Everything Changes

"Oh no!" whispered Star loudly as she woke with a start. She and Ron had fallen asleep in the Common Room after spending 3 hours talking. They covered just about everything, from family, school, relationships, embarrassing and depressing moments. . .everything. Finally they drifted off to sleep watching the fire crackle, Star's head on Ron's shoulder. Star could hear feet shuffling around above her.

"Ron, get up! C'mon, we need to go before someone comes down," said Star, shaking him awake. As soon as she saw his eyes open, she sprinted up the stairs to her dormitory. She put her ear to the door and listened for any sounds. When she heard nothing, she assumed Laura was still asleep, and slowly crept back into the room. When she almost reached the bed, she heard a voice.

"Bit late to be returning, isn't it?"

Star screamed and turned to see Laura in the doorway of the bathroom.

"You scared the shit out of me!" Star yelled.

"And you scared me! How do you think I feel waking up to an empty room, then go downstairs and find my roommate with a guy?!" Laura screamed, anger building up inside.

"You-you saw me?" whispered Star, all color draining from her face.

"Yes!!! WiTH THE GUY YOU TOLD ME YOU DiDN'T LiKE!" Laura was mad, and she mad sure it was known. Star was so shocked, she took a step away from Laura.

"Why did you lie to me? Why did you sneak out?" whispered Laura, staring at Star with hurt in her eyes.

"I didn't sneak out. Ron came here during the night and asked if we could talk, because he couldn't fall asleep. But we just kept talking and talking, and we fell asleep. That's all that happened."

"But why did you lie to me?"

"I didn't. I didn't like him when you asked me, not really. I think I did, but I was so confused about everything. . .I'm sorry," said Star.

Laura glared at her for a minute, then softened her expression.

"Forgiven. But please, no more lies," said Laura.

Star smiled and said, "Deal."

A knock sounded at the door, and Star went and answered it.

It was Ron, holding Star's slippers. "You forgot these."

"Thanks," she replied, grabbing them.

"Um. . . I was wondering if you wanted to go for a walk later, go outside for once?"

"I'd love to! But you better go, if you're caught over here. . ." said Star.

Without another word, Ron sprinted down the hall back to the boy's dormitories.

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"Look, there's Laura and Harry! Over there, see 'em?" said Star to Ron. They were outside underneath a tree. From where they were sitting, they could see Harry and Laura having a picnic by the lake. They were laughing, and it looked like Harry was holding her hand.

"C'mon, I want a better look," said Ron, getting to his feet. He helped Star up and together they snuck over to a large tree that was a few feet away from Harry and Laura. They listened carefully as the two talked.

"Well, what type of family do you have? Wizarding, Muggle. . .?" Harry asked Laura.

"I'm half wizard, and half elven."

"Elven?!" whispered Ron loudly, but Star nudged him quickly to shut him up.

"You're elven?" exclaimed Harry.

Laura laughed and replied, "Yeah. Mum's an elf, dad's a wizard. It's definitely a weird combination, but they really love each other."

"Wow."

"Ok, my turn to ask you something," said Laura. She thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?"

"If I did, then I wouldn't be asking you if you wanted to be mine."

Laura sat there, not really comprehending what Harry just said. "What?"

Harry laughed then said, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Just as Laura said yes, Star and Ron jumped out from behind the tree, screaming. Harry and Laura stared at them speechless for a moment, then all four began to laugh.

"Way to go Harry!" said Ron, giving him a pat on the back.

"Aren't you happy?" whispered Star to Laura. Laura could only smile and beam. The four sat around talking for awhile, then Ron and Star let the two lovebirds be alone.

"Do you want to play chess?" asked Ron, as the two headed back inside.

"Sure, but you'll need to teach me how. I've never really played before."

Ron agreed and said laughingly, "Finally, an easy defeat!"

Star glared at him for a moment, until Ron said, "Kidding!"

Star slapped his arm gently, then ran ahead of him, yelling, "But I can beat you to the Common Room!"

Ron chased after her and laughed to himself, knowing he was going to lose.

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When the two of them walked into the Common Room, panting from the running, Hermione ran over to them, a paper in her hand.

"Did you hear?!" she asked, almost screaming.

"About what?" asked Star and Ron.

"The ball! They're having a masquerade ball on Halloween!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Halloween night, starting at 6, come in costume, and wear a mask. At midnight you take the mask off and find out who everyone is. Cool, isn't it? I'm going to go tell Parvati!" she said this all in one breath, and rushed off before Star and Ron could say anything in reply.

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Weeks passed, and it came to be a few days before Halloween. Star and Ron had grown closer every day. Many nights, they were found together, wide awake in the Common Room talking. They were always together, often holding hands, yet they weren't dating. Neither of them ever brought it up, although Harry, Hermione, and Laura often asked them about it. Harry and Laura were also always together, hardly was one seen without the other. They already celebrated their one month anniversary, and their second was coming up.

One day Star and Laura were in their dormitory doing their homework for Potions. Laura lifted her head from the book and asked Star, "Are you going to the Halloween Ball with Ron?"

Star started to say yes, but it was then she realized that Ron had never asked heer. He never even brought it up. What if he didn't want to go with her? They liked each other, they both knew that, but dating and such never seemed important.

"Um. . ." Star finally managed to say. "I don't know."

"You don't know?! How can you not know? The Ball is in 4 days, and you don't know if you're going with Ron?"

Star could only stare down at her potions book and sigh.

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Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up! I was working on chapter six, and I got NOWHERE on it during the weekend. But I think I FiNALLY have it done, I just need to type it.*grumbles* It's really long, but I think you'll like it! : )

Anyways, I need to say a special shoutout to my friend Amy!!! She is helping me a lot with the story. After every chapter, I hand her what I've written during sign language class, and she goes through and changes lil things like sentence structure and stuff. She's also helped me fill in some gaps I've had while writing the story. Anyways, chapter six would not be here if it wasn't for her. She helped me out A LOT with descriptions and such, I'll have another shoutout for her along with Chapter Six, so you know everything she helped me with. So, THANK YOU AMES!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!!