Don't tell me it didn't go through his head that 'it would be cool to turn up at the school being Harry Potter's friend because Harry's so famous'.

Word. After all, Ron's elder brothers have achieved everything that was there to achieve - Charlie was superb at Quidditch, Bill was a totally cool Head Boy, the twins are infamous as pranksters and wisecracks, Percy is the genius - so what could Ron be??? Just the fifth Weasley - waitasec, what's his name? Romuald, or was it Ronald? Argh. But being Harry Potters friend would set him apart from his brothers for sure.