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Not What I expected

Character: Padma Patil

Missing Moment: When Parvarti tells Padma she's going to the ball with Ron Weasley.

Author's note: Padma's thoughts are in ' ' to show she's thinking them.

"Parvarti!" I turned around and saw my sister running towards me out of the Great Hall.

"Hullo, Sis," I said waving to her. I waited for her to catch her breath while she stood next to me.

"I forgot to tell you. We have dates to the Yule Ball." My heart sank. 'I had hoped to ask Terry Boot out. I have developed a crush on him when we had a few chats in the common room.'

"Oh?" I looked at my twin sister with a confused expression.

"Yes! I'm going with Harry Potter. And you're going with, oh wait a moment it will come to me."

"How on earth did you get a date with Harry Potter?" I blurted out. My sister looked offended. I gave her a quick hug.

"Oh, I am sorry. I didn't mean to have it sound the way it sounded."

'My sister always got everything before me. Every item of clothing she received first. When she was done with the clothes she passed them onto me. I was used to seeing her get whatever she wanted. I didn't see how she got a date with Harry, unless she bribed him. I know that is mean sounding, but she's never sounded interested in Harry. She shares the same house with him and never once mentioned her liking him.'

"Parvarti?" My sister's voice brought me back from my thoughts. She snapped her fingers once in my face. I backed up. She knew I didn't like that. Padma always did that when I zoned out.

"Sorry, what were you saying?" I said already knowing she was about to tell me how we have dates.

"Anyways, I'm going with Harry. He asked me to and I didn't have a date so I agreed. He then looked at his friend Ron Weasley and asked me if you would like to go with him. I said yes," Padma finished off.

"I'm going with Ron? I hardly know him. Oh, this will be a disaster." 'I know I sounded disappointed, but I couldn't hide it in. Harry Potter was famous and yet my sister was going to be seen with him. Better her than me I suppose. She loves the attention where as I don't really care for it. Ronald Weasley was, well a Weasley. This was going to be so awkward.'

"Parvarti!" Padma sounded annoyed.

"What?"

"Aren't you excited?"

"No," I let that slip. 'It was suppose to be in my head.'

"Why?"

"I wanted to ask someone else," I sighed. Just as I thought of him, he exited out of the Great Hall with Michael Corner. My heart skipped a beat. I felt nervous seeing him. I wanted to hide behind my sister, but I didn't want him to see me hiding. She looked in his direction.

"Michael? You don't want him. He's no good," She assumed it was Michael. I couldn't help but blush.

"No, not him," I said shyly. 'I had always been shy about boys. Padma had always been boy crazy. Not me. I prefer books to boys.' It dawned on her. Her eyes grew wide.

"Ohh, Parvarti! I'm sorry. " She paused a moment as Terry looked my way. I could feel my cheeks burning. He smiled a shy smile at me. I smiled one back and felt my palms sweat. He walked on and Padma looked at me.

"It's okay. I guess I'll go with Ron. It's better than not having a date," I sighed unhappily.

"You should have told me! I would have told Harry no. He was trying to cheer Ron up," Padma apologized. I could tell my sister felt bad.

"It's okay. I'll talk to Terry some other time," I said. Padma gave me a hug.

"I have to go now. Time for me to work on my homework. Meet me in the library in an hour okay?" Padma said.

"Alright," I said. I walked off leaving my sister alone.