Perfection.
Summary- Lavender Brown wanted the perfect guy. Is there such a guy out there?
Author's Note- I keep trying to write, then I get a new idea and start writing something else. Well, I actually went through with this one! Hope you enjoy. Please review! Oh, and what Lavender's mother told her, it's from my away message...so the credit goes to whoever wrote it. -Nat
Prince Charming Is Late
"Wait for the one who will make an ordinary moment seem magical. The kind of boy who will bring out the very best of you at absolutely anytime no matter the circumstances. Wait for the boy who always want to show you off to the world when you're in sweats and have no make-up on, but he still appreciates you when you get dolled up. Wait for the one who will put you in the center of his universe because that's where you belong." My mother would always say, rumpling my hair.
The first few times she told me that, I actually believed there was a guy out there just like that. Waiting to make me, Lavender Brown, the center of his world. By the time my sixth year at Hogwarts rolled around, I started to lose faith in this theory. She told me all of this again, kissing me goodbye at the King's Cross.
"Your sixth year already! I can't believe it." She hugged me again. "Just remember what I always tell you. Your prince charming will come one day. You just have to wait, sweetie." I nodded to my mom, not quite believing her. Maybe I'll just settle for second-best, because my knight in shining armor must have taken a wrong turn. Sighing, I let her squeeze me one last time before I got on the train.
I wasn't even on there for a minute and already my friends had found me. "Oh my god, Lavvie! I've missed you so much!" Parvati shrieked and hugged me. I had missed her too. She, like me, hadn't found herself anyone to be with. Together we wait for the right ones to come along. "You just wouldn't believe it! Dean Thomas asked me out! Aren't you just as ecstatic as I am?"
I couldn't let her down, of course. She was my best friend after all. So I joined in on her moment of happiness. "That is so great! We have so much to talk about! I bet he looks even better than he did last year!" I turned to Padma. "What about you? How are you and Michael Corner doing?" Michael was younger than Padma, but he still found enough courage to ask her out. They had been dating for a couple months.
"We broke up. I was sad at first, but then I found out all the 6th year boys have really grown up and look extremely gorgeous!" Well. I bet it took her a long time to get over him. I wish I could just be cut off from the man I supposedly loved and still have an optimistic view. But that was Padma; she didn't take a long time to get over things. She probably broke out in tears when it happened, but she probably spotted a cute guy and her depression was over.
"Hey, why don't we get a compartment before they're all full and we have to share one with a nerdy first year." Parvati suggested. That had happened last year, and it had been a drag listening to him tell us what he thought about each house. Can you believe that kid read Hogwarts: a History and yet he still probably gets more dates than me. That's just how pathetic I am.
Although we found a compartment without a 1st year, the only one that was left contained Neville Longbottom. Not the exact person I wanted to spent the next couple hours with on a boring train ride. "Hey, Neville! You don't mind if we join, do you?" Parvati asked, then sat down. I guess she was just expecting him to say yes?
"S-sure, Parvati..." he stuttered, blushing. Obviously girls don't ask to sit with him too often. I guess he didn't figure out that this was the only available compartment.
For the first hour or so, I pretended to listen to every little detail Parvati had to say about how Dean had asked her, all the great features about Dean, his good and bad qualities, and how she can't wait to see if hes a good kisser or not. When it seemed she had said everything she possibly could, she still had more to tell. "I wonder what our first real conversation as a couple will be like. What do you think it'll be like, Lavvie? Do you think we'll just jump right into making out and not even worry about talking? Or maybe he'll spend a week or so getting to know me first...oh! You just can't predict him." Personally, I think he'll try to get into her pants first. But I didn't tell her that.
"Maybe he'll do a little of both? Hes probably a romantic..." I replied. Then I finally gave up and just zoned her out. Instead, I watched the scenery pass by. It must have been very relaxing because the next thing I knew I was being shaken awake.
"Hurry up, we're here." Padma said when I opened my eyes. It was dark now, which meant that I had slept for a long time. "We don't want to get stuck with Neville again, so hurry and let's get a good carriage!"
"Maybe Dean saved us one." Parvati added in, helping me to my feet. "Come on." She was right. Dean and Seamus had saved us one. I think Padma was trying to get with Seamus, because she kept batting her eyelashes at him and inching closer to him whenever she could. I sighed downheartedly.
I guess I'm going to be the last one to find my prince charming.
Author's Note- Yes, Lavender will find her 'perfect guy'. And she won't stay all depressed for long. I'll try to put chapter two up as soon as possible. No, this is not a one-shot. Please review! -Nat
