Ron walked next to Mandy, pondering her words. He made another wave in the air with his hand, as if trying to coax the right words from coming out of his mouth.
"Of course, get to know her, and make her feel comfortable. That I guess I understand. I mean, I am doing that right now with the 1st years as a prefect, trying to watch out for them and lend them a hand if they get overwhelmed with assignments or buggered out by Snape. Is it the same with a girl? Is that it? It's not more complicated than that?" he asked, sounded a bit disbelieving.
"Hermione says..," and his words fading in his mouth as he said them, "Well, never mind what she says about prefect duties. I wonder who she'll go with, if I ask Megan," and Ron frowned, his face showing some mild concern, "You don't think she expects me to ask her, do you? We're friends and all, but I don't know that she fancies me or anyone for that matter. Maybe..I mean I guess she could...," and he looked rather stumped at the idea, the notion never crossing his mind before.
Ron finally added more, his mind still turning, "I hate for her to expect it and me not to do it. I guess I better speak to her before I do anything with Megan. Merlin, that could be ugly," he added, the corner of his mouth turning up as he thought about an irritated and upset Hermione and he shook his head at the mental image, not liking it one bit.