Disclaimer: I own nothing.... JK Rowling owns the HP characters and my friends own themselves, but I'm able to do anything I want with them cuz I'm special! :) LOL! All of the names have been changed for my friends' privacy and mine. :)

A/N: Here I am again! No more just two fan fictions! :) This one's gonna be long, it's a little slow in the beginning, but it gets better, you've just gotta trust me on this. Here's a little introduction to the characters that are mine before the story starts, but this is going to be part of the 1st chapter. Actually, before the first chapter, but in the same saved thingy...awww screw it, you get the idea.

Allison Jackson: Blonde, thin, tall 14-year-old, Gryffindor, Muggle born. Is in her 4th year at Hogwarts and is a little preppy, just your average girl. A little obsessed with guys, but dedicated to her boyfriend, Ron Weasley. Even though she and Ron have just started going out, they act like it's been ages.

Claire Peters: Dark brunette, thin, tall 14-year-old, Gryffindor, Muggle born. She and Allison have been best friends before they started Hogwarts. Claire is a lovable, hyper girl. Is going out with Harry Potter.

Tanya Riddle: Brunette, thin, tall 14-year-old Gryffindor, pure blood. She didn't know anyone else of the group before they started Hogwarts. She's another one of Allison's best friends. She's going out with Draco Malfoy.
Okay...now my story starts! :)

Allison laid down on her bed and stared up at her scarlet canopy dreamily. Her crush of since she'd been going to Hogwarts had just asked her to go to the New Year's Ball with her, and on top of that, he asked her to be her boyfriend. Ron Weasley had asked Allison out. Allison's friend Claire jumped on her bed.
"Whassup with you?" she asked.
"He asked me out," sighed Allison dreamily.
"Who?"
"Ron," said Allison, rolling over. She looked at a picture of Ron she'd taped on her headboard dreamily. It winked at her and blew her a kiss.
"Are you serious?" asked Claire.
"Would I lie?" said Allison, still staring at her picture of her boyfriend.
"'Spose not," responded Claire.
Just then there was a knock at the door and Ron popped his head in.
"Hey, Al! Want to go exploring?" he asked.
"Sure!" said Allison, hopping out of her bed and pulling on her cloak.
Ever since their 1st year, Claire, Allison, Hermione, Ron and Harry had always gone exploring the Hogwarts grounds (and always found something interesting at that). But this time, it was only Ron and Allison.
Allison finished getting on her clock and went over to Ron, took his hand, and together they found their way out of Hogwarts and onto the grounds.
There was about half a foot of untouched snow on the ground and they needed to work slightly to get through it. Allison was looking over at Hagrid's frost covered hut when suddenly a snowball hit her in the back. She whirled around and Ron was standing there, grinning innocently at her. Allison made a snowball and threw it at him before she even found out if it hit him or not. Even though she was fast, Ron was faster; he caught her in about 15 seconds. Suddenly, Allison tripped over her robes and rolled down a hill taking Ron with her. When they reached the bottom of the hill, Ron was on top of Allison. She looked at him, laughed slightly, and then realized something.
"It's snowing," she said, her breath rising in front of her.
Indeed it was snowing, and quite hard at that. Allison and Ron were still lying on the ground, not really wanting to get up. It was so perfect, like a movie.
Ron touched Allison's nose, "You're so cute, snow in your hair...pink cheeks and nose..." Ron leaned down and kissed Allison passionately.
It was exactly like a movie, lying on the ground like that, snow swirling around them, sharing such a wonderful kiss.
Ron broke away and got up and pulled Allison up with him, "Are you cold?" he asked.
"A little," responded Allison.
"C'mon let's go back to the common room," said Ron, "I'll make hot chocolate."
Allison smiled, "I'd like that."
Careful not to draw any attention to themselves, the walked back up into the Gryffindor common room.
There were only about ten people in the common room, all very engaged in their conversations. Allison and Ron sat down in a red love seat by the fire. Ron waved his wand and conjured two mugs of hot chocolate. He gave one to Allison and held his mug in front of him.
"To our future together: let it be long, passionate, and prosperous!" he said.
Allison held up her mug as well and they gently clinked them together. Allison took a large gulp of her hot chocolate. It was the best that she'd ever had. It warmed her very soul.
When their mugs had been emptied, Allison and Ron sat together staring into the fire.
Hogwarts, Allison realized, was always very cold around this time of year, between Christmas and New Years, but now, it didn't seem all that cold. Actually, it almost seemed warm; maybe it was because she wasn't alone.
Allison sat there, Ron's hand on her waist, not really thinking about anything, her mind blissfully blank. It was still winter break and their weren't any classes to worry about. The worry of Christmas was over and New Years was more than a week away, along with the ball. What was there to worry about? Allison yawned, which she tried to stifle, but it was no use. Ron chuckled slightly.
"You tired?" he asked.
"Sort of," responded Allison honestly.
"Here," said Ron, and he leaned back against the arm of the love seat and slightly to the side, leaving a space between him and the back of the love seat. Allison laid down next to R on in the space and put her head on his chest, her head rising up and down slightly as Ron breathed. It was perfect. Allison didn't want to fall sleep, she wanted to enjoy the moment, but despite herself, she fell asleep within the half hour.


When Allison awoke, she was still in the same place her head still on Ron's chest. When she sat up, Ron did as well.
"Were we down here all night?" she asked Ron.
"Yeah, it was nice though, right?" Ron responded.
Allison smiled and whispered, "Yeah."
"C'mon, let's go down and get some breakfast," said Ron standing up and helping Allison up as well, and they headed down to the Great Hall.
When they got there, Claire ran up to the two of them.
"Alli!" she said, 'Where were you, like, all last night?"
"The common room," she responded simply.
"Why?" Claire persisted."
"I dunno, I just kinda fell asleep with Ron down there," answered Allison.
"You are unbelievable," said Claire rolling her eyes with a grin, "C'mon, have some breakfast."
Allison, Ron, and Claire all went over to the Gryffindor table and sat down with Hermione, Harry, and Viktor Krum. Viktor had transferred to Hogwarts after the Triwizard Tournament and became a 4th year; he was still going out with Hermione, and Claire was going out with Harry.
"'Morning!" said Allison cheerfully as she grabbed an apple and took a bite out of it. But the bite she took was too big and the apple got stuck. Allison squealed, unable to say a word. She tugged on the apple and squealed again. Everyone laughed. Allison jammed the apple further into her mouth and tried to tug it out. It popped out of her mouth and she chewed the apple that was still in her mouth.
"Dat vas good," said Viktor.
"Leave it to me," said Allison, swallowing her apple.
"That should be your new nickname, Al," said Harry "Mmph!"
'Quiet Scarhead!" said Allison. The six of them always joked about Harry's scar, even Harry himself.
Harry grinned and pushed back his hair, showing his scar.
"THIS scar?" he said, with a friendly look on his face.
"Yeah, THAT scar," said Allison.
"You're dead Jackson!" said Harry. He got up, picked Allison up, screaming and kicking, and put her over his shoulder and carried her outside into the snow, the rest of their friends following. Allison was still screaming and kicking.
"PUT ME DOWN! THIS ISN'T DIGNIFIED!" she yelled kicking the air, she "ugh"ed.
"Think I care?" said Harry, who hopped up and down slightly making Allison bounce up in the air. Harry let Allison down in a fresh patch of snow. He walked a little ways from Allison and drew a line.
"Boys," he said motioning to the side he was on, "Girls," he pointed to the side Allison was on.
Claire and Hermione joined Allison and Ron and Viktor joined Harry.
"Snowball fight. Prepare to loose," said Harry making a snowball and chucking it at Allison.
Allison gathered up a hunk of snow and tried to aim at Harry, but accidentally hit Ron instead. Soon, it was full-fledged snowball war.

Two hours later, it had become hard to aim properly for everyone because they'd all gone numb. Everyone headed inside to go to lunch. Inside of the Great Hall, there were different sandwiches on plates and soup on about 40 of them. They all sat down at the Gryffindor table at a part with soup on all of the plates.
Just as the all sat down, Hagrid came over to their table.
"'Lo, everyone!" he boomed, then he whispered to Allison and Ron, "Saw yeh two from me hut yesterday."
Allison felt her face go pink and Ron's ears went read, "And…?" she said.
"Congratulations on goin' out!" he said, "Good for yeh two! Knew'd happen!"
"Thanks Hagrid," said Ron.
"Well, I'll talk to yeh all later!" said Hagrid, and he walked away.
"Wasn't expecting that," said Allison.
Ron's ears were still pink, "He saw us."
Allison laughed and kissed him on the cheek, "You'll get over it."