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Every school has a few of these guys, that just have to walk down the school hall to sweep girls of their feet or make them drool in very inappropriate manner. Nowadays all the girls at Hogwarts are talking about the Fabulous Four. Those were the four hottest guys at our school. It was a stupid nickname, probably made up by Lavender or maybe it was Pansy, I couldn't remember. The nickname was mainly stupid, because I considered only three of them as remotely attractive. The other reason why I don't like that nickname is because of the fact that the four guys in question still hate each others guts. Two guys from Gryffindor and two guys from Slytherin. Sure the house rivalries did change more to friendly competition, but personal rivalries remained. And this was most certainly a personal rivalry.
I expected that after the war these kind of rivalries would be sorted out quietly and that most people would've laughed about the insignificance of their fights. But their arguing only became more violent. Hermione had a theory about it and it corresponded in some ways with my own ideas about the matter. She told me that they were probably still fighting, because every one of them needed an outlet and they had found that in each other. That the feeling was familiar and that it gave them some sense of structure. And that they also needed the attention, the unbelievable strong urge to be recognised by one another. Personally I had a sneaky feeling that they only fought to avoid the real confrontation that was in front of them. A confrontation with reality. That they and Hogwarts really changed and that it wasn't going to change back. It was even possible that they forced it to look the same, just to keep everything calm inside.
Because it was a fact that in the remainder of that summer we tried to adapt to all of the changes in our lives and I must say that we all grew up in some way. Most of us matured in ways that we didn't even think was possible. Ron for instance, he was always the kind of guy that would blow up over every little thing. Normally I would have fights with him, about his comment every time I dated someone or we would have fights about how dim-witted he was. These days he was more laidback. One day he even confided in me, telling me how sorry he was that he always got into fights with me about trivial things. I almost cried when he told me that he wouldn't do that anymore, because just like everyone else I deserve a full and rich life and that I should cherish it, because he realised that it could be over in an instant.
Not only our little talk before the next term on Hogwarts would begin made me realize that Ron had changed. But also the way he finally asked Hermione out and the way he treats her, like she is the most precious thing on earth. Many bets had been going around on Hogwarts in what year they finally would come together, 'cause everyone knew that Hermione had a thing for Ron and the other way around. But I bet that no one actually expected how much he liked her, including Ron himself.. But he treats her like a princess now and Hermione is loving it.
It must've been his way with dealing with the death of some of his friends. Thinking about how you could live life to the fullest and how everyone should. It never was his style to dwell on matters you couldn't do anything about, but now he seems to understand the reason why he does that. He finally understood that the little things did matter in life, as well as the big moments.
That's why I couldn't understand why he was one of those four still hexing one another. I know it's pretty unbelievable that Ron is one of the so-called Fabulous Four, perhaps I just can't understand it, because I'm his sister and I just don't look at him like that way. But from what I heard about the girls in Gryffindor and some from the other houses, was that his lanky, muscular body was supposedly hot and the way he treated Hermione was just so cute. How he would never miss a chance to give her a hug or a small peck on her cheek. And of course he was a war hero now, not Harry's sidekick, but a full fledged hero. But even if I couldn't grasp the fact he was supposedly hot now, being his sister and all, that's still what he was know for. One of the four hottest guys in school.
All I can say to that was..
Whatever.