DARE

ACT ONE: Part 4

"She was right?"
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Della's POV:
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It's just a day before the ball and I was so excited but nervous too. They started decorating already. The things Lavender said made me very unsure. Be careful of what?

Me and Ron have been hanging out a bit more. I started to get to know him and he started to know me as well.

I learned that he's rather shy but he's very sweet. He told me he would try out for Quidditch but couldn't this year because of the tournament going on.

Today was very slow. Classes were very boring. It was any normal day but something felt off.

Lavender's words rang through my head. What would I have to be careful of? She made it seem like Ron was forced to ask me to the dance. I wasn't sure if it made complete sense.

Like I said many times before Ron asked me to the dance he never talked to me before. I'm not even sure if he knew I existed.

But at the same time he acted like he wanted to get to know me and he acted like he enjoyed talking to me.

So when I walked into the library I wasn't sure if I should believe this.

"Don't tell me your falling in love with her."

"I'm not! It's like you said it's just a dare. I'll leave her at the dance and never talk to her again." That voice sounded like Ron.

I don't know who the other voice was but that didn't matter to me. Maybe I was just imagining it. There's no way that would be Ron.

"Well the way you look at her tells me otherwise." Lavender.

I knew it was her voice. It was high pitched and annoying.

"I don't look at her differently then I look at you. I don't like she's... annoying and totally ugly." The other voice said.

I prayed it wasn't Ron but I was starting to feel like it was.

"Yeah sure." Lavender said.

She walked near me. I hid behind the bookshelf hoping she didn't see me.

My heart was beating out of my chest. I felt like I was hiding for hours. But after it went back to being silent in the library.

I tried to forget what happened because I couldn't be sure Lavender was talking to Ron. She could have been talking to somebody else.

I walked over to the section I needed to go in. I was looking for books to study my potions with for the next test.

Like always I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking. I bumped into someone almost falling if it wasn't for the person I bumped into catching me.

"Sorry." I said. I looked up to see Ron. Maybe Lavender was talking to him. It was quite a coincidence that he was here the same time I heard them talking.

Was he talking about me? Does he really think I'm annoying and ugly?

"It's fine. You need to pay attention to where you're going this is the second time. This week." He said smiling at me.

"Right I will. Sorry." I said my voice wasn't very strong.

He looked at me. Concern was on his face.

"Why do you keep apologizing? Is everything alright?" He asked. His hands were still on my shoulders.

Just figure out an excuse and walk out of here!

"Y- yeah I'm fine. All good." I said turning around walking away.

Nice one, Della.
I rolled my eyes. That was not believable at all. I'm not very good at acting as you can tell.

Just forget about it. But I couldn't. What if this was all fake? Was it really a lie? She was right?

I really hope not.

Ron's POV:
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She definitely wasn't fine. That look definitely didn't tell me she was fine or all good.
What if she heard us?? Did she hear what said about her?
I was really hoping she didn't hear us. I also was hoping she didn't hear me. She wasn't annoying and she definitely was ugly.

She's one of the most prettiest girl I ever seen. Actually she is the prettiest girl I've seen.

I didn't want her to know that this was a dare. I know I should tell her but maybe I can act like it never happened. I fancy her.

Oh Merlin. I fancy her.

I regret taking that dare. I could have just asked her myself. She definitely knows.
She hasn't canceled though or gotten mad at me.

What am I going to do? I need to talk to Harry. He'll know what to do. Hopefully.

Authors note:
I've been updating this more often than I thought even though I'm running out of ideas.

I do know that next chapter will be what you have all been waiting for but I'm worried about after because I don't know what I'm going do. So please request what you want to happen. I'm begging you 😭

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