Backstory Who: Lavender Brown and Ron Weasley What: An uncomfortable reunion Where: Madam Malkin's When: 16th July, 1998, afternoon Rating: Low
Ron hadn't thought too much about his need for dress robes when it had been announced on Monday that all Aurors, including those in training, would need to be present at formal dinner that Friday night. He had dress robes, after all. Far nicer dress robes than what he'd worn to the Yule Ball.
However, Thursday night when he'd dug them out he could tell at a glance he'd need to buy new dress robes. Because he'd grown taller since the summer after fourth year. So Friday morning he'd dropped by Madam Malkin's on his way to work to make sure he could get a new set. He figured it wouldn't take long, but he'd miscalculated.
Apparently, he would have to have them fitted properly, and so it was now after work and he was reluctantly heading into the shop for that. And he would have hightailed it out of there if not for the fact that he needed those robes right away. He wondered if he could just charm his old robes longer.
Because also getting fitted for robes right then was Lavender Brown. Right. This wouldn't be awkward at all.