A Best Mate
Summary: The year before Ron started Hogwarts was lonely.
Rating: K
Warnings: None
Author's Note: This drabble was written for the drabble contest at the triatha ron community over on livejournal. The drabble prompt was Pretend.
Many thanks to my friend niko hime for the beta:D
The year before Ron started Hogwarts was lonely. Mum was preoccupied with Ginny. Ginny was no fun. Percy couldn't play chess with him because he was at Hogwarts. Fred and George were either mean to him or ignored him even when they were around.
Ron knew he wasn't like his brothers, and he was terrified that no one would like him once he finally did get to go to Hogwarts, so he would pretend. He would pretend he was special and that he had a best mate who would stick up for him no matter what. Then Ron met Harry Potter on the Hogwarts express, and Ron didn't have to pretend anymore.