I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Um.

So.

Brocklehurst sent me a card for New Years, and it said she wants to get to know me better this year.

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[alt_justin]

Hullo, Ron,

Do you not fancy Miss Brocklehurst, then?

-Justin

[alt_ron]

I knew that ball was going to be a nightmare. I mean, girls just go and get the wrong idea without your doing anything, don't they?

[alt_justin]

I say, old fellow, I can well understand that girls often imagine interest where there's none, what, but if you've done nothing to encourage her then perhaps you could just tell her that?

-Justin

[alt_ron]

But that'd be bloody awkward, innit?

I mean, it'd just be easier to not talk to her ever. She'll have to figure it out eventually, right?

Only, what if she's telling all her girlfriends that she likes me and thinks I like her and it gets all over school?

Oi.

[alt_justin]

See here, Weasley, you simply can't leave a girl wondering like that, what? It might be uncomfortable to tell her straight out that you don't care for her but I rather think it's the only polite thing to do. Isn't it?

-Justin

[alt_neville]

Or maybe getting to know her better might not be a bad thing. I mean, you don't have to do anything you don't want to do.

Does she like playing chess, maybe?

[alt_sally_anne]

You could just treat her like a person and get to know her as a friend. She's rather clever and I think she DOES play chess, actually, though probably not as well as you.

[alt_ron]

But-

How do I do that without her thinking it's something else?

I can't just ask her to play chess because

because

we went to the ball and everyone thinks

oi

[alt_ron]

What do you mean do stuff I don't want to?

See that's just the sort of stuff I don't want anyone thinking I might be thinking. Or she might.

[alt_sally_anne]

Are you afraid she'll throw you across the chess board and try to snog you against your will? She's not MIDGEN you know. (Poor Summers.)

[alt_sally_anne]

You could just tell her you only want to be friends if you're afraid she'd misunderstand.