Jana slowly rises from her bed. She rubs her eyes and looks around. No one else is there. She looks at the calendar: November 8. All of a sudden, Ron, Harry, and Hermione appear at the door.

"You ready, Jana?" asked Harry. Jana said, "I'll be right down. Wait for me in the common room." As the three figures retreated, Jana got dressed. She picked out a lavender cashmere sweater with a J in the right-hand corner, a pair of faded jeans with sparkles, a pair of comfortable lavender sneakers that matched her shirt, and overtop of it all she put her school robes. Suddenly, she took them off, remembering that there were no classes on Saturday, except for Charms. But Charms wasn't till around 4:00.

She grabbed a jacket and hat and ran down the stairs to meet her friends.

Once she came down the stairs, she almost collided with Parvati Patil. "Oops, so sorry, Pavita!" she exclaimed. "Its... Parvati." Parvati mumbled. Jana could never say Parvati's name right. "Good morning, Jana!" exclaimed Hermione, hugging Jana. "Ron and Harry have Quidditch practice at 6, so they won't be joining us for our walk. But, we've all been invited to a party in the vacant classroom near Transfiguration at 7. I figure that you two will be done practice by then, right?" she said, looking at the boys. "Probably." said Ron. "Ok, but we have to pair up. Lavender said that it must be a boy and a girl together. I guess I'll let you boys pick which one of us to partner with. Hmm, how about Harry first?" Hermione said.

"Um, I guess I pick Jana." Jana was looking out the window, so she didn't even hear Harry's choice. "Jana? Did you hear me? Earth to Jana!" Harry yelled, spinning Jana to face him. Her face turned bright red. "Oh, sorry. What were you saying?" she said, confused. "I said," Harry exclaimed, "that I choose YOU as my partner for Lavender's party!" "Oh! Thanks, Harry!" Jana said, hugging Harry. But secretly, she was upset by not being Ron's partner.

"So that leaves us, Hermione." said Ron. "Ok, cool." she said, but inside she was exploding. Finally! An evening paired with her crush! Thank you, oh cosmic matchmakers!

"Let's go. We don't want to miss breakfast!" said Hermione. Hermione and Harry ran to the door, but Ron grabbed Jana's shoulder and said, "Um, Jana, can I talk to you?". "Ok." she said. "Guys, we'll meet you there!" said Harry. "We're starved. We'll save you seats!"

Once Harry and Hermione had left, Ron spoke up. "Um, well, what would you say if I, um, asked you to switch partners? Like, you know, you go with me instead of Harry to Lavender's party?" He waited for an answer. "Well, Ron..." Jana began. "You know I'd love to, but, it's just, well, Harry chose ME. And I don't want to make him feel bad. Y'know?"

Once she finished, she felt awful. Ron had a hurt look on his face. Suddenly, it turned to a scowl. "Fine." he said coldly. "See how I care!" And so he stomped off to the Great Hall.

Jana could not enjoy her pancakes knowing that she had just turned down the opportunity of a lifetime: the opportunity to go to a party with her crush Ron Weasley.