Chapter 11
As the Saturday came Ron became more and more nervous and excited. He had never felt like this before, butterflies in his stomach, hardly ever frowning, he was ready.
"Hey Harry, when are we going to get the girls?" Ron asked excitedly.
"Ron, one key factor in dating girls is to be late. They probably just started getting ready half an hour ago." Harry explained.
"And…you don't think they're ready?"
"No."
"Why not?" Ron asked.
"They're girls."
"Hey Ron, Harry!" It was Seamus.
"Seamus." Harry said coldly.
"I'm really sorry. I was a jerk." Seamus said regretfully.
"You bet you were." Ron said.
"Please forgive me." Seamus said.
"Of course we'll forgive you. Just don't go after Hermione or Ginny again." Harry said.
"You've got it." Seamus said. "By the way, they're complaining about you guys being late."
"Harry!" Ron shouted.
"Sorry." Harry said. And they ran to meet the two girls.
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"We're here!" Harry yelled, out of breath.
"It's about time." Ginny said.
"Honestly." Hermione joked.
"Sorry. Harry told me you guys took longer than half an hour to get ready…so we came late." Ron said.
"Oh did he?" Ginny asked looking at Harry. Harry was as red as Ron usually gets. "Well, he was incorrect."
"Harry! What did I tell you?" Ron whisper yelled.
"What? I thought—"
"It's not your duty to assume." Hermione said. "Your duty is be on time."
"Sorry."
"I'll forgive you." Ginny said.
"Well, lets go!" Ron said as he offered Hermione his arm.
"Yes. Let's." Hermione said accepting it.
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At Hogsmeade, their first step was food. Ron ran into honey dukes and grabbed part of dessert as the rest of them headed into Hogsmeade Café.
"I'll have the sub roast beef sandwich." Hermione said.
"Spaghetti." Ginny said.
"I'll have what Hermione's having." Ron said.
"I'll have what the lady with the red hair is having."
"And we'll have four bottles of butter beer." Ginny said. The waiter took down the order and left.
"Well, this is a superb place." Ron said, trying to be proper.
"I agree." Harry said.
"We haven't even eaten." Hermione said.
"Well, it's a very nice setting."
"Sure."
"How much will this cost me?" Harry asked.
"About 3 galleons 2 sickles and 6 knuts." Hermione calculated.
"Great." Harry said, marveling at Hermione's genius. The waiter brought back the food and drinks. And said 'Have a nice day'. As they all tasted their food they made small talk about the service and how the food was.
"My food is quite delicious." Hermione said. Ron agreed.
"The spaghetti could use more sauce, but I like it." Ginny said. Harry agreed.