Ron woke the next morning feeling just as bad as the night before; getting over Hermione would be harder than he thought, plus he had his first quidditch match today; and he couldn't be more nervous. Maybe today's match would help. Ron got out of bed and put on his quidditch clothes. He made his way down to the great hall to see Harry and Hermione already at the table, Hermione a newspaper in her hand. Ron was so nervous for this match he couldn't stomach any food; he nearly felt sick just looking at food. Just as Ron sat down, Lavender Brown came up from behind.
"Good luck today Ron, I know you'll do great." She said nervously then walked away quickly.
"That's it I'm resigning after today. McClaggen can have my spot." Ron said anxiously.
"Have it your way. Here, juice." Harry moved a cup in front of Ron.
"Hello everyone." The three turned to see Luna Lovegood sitting next to Ron, with an outrageous Lion hat sitting upon her head.
"You look dreadfull Ron," she said pointing out the obvious, "Is that why you put something in his cup?" All eyes were on Harry as he put a flask of a clear liquid back in his pocket.
"Liquid Luck..." Hermione murmured. Ron placed the cup up to his lips, "Don't drink it Ron!" Ron ignored her and downed the spiked juice. Ron felt warm and... confident.
"C'mon Harry, we've got a game to win!" Ron was now boasting with confidence, Harry and Ron got up from the table and made their way down to the quidditch pitch. The game started and Ron was on fire; flying around knocking, kicking, and punching every ball out of the way. The crowd was going crazy, every section except for Slytherin was chanting, "Weasley is our king!" Ron looked over to the Ravenclaw section and saw Luna in her ridiculous Lion gear, but he loved it. He then looked over at Gryffindor and saw Hermione, Neville, Seamus, and his eyes even fell on Melody, all these fans were cheering loudly for their house. Gryffindor won the match and there was a huge celebration back in the common room. Ron had completely forgotten about Hermione. He stood up on a chair in the common room and everyone cheered, he looked over and saw Melody cheering in the corner while slightly laughing. Ron thought she looked rather cute, but his view of Melody was interrupted by Lavender Brown. Ron jumped down and Lavender pulled him in for a kiss. The room filled with the "ooooh's" of the crowd. Ron pulled away and looked behind Lavender to see Melody and her friends laughing in astonishment. Ron threw his fist up in the air and the crowd cheered again. With Lavender on his arm Ron made his way to get some Butterbeer.
"Great job today Rockstar." Ron turned to see Melody grabbing her own cup of warm Butterbeer. "You're even better than I saw in tryouts." Lavender's grip on Ron tightened as she pulled herself closer to him. Melody noticed this and laughed.
Ron looked down at Lavender then back up to Melody, "Thanks. Do you play yourself?"
"Only a little, it's new to me so I still have to get used to it." Lavender tightened her grip again, her eyes narrowing at Melody.
"You might want to tame this one, she's looking a bit territorial..." She took a sip of her Butterbeer, "See you later friend." Melody walked away smiling as she joined a conversation with Neville and Seamus.
Lavender pulled Ron back in for another kiss. She was more aggressive this time, smashing their lips together. Ron wasn't complaining though, it's not everyday he got to kiss a girl. The night went on and Ron's lips were numb from all of Lavenders kisses. The celebration died down and they were sitting on the couch kissing in front of the fire.
Ron pulled away as he finally remembered Hermione and how he wanted her... not Lavender. "Lavender, I'm pretty tired from today. I'm going to go bed."
"Goodnight Ron." she said excitedly, then gave him a peck on the lips.
Ron got up from the couch, "Uh.. goodnight." he said. He turned around on his way up to the dorm and saw Melody in the corner with Neville, who seemed in awe that he was talking to a girl like her. A pang of jealousy struck Ron, Melody seemed like a great person and he would have liked to talk to her more than he got to.
"Going up to bed Ron?" Ron nodded and Neville shot up, then turned to Melody. "I'll... uh.. goodnight." He stammered.
Melody nodded and stood up as well, "Night guys," she walked around them and gave Ron a pat on the shoulder, "Hope you enjoyed your night, King Weasley." She walked away chuckling.
The boys made it up to their dormitory and Neville burst out.
"She's brilliant! I can't believe she actually talked to me for that long! Do you think she'd go for me? She seemed awfully sweet." Ron didn't know how to respond without hurting his feelings.
"I uhh think she might have just been being friendly mate," Neville's face dropped, "but if you're into her, just try it." That seemed to pick up Neville's spirits. Both of them got ready for bed and layed in their bunks. Ron stayed awake, with Hermione on his mind. Maybe lavender could be his key to getting over Hermione? But what if he didn't want to get over Hermione? She was sweet, and caring, and smart, why did Ron have to notice this so late? He layed in bed kicking himself for his idiocy in the whole situation. Hermione seemed happy with Tanner, she really did, and he wasn't a terrible guy. That actually frustrated him because he was such a like-able guy. Ron's thoughts kept him up most of the night, but with one last thought of Hermione he was able to finally fall asleep.
