to their dorm but most of Eden's friends were still dancing throughout the room. The band had long retired and music was being played out of speakers towards the front of the room. Eden pulled Theo along to reconvene with her friends in the middle of the room as Justin bounced around with his idea of dancing. A couple songs played and the group began to dwindle. Ginny holding John's hand approached Eden and Theo, " We are having a party back at Gryffindor Tower if you guys want to come. A last hurrah on top of the party since most of us are leaving tomorrow." Eden looked over to Theo's hesitant face and replied for the both of them, " We would love to. Should we change first?"

Ginny smiled at her, "Yeah, probably. I'd just wear my pajamas because you guys will most certainly get caught trying to get back to Slytherin later on tonight." Eden smiled at her as she walked away to tell the rest of the group and looked back at Theo. "Eden, I don't know about this. I'm not any Gryffindors' favorite person." He gave her an uncertain look as he scanned the rest of the group. "Give them a chance. If it sucks, we will leave. Okay?" Theo wrapped his arms around Eden's waist and pulled her towards him, "Works for me, but lets go now so we can get some clothes." Eden circled her arms around his neck and kissed him. At that moment, Gina walked past them and tickled her, "Lets go, kids. Time to really party." Gina had that smile on her face again that let Eden know trouble was soon to follow.

Eden followed the rest of the group out to the main hall and split at the staircase with her fellow Slytherins and Gina. The Gryffindors promised to be waiting by the portrait to get them into the tower in about twenty minutes. Eden could already tell that this would be a wild party by the way John talked about the Durmstrangs supplying booze and Gryffindors already sneaking to the kitchens to retrieve food and nonalcoholic beverages. When they arrived at the common room the boys went to their dorm rooms to change and said they would meet the girls there in ten minutes. Eden, Gina, and Daphne walked up to their dorm and began to rifle through their closets. "How does one dress for a pajama party... with boys?" Daphne asked with a pink tinge to her throat. Gina whipped around with her dress already half off as she pulled on a sports bra and a dark purple tank top, "I'm wearing clothes that are comfortable. If I'm sleeping off a hangover on a couch, I better be comfortable." Eden laughed but continued to stare at her closet that quickly became reminiscent of the aftermath of a tornado. "Uhh yeah. I'll be comfortable but I also want to look cute so I don't know how to do that," Eden grumbled. Gina came around Eden's closet and began to push her away, "Just stop. Let me help you, my dear friend." Eden rolled her eyes and sat on her bed as Gina looked in her closet and Daphne put on a silk pajama short set in dark green. Happy with her decision as she looked at herself in the mirror, she ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

As Daphne was walking back, Gina let out a screech, "I've got it!" While pulling out a pair of red plaid shorts and a long sleeved white t shirt. Simple but cute. "Wear this." Gina commanded while holding it out to her and then putting on a grey sweatshirt that she pulled from Eden's closet. "I'm pretty sure this is mine, so I'm wearing it too." Eden laughed and gave her a quick sorry. Waiting on her own bed, Daphne hopped up seeing as the girls were all ready and they began to walk towards the door. "Daph, Justin is going to have a hard time taking his eyes off of you tonight." Daphne looked down at her pajama set self consciously and tugged on the hem of her shorts. "Don't take it the wrong way, you aren't dressed provocatively at all. I'm just saying, he likes you." At this, Daphne's face lit up bright red and Eden agreed with Gina. "He definitely likes you. That is obvious."

"I don't know... I think he is just very nice to everybody. He is very friendly." Eden exchanged glances with Gina as they continued their descent down the stairs and replied, "Uh yeah he is very nice and friendly, but he definitely doesn't look at G and I the way he looks at you. Ever." Daphne gave them both a small smile. "Yes, well we will see I suppose. He is quite lovely." By this time, the girls were all entering the common room where Theo and Blaise were both waiting. Blaise saw the girls first and his eyes became laser focused on the length of Gina's legs. At that moment, there was nothing he'd rather do more than run his hands up and down her legs. At Blaise's stare, Theo turned around and saw Eden. He smiled at her and began to walk over to the girls with Blaise finally standing and walking behind him. "You look beautiful," Theo whispered as he wrapped an arm around her waist and escorted her towards the entrance to the dungeons. Eden smiled up at him as they all walked out into the dungeons together.

As they walked through the halls after curfew trying to make their way up to Gryffindor's common room, they often had to duck into side corridors or hide behind tapestries to not get caught. After ten minutes of walking and leaving their latest tapestry hideout, Gina whispered as she wrapped an arm around Daphne and Daphne reciprocated, "Shorts were a bad choice, I'm freezing." At that moment, she could feel a strong warming charm lay over her like a blanket and she looked around the group assuming Eden was her saving grace and landing on Blaise, the only one with his wand out. She smiled at him with a quick thank you, "Don't worry about it, these corridors are freezing and I have sweat pants and a hoodie."

After another five minutes they finally found themselves outside of the Gryffindor tower with a woman in a gaudy pink dress staring down at them from the portrait. "Password?" All the Slytherins looked around at each other with confused glances and began to sputter out possible passwords when the portrait flew open and Harry was standing at the entrance. "Hey guys, come on in." All of them walked through, saying their thanks to Harry, Gina highfiving him, and Eden hugging him quickly. Theo and Harry locked eyes and Harry gave a small smile and said, "Come on in, mate."

As they made their way through the small opening of the portrait hole, Eden could already feel pulsing music and the heat that only too many bodies in one space could create. Walking through, Gina let out a squeal and turned to Eden, "I'm going to get a drink, I'll get you one too. Sorry Theo, not enough hands." She gave him a sad shrug and began to turn around when Blaise grabbed her arm, "I'll come with you." Gina then laced her fingers through his and began walking towards the opposite side of the room through the massive makeshift dance floor. "Sorry, love, but we will not be getting drinks from them anytime soon." Eden looked over at Theo and laughed, "Strangely, I was thinking the same thing." Daphne giggled and began to scan the room. "I see Ginny and Justin over there." Pointing across the room to where two couches and arm chairs faced each other around a table, Eden could see Justin laughing and Seamus Finnigan standing on the small coffee table chugging a beer. They made their way over to them.

Eden could feel Theo's stiff stance as the awkward feeling of being an unwanted snake in the lion's den began to settle in. Eden rubbed her thumb over the back of his hand and threw him an encouraging smile. As Justin saw them approaching, he scooted over on the couch to make room for one more to fit between him, Ginny, and John. "Hey guys! Daphne, I've made some room for you over here." Justin continued to squish himself into the side of the couch to encourage Daphne a little more. She gave him a sweet smile and sat down. Theo sat in an empty arm chair while pulling Eden down onto his lap. Eden kissed him on the cheek and turned towards the rest of the group, which suddenly got quiet. Seamus came down off the table and was now sitting on it directly in front of Theo. Staring at him. Seamus pointed his butterbeer bottle at Theo, "I heard what you said. How you apologized to my best mate." Looking quickly over at Dean who still looked worried by what Seamus might do, "That takes a lot. And getting Eden's friend here, that was cool of you." Seamus grabbed another bottle from beside one of the couches, twisted off the top and handed it to Theo who hesitated then grabbed it. "Thanks," he replied raising the bottle to him then Seamus turned back to the table and got on his knees before it. "Alright, Eden, you have to teach us how to play ring of fire." Justin gave a whoop of agreement and ran off to the drink table to grab a beer can and additional drinks for the girls. "I don't know if you guys can keep up with us. Americans can handle their alcohol." Seamus gave her a skeptical look, "You do know you are talking to an Irishman, right?" The group gave out a laugh as they all sat around the coffee table while Justin made their way back to them with new drinks and a deck of cards.

Two hours passed with different games, lots of drinking, quick kisses, and more laughter than Eden could handle. After Seamus broke the ice with Theo, it seemed to have thawed the rest of Gryffindor house to his presence as well. They smiled and joked with him as if they had always been friendly with him. The party was winding down but Theo and Eden couldn't keep their hands off of each other. They found themselves at another arm chair in the opposite side of the room farther from the dance floor as they watched their friends laughing and dancing. Gina and Blaise eventually found their way back to them earlier in the night and now were dancing like they'd been drinking for hours. Spinning Gina around and dipping her randomly, Eden could tell he was happy. No doubt the alcohol had something to do with it, but Gina had that effect on people, like Justin. Pulled you in and then made you feel special. Eden was overcome with love when she looked at Gina dancing. She was lucky to have her as a friend.

"What are you thinking about?" Theo asked as he wrapped his arms around Eden and she pulled her legs up next to him. "Just how lucky I am. I have some pretty great friends." Theo pulled her in closer and she let her attention drift back to him, "I feel pretty lucky today too. I'm sorry I was such a jack ass. We missed out on so much time together, for nothing." Eden grabbed his face and kissed him softly. "You're forgiven. Thank you for coming with me tonight."

"I'm glad I did. Couldn't let Blaise have all the fun." This made them both look over at him, who now had Gina on his back as she had her wand out transfiguring old beer bottles around the common room into mattresses, blankets, and pillows. Seeing that the party, had clearly really died down, Eden grabbed Theo's hand and dragged him towards her friends once more. Gina looked at them as they continued towards them and made Blaise turn towards them as well, from high on his back she said, "I made some mattresses and stuff, Ginny said it would be best if we all just stay and crash here. Sleep over party!" With this last statement, she threw her hands in the air and lost her balance slightly and Blaise shuffled around trying to regain it. Gina began to giggle and kissed his cheek, "Sorry."

Justin began to walk towards the group of Slytherins as well, "I'll stay down here with you guys, I miss our massive Thunderbird sleep overs." He began to put a bed together, as Theo pulled her back against his chest and whispered in her ear, "Do you want to share a mattress with me? I promise to be a gentleman, I just don't think I'm ready to let go of you yet." Eden melted at his words and spun around in his arms wrapping her own around his neck and pulling him close, "I don't think I'm ready to let go of you either," and gave him a long kiss.

Justin made a gagging noise that brought them back to reality and then someone dimmed the lights and everyone chose a mattress and grabbed some covers. Theo and Eden found a mattress on the outskirts of the group and laid down next to each other. He rolled to his side and pulled her into him and taking a deep breath said, "Good night, beautiful," and kissed the back of her neck. Eden relaxed in his arms and fell into restful sleep.