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*Professor McGonagall* · #15 July 18th, 2009, 3:56 pm

Entry 14

Simply put: he’d had enough … but five words won’t cut it in this challenge.

Ron Weasley lay against the post of his bed, trying to ignore the gold chain necklace that his peripheral vision inevitably caught. “My sweetheart,” he ranted to his frustrated self.

How did he end up like this? At first it seemed like a good idea, all that snogging … and snogging … and well, the snogging. But now Lavender Brown seemed more like a never-ending penance. Things were sort of back to normal with Hermione, and frankly, one could argue that getting poisoned twice in a span of an HOUR is enough hassle for the whole school year.

He was set to avoid her at all cause, but it was a very flawed, tiring plan. You can only fake to be asleep so many times. He had even cast the Muffliato spell on himself for the sake of his inner peace. He knew he had to end it, soon!
While he figured it out the logistics of that one, Ron gathered enough courage to venture into the seemingly empty Common Room to play Wizard Chess. He was a Gryffindor after all.

But then he heard it … for the 11th time that day.

“Won Won! I’ve been looking everywhere for you!,” said Lavender as she made her way towards him, arms menacing to be wrap around his neck. That was when it happened.

He had not experience any surge of uncontrolled magic since his days before Hogwarts. It was a scary (especially considering he’d never quiiiiite mastered transfiguration spells). He felt it run through his veins as he grasped the table in the hope of gaining some control. But no, Merlin’s-Wicked-Firebolt, Lavender Brown was now a piece on his Chess Board.

The situation called for a freak out. There was no way he was ever going to attempt to the reverse the spell himself. What if her nose ended up where his ear should be? “Hermione will have to give lend me helping hand,” he thought, and she did, in a way.

While lecturing Ron on how all could have been avoided if he had managed to end up the relationship in the proper way, she dragged him into Professor McGonagall office. In ten minutes time Lavender had returned to normal. There was no doubt in his mind, McGonagall deserved a pay raise.

Once Lavender made sure everything was on the right place, she flung her arms around Ron’s neck. “Oh sweetheart, it’s ok. I know you didn’t mean it. Don’t feel bad. You’re still my Won Won,” she went on and on as he jadedly patted her back. He had the most uncomprehending look on his face, as Hermione rolled her eyes and made her way out of McGonagall’s office.

So here he was: right back where he started. Well, not exactly. With a 150 House Points ... less!

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