Pairing: Ron Wealsey and Katie Bell

Rating: K

Summary: There's an induction to the Quidditch team, and there is no way around it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Harry Potter universe, although sometimes it would be nice if I did. I may own the story lines, but sometimes even they aren't original. If they in anyway mimic another story line, I apologize right now.

Words: 215

Who to pick

"Look Ron, you need to do this now, just for the sake of tradition," Angelina explained. "We've all had to do it, even Harry."

"Harry did? He never told me anything about this," Ron managed to squeak. He was standing before the rest of the girls on the Quidditch team, as they were dressed in their Muggle clothes. He had to pick one of them to go out on a date to Hogsmeade with, as was the tradition on the team. Everyone new had to pick a date before they could go on with the season. It was also a good way to get to know people on the team. Ron was sweating bullets decided on who he would take. Well Ginny was out because she was his sister, and Angelina was out because she was engaged to Fred at this point. Alicia would be weird to go out with because she had been with George for a while and the just broke up. This left him with Katie as the logical choice… "Um, Katie? Would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me?"

"Sure," she said happily. "I'd love to."

Ron let out a sigh of relief. Now all he had to do was live through this evening and he would be all good.

A/N: This was the initiation for my mother when she joined the cross country team. Since she and her friend were the first girls, they had to make up this tradition. The guys initiation I think was running naked down the boardwalk in wildwood. So she picked this one guy but he had a girlfriend, so she ended up picking my dad… and look how that turned out = )