Chapter 4

Ron's face sobered up almost instantly. He grabbed Devan's hand and began to pull her away before Hermione even had a chance to straighten up. "Sorry to bother you," Ron muttered behind them as they made their way back out the door and into the main room.

He didn't say anything, but continued to hold Devan's hand as he led her past several completely intoxicated seventh years, out of the Room of Requirement and down the moonlit hall towards another door. He held the door open for Devan and guided her through to an old, abandoned looking classroom. A lot of the desks were turned on their sides and covered in dust, but the large dark wooden teacher's desk at the front of the room stood out. Devan lifted herself onto the desk and sat with her feet dangling while Ron closed and locked the door behind him.

"Well I must say that I didn't see that one coming," Ron said, finally looking at Devan after fidgeting for so long.

"Well I think I get why Ginny didn't really like me at first now. I was right next to Hermione," Devan said. Ron smirked.

"Yeah I was wondering about that. Anyways she's my sister, and I love her no matter what, but wow…" Ron stopped again, and starting moving closer to Devan. She blushed a little.

"Anyways I don't want to talk about this anymore. I want to talk about you." Ron was only a few feet away from Devan now. He smiled at her.

"What's to tell? Came here for a change of scenery, and thought I was coming with my friend. But then she gets another opportunity to study dragons, as you know, and she leaves me alone here till Christmas."

"Well you're not alone," Ron says. "Harry and Hermione think you're cool, and well," He paused for a moment, "I like you."

Devan blushed again and looked down at her shoes. She felt Ron's strong hand on her chin and he lifted her head to look at him. He was inches away now. Devan noticed his cologne. It was the perfect combination of sweet and musky. He leaned in and whispered in her ear, "I think you're beautiful."

She kissed him. And for a while he kissed back. Maybe it was the alcohol taking over her senses, but Devan experienced a sensation that she could only explain as fireworks going off in her heart. It was like a whole new kind of magic. But unfortunately, after a little while he stopped and pulled away. Devan, while disappointed that they couldn't continue, was secretly a little glad that he stopped. She wanted him to like her, and that might not happen if she just gives it away right away.

"I want to do this right," Ron said. "I want you to know that I can be a great friend, and a great boyfriend to you if you'll let me. I'm willing to wait for you, whenever you want whatever you want. But I also want you to know that I respect you enough to not take advantage of you when we're inebriated."

Devan sighed. This was bitter-sweet. She was really looking forward to a night of throwing her inhibitions to the wind, but also knew that Ron was right. She'd much prefer an actual relationship with him. She nodded and smiled at him.

"Let me walk you back to the dorms," Ron said, helping Devan to her feet. "I promise to take you on a proper date in a few days." Devan smiled and kissed his cheek.

They walked back to the common room hand in hand. Ron helped Devan through the portrait hole, and gave her one final and extremely epic goodnight kiss before watching her walk up the stairs to the girl's dorms. Devan pulled off her dress, and flopped down into bed. Grinning from ear to ear, she fell asleep almost instantly. That night, she dreamt of Ron.

The next night, Devan found herself sitting on a couch in front of the fireplace in Professor Dumbledore's office. He agreed to let her use it to talk to Jessie after she cornered him in the Great Hall. The only weird thing is that he was currently sitting at his desk, and she wasn't sure if she could talk to him or not.

Before she could decide, Jessie's face popped up within the flames. "Devan! Hey!" She cried. "Where are you? I can't really see anything." She was talking extremely loudly.

"I'm in the headmaster's office and you need to lower your voice!" Devan muttered.

Professor Dumbledore smiled. "Alas! I have appeared to have gone deaf in my left ear and currently can't hear anything you are saying. You'll have to come over here if you want to talk to me," He returned to his paperwork. Devan smiled.

"Well that settles that," Jessie said, although she was speaking more quietly now.

"How are you?" Devan asked.

"I'm really good actually! Devan, I have met someone!" Devan could see that Jessie was beaming, even though the flames were distorting her face. This wouldn't be the first time Devan had her Jessie say this though.

Devan sighed, "Oh yeah," she teased. "Who is it?"

"His name is Charlie! He has flaming red hair, big arms, and a sassy attitude. I'll tell you all about it after the holidays!"

"Wait a minute! What do you mean after the holidays? I thought you said that you were going to be HERE for Christmas."

"I know. I know I said that. But Charlie invited me to his parent's house for Christmas. Apparently he has a huge family and this will be the first year in a while that they will actually all be home."

Devan frowned for a moment, but then it finally clued in. Charlie must be the older brother that Ron mentioned when they first met. She grinned and told Jessie, "Well I met a guy too, and I am pretty sure he is one of Charlie's younger brothers.

"Holy fucking shit," Jessie stated loudly. Dumbledore snorted, but didn't look up from his papers. "You met a dude?! That is amazing!"

"Yeah, his name is Ron. He also has red hair, amazing arms, and has been one of my only friends since I got here."

Jessie had a smirk on her face. "So are you guys…serious?"

"God no! Who do you think I am?" Devan giggled. "We've only known each other for a few days. Although there was something that I want to tell you about that happened last night but I think I will send you an OWL."

The conversation switched after that and Jessie told Devan all about the Dragons she was studying. Devan told Jessie about her classes, explaining that Care of Magical Creatures was her favourite, although she didn't say why.

Devan said goodnight to Jessie and walked over to Dumbledore's desk to thank him for letting her use the fireplace. He bid her goodnight, and she made her way back to the common room where Ron was sitting by the fire. There was a couple people left in the common room, but it looked like they were getting ready to leave. Devan made her way over to Ron and sat down next to him. He smiled."

"What were you up to tonight beautiful?" He asked. Devan blushed.

"Dumbledore was kind enough to lend me his fireplace so I could talk to my friend Jessie." Devan smiled and decided to tell Ron what they talked about. "I'm about 95% sure she is dating your brother Charlie."

Ron laughed. "What a small world," he said sweetly. "What did she say?"

"She said that she met a guy with flaming red hair and big arms. She also told me that she was going to be spending Christmas at what I am assuming is your parents' house because all the children are actually going to be there this year."

Ron laughed again. "That's definitely my brother Charlie." He smiled. "Well that's neat! I'm going to get to meet this friend of yours, and you can come with me this Christmas and hang out too!"

Devan must've looked hesitant, because Ron quickly amended, "Just as friends of course." But then he added, "Although there is three and a half months between now and Christmas. Who knows?"

He smiled and playfully nudged her shoulder. Devan nudged back and smiled at him. She wanted to kiss him again, but was distracted when he said, "It's kind of bittersweet though. I didn't find out till last night that everyone was coming to my parents. I thought they were going to Romania to see Charlie and that I was going to be able to stay here alone with you."

He said it so matter-of-factly and abruptly that she wasn't sure how to respond to that, although the thought made her happy. Luckily for her, Ron changed the subject.

"So I was wondering if you were still up for going on a date with me. I have something pretty spectacular planned." He grinned and looked at Devan. She smiled.

"Well how could I say no when you describe it as spectacular?" Devan teased. Ron's hand brushed her hair back behind her ear. This sent shivers down Devan's spine.

"Great, how about this Friday evening?" Ron was looking into her eyes.

"Sounds great," Devan responded with a smile.

They spent the rest of the night doing homework together, and chatting about various things. Devan learned that Ron learned his passion for bartending the muggle way, which was through YouTube. Plus he spent a couple summers working at The Leaky Cauldron and got lots of practice. Devan told him about all her favourite muggle music, and even played a few songs for him. At first he wasn't sure, but Devan could tell that he enjoyed the beat of a few songs at least.

Before they knew it, it was two A.M. Devan caught Ron yawning and said, "Maybe it's time for bed."

Ron looked down at his watch. "I suppose you're right," he grinned, "it's a damn shame though." He got up, and helped Devan to her feet.

"I had fun," she smiled and kissed him on the cheek. She met to pull away, but he met her gaze and gave her a quick kiss before sending her upstairs to bed. She didn't go to sleep right away though, and decided to stay up and write Jessie a quick letter.

Jessie,

So anyways I didn't really want to say anything in Dumbledore's office, but I went to a party with Ron last night and he ended up kissing me in a classroom. Scandalous, right? I know. Anyways after that he told me that he 'wanted to do things right' and was 'going to take me on a proper date.' But maybe it was a little weird because we had literally just found his sister and best friend making out behind some bushes. He was acting weird for a little while, but he seems fine now. I haven't even seen Hermione and Ginny (his friend and sister) in the same room together since that night. It's a little weird, but it figures that there would be drama at this school too!

Anyways tonight Ron and I did some homework together. I showed him some music, including 4Ever and I think he even liked it! He kissed me goodnight just a few minutes ago, and now I am too wound up to sleep. I suppose I should try though, as it is after two in the morning.

Just know that I miss you a lot and I wish you were here. Even though I am happy that you found someone, I was really hoping to hook you up with this guy here named Harry. He's Ron's best friend. How cool would that be!?

Anyways, mail be back soon

Love always,

Devan

Devan left her letter on her nightstand, and fell quickly to sleep.

Kind of a filler chapter, I know. But the first date will be in the next chapter and that will be a good one. I promise!