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Ginny was curled up next to Dean on one of the squashy Gryffindor couches. He and Seamus were boring on about some inside joke about football that she didn’t understand. Her eyes flicked up as the portrait hole opened and in came Ron.
They’d been avoiding each other the last few days but it was getting old. She looked up and caught his eye, he raised an eyebrow back at her and gestured to some seats by the fire. She patted Dean’s leg as she got up and strode over.
“Game of snap?” Ron offered
She nodded and sat down.
This was an old game, one they’d been playing since they were babies. Ron knew his role and she knew hers. They played two rounds of snap before Ron cleared his throat:
“M’sorry for being an arsehole.”
“Me too.”
They share a small smile.
Ginny hesitates.
“You know it really doesn’t matter that you haven’t…”
Ron just shakes his head at her.
“You know I don’t think you’re a…”
“I know.”
“It’s just people…people can be really cruel Ginny.”
She bites her lip, considering him.
“That song really bothered you didn’t it?”
Ron shrugs in response, she knows what that means, a resounding yes, yes it did.
She thinks about how to cheer him up.
“It doesn’t seem to have put Lavender off…”
Ron ducks his head, flushing red but a bit of a grin forms on his face.
“You think?”
“Mmmhmmm”
“SNAP!” They both shout diving for the cards.