Angel Of Mercy

Snape's Angel (Formerly 'Angel of Mercy'): Chapter 5

The next day was a Hogsmeade weekend. Harry, Hermione, Ron and Melody went to the quaint little village to shop for dress robes. While Hermione and Melody were looking in the women's section of the shop, Ron and Harry were looking for robes of their own.

"Hey, Harry?" asked Ron.

"Hmmm?"

"How would you ask a girl to go out with you?" Ron asked.

"Well, I would start a conversation, bring up the subject and then ask," replied Harry. "Who's the lucky girl?"

"I don't even know if she'll say yes," said Ron.

"I think I know who," said Harry knowingly.

"Really? Who?" asked Ron, half-praying that Harry wouldn't guess who it was.

"Mellie," said Harry simply.

"Okay, can everyone read me like a book?" asked Ron.

"Well, it's kind of obvious," said Harry. "I'd ask her soon, though. Like, today."

"Why?" asked Ron.

"Well, she's already gotten a few offers, and Seamus id thinking of asking her," replied Harry. He knew this ploy would hurry Ron up.

"He'd better not," Ron growled. They paid for their robes and left the shop. They made their way to the Three Broomsticks, where they were supposed to meet Hermione and Melody.

They entered the crowded pub and found the girls immediately. Seamus was at their table as well, and he was talking to Melody, apparently asking her something. Before Harry and Ron could get close enough to hear the conversation, Seamus got up and left the table. As he passed Harry, Seamus winked covertly at Harry. Smiling to himself, Harry sat down next to Hermione.

"Hey, luv," said Harry, kissing Hermione on the cheek.

"Get a room!" exclaimed Ron and Melody. They looked at each other, and then burst out laughing. When their laughter subsided a little, Ron turned serious.

"What did Seamus want?" he asked.

"Wanted to ask me to the ball," Melody replied, taking a sip of her butterbeer.

"And?" prompted Ron.

"And I turned him down," replied Melody. "I was planning to ask the guy I wanted to go with if he didn't ask me."

"And who would that lucky bloke be?" asked Ron playfully.

"You're going to have to guess," Melody replied. Hermione just rolled her eyes. She, along with everyone else in sixth year, knew who Melody wanted to go with. Everyone except Ron, that is.

"Let's see...he's sweet, adorable, a kick ass Quidditch player, fantastic chess player and one of the nicest people I know," said Melody.

"Ummm, Harry?" guessed Ron.

"In case you haven't noticed, he's taken. And I said he was a good chess player," said Melody.

"Oh, right," said Ron. "Dean?"

"No."

"Neville?"

"No."

"Colin Creevey?"

"I did say a good Quidditch player, didn't I?" Melody asked, looking to Harry and Hermione. Both nodded.

"Oh, right," said Ron. "Draco Malfoy?"

"I'm not even going to justify that with a response," Melody said.

"Goyle?"

"Look, if you haven't gotten it by now, I don't think you'll ever get it!" Melody said in exasperation. With that, she got up and left the pub, Ron staring after her, confused.

"What did I do?" he asked.

"You're still an insensitive prat, you know that?" said Hermione, rolling her eyes. When Ron still looked confused, she spelled it out for him. "She wanted to go with you, dumbass!"

"Really?" asked Ron. Harry and Hermione nodded empathetically. "I really screwed up this time, didn't I?"

"Yeah, bit of you catch her soon, you might still have a chance," replied Harry. Ron didn't need to be told twice. He got up and ran from the pub, leaving a slightly surprised Harry and Hermione in his wake.

"How much does he like her?" Hermione asked, looking at her boyfriend.

"More than you'll ever know. With him, I think it was love at firs sight," replied Harry. Hermione laughed slightly and spent some quality time with Harry.

Meanwhile in the streets of Hogsmeade, Ron was running around, looking for Melody. He finally saw her coming out of Honeydukes with a large sack of candy. Ron jogged to catch up with her.

"Hey, Mel," he said. Melody ignored him. "What's all of the candy for?"

"Well, I was planning on cursing it and send it to you, but then I realised that it would be a waste of perfectly good candy, so I'm going to eat it instead," Melody replied. Ron had to hand it to her; Melody could be as evil as Fred and George sometimes.

"Look, I'm sorry! How was I supposed to know you liked me?" Ron asked. Melody just stared before she started shrieking at him.

"How were you supposed to know?!" she shrieked, making Ron wince. She lowered her voice so as not to attract attention. "Why else would I spend time with you?"

"So, you really meant all of those nice things you said?" asked Ron.

"Look, I wouldn't have said them if I didn't mean them," Melody said. "Harry and Herms were right."

"About what?" asked Ron.

"You really are the most oblivious person in the world!" Melody replied.

"Hey, I don't have much experience with girls. My last date was the Yule Ball in fourth year, and my date left me for some older guy from Beauxbatons," replied Ron. "Hell, even Neville's getting more action than me!"

"That's not something you tell your potential girlfriend, you know," Melody said with a laugh.

"Is that what you think you are?" Ron asked. Melody just looked at him with a smile on her face. "Are you going to kiss me?"

"Thinkin' about it," she replied. She stepped forward and kissed Ron, rising onto her tiptoes. Ron encircled her waist with his arms to steady her and kissed back. There was nothing in the world except them. That is, until they heard a catcall.

"Get a room!" The two teenagers turned to see Harry, Hermione and most of the other sixth-years. They were all grinning.

"Jeez, it took you long enough," said Seamus.

"Yeah, we don't think we could take any more of 'I like Melody so much'," agreed Dean. Ron blushed, the tops of his ears turning red.

"Okay, there's nothing more to see here! Break it up, people!" exclaimed Ginny from her spot next to Neville. The crowd grumbled, but dispersed. When everyone left, Ron turned to Melody, looking down into her eyes. (A/n: there's a foot difference between them...what you expect?)

"Melody, will you go to the ball with me?" he asked sincerely.

"I don't know. I might take Seamus up on his offer instead," Melody replied, fighting the mad urge to grin. At Ron's stricken expression, she said, "Of course I'll go with you!"

Ron grinned and kissed her without warning. When they came up for air, both were grinning like fools. Hand in hand, they went back up to the castle.

*****

A few days after their little 'display' in Hogsmeade, Melody and Ron were under scrutiny from the Gryffindors. They were expecting another display from Gryffindor's newest couple. After about four days of constant surveillance, Melody was beginning to get fed up.

"God, I feel like I'm on 'Big Brother' or something," said Melody one lunchtime as she plopped herself gracelessly in the seat next to Ron. He looked puzzled, and Melody just said, "Muggle thing, I'll explain later."

"Oh, okay," said Ron. He viciously dug into his lunch. Apparently the constant scrutiny had no ill effects on his appetite.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Mudblood slut and her Gryffindor pig," said a cold, amused voice. Draco Malfoy stood in front of them, looking down his nose to them and smirking.

"Excuse me?" said Ron, his face growing red in anger. He hated it when people insulted him, his friends and especially his girlfriend. Melody placed a soothing hand on Ron's arm.

"I'll handle this," she said quietly. She turned to Malfoy, her obsidian eyes narrowed at the blonde Slytherin. "Why the hell did you say that?"

Malfoy was taken aback, because no one ever questioned why he did things. However, he recovered quickly. "Because you are. You're a dirty Mudblood. To top it all off, you're with Weasel, the bottom of wizarding kind!"

"I'm dirty and nasty!? Look at you! You'll fuck anything that walks! I don't even want to think about the diseases that are crawling all over you," Melody said.

Malfoy was taken aback again. He was used to people bowing down to him and answering his every whim. "You should be bowing down to me! I am a sex god!"

"Ummm, okay, whatever makes you feel better about yourself. In my opinion, why should I take used goods when I can have a brand new model?" After she said this, Melody kissed Ron to demonstrate what she meant. They got so wrapped up in themselves that they didn't notice that Malfoy was still there.

"You two make me sick!" he said disgustedly. Malfoy stalked off, put out that he had been insulted by a girl who was with a Weasley. Ron and Melody, noticing that they were in a very public place, scurried off to find a private corner to snog in.