if i am not me

After dawdling with Neville and the others to the common room, Ron just felt bored, and when he thought of the model she gave him, the depression in his chest increased out of thin air...

'what's wrong with me? '

Sighing heavily, Ron stared blankly at Neville's back, and followed him mechanically to the stove.There were not many people who got up early today, so there were basically no people in the common room at this time, and it seemed very quiet.However, in this quietness, he saw the figure that he didn't want to see at the moment, the figure that belonged to Hermione.

Hermione was sitting by the fire with her back to them, holding a thick book in her hand that no one else would have the desire to read, studying with relish.Hearing the sound from Yin coming downstairs, Hermione put down her book and turned her head, showing a bright smile after seeing them.

"Hi, good morning."

Startled, Ron felt that his hands and feet were a little cold, but he still managed to squeeze out a smile, and said as if nothing had happened, "Good morning."

Hermione had obviously been up for a long time, so Neville and Ron went to the dining room for breakfast on their own.This arrangement made Ron feel a little lucky from the bottom of his heart. He didn't know why he felt this way, but he just followed the guidance of his intuition and thought it would be good.

When they returned to the Gryffindor common room, Ron felt much better, at least now he would not lose his temper with his friends, let alone say anything to Hermione What should not be said.

At this time, the lounge was already full of noise. Everyone was playing various games and screaming excitedly.And Ron was also inevitably dragged by Seamo to play his best chess, but today he was a little out of shape, and he was chased and beaten by Seamo several times, causing the kid to howl happily Call.

Playing around until noon, after enjoying a delicious lunch, several people received a message from Harry and Draco from Hedwig.

In the afternoon, in the courtyard covered with thick snow in the castle, the students were playing happily.Among these people, there are Ron and others who came because of Harry and Draco's proposal.

Snowball fight is a very interesting game, of course, it is relatively dangerous.Because if you are not careful, you will be chased by countless snowballs until your whole body is wet.

The twins screamed and threw snowballs at everyone, including themselves.Neville protected Ginny with his head covered, and was almost turned into a snowman in the end.Draco and Harry relied on their agility to weave through the crowd.But Ron, who was often frustrated by the twins, had to dodge around.It's just that wherever he ran, the snowball that originally flew towards Hermione would hit him inexplicably, making a few caring people laugh knowingly.

Hermione looked at Ron running around in the arena, and the corners of her lips curled up involuntarily.Why do you like him?It's because of this gentleness that he didn't even notice...

Thinking about his reaction in the morning, a hint of enlightenment and joy flashed in her bright eyes.

It was not yet 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Hermione patted the completed snowman, and suddenly took out the watch in her arms to look at it.It didn't matter what she saw, but it made her stop what she was doing, and winked at Ginny, who was giggling and hiding behind Neville.

Ginny knew it was getting late as soon as she saw her expression and movements, she immediately left Neville who was still fighting Snowball in front of her, and ran to Hermione excitedly.Then the two waved their hands at some boys who didn't know why, and said, "Let's get ready first, see you later." Regardless of the stunned reactions of the boys, they ran back to the castle with laughter.

"Three hours...does it take this long?" Ron wiped the snow from his face, looked at the backs of the two who had gone away, and asked dully.

Harry and the twins didn't speak, and Neville obviously had the same doubts as him, so it was Draco who didn't know where to hide before that answered his question.

"It's short...Pansy went back to her room after lunch."

"..."

The boys didn't end their entertainment because the two girls left, but they didn't go back to their respective dormitories until their clothes were soaked. Ron was even buckled by Fred in the end. Big snowball on the head.

Back in the dormitory, Harry and Draco took a comfortable hot bath first, and then slowly took out the dress robes they had forgotten in the corner of the closet, and began to prepare.

Drake was okay, he was used to all kinds of banquets and started to pack himself with ease, but Harry stared blankly at his robe for a full 2 ​​minutes, until he found Drake's raised eyebrows , grunted and put on the black dress robe.

Seeing Harry's clumsy movements, Draco, who has always been demanding in terms of appearance, finally couldn't stand it anymore.Shaking his head helplessly, he went to Harry's side and helped him take care of it, because he knew very well that for Harry, a dance was more of a headache than a battle.

Harry obviously also understood that his talent in dressing was more than a star and a half behind that of Drake, so he obediently stood in front of Drake and let him impose all kinds of strange things on himself.

Ten minutes later, Draco stared at Harry who had been taken care of by himself and smiled with satisfaction, then chuckled in Harry's puzzled eyes and kissed the long-coveted lips—this is his Harry, Jean can't wait to announce that what everyone knows belongs only to his lover.

Ron was following Neville down the stairs to the lobby of the common room. There was already a lot of noise there, but he didn't seem to hear the noise, and pulled his cuffs awkwardly as he walked.God knew he wasn't really a dress material, and even though the dress Harry and Draco had given him fitted him perfectly, he still felt uncomfortable.

Neville had no trouble finding his partner at this point.From a distance, Ron saw Neville walking towards the girl with fiery red hair, his sister, Ginny.Today she was wearing a cute little golden dress, and her usually high ponytail was softly attached to both sides of her cheeks, making this lively girl attract the attention of countless men present.

Ron looked at Ginny with scrutiny, but saw Neville and her hold each other's hands amidst the laughter of the crowd.This scene couldn't help but make him secretly roll his eyes, okay, okay, actually there's nothing wrong with Neville being a brother-in-law, as long as they're happy, isn't it?

However, looking at the couples around him, Ron couldn't help but think of his dance partner, Ginny's good friend who couldn't go home because of something at home.Ginny, who was a good friend, felt very sad that she didn't go home but was not invited, so she begged her brother who hadn't found a dance partner to invite her.Although Ron was a little discouraged when he first saw the weirdly dressed girl, but thinking about his attitude towards the prom, he still invited the girl.After all, it doesn't matter who he invites to be his dance partner now, but he hopes that the girl won't blame him in the end, after all, he has no interest in dancing.

A group of three walked towards the auditorium where the ball was held, and along the way, Ron pretended not to see the red tomato-like faces of the two around him, and still tugged on his cuffs from time to time.But after enduring it for a long time, he pretended to ask casually, "Where's Hermione?"

Ginny blinked at these words, and glanced across Ron's seemingly calm face without a trace, and she also imitated Ron's tone and said lightly, "I went out early, her partner came quite early. "

His chest froze, and Ron paused for a moment with his fingers pinching the cuff buttons, then lowered his eyelids and said in the same voice as before, "Where did Luna say she was waiting for us?"

Pulling back a few strands of drooping hair, a hint of interest flashed in Ginny's eyes, who saw all of Ron's performance, "She said she was waiting for us in the lobby. Actually, I originally asked her to wait in their tower ..."

Shrugging, Ron waved his hand indifferently, it would be better if he didn't need to pick it up.He felt more and more that this dance was boring now, maybe, he could leave there secretly after dinner, I believe that with Luna's personality, she wouldn't mind.

Coming to the entrance of the bustling hall, there are people looking for or waiting for people everywhere.Ron unconsciously turned his eyes around to search for the figure, but he couldn't see it until he came to Luna.

"Hi, Luna." With a forced smile, he stretched out his hand like the girl in the long brown dress in front of him.In fact, Luna is quite beautiful, of course, the premise is that she has to take away those weird decorations on her body.As for Luna today, Ginny obviously took a lot of trouble - the oak earrings and weird necklaces he saw before were gone, replaced by some normal earrings and pendants in his opinion.And the originally somewhat greasy disheveled blond hair was neatly combed into a big braid hanging behind her head, matched with a well-fitting dress, if she didn't speak, she would be a delicate and beautiful woman.

"Good evening, Ron, you look like you could be kissed by a mooncalf." Luna stared at Ron blankly, not feeling that her eyes would make the person she looked at How uncomfortable, and the erratic voice makes people think that she seems to fall asleep at any time.

"Wh...uh, thank you." After being stunned for half a second, Ron suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth, and secretly turned his head to ask Ginny, who was giggling, "What do you mean?"

Ginny didn't stop her giggles because of her brother's question, and taking Luna's hand, she said out of breath, "Oh, Ron, she's complimenting you."

"I hope..." Ron rolled his eyes in obvious disbelief, but still a gentleman took Ginny's hand and led Luna to one of the many round tables in the auditorium.

The whole hall was so beautifully decorated tonight that Ron thought Hogwarts might have brought out all its treasures.Looking at the Christmas trees carved out of crystal, and thinking about the beautiful flowers and groups of fairies in the courtyard on the way here, Ron never knew that Christmas at school could be so gorgeous and romantic.

But this didn't make him have more expectations for tonight, he sat on the seat bored, chatting with Neville one after another, but his eyes would look at the noisy entrance of the auditorium from time to time .

First of all, he saw Fleur. She was dressed in a silver dress and skirt that perfectly outlined her seductive lines. Her long golden hair was coiled into an elegant bun, which was perfect enough to make people fascinated.But at this moment, Ron was no longer in the mood to appreciate her beauty. He glanced lightly at the boys who were courting her, and suddenly felt a little funny, although he himself didn't know why he suddenly felt this way.

As soon as Furong left with his partner, an unusual noise attracted everyone's attention again. Obviously, the person who came in this time was more interesting to everyone than Furong.

Looking up, sure enough, it was Krum who came this time.

In the past, Ron would have given all his attention to this idol he admired, but at this moment, he seemed to have not seen Krum at all, staring blankly at the girl beside him.It was undoubtedly a beautiful girl. The elegant blue silk dress and brown curly hair in a bun made her look so dazzling, and her delicate face was even more charming under the light makeup.Standing gracefully beside Krum, she looks so well suited to that Durmstrang warrior...

hermione...

Ron looked at her quietly, seeing her usually disheveled hair as smooth as fine silk, seeing her eyes that were usually covered by her hair flowing swiftly, looking at the corners of her mouth that was always sternly pursed It formed a sweet arc, and the previous sense of powerlessness and anger surged up again.

Lowering his head and not looking at the source of the noise, Ron felt for the first time that maybe he needed to think about the source of his weird emotions.