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-Ron's POV- 

  It's been two weeks since Y/N heard the news about her brother and sister-in-law. We're into October now, it's a beautiful Saturday morning and I was hoping she might feel up to going to Hogsmeade with our friends but I haven't been able to talk to her since everything went down. I was really worried about her, I know Hermione said that Malfoy was bringing food to her so at least she was eating. She wasn't talking to anyone though and I was determined to get her out of that dormitory. Being around her friends could help cheer her up a little bit, at least enough to let her know that she wasn't alone. 

  Y/N and I's friendship was really starting to get weird. I mean, I really wanted to ask her out, y'know just the two of us...we could go to Hogsmeade and I could buy her a butterbeer. Just so she wouldn't be stressed about hanging out with everyone. I didn't think I would ever like her like that, we've been best friends since first year. I don't know, I don't think she feels the same which really sucks but I mean it's worth a shot...even though I'm just me, just plain old Ron Weasley, but still like I said, it's worth a shot. I just want to see Y/N happy. I was just sitting on my bed, lost in my thoughts.

"C'mon mate, Malfoy gave Hermione the password to get into the Slytherin common room, we're gonna go and visit Y/N and try to get her to come with us to Hogsmeade today" Harry was smiling at me like it was a foolproof plan. There was a fairly good chance it could work so why not. 

"Alright, let me get dressed." I looked down at my slightly tattered pajama pants and my Chudley Cannons t-shirt. I definitely did not want Y/N to see me in this. I picked out a pair of pants and decided to wear my initialed sweater from my mother, I got dressed and Harry and I went down to the common room to wait for Hermione but she was already waiting for us.

"It took the two of you long enough, let's get going." She smiled and led the way.

Harry and I have only been to the Slytherin common room once, in our second year. Hermione made us drink that disgusting Polyjuice potion and we had to sneak in with Malfoy, just to find out he wasn't the heir of Slytherin. There isn't any bad blood between us and Malfoy now so hopefully, this would be a completely different experience, we got to the entrance and Hermione muttered the password and we got in, everyone seemed to be out and the common room was deserted which just made everything a whole lot easier. Malfoy came out to the common room and smiled at Hermione and then looked at all of us.

"Okay, Y/N is on her way down so just...go easy on her, okay?" We all nodded in response and waited. Y/N descended from the stairs and gave everyone a weak smile, she had faint bags under her eyes, like she hadn't been sleeping but she still managed to look beautiful to me.

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-Your POV-

  Seeing my friends was definitely a surprise but I'm glad Draco dragged me down here, I needed to get out of there.

"Hey, guys, what's up?" My voice came out a little raspier than I intended.

Hermione smiled, "We came to visit you but I know Ron wanted to ask you about something." She smirked at Ron and I swear Ron looked like he was about to have a heart attack.

"What?" Ron's voice cracked and I let out a small giggle, everything he did seemed to be adorable to me which was totally crazy, I mean I know he doesn't like me back. 

"Well what is it Ron?" seeing all of them made me feel like I could truly smile again after the past dreadful weeks.

"Can I ask you...in private?" he looked nervous, he was probably going to ask me how to ask Lavender out to the Yule Ball...

"Of course." I grabbed his wrist and pulled him to the side.

"Well, I wanted to know if...uhm...you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me today?" I felt my cheeks heat up and smiled. 

"I would love to, Ron."  He sure knew just the way to cheer me up but I wasn't expecting him to ask me on a date.

"As friends...of course." Of course, he had to go and say that.

"No yeah, definitely, I mean how else would it be?" We both awkwardly laughed it off. "Just let me go get dressed and we can go." I went back up the stairs to go and change.

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-Ron's POV-

I panicked.

As friends!? Am I bloody insane?  I had the perfect chance, she was already saying yes...but maybe it's just better for her this way. She didn't need the embarrassment of going out with me on her back anyway.

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Word Count: 859 

A/N: Hi friends! Thank you for 40 reads I am overwhelmed with the amount of attention this book is getting and I'm so excited for you all to see what I have planned! Would you prefer if I update every day or every other day? Let me know in the comments! I hope you enjoyed this shorter chapter, I wanted to make a smooth little transition into the next chapter.