Halloween Gift for leigh_adams
Gift for: leigh_adams
From: rayvyn2k
Title: Second Chances
Characters: Ron Weasley, Pansy Parkinson. If you squint, you can see RW/PP on the horizon.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I only wish they were mine. But, nope.
Summary: Pansy reconsiders her decision to attend the Ministry Masquerade.
Notes: Thanks and long, wet snogs to my amazing beta islandsmoke.
The Ministry's Halloween Masquerade was in full swing.
Pansy gazed into the ballroom full of costumed people. Her gaze unerringly found Draco-who was dancing with his new fiancé, Astoria Greengrass. Less than six months from meeting to betrothed. It wasn't fair. I supported him all through school and the war only to be cast aside like a gnome. Coming here tonight was a mistake.
Pansy turned to flee and plowed into a solid wall of wizard muscle. She would have fallen if he hadn't steadied her against his chest. A thrill shot through her and she looked up.
Ron Weasley. Keeper for the Cannons. That explained the muscle.
Pansy's eyes widened and she stepped away. "Thanks," she mumbled. "I'm leaving."
"Running away? I thought you were tougher than that, Parkinson," he drawled.
She bristled. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't I?"
Her anger dissipated. Granger throwing him over had been front page news for weeks.
"Sorry," she muttered. "How do you stand it?"
"No choice. But I don't run away." Heat sparked in his eyes. "Dance with me. That'll show everyone that we don't give a toss."
A slow smile spread across her face. "Sounds like fun."