NOTE: we do not own the characters. Also, (sorry if this is a spoiler) we know that Lavender and Ron break up. We came up with this pair BEFORE the book came out. It just shows how smart we are! jk

"Mr. Weasley! Pay attention!" Professor McGonagall said

as she caught Ron daydreaming for the tenth time. Ron often daydreamed

during class, but this time it was different. It was not about winning

the Quidditch Cup, but about a girl by the name of Lavender Brown.

Since 4th year Ron had a crush on her. This time it didn't feel like

just a crush. Hermione had just been a crush. He was over her now.

Lavender was, well, special. It was hard having a crush who was

smarter than you, and even though Lavender was, it wasn't as big a

difference.

Ron felt he had to tell Lavender, but he was afraid that

she liked someone else. Someone who was not him. That someone was

probably Harry. I don't care. I have to tell her now. Well, not now,

but today. I HAVE TO TELL HER TODAY!

At lunch Ron looked around to see if he could find Lavendar. He spotted her walking out of the Great Hall and she was by herself without Parvati. This was Ron's perfect chance. He got up.

"Where are you going?" asked Harry who was sitting behind him.

"Uh… I have to see something," stammered Ron and he ran out of the Great Hall after Lavender.

"Ron's been acting weird lately," said Hermione to Harry.

"I know."

"Do you know what's wrong with him?" asked Hermione.

"Why would I know?"

"Maybe cause you're his best friend," said Hermione rolling her eyes at her friend's stupidity.

"I'll ask him tonight."

Ron dashed down the hallway after Lavender trying not to be too noisy. She turned the corner. He turned around the corner only to find she had disappeared. He groaned. This had been his only chance. He needed to go somewhere quiet where he could sort his thoughts out. The library.

He turned around and walked in the opposite direction Lavender had been going and toward the library. When he got there he went and sat down at one of the tables. He took his transfiguration book out of the bag he had been carrying with him and started on his homework.

He still had a half hour until his next class, which sadly was Potions. He heard a voice from behind him ask, "Ron do you think that you could help me with my Transfiguration homework?" Ron froze. He recognized that voice, but no, it couldn't be. He turned around to face Lavender.

He started stammering. "Uh Ron, is that a yes?" asked Lavender.

"Uh, yeah that'd be cool," said Ron. He wondered why she had picked him to help her. He wasn't that good at Transfiguration. Maybe she likes me, he thought to himself. He mentally slapped himself. That wasn't it. It was probably cause he was the only one in the library at the time that was in the same year as Lavender.

She moved over his books and sat down beside him. They were practicing the toad spell where you could turn objects into toads. Unfortunately Ron didn't have the best aim and he accidentally hit a 2nd year and turned her into a toad.

He and Lavender had laughed so hard that Madam Pince threw them out of the library- literally- and threw their books after them.

"Wanna go find an empty classroom to practice in?" asked Lavender still giggling.

"Sure that'd be cool," said Ron. He thought, Come on, this is my chance to tell her.

They ran into the farthest classroom from the library. Thankfully, nobody was in it.

"Okay, what can we turn into toads?" Lavender asked.

"Um, everything?" Ron joked.

"Very funny. Don't we have to change them back?"

"Oh yeah. I forgot about that part," Ron's face fell. "I hope we don't get detention for the 2nd year."

"If we do get detention, it will be fun with you," Lavender flirted. Ron blushed. AHA! My plan to get together with Ron is working, Lavender squealed in her mind.

"Um, thanks. It'll be fun with you too."

They started to practice the spell. They turned inkpots, quills, books, desks, and chairs into toads. The room was crawling with toads when they were done.

"We should probably do the counter-spell now," Lavender reminded him.

"Oh yeah. I knew that," Ron said.

"Sure you did."

So they began the counter-spell. When they were done, there was not a toad in sight. The room was rather messy, but anyone would think Peeves had done it.

"I guess we should head back to our common room," Lavender said with a sigh.

"Yeah."

They started walking up to Gryffindor Tower. They talked more while they were getting there. Lavender was talking about Divination, and how she hoped she was a Seer. Ron looked uncomfortable through that part, until Lavender noticed. She asked what was wrong.

"Well, the thing is, I sucked at Divination. I got a D on my OWL. What did you get?" Ron told Lavender.

"Oh I was so excited! I got an E!" she exclaimed.

"That's… that's good."

Finally they had reached the Fat Lady. Lavender had started to give the password when Ron said, "Lavender, wait!"

"What?"

Ron gathered up his courage, and moved in closer. Lavender was breathless with anticipation. He came closer and closer, until he finally kissed her. When the kiss was over, Lavender asked shyly, "Is that your way of asking me out?"

"Yes," Ron replied simply.

"Then I accept."