As long as she had known him, she had always felt something towards him, something none of the others made her feel. She would never forget the first time she met him during the Triwizard Cup. For the second task, she had been taken to a room with three others, two girls and him. She had noticed how he stood next to one of the girls, knowing that he probably liked her, she moved so she was standing next to him. The teacher entered and explained that they would be put under water until the person who they were taken for made it through the water to rescue them. They were then taken out to the water and after all precautions to keep them from drowning were taken, knocked out.
She awoke above the water gasping for air, she expected to see Fleur saving her, but when she looked over she saw him again. He grabbed a hold of her and helped swim her to Fleur who was reaching out to help her sister up. She knew that Fleur had failed and when Harry Potter came out of the water she understood what had happened. Harry had saved both her and Ron, probably to get on Fleur's good side, she thought, he got attacked, sent the two up together and used some spell to make him rise out of the water. Normally, you wouldn't assume someone had saved you to impress your sister, but Gabrielle had witnessed all kinds of "nice things" guys would do for her to impress Fleur. So she wouldn't be suprised if that was his motivation.
At the end of the year after the Hogwarts headmaster had given his speech, she took Fleur to find Ron. She had told Fleur that she wanted to thank him so Fleur came with her to thank him too. She saw him sitting alone, away from that other girl he always seemed to be around, she tapped his shoulder and quickly kissed him on the cheek. Fleur said "au revoir" to him and kissed his forehead, as they left she looked back and waved back at him. The whole way back to beauxbatons all she could think about was the redheaded boy she had been watching and dreaming about all year. She hoped to meet him again someday, maybe when she was older and more appealing to him.
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The next time she saw him was her sister's wedding three years later, Fleur was getting married to Ron's oldest brother Bill. Gabrielle knew that this would probably be her last chance to see him for a while, so she asked him to dance. He agreed to her offer, and the two set out for the dance floor.
She was now thirteen and had been attending Hogwarts since last year, she had spent her first year at Beauxbatons, but transferred when her and Fleur had moved in with Bill. He was seventeen and although third years and seventh years didn't date, she was hoping that after Hogwarts she might attract his attention a little more.
She didn't want to lose out on him, so she opened her mouth to tell him that she liked him. Unfortunately she was cut off and the dance ended when a blue light began speaking to everyone at the wedding. Death Eaters swarmed the wedding, shooting spells all around. Ron grabbed her and took her too Fleur before running off to find his friends. As Fleur apparated them away, she saw that girl clinging to Ron. Seeing this made her angry and when they landed in their cottage she stormed off to her room, slamming the door and locking it.
She didn't know why this had made her so angry, almost every time she had seen Ron, she had been with him. Maybe it wasn't fully because of her seeing them together, it may have been how she was interrupted when she was about to confess her feelings. Fleur had knocked on her door, but she didn't want to talk. All she wanted was him.