"I know very little about acting. I'm just an incredibly gifted faker."-Robert Downey, Jr.


Lavender Brown was like a cloud of glitter thrown into the wind. It flew here and there, never quite landing anywhere and yet still managing to douse everyone in artificial sparkles.

She was such a glamorous girl, with her stylish brown hair and perfect skin complexion. Everyone wanted to talk to her, and with one step, she could set the whole corridor silent. She was the talk of Hogwarts, because who didn't love a chatty, pretty Gryffindor?

Lavender covered everyone in her shine until her sixth year. After all, up until then she had no special someone to focus her glimmer on.

She couldn't really explain the change in her. Ron Weasley had always been there, and she had always thought of him as a sort-of cute little boy who was beneath her. (It was Harry that held the real power.)

Maybe it was because Parvati had recently gotten herself a boyfriend, and that's all she had talked about for weeks. Maybe it was because she had heard boys whispering about how she was a faker and only playing hard to get because she thought nobody deserved her.

Whatever the reason, Ron Weasley became a god to her the night of the Quidditch match against Slytherin in her sixth year, and like any person would do to their god, she worshipped him.

His lips tainted hers like blood dripping onto her innocent white rose; his blind Gryffindor courage blew her away; his whole demeanor was just beautiful to her.

How could she not have noticed him before? Now he was the center of her whole shimmering world.

So it was only natural that her world would fall apart when Hermione stole him from her.

Ron Weasley had been everything to her.

(And he still was, even after all these years.)


A/N: This is really sloppy and weird and I'm sorry.

Done for:

Trojan War Competition - Round 1

1-26 Drabble Challenge - 7 Sins (Greed)

Pairing Diversity Boot Camp: Prompt #44 - Aimlessly

Legendary Creatures Competition - Petsuchos

Legendary Gods/Goddesses Competition - Hanuman