December 22

Dear Diary,

Me again! And I don't bring good news, for me anyways. I was sitting in the Griffyndor common room, Angelina was sitting nearby chatting with Katie Bell so I was having an inner battle with myself getting ready to ask her to the upcoming Yule Ball. Fred and George had gone over to talk with Harry and Ron, who both looked heartbroken. I hope Ron hasn't found out about Hermione and Krum yet!

I didn't hear much of their conversation, but all of a sudden Fred says, "...it's easy watch this." And he turned around to face Angelina and Katie. "Oi Angelina, want to go to the ball with me?" he yelled across the room. She seemed to contemplate his offer for a minute, and to my dismay replied "sure" and went back to her own conversation with her friend.

Fred doesn't even like Angelina like that, but there he was asking her the exact same question I was planning to. I quickly got up from my position in the corner of the room, and hurried up the stairs to my dormitory, which bring us to now, me sitting on my bed writing in my diary. All alone.

Later...

I meant to tell you before, but I was too hung up about bad chance with Angelina. turns out I'm not the only person who has had bad luck with the ladies today. While I was studying in my corner in the common room before the other arrived, I found out that Ron, Harry and Neville have all gotten rejected as well.

Ron asked Fleur Delacour, the part veela, to the Ball while she was flirting with Cederic Diggory. He didn't stand a chance; I don't know what came over him. Cederic is already going with Cho Chang though, which Harry had to find out the hard way, when Cho also turned him down. Then apparently Neville asked Hermione to the Yule Ball. She told him she was already going with someone else, and I bet I know who it is!

Ron even hopefully suggested that Harry could go to the Ball with Ginny, and him with Hermione; whom he believed had lied to Neville to get out of not going with him. Surprisingly however, Harry's eyes lit up at this suggestion and looked Ginny over as if looking at her with a different light. Fascinated. He better be more careful next time he does that because had Ron caught his own best friend eyeing his baby sister with a new found interest; his head may be served on a platter any day now! I can't believe it; Harry has a crush on Ginny. I wonder if he even realizes his changing feeling toward his best friends little sister? Probably not ...yet. I knew about Ginny's crush on him, everyone did. Unfortunately I think Harry's a bit late, because it seems that Ginny has finally got over him. Tough luck!

Gin is going to the ball with Neville anyways. I heard him ask her in the hallways after his rejection from Hermione.

No one is having any luck with anyone these days, which is too bad because I think that Ron and Hermione are made for each other. They argue like a married couple already and everything. Now that I think about it if things could work out between Harry and Gin, they'd make a cute couple themselves.

Now all I need is a miracle for me and Angelina, and who knows...

Later,
- Lee Jordan