Title: Yule Ball
Category: Fluff
Rating: G
Summary: Ernie knows exactly who he wants to take to the Yule Ball. Takes place 4th year.
"Would you like to go to the Yule Ball with me, Ernie?" a girl asks him.
She seems like a perfectly nice girl. She's pretty, too. Strawberry blonde hair, a button nose, and big, brown eyes. Her name is Marietta, he thinks.
But Ernie only has eyes for one person. He's always had eyes for her.
Ernie looks at Marietta and shakes his head politely. "I can't. I'm sorry."
Marietta looks across the classroom, to where his eyes keep straying. Then she nods in understanding and walks away.
Ernie's stare remains fixed on the girl who's been his best friend for as long as he can remember. She is talking to Theodore Nott and is clearly shaking her head in the same fashion that Ernie has just finished doing.
Theodore walks away and moves over to Marietta.
Ernie doesn't care. He's still staring at the only girl he'll ever want. She's on the short side, with honey blonde hair he can't wait to twirl in his fingers, and chocolate brown eyes that are now locking with his.
She gives him a shy smile and walks over to him. He looks down at her blushing face and says, "Hannah, we're going to the Yule Ball together, aren't we?" in a high pitched, squeaky voice.
"Of course," she says.
He reaches out and takes her hand, twining their fingers together.
Ernie thinks that this is going to be the best Christmas he's ever had.