I gazed at him across the classroom and smiled to myself. How could someone be that perfect? Surely it wasn't legal! He was Ronald Weasley (or Ron as he liked to be called). His fire-like hair fell just above his sparkling blue eyes and his pale white skin was dotted with freckles. He was known for his mischievous lop-sided grin and well matching personality. Most of the girls in our year wanted him which meant that I was constantly getting jealous looks and rumours spread about me as I was the only girl he really spent time with. I was his best friend.
We have been friends since we were five, we're now fifteen so we basically grew up together. We are inseparable and know everything that there is to know about each other. Because of this, people always seem to think that we're together, which secretly I like. I've been in love with Ron for three years and as far as I know, he has no idea. I've watched him slowly fall in love with someone else and have been there for him when that person has gone through guy after guy but has never payed any attention to him. It kills me but I guess it's my own fault for not telling him how I feel. My friend Louise ( my only other friend apart from Ron) is constantly nagging me to tell him and says that she ships 'WillRon' which is ridiculous. I mean, he could never like me...
I'm Willow Jones. I have exceptionally pale skin that goes red at any given opportunity, unusual eyes that change from green to blue to even yellowish at times and I am agonizingly short. Not short enough to be considered 'cute' but not tall enough to be considered 'sexy'. Just short. My hair/ the bane of my life is uncontrollably curly and is a boring shade of dark brown. It used to shine slightly red in the sun when I was younger but not anymore. I guess I was a cute child, but now I've grown into an awkward, anti-social, music loving, book reading, fandom obsessed freak. Which I guess in some ways I'm okay with that, but I know that these things are not considered 'attractive' to guys. They want a girl who's tall with tanned skin and long, silky, golden hair. A girl who is easy to talk to and is confident and self assured. Basically they want a girl who is the exact opposite of me.
That girl is Tessa Evans. She is the most popular girl in school and is exceptionally good at everything. Her hobbies include: netball, swimming, running, art, drama, writing, singing, dancing and she is fluent in French, Spanish, Polish and Japanese. Do you see what I mean when I say she's good at everything? Her family is rich. Her 'Daddy' owns a high end chain of restaurants and her Mother is a TV Presenter. She is the girl that Ron likes and ironically she is one of the only girls that doesn't like him. I on the other hand live with my Mum in a low rent flat and my hobbies include: reading, art, playing guitar, listening to and writing music and spending hours scrolling the internet and watching YouTube videos. And I am the only girl who genuinly likes Ron. Yet I don't think he has ever even thought about me in that way. She really doesn't realise how lucky she is. If only he liked me...