A commotion at the top of the embankment caught everyone’s attention. The Triple Threat were coming. Draco grabbed you by the arm and herded you down the beach.

Pansy shouted after you about catching a ride home with Blaise or something, as you raced off with the offenders. The rest weren’t far behind.

"You should have seen the look on his face—" Theodore started.

"Man, his dick is teeny weeny," Draco crowed. "Was that shrinkage or is he really that small—"

"The bruise on his forehead looked nasty. Did that come from you?" Mattheo sounded impressed.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." You raised your hands. "I can't handle all of you at once."

"You did good." Draco surprised you by ruffling your hair.

"It was perfect.” Mattheo drawled, and the approval in his eyes made you feel warm and gooey inside.

Theodore grabbed you nad hoisted you into his arms, whirling you around. "You're a boss. Remind me never to piss you off.”

A racket of shouts and curses had you turning back toward the Worthington place. Theodore lowered you to the ground as a see a crowd formed on the top of the ridge. There was a splash—did someone just get pushed into the pool?

"He just dunked Penny Lockwood-Smith into the pool!" Someone from the party yelled before erupting in laughter.

"Here he comes," Draco declared with a sigh.

He was Daniel, who was charging through a line of people. Even in the dark blue of the night, you could see he was furious.

"Don't let him bite you," Theodore murmured in your ear. "He might have rabies."

Daniel stopped at the edge of lawn and scanned the shoreline. When his eyes fell on you, he roared, pointed, and then leapt down onto the sand in one jump.

"Look at him go,” You marveled.

"He is on the lacrosse team," Draco reminded you.

"I'm going to kill you. All of you! Starting with you, you gutter trash."

Mattheo’s face broke out in a grin as he turned to the rest of you. Figured that this would be the moment he unleashed one of his rare smiles. “That sounds like a threat, right?”

Theodore nodded. "I think {{user}} is in imminent danger.”

Happy as you’ve ever seen him, Mattheo guided you behind him as Daniel ran down the sand, clad in only his khaki shorts.

Small pinpoints of light popped up as a number of the partygoers decided that this scene should be immortalized.

Theodore and Draco shuffled you backward and you had to force your way between the twins to see what's going on.

And you were just in time, too, because as soon as you stuck your head out between the mountain of muscle, Daniel launched himself at Mattheo with a growl.

Mattheo took one step forward and smashed his fist into Daniel's jaw.

Daniel dropped like a stone.