"Stop! Thief!"

Ron Weasley was walking past the entrance of Knockturn Alley when he heard the screams. He turned to look down the alley and saw Mr. Borgin from Borgin and Burks chasing a girl through the alley. He soon caught up with her and pushed her against the stone wall of the alley.

"Give it back you good for nothing whore!" He screamed at her as he grabbed her by the collar of her shirt.

"I didn't take a damn thing from your fucking shop! Now get the fuck off me!" She yelled back at him.

"Lies!"

"OI!" Ron yelled coming down the alley. "Get away from her" He snarled at Mr. Borgin.

"What the fuck do you want?" He sneered back.

"Like I said, I want you to get away from her"

"What's it to you?" He growled.

"Nothing, but I'm sure the Daily Prophet would love to hear about you threatening and attacking your customers" Ron replied dangerously.

Borgin growled again and pushed the girl into the wall one more time before stalking off back to his shop.

"Thanks" The girl muttered before turning and heading towards Diagon alley.

"Hey, wait!" Ron yelled as he ran after her. He followed her until she finally stopped on the muggle side of The Leaky Cauldron.

"What?" She glared angry, finally turning towards him.

"What was that?" He asked her.

"Nothing" She said trying to turn back around but he caught her arm.

"That was not nothing" He said sternly.

"What's it to you? You don't even know me" She said confusedly.

"Well, then what's you name" He asked smiling.

"Nice try" She said trying to turn again.

"Come one" He pleaded.

"Fine" She said sighing. "Rogue" She muttered.

"What?" He asked not really hearing her.

"Call me Rogue" She said beginning to walk down the street again.

"Alright, I'm Ron" He said catching up to her and trying to match her quick pace. "So Rogue, why was old Borgin trying to beat you to a pulp back there?" He asked.

"That bastard was seeing things" She said keeping her eyes forward.

"Where do you live?" He asked.

"None of your business" She said irritably.

"Well, I was wondering if I could walk you home, that is if you are going home" Ron said putting his hands in his pockets.

"Well considering I haven't gone 'home' for over a year, I highly doubt I'd go there now" She said turning down an alley way.

"What? What do you mean?" Ron asked her confused.

"Nothing" She muttered turning another corner.

"Then where are you going?" Ron asked her confused.

"Why are you following me?" She countered.

"Because you interest me" He said shrugging.

"Are you usually interested in strange girls you find on the street" She said accusingly.

"You know what I mean, so where are you going?" He asked.

"Here" She said stopping in a back alley with a closed entrance of an abandoned theater called The Stella.

"What do you mean here?" Ron asked confused.

"I mean, this is where I'm going, so you can leave now" She said nodding to the end of the alley.

"No" He said crossing his arms and puffing his chest out.

"What do you mean no?" She asked angrily and confused.

"I mean I'm not going anywhere" He said determined.

"And why not?" Rogue asked mimicking his body movements.

"Because I'm not going to leave you in some alley on your own" He said as if it was obvious.

"I'm not on my own" She said moving a wooden blank out of the way of the theater entrance.

"Who are you with?" Ron asked.

"Why are you so determined to find out everything about me?" Rogue exclaimed.

"Because" Ron said shrugging.

"Look" Rogue said putting her hands on her hips. "I really need to go, so just tell me what you want"

"Your number" He said bluntly.

"You're forward aren't you" She said astonished while chuckling slightly.

"Yeah" He replied with a wink.

"Fine" She said holding out her hand. Ron gave her his phone and she typed in the number before handing it back to him. "Call me anytime, but you have to leave now" She said.

"Alright" He said smiling before turning to walk back the way they came.

"No, wait!" Rogue exclaimed. Ron looked confused so she continued. "Go this way" She said pointing round the corner. "Just in case anyone sees you" She clarified.

Ron nodded and began walking away. "I'll call you" He said saluting before moving around the corner.

Rogue rolled her eyes and moved inside of the abandoned theater. Covering the entrance again she made her way through the old lobby area and pulled aside a curtain covering the door to the auditorium.

She moved inside seeing that the lights were already on. "I'm back" She called loudly to anyone that was there.

"Hey!" A boy with dark skin and slightly long ruffled hair came around the back of the stage. "You were gone for ages" He said.

"Yeah, sorry. I got caught up" She said sitting down on one of the front row plush chairs.

"Did you get anything good?" He asked.

"It's always straight to business with you isn't it Avan" She teased.

"Come on" He said rolling his eyes.

"Are you the only one here?" Rogue asked.

"No, Chase is sleeping again but Tina left just after you, she's going to sneak back into her old house for some food" He said sitting down next to her.

"And Tavin still isn't back?" She asked.

He shook his head. "I don't think he'll be back until around eleven tonight, so we have a good four hours" He said.

"Alright" She began taking something out of her pocket. "Borgin caught me and nearly made me crack, but this guy came along and sorted it" She told him laying a antique ring on the floor.

"I'm guessing you wont be going back there then?" He asked sighing.

"No, I'll run the rest of the alley and Tina can have the shop" She said leaning back in her seat.

"So what did the guy say?" Avan asked.

"He kinda just kept asking me questions, I guessed he was our age, no older than eighteen. Kinda cute" She added the last bit in a quieter voice.

"You know Tavin wont be happy if you start calling other guys cute" He teased.

"Oh shut up, Tavin knows that we aren't together, he can get over it" She said looking down.

"Listen, Gr-"

"Don't call me that" She cut in before he could continue.

"Sorry, Rogue you don't need to feel bad about liking another guy. I was just kidding, Tavin will understand" He said rubbing her back.

"I just don't want him to flip and leave again" She whispered.

"He won't leave us again, we're all he has" Rogue nodded and stood up. "Where are you going?" Avan asked.

"To wake up Chase, I need a drink and he has the rest of the firewhiskey stashed somewhere" She said moving behind the theater screen.


"Ron! Where the hell did you go?" Hermione asked him frantically when they found him again outside of Weasley's Wizard Wheezes a little later that night.

"I, um- had a little run in in Knockturn alley, the went for a walk in muggle London" He said nervously.

"What kind of run in?" Harry asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, not a fight. This girl was getting harassed by Borgin, so I help her out" He replied shrugging but blushing when he thought about her.

"Oh, a girl" Harry said wiggling his eyebrows.

"Sod off Potter" Ron said laughing slightly.

"Well, come on. Mum wants us home for dinner" Ginny said, grabbing Harry's arm so he could apparate her home. The group apparated in those three groups, Ginny being the only one without an apparation license at this point.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Molly Weasley exclaimed as the four teens walked through the front door of the burrow.

"We were waiting for Ron, he decided to go walkies" Ginny said laughing at her brother.

"Shut up, Gin" He said glaring at her.

"Well, sit down, dinner is ready" Molly said exasperatedly.

Dinner went by quickly and Harry and Hermione both went home. Ron was now sitting in his room alone. It was now about eleven o'clock and he wanted to call Rogue. It was kinda late and he wasn't sure if she would be happy with him calling her at this time. He decided instead to send her a text.

-Hey, It's Ron. I know it's kinda late so I wasn't sure if it would be OK to call, but I wanted to know if you were busy tomorrow?

He sent the text and laid his phone down on his bedside table. This girl sure was different. She lived in an abandoned cinema? And she said she wasn't alone, does that mean she lives with a bunch of people? Does that mean she lives with all guys? She probably has a boyfriend. Just giving you her number to make you leave her alone.

All of these questions and statements were running through Ron's head until his phone beeped. He picked it up and looked at the screen.

-RON! Oh my God HI! I was waiting for you to call! I missed you so much!

Ron was confused at the text. Sure he had only just met her but this did not sound anything like the girl he met earlier. Suddenly his phone beeped again and he read the next text.

-I'm so sorry, that was my friend Chase and he's been drinking. No, I'm not busy at all tomorrow. What did you have in mind?

Oh, so she did live with guys. Well at least one guy anyway. At least she wants to see you again.

-I don't know, maybe lunch or something? I want to get to know you :)

-Sounds good, where?

-I know this place in Muggle London, they have great food! :)

-It's a date, pick me up outside the Leaky Cauldron at 1 ;)

-I'll see you then ;)

Ron smiled at his phone. He didn't realize how easy it was to talk to this girl. He definitely wants to get to know her tomorrow.


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