"I'll make it my duty to drag you out from time to time. Can't let you become a recluse. That's what friends are for."
Ron had been thinking about who to take with him to the gala. He had been exchanging small talk with one of the girls from the office for a few weeks now but he thought it would still be a little weird to ask her to go with him.
"Yeah, it takes a real special girl to be willing to go out in public with the likes of me."