words: 502
pairing: Ron/Astoria
AU: modern, non-magic, summer camp
part of: Mosquito Bites and Sunburns drabble series
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"Harry James Potter, if you splash me one more time I promise it will be the last thing you do."
"Aw, come on Ron! Don't be such a prat, it's all in fun." Harry was grinning widely at his soaking wet best friend who looked a little less than pleased.
"The only reason I came in this bloody lake was because you asked me to now I'm getting out." Ron informed his group of so-called friends all of whom were laughing at him.
He turned towards the shore and began dragging himself out of the large lake. He headed towards his towel passing his sister and her girlfriend, Luna who were so wrapped up in their own world that they didn't even notice him. He plopped himself down on his towel and lay back using his arm to shield his eyes from the sun attempting to block out the sounds of his fellow campmates. Ron realized that just lying with his own thought wasn't the best way to ignore people so pulled out the book on chess maneuvers he'd gotten from Hermione on his birthday and tried to block out the sounds of the Slytherin girls sitting less than 6 feet away from him.
Eventually he got annoyed and with a huff of indignation got up and walked to the snack table. After a careful observation of what the camp counsellors had deemed "healthy" food he decided to forgo a snack and opened the cooler to grab a drink, not hearing the approaching footsteps. He was trying to find an apple juice box when a soft voice spoke behind him.
"Are you looking for something specific?"
Ron jumped, hitting his head on the lid to the cooler and spun around in anger. He looked at the girl; recognizing the chestnut brown hair and still pale skin despite a month in the sun from somewhere. He placed her quickly and tried to push down the anger he was feeling. "You're Astoria Greengrass, right? Daphne's little sister?"
Astoria nodded. "I wanted to come and apologize. My sister and her friends can get pretty loud and I noticed you kinda stalked off so I figured they were annoying you."
Ron forced himself to give an easy going laugh, not wanting to seem like an asshole to the pretty girl that had voluntarily talked to him. "It's okay, everyone's friends can get loud sometimes."
"Yeah, well I only really hang out with her and her friends do I don't exactly have a tonne of experience."
Ron didn't stop to think about what he was saying before the words escaped his lips. "You could come hangout with me and my friends?"
Astoria froze for a second, giving him a quizzical look before appearing to mull over the question. "I was actually planning on going for a dip, if you'd like to join me?"
A huge grin spread across Ron's face and he offered her his arm, finding himself pleased when she took it. "I would love to."
