The next eight weeks passed in a haze of guilt, self loathing and self pity. His father was flogging him mercilessly at work, and his co-workers were short and curt with him. Basically, everybody knew that he had been unkind to Rose Granger-Weasley and her unhappiness was all his fault. The Prophet had revealed that she had been on a few dates over the last three weeks with some pretty stellar wizards. Brilliant. She was taking his ultimatum to heart.