spiteful fling ________ a Ron/Lavender hatelisting

In 1996, during her sixth year, Lavender entered into a romantic relationship with fellow Gryffindor Ron Weasley, not knowing that he harboured feelings for Hermione Granger and was mostly trying to make her jealous.

Lavender adopted the nickname "Won-Won" for Ron, and gave him a chain with the words 'my sweetheart' on it for Christmas. The pair were frequently

seen kissing in public, much to the disgust of Hermione, who was jealous, and Ron's younger sister, who considered him a "filthy hypocrite" because he insulted her for being caught kissing her boyfriend earlier in the year. Lavender was deeply possessive of Ron, pressing Harry for details of Ron's feelings for her and even alarming her best friend Parvati with how obsessively she threw herself into the relationship. Ron himself quickly became disenchanted, and even took to feigning sleep when Lavender came to visit him in the infirmary after he was poisoned.

Ron was spared the difficult task of breaking up with Lavender when she

ended things with him, convinced that there was something going on between him and Hermione. Afterwards, Ron was clearly content, but Lavender was upset for some time. For example, when Ron brushed fake snow off Hermione's shoulders soon after the break-up, Lavender burst into tears.