Write about a misunderstanding that is causing problems in your relationship. (word) - ridiculous (dialogue) "I'm sorry, for everything that I've done."

:D! I like how this came out. :D

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Ron chuckled when the girl handed him a note. It was cute really, he had been Mr. Unpopular when he was in school, litterally the year before, but now that he was a teacher, girls seemed to swarm him. It probably had something to do with being attracted to authority. He couldn't blame them really, he himself is just as attracted to authority, and he did get his teacher, eventually.

He smiled smugly to himself, the note forgotten between some books he had been carrying.

What he didn't know was that Severus was watching him.

Severus spent an unholy amount of time watching the redhead. He would never admit it to anyone, but he often, unconsciously, sought out the redhead when he was walking, or thinking, or eating, sometimes he could see the boy, man, when he taught, flying high in the sky. Severus won't admit to spending more time outdoors just to watch for him.

But today, when his eyes fell on the man he was dating, seeing? Courting?, The man he was courting, he found him receiving a note from a sixth year student, Gryffindor, of course. He expected Ron to turn her down, but the girl was gone before he could do so. Severus didn't know he could feel this way, as his man slipped the note into his book, the book Severus had loaned him, and smile smugly as he walked down the hall, away from him.

"Hey Severus." Ron seemed to come from nowhere. But it didn't startle him. His back turned to the younger man, he continued reading.

"What are you reading?" Ron tried to look over the man's shoulder. Severus turned his head to glare at him. He didn't speak, didn't trust his voice. Ron was confused.

"Are you mad at me?" Ron asked, pouting. Severus turned back to his book.

"Oh come on, you're being ridiculous! At least tell me what I did wrong." Ron got angry, but Severus still didn't turn. Ron huffed in annoyance before turning and storming away. Severus sighed before continuing to pretend to read.

"I don't even know what I did wrong!" Ron complained to his sister, who was sitting across from him, still wearing her dragon wrangling gear.

"Have you asked?" Ginny took a sip of tea. Hogwarts has some of the best tea she had ever tasted, second only to her mother's.

"Yes! But he ignored me. I don't understand. I thought I was getting through to him, we had such a wonderful start," His eyes glazed over as he remembered their 'start'. Ginny fake gagged.

"Please little brother, I really don't need to hear that. When did this start? The ignoring thing, not the, 'Start' thing." Ginny added the end when Ron's eyes didn't unglaze. But with those last words, the reality of what he had been complaining about hit him. His eyes filled with hurt and he looked down.

"A few days ago. It was weird, I had just spoken to him an hour before I saw him. He loaned me a book. Then I saw him reading, so I asked what it was, and it felt like he turned into ice. The saying 'cold shoulder' had never seemed real to me, until now. What did I do? What do I do?" He groaned and held his head with both hands.

Ginny sighed and set her tea down. "Can you remember what happened between when he loaned you the book and when he gave you the cold shoulder?"

Ron shrugged. "The usual. I had a class, which was cut short when a girl fell off her broom and broke her arm. Then I saw him. Oh, wait, before class, I got a note from a sixth year student." Ron told her, pointing at his trash bin, indicating that he had thrown it away after looking it over.

"And what did you do with the note after she left?" Ginny thought she knew what happened.

"I put it in one of my books so I could look it over later. It seemed cruel to just crumple it up and throw it away where she could see." Ron shrugged.

"Could Severus have seen you take the note?" Ron's face had never lit up so fast. He was up out of his seat before she could say anything more. Ginny sighed before picking up her tea. She might as well finish it before flooing back to work.

Ron knocked on Severus' door, hoping the man was in. He grinned when the door opened.

"I'm sorry, for everything that I've done." He said immediately. He knew it would be bad if he had begun with 'you are an idiot, how did you not realise she means nothing to m? that nothing happened?' yeah, that would go over well.

"I'm sorry I've been a jerk to you for the past couple days. And I want you to know, a note means nothing, especially if I have you." Ron looked up. Severus was raising a single eyebrow.

"If?" Ron grinned. "Since?" Ron tilted his head and grinned. Severus smiled reluctantly, inviting the younger male into his chambers. It was a good thing tomorrow was Saturday.

Tada! :D I was happy writing this, it was fun. :D

I hope it fits. Ginny is the only one who knows, and maybe Dumbledore, about Ron and Severus, and that's because one of two reasons, she either walked in on them, but since it is so early, I think I'm going to make Ron really close to Ginny, they don't keep secrets from each other. And I really want to write Molly's reaction, and her being surprised that Ginny isn't surprised. Oh well, we'll see.

Mars