AFTER 8 PM
It was possible, but he didn't know. "I don't know where the alcohol came from," he said. "I didn't come down until after the mandatory date part was over. He was tipsy by then." He didn't really want to listen to reason. He was still pretty broken, fragile, and not thinking properly about any of this.
"I..I know it seems unlikely. But if you could have seen him the way I did just now.. I.." His voice hitched in his throat and he looked down at his feet. "The things he said.. He waned to go with Malfoy. He looked me in the eye and told me so." He squeezed his eyes shut to keep any tears from forming.
He couldn't walk anymore. He stopped moving, and clenched his fists at his sides. His shoulder involuntarily shook. It hurt so much. "I ruined everything."