Neville had made a habit of stopping to talk to Draco, and sometimes Pansy came, too. As it turned out, the Daily Prophet hadn't cared all that much about the pair of Gryffindor-Slytherin engagements, because Minerva McGonagall announced her retirement the day the news broke. It took the pressure off the friends, and soon they found that they had quite a lot in common. Pansy was still a bit prickly, and if she was nervous, she lapsed into updating Draco on the changes to the manor. Hermione noted the gentle way Draco insisted that Neville and Pansy didn't need to update him, and they should do whatever they liked with the place.