Eirian had been pacing up and down the kitchen corridor for some time, hoping that her love would emerge from the Hufflepuff Common Room - or perhaps appear with the intentions of returning to it - and run into her. They had to talk... She had to come clean. There were reasons beyond cold feet that kept her from marrying him like she had planned to, and he deserved to know why. But poor Thiago... She had lied to him so many times. There was no way that he would stay with her once she told him everything... Eirian had walked up to the kitchens as an engaged girl, and she only expected to return to her own Common Room in the dungeons as a single lady.

"Is this how it ends?" she asked herself, eyes watering. It would be... Wouldn't it?