Deal-Breaker [Ron Weasley]

15. Morning After

The sun shone brightly into Ron's room as my eyes fluttered open. At first, I couldn't remember why I was so happy.

Then I remembered last night.

I turned to see that Ron had already gotten out of bed. He must be downstairs eating breakfast with everyone else.

I got dressed in my pajamas, not wanting to be too suspicious, and quickly headed downstairs to join everyone. I still had that stupid grin on my face. I couldn't seem to wipe it off.

"Well someone woke up on the right side of the bed!" exclaimed Hermione, surveying my smile as she took a sip of her orange juice. "Sleep well?"

"Great," I hummed, taking my seat next to her. I glanced around the kitchen to find Ron, but there was no sign of him or Celeste. He was probably talking with her. "Ginny, could you pass the juice?"

Ginny slowly reached over to hand me the carton while suspiciously eyeing me at the same time. "Why so chipper? We know you're not a morning person."

I shrugged, not quite ready to reveal Ron and mine's night of passion from the night before. "No reason."

Fred was also squinting at me, trying to figure out what had happened. "No, something happened. There's something... different about you."

"Nothing happened!" I exclaimed, but my smile definitely gave it away.

"Oh my god," Fred said, leaning back in his chair and slapping his hands on the table loudly. "You guys shagged."

"What?" everyone exclaimed, including me, simultaneously.

"No we didn't!" I denied, still grinning from ear to ear.

"Oh you totally did," said Ginny, leaning back in her seat and folding her arms across her chest knowingly. "You have that... glow."

"Do not!" I exclaimed, taking a sip from my juice to hide the color rushing to my cheeks.

"I bet Ron has it too!" George added, grinning from ear to ear.

At that, Harry began choking on his pancakes. "No way."

Hermione turned to him proudly. "You owe me five galleons."

Harry reached into his pocket unwillingly and threw the money at her, rolling his eyes.

"You guys bet on us getting together?" I asked in disbelief, setting my cup down on the table.

"So you admit it..." George said. "You and Ron... you know..."

I looked around at everyone's face, all of them eager to hear my response. I figured they'd all hear about it eventually.

"Yeah," I admitted, looking down at my hands on the table. "We did."

"Alright!" Fred and George exclaimed, high-fiving. Hermione, Harry, and Ginny also grinned at one another before turning back to look at me.

"So, are you like, dating now?" Hermione asked, leaning forward on the edge of her seat.

"Yeah, did you both tie for the bet?" Harry chimed in.

"To be honest, I have no idea," I sighed, reaching up to rub the back of my neck. "He said we'd talk in the morning. I just haven't seen him yet."

"He went outside with Celeste a few minutes before you came down," said Fred, pointing to the door behind where he sat.

"Ooh, he's probably breaking it off with her right now," Ginny added.

"Breaking what off?" Fred laughed. They were never together."