Draco clenched his jaw. Without thinking twice, he took his wand from pocket and with a simple flick, he caused Hermione to jab the fork she was aiming for Viktor’s mouth onto his nose.

Viktor yelped with pain and Hermione looked stricken with horror.

“I'm so sorry, Viktor!” she gasped, dropping the fork onto the table as it were burning hot. “I meant to put the meat in your mouth, but I don’t how I…”

Viktor waved away her apology. “It is quite all right, Herm-own-ninny,” he said, sounding nasal because his hand was covering his nose. “I am thinking your aiming is not very good from a near distance. Maybe you should sit on the seat again.”

Nodding dumbly, Hermione clambered back onto her original place and watched apologetically as her date fixed his bleeding nose. She had no idea how that accident had happened. She was so sure the fork with the piece of meat on it was heading for Viktor’s mouth, but then how did she end up stabbing his nose? It almost felt like some invisible hand had made her do it…

Letting go of the table, Hermione nodded her head vigorously. “Absolutely! Certainly! Positively!” She started taking steps forward, swaying slightly. “Totally! Undoubtedly! Definite—”

Stumbling on her own two feet, Hermione never got to complete her sentence as her face made contact with the cold, hard floor.

The two men stared.

“I'm OK!” Hermione’s muffled voice came from the floor. She got back up on her feet and did a wobbly whirl. “Absolutely fine! Ooooh, did you know the flooring here was made out of wood? I just realized, after seeing it up-close. Teak, I reckon, or perhaps oak…”

The Head Girl puckered her lips and shut her eyes. Moving forward, she kissed Viktor on the lips. Or at least she thought she did.

“Herm-own-ninny? That is my chin.”

Draco tried not to laugh as Hermione peeled her lips away from Viktor’s chin. She had not heard his remark it seemed, or even realize that she had aimed for his chin for that matter. Viktor appeared to be very disappointed that he had not received a proper farewell snog.