AN (skip if you wish): Okay, I'm back after my (unannounced) Hiatus. Sorry, but I told EiSeL that I would write her a R/Hr fic for her birthday… which was back in July of 2006. Then my HP muses were apparently killed by the mafia or something, 'cause I didn't hear from them for about 6 months. And while I wrote some other stuff, I resolved not to post it until I'd written a fic for EiSeL. But now, in a sudden burst of inspiration, I have, so everything's cool… 'till the next time I get lazy, of course.
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Dedication: to EiSeL. Happy Birthday… ;)

Warning: Het, Ron's somewhat childish opinions about the opposite gender

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling and various other people/companies who didn't write/come up with anything and just make crappy toys.

1st Reviewer Dedication goes to: Qoheleth

"No Doubt"
By goddess of darkness3

He's always known she's a girl.

Only girls cry, as a childhood of growing up with Ginny had taught him. His little sister may not have burst into tears often, but when she did the males of the Weasley household knew it was time to duck and cover. Especially Ron, who was usually the one to cause her to cry in the first place. So he's used to girls crying, and even it being his fault. The only thing that ever confused him about the crying situation was why it bothered more with her - the annoying, know-it-all, bossy bookworm - than it ever had with Gin.

And only girls use the girls' loo, as he constantly reminded her when she suggested it as the perfect potions brewing spot. It didn't matter that she was uncomfortable there too, it was still a girls' loo. She didn't like it because it was dirty, and disused, and there was a creepy ghost always hanging around. He didn't like it because it was dirty, and disused, and there was a creepy ghost always hanging around, and it was a girls' loo. The only thing that ever confused him about her choosing there to brew the potion was why he didn't just leave her to brew the stupid thing alone and go hang out somewhere that wouldn't cause people to give him weird looks.

And only girls think they know what's best for everyone. His mum, always demanding he eat his vegetables, de-gnome the garden, and not fly flying cars. Ginny, smacking him over the head for saying something rude or telling him to eat slower or he'd choke. So really, he shouldn't have been surprised when she took the Firebolt for Harry's "safety" and insisted that she only wanted to look out for them, because girls are always sticking their noses into other people's business. The only thing that ever confused him was why, for someone who was used to having Molly and Ginny Weasley around, this interference felt more like a betrayal.

And only girls have soft, pale skin with no calluses or scars, and long, long legs, and curves that seem to have appeared over night but which definitely fill out the school uniform in all the right places and which feel so nice when she accidentally brushes against him or shows him how to do something in Transfiguration, and long brown hair that flies everywhere but looks so soft and makes him want to reach out and touch it, and pink lips that he knows she doesn't put gloss on so he knows they won't taste like strawberries or cherries and wonders what they will taste like…

So yes, Ron knows very well that she's a girl. But, as she descends the stairs, her hair and dress perfect, looking almost adoringly at the tall Bulgarian beside her, he wishes he were the only one.

Please review and tell me what you think.

Quote: "A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other...Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever" – Dave Matthews