𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 // 𝕙. 𝕡𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣

chapter 7: the ring

your pov

since it's late, i'm laying on my bed in the dorm, studying. we have so much work this year, it's unbelievable. suddenly, hermione comes bursting in, beaming. she sits down on the end of my bed, her face flushed.

"you'll never guess what just happened!" she exclaims. "viktor krum just asked me to go to the yule ball with him!"

"what?! the victor krum??" i yell, shocked. that's insane, he's world famous!

"yep! i was in the library and he approached me. he said he had been coming in there for days, trying to find the courage to ask me." she explains, her face as red as her robes.

"hermione, that's amazing! i mean, victor krum!" i exclaim shaking my head. suddenly, ginny comes walking in.

"i heard yelling." she says, sitting down on my bed as well.

"hermione's going to the ball with viktor krum!" i tell her. ginny whips her head around, an amazed expression on her face.

"no way! wow hermione!" she says exclaims.

"now we're both going with champions!" hermione jokes, then i get an idea.

"ginny, why don't you go with harry? you're still looking for a date, right?" i ask her. her expression saddens.

"i've already said i'd go with neville, since i won't be able to go without a date." she says sadly.

"well neville is nice. and he's a good dancer." i tell her. there are a lot worse boys than neville, he's a real sweetheart.

"i suppose." she says, not looking convinced.

~time skip~

harry, ron, hermione, and i are sitting around the lake, studying. hermione made me promise i wouldn't tell the boys that she is going to the ball with viktor, but i can't figure out why she doesn't want them to know, they idolize him..

then, i see viktor coming around the side of the lake, he's working out. there's a group of girls following him at a distance, giggling. that's kind of weird. as he passes us, he looks over at hermione, flashing her a smile. hermione returns it, but clears her throat and looks back at her book when she notices all the girls following him.

"he doesn't even seem to notice them." i whisper to her, and she nods hesitantly.

"what did you say (y/n)?" harry asks, and i look at hermione before replying.

"nothing. are you looking over potions as well?"

~time skip~

later that day, we're in study hall, which sadly snape is supervising.

"This is mad. At this rate we'll be the only ones in our year without dates." ron whispers to harry. Snape walks past and slaps Ron over the head.

"Well, us and Neville!" he laughs when snape is a safe distance away.

"But then again he can take himself." harry replies.

"It might interest you to know that Neville's already got someone." i tell them, remembering what ginny told hermione and i. Ron gasps.

"Now I'm really depressed." he sighs. then, a note lands on the table in front of him. i look up and see george and fred looking over. ron opens the note, and i look over harry's shoulder to read it.

GET A MOVE ON OR ALL THE GOOD
ONES WILL HAVE GONE

ron looks up, handing the note back to his brother.