A Pink Egg
(A Ron/Lavender story)
by Kristy Thomas
Ronald Weasley was sleeping in on a Sunday morning in March. He just wanted to escape; from Harry and his obsession with Malfoy, from stupid apparition lessons, and especially from…
"WonWon!" Lavender shouted excitedly over him.
"What?" Ron questioned his girlfriend grumpily as he inhaled her overbearing cotton candy perfume.
"It's Easter!"
"What in bloody hell is Easter?"
"C'mon, I'll show you" Lavender said, as she dragged him out of bed.
Lavender took Ron down to the Gryffindor Common Room. Parvati and her new fling were waiting for the two. She handed them each a basket.
"And what would these be for?" Ron asked crankily.
"To collect the eggs. A house elf set up an Easter egg hunt for us. The eggs are hidden all around Gryffindor Tower. Whoever collects the most eggs wins. The hunt ends after someone finds the pink egg. Doesn't that sound fun Won?" Lavender sweetly asked.
Ron paused and looked into her eyes. She looked overjoyed to be with him, but they were just fighting the other day.
"What is with this woman?" he thought to himself.
"Sounds great. Let's get started." Ron responded halfheartedly.After a couple of minutes searching for the eggs, people returned from breakfast to relax in the Common Room.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ginny commented, as she smirked at her brother
"Don't ask." he replied, as he tried to find the pink egg. "Just don't even ask. And please tell me if you find a pink egg."
"Don't cheat Ron!" Lavender told him. "It'll ruin the fun."
Ron rolled his eyes, hoping it'd be all over soon.After thirty minutes of searching for eggs, and being humiliated to death, everyone in the huntgathered once again in the Common Room.
"It looks like that Ronnie and I won!" Lavender said excitedly, after counting up the eggs, including the pink egg in Ron's basket. "Let's go for a walk outside Ron, to enjoy the beautiful spring weather…"
"Ugh, I would, but I feel kind of….sick." he told her.
"Oh." she replied. "You best go to the infirmary then."
"I think I just need some sleep."
"I'll nurse you back to health then." Lavender followed him, as he made his way across the Common Room towards the door that lead to his room.
"Listen, I don't want you to get infected with what I have. It might be contagious."
"Then get better soon love!" Lavender said, and then kissed him on the cheek, completely ignoring what he just told her.
Harry followed Ron up to their dormitory.
"Are you seriously sick?" Harry questioned his friend.
"I'm sick alright. I'm sick of her. And I'm going to break up with her, no matter what it takes."