By my Side ~ Tom Felton fanfic

Chapter 53: Surprises

'How long were you there for?' I asked in a somewhat quiet tone.

'A while.' He replied in the same tone, coming off the wall. 'Cleared your mind?'

I nodded, looking down to the carpet.

I saw his shadow coming closer to me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders without saying anything. I hugged him back at his waist and felt even more calmer.

We stood there for a moment until Tom said, 'Let's go back, yeah?'

I nodded again.

So he took my hand and led me back to the party.

When we entered, I had a quick glance around the hall. I couldn't see Natasia anywhere. Damn, I should've spoken to her this morning.

'Come on.' Tom tugged at my hand.

I wasn't exactly in the mood but as Bonnie and Dan pulled us into the centre of the dance circle, I returned to having fun with my friends again.

It got hot fairly quickly so we decided to get some drinks, sit down and chatter. In other words scream at each other over the echoing music.

We laughed, joked and shouted the lyrics to the coming songs. About an hour and a half later, Matt G and Em stood up and walked off, Matt saying that they'll be back straight away.

'He looked like he had something to say to her.' Evy said as we watched them go out the door.

Our eyes met and I shrugged, having no idea.

But we didn't see the boys behind us, who looked slightly nervous.

We continued to talk and it only felt like seconds till Tom suddenly stood up, staring at the door.

I quickly turned my head around to see Em running towards us and as she came closer, I saw that tears were streaming down her face. I quickly stood up and steps a few steps forwards.

'What happened -?' Before I could finish my sentence she crashed into me and cried into my shoulders.

'Em? Emma, what's wrong?' I asked. Evy and Bonnie stood up too and places their hands on her back or her shoulder, looking concerned. Then I had a horrible feeling. 'Is - is it... Matt?'

She nodded.

'I'm going to punch him -'

'No, no! It's not bad!' She said quickly, lifting her face from my shoulders. At the same time, all the boys went rushing over to Matt, who looked extremely happy.

I was too confused and it seemed that Bonnie and Evy was too. 'Then what happened?'

Without saying anything, she lifted up her right hand. There was a beautiful ring glistening on her ring finger and it looked like an engagement ring.

Wait.

Engagement ring?

Bonnie clapped her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide and Evy started to flap her hands from excitement.

'Are you - did he -?'

She nodded tearfully. 'He proposed to me!'

For a brief moment I only stared at her with my mouth hanging open.

Then I screamed. Literally screamed.

'OH MY GOD EMMA!!' We made people around us turn around in surprise. We all flung our arms around our best friend, still squealing. 'I'm so happy for you!'

'I still can't believe - he - he -'

'You've been together for eight years! You two are meant to be!'

She was fanning her face with her hands. 'I - I - oh my god.'

My eyes were burning and I quickly wiped  them with my hand.

'Mrs Ginsberg.' We smirked and she blushed, but she looked really happy too.

Then the boys joined us and I couldn't help myself but to throw my around Matt G. He looked surprised my sudden act, but he laughed.

'If you dare hurt her, I'll kill you.' I said, but smiling.

'I'm well aware of that.' I heard his smile.

'Wait, you all knew?' Evy asked, looking around at the boys.

'Yep.' Rupert popped the "p".

'He was so nervous about everything.' Matt L slapped Matt G on the back, chuckling.

'Especially before the party.' Tom smirked but Matt was just grinning.

Suddenly, the music stopped.

'HEY EVERYONE EMMA WATSON AND MATTHEW GINSBERG'S ENGAGED!'

Dan announced loudly from the DJ box and almost at an instance, the hall exploded with cheers and applause. But there was one voice that shrieked, 'WHAT?'

I saw one guy on the other side of the room looking around wildly. Then he caught sight of his sister.

Alex came sprinting over and, like the girls did, threw himself at Em, then brought Matt into a tight hug.

'Are you two serious? For once?'

'Yes!' Em laughed, showing him the ring.

I watched as the biggest smile I've ever seen crept across his face. Then (the happiness must of have been really big), he started to bob on the spot, then started to run. 'AhhhhhhhHHHHHHHH!!!!!'

He actually ran off, probably to his friends that he made, screaming, 'OH MY GOD MY SISTER'S GETTING MARRIED CAN YOU BELIVE IT? THAT CRAZY CREATURE'S ENGAGED.'

'ALEXANDER!!!' Em's voice echoed through out the hall, which caused many people to laugh, including us. I looked at her, and she was laughing too.

There can never be a better way to end the night.