young love // ron weasley x reader

chapter VII

A few months have passed since school started. I've become a lot closer to Hermione, Luna, and the twins. Ron and I also fixed the awkwardness between us, we can have normal conversations without him being a total weirdo. Draco and I still have yet to speak.

"The Yule Ball is in a couple of weeks," Hermione says, looking up at me.

"What is that?" I ask, taking a bite of my lunch. Hermione and Ginny look at me in shock.

"Only the most prestigious event of the entire school year?" Ginny says, excitedly.

"It's just a dance where the girls and boys all dress very fancy, and we all dance and eat, and they play music," Harry says. "The girls are always more excited about it than the boys,"

"We're going to Hogsmeade tomorrow to pick out our dresses, would you want to come?" Ginny asks me. I nod and smile. "Great!"

"Do you boys know who you want to ask?" I say, looking at all of them.

"Well, I have someone in mind," George smiles, quickly making eye contact with Hermione. I smile, noticing it.

"Not sure yet," Fred says. "Might go stag. If someone does have the courage to ask you though, I'd gladly accompany you," He winks.

"Glad to know I'll be your plan B," I laugh. I look over to Ron. "What about you?"

"What about me?" He asks, nervously.

"Do you have anyone in mind?"

"Yeah," He smiles softly, avoiding eye contact. "I do,"

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I get up and quickly get dressed, putting on multiple layers of sweaters on because it's snowing outside. I finish writing my letter to my mom and I give it to Zeus, sending it off. I leave my room with Luna and go find the girls. Ron and the twins are there too.

"Good morning everybody," I smile, hugging each one of them. Ron always hugs me a little tighter than the rest, leaving butterflies in my stomach every time.

We take the train over, and a while later, we arrive. Such a cute little place.

"We'll be at Honeyduke's for a while, then at the Three Broomsticks," Fred says.

"Shall we meet up there later?" George asks.

The girls all nod. We start walking into stores, none of us finding anything we like.

"What about that store?" I ask, pointing at a quaint little building at the end of the road. Hermione shrugs. The moment we walk in, we all lay eyes in beautiful dresses that fit our tastes, all in different colors. I grab a beautiful satin, navy-blue floor-length dress, with a slit going up the side. Not too high that I might expose myself, reaching my mid thigh. All the girls take their dresses to their dressing room to try it on. We all leave the dressing rooms at the same time.

"Bloody hell," Ginny says, looking at all of us then at herself in the mirror. "We look good,"

"Y/n, that dress was made for you," Hermione smiles.

"So was yours," I say.

"You all look lovely," Luna says kindly. Her style was always very different compared to the rest of ours, but she always managed to pull off anything she put on.

"I love your dress, Luna," I smile. She thanks me and we change back into our clothing and pay for our dresses. We walk out and go to the Three Broomsticks to meet up with the boys. We walk in and find their table. "4 butter beers please," I say to the man at the bar. He nods.

"You girls took about twenty years," Fred laughs.

"It takes time to find the perfect dress, Freddie," I say.

"Did you all find dresses?" Ron asks, smiling at me.

"Yeah, we did," Hermione says happily. George smiles at her, making her blush. "You boys better start thinking about how you're going to ask girls out to the dance,"

"I've been planning it for a while, Mione, don't you worry about me," Ron chuckles.

A part of me hopes he asks me. But we're just friends, and we've gone down that road. That won't work.

We spend the rest of the day drinking endless amount of butter beer and making jokes with each other.
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filler chapter :((