The Great Hall buzzed with noise at lunchtime. Ron sat at the Gryffindor table. He was surprised at how many people were in the Great Hall. He looked around, and saw the person who he was looking for.
Harry, who sat next to him, poked him with a fork. Ron blinked, and turned his head to look at Harry. "What?" He asked.
"You've been staring over there for ages. Why aren't you eating?" Harry looked worried. Okay, so Ron usually was eating whenever he had the chance. But this time he just had something better to do.
"No reason. I'm just…not hungry." He was, of course, not going to tell Harry whom he had been staring at.
Harry shrugged. "Okay…"
About ten minutes later, after Harry had had his fill, they both got up from the table to head back to the Gryffindor common room. Ron saw the person he was staring at get up too. He continued to watch them, standing in the middle of a crowd of people who took no notice of him, and just continued walking around him. He stood as tall as possible, looking over the heads of most people. But still, he lost sight of the light blond hair as soon as he started walking again.
"Oh, hey, Ron, do you have a partner for the Ball?"
Ron looked at Harry. "The Ball…Oh…no." He looked worriedly at Harry. "You?"
Harry shook his head. "I only just remembered. Your not going with Lavender?"
Ron evil eyed Harry. "Of course not. Well…"
"So you've broken up with her?"
"Um…Not really…no."
"If you don't want to go out with her anymore, break up with her!"
Ron just grimaced. He knew who he was going to ask. If he had the guts to.
They eventually got back to the common room, and went up to their dormitory. Ron sat on his bed. Harry sat on his own bed, too.
"Well…" said Harry after awhile. "I guess I might as well go ask someone to the Ball, now…"
"Sure." Ron replied. "I'll see you later, I'm not coming."
Harry nodded slowly, then got up and exited the dormitory.
Ron lay back on his bed, thinking. Of course she'd never say yes. Or she might. She's a bit…weird like that.
Well, Luna was weird in general.
Yay, Ron and Luna. Okay, so if you don't like this pairing, I DON'T CARE. They could be cute together if you give them a chance! If you haven't noticed already, the pairs are all different to the books. I wanted to do that.
Thanks again Nat.
And of course, R&R – not Rest and Relaxation, you can do that after you Read and Review!