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Ronald Weasley's Strategies	By : AidaLily Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 19723 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Sorry that this took so long. I had finals and all that lovely stuff and was just overall stressed. Here is the next chapter of this lovely fic. It is currently unbetaed and I will update with the beta'd chapter.
As an added bonus: Harry and Draco may actually get together in the next chapter so keep an eye out for that. :)
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I am thankful for everyone reading this story new and old. Characters are OOC in some aspects or it wouldn't be fanfiction. :) Enjoy.
Warnings: Um.. nothing much I think. You should be good this chapter. :)

The next week at Hogwarts was quite chaotic. Ron had been quite happy that Draco asked Harry to be his partner for the contest, but now he was frustrated. Hermione seemed to be dressing in even more revealing clothing and just so happened to have a question to ask him when Blaise was around. He told himself that it was necessary to put up with this for the sake of hiding his relationship, but he didn't have to like it.
The increasing jealousy was getting a bit harder to hide and no amount of counting to ten or focusing on Draco taking Harry in various ways was going to make it go away. He had thought that she would give up when she found her efforts fruitless, but it seemed in all of his planning he had forgotten how stubborn Hermione could be.
Currently, she was working on her meal with Pansy and wearing a shirt that Ron swore shouldn't be technically allowed in school. Not to mention that every time he 'looked' away, he could see his friend giving Blaise flirty looks. Even his mantra of 'don't kill the mudblood' was starting to not be as effective as it had been before. Blaise assured him that he had nothing to worry about, but the entire situation bothered the hell out of him. Seriously, did Blaise seem like the type to take the offer of any sleazy tartlet that batted their eyelashes at him?
Why wouldn't she just get a clue and leave Blaise alone? He had even heard Blaise tell her that he wasn't interested on several occasions by this point and nothing seemed to be getting through her thick skull. Maybe people had something right when they had talked about how her hair used to look. It had to have been blocking her from reading obvious signs that Blaise was not bloody interested in her.
"Ron!" Blaise called out his name a little louder and cast an illusion spell. His darling redhead had been increasingly distracted during their attempt at cooking on this awful muggle contraption. "Ron, what is going on with you? Are you still obsessing over Hermione wearing that ridiculously low cut shirt and giving me those looks?"
Ron's mouth opened and then closed. "I am trying not to, but it would help if she wasn't being such a bloody obvious harlot. Who on earth did she learn this from and why would she think it was the best way to gain your attention?"
"It isn't gaining my attention. The only people in this room that have my attention would be you, and of course for purposes of the plan, Harry and Draco. She isn't going to get me or take me from you Ron. You are basically stuck with me." Blaise said rubbing a bit of burn salve on Ron's hand. "Now prove that you are better than her and focus only on me while we put this together. By the way, I am not sure that a cake should look quite like this."
Blaise held up a very lumpy looking, horribly decorated cake. "I waited until it was cooler before I started frosting it, but it still melted for some reason. I also don't believe the recipe called for sour cream in that particular pasta. Maybe we should have added some other seasoning instead of chili powder and lemon pepper. How are we going to win a prize if we don't fix this mess?"
Ron flashed Blaise a smile and then went about requesting the ingredients again. "You are right about everything and at the moment, I need to win us a couple more dates." he said with a grin. No one could hear exactly what they were talking about because the sounds around their work station were muffled. It had been set up to prevent cheating after the first day when two fifth years had tried to completely copy the menu of a couple of sixth years. They were banned from the contest, but to protect other student's creativity sounds around their work stations were muffled.
~At Harry and Draco's station~
Harry hummed to himself as he continued to whip the meringue for their dessert. At first, he thought he would hate the idea of this contest, but he never realized that he actually missed cooking without magic. It wasn't that house elves and using a wand didn't make things easier, but cooking without magic could be calming in its own right. They had a decent amount of time to put things together, but today he wanted to get their menu done and make sure it tasted decent. Draco was a quick learner and once he learned how to use the stove, one would have thought he had been using one for years.
He had been lost in thought about the last time they had been around each other. Of course, he had apologized to Draco, but that didn't stop him from wondering why he had in fact kissed Draco. Harry had never had that reaction to Ron and they had been friends for years. Based on his talk with Ron later that evening, it could be that he just didn't know what he wanted and that he saw Ron more as a brother while Draco was 'dangerous and exciting'.
Harry admittedly hit Ron with a pillow after that and told him stop trying to pass off his fantasies of Blaise on to him and Draco. Ron had pointed out that Harry brought up fantasies more often than he did and thus it had to be Harry's fantasies that he hoped Ron would be able to experience with Blaise since he wouldn't give Draco a try. With that statement, Harry had sat there even more confused than he was before.
If he had to sit there and compare everyone he has kissed to each other, then Draco was strangely enough the best kiss that he's ever had. Draco had been patient and in control without crying, pushing, criticizing, or well anything truly demeaning. He hadn't pulled away either time and complained about what a horrible kiss that it was or how he wished he never did anything like that. Their kisses were passionate and then almost like water under the bridge until one of them brought it up. The kisses were not even awkward to think about or talk about, but it didn't mean one kiss should decide an entire relationship.
There had to be something more.
Something in addition to just the simple attraction of two people to one another.
There had to be…
"I shared a kiss with Ginny." Draco said with a sigh after ten minutes of trying to get Harry's attention. What on earth could the other be thinking about at this time? He had just finished sautéing the vegetables they needed for their salmon dish and wanted to ask Harry how to make sure the salmon was done. However, after calling Harry's name several times and being ignored, he felt he should shock Harry out of his reverie.
Green eyes blinked at him for a moment as the statement was processed. "You… You kissed Ginny?" Harry asked frowning as he put the bowl of topping down on the counter. What was this feeling that he had? It wasn't something he was truly used to feeling and he wasn't sure if he could call it jealousy or self-righteous anger. He should be angry. In fact, he should be furious.
At who?
The fact that the question had even popped into his mind had Harry calming down quickly. The question shouldn't have even been thought of and should have a simple answer. He should be upset with Draco, but rationally he knew that was not the case. There is also the fact that as he was no longer dating Ginny, then she was available to date anyone that she pleased and that included Draco.
Was Draco dating Ginny or was he overthinking things too much? This could be much like their Defense Against the Dark Arts project in which he was focused on what he thought things meant instead of what they were. He paused a moment and thought about what Draco said once more. He said he shared a kiss with Ginny which could easily mean that Ginny had kissed him. There had been no added emotion in the sentence or anything to hint that he potentially enjoyed the kiss with his ex.
Draco waited a moment for Harry to think through his statement before speaking to him. If he would have answered the question right away, then Harry would have ignored how he felt about the situation and instead went to a default emotion regardless of how he actually felt about the subject. It would lead to a very unproductive conversation if that were to happen.
"Are you all sorted out and everything?" Draco asked him and gave a small smile at the affirmation that he was. "As for that question, I didn't so much kiss her as get kissed by her. She said she wanted to see something and surprised me. I had no intention of kissing your ex-girlfriend and I'd never do that to a friend, especially after you kissed me just earlier that day."
Harry had frowned a bit more and then nodded once. It made sense if Ginny had been rather appreciative of Draco diffusing the rather awkward break up scenario that had happened between them. Surprisingly, he felt a bit of mild jealousy at the fact that Ginny had kissed Draco not long after he himself did.
"I believe you, Draco." Harry stated and then looked over at the meal they were working on. "The salmon looks good. You want to make sure that it doesn't get too dry and so cooking it roughly about 15-30 minutes on low should do the trick. We can time a couple of them at once to make sure they come out perfect before the contest date."
Draco gave him a quick nod. "Alright. How is the topping coming for the pie?", he asked as he carefully removed the salmon from the pan.
"It is just fine. I am going to add it to the pie now and then try to put together our appetizer while it all sets." Harry said. "I wonder… shouldn't I have been the least bit upset to find out you and Ginny kissed later on that day. Instead, I am not sure what I feel. The entire idea of it strikes me as odd and the feelings aren't something I believe I am quite used to feeling just yet. I suppose that I will sort it out completely at some point of time, but it just seems so complicated."
Draco was working on the plating of the salmon and vegetables humming softly to himself as he thought up the appropriate response. The problem was that there wasn't a perfect response to this. On one hand, he could explain that the break up was still affecting Harry, but they had just been going through the motions. "I am not sure what I could tell you to be honest. I could come up with some sound, flowery speech about how you are still experiencing some pain from your breakup and the idea of Ginny and I kissing upset you, but something tells me it is not for reasons that I think it is."
"Or I could sit here and tell you that everything you are feeling is completely normal, but that wouldn't help you figure out your problem. I believe that it is something between those. I think that you are not jealous about the aforementioned kiss because you two were just going through the motions since you've been together. Don't bother denying it because it was quite obvious to anyone paying attention to either of you during that time." he pointed out as he finished the plating and was just adding a bit of garnish to the plate.
Harry stared at Draco for a moment before he finally conceded to his point. "It could very well be the reason. Or I suppose it could be that I am more or less consumed with thoughts about someone completely different and never really had the chance to think things through with everything that had been going on in my life at that point of time. Also, don't bother arguing that point because it is quite similar to the ones you made to me. I do learn Draco."
Draco looked admittedly impressed even though he knew Harry had been picking up on the tips he had about life. Still, he never quite expected Harry to use them against him so well. It was rather intriguing as much as might hate to admit it. "Oh Harry… I doubt you will learn all my tricks. If you did, that would make for a rather boring friendship, and don't you think?" he asked him with a light smirk.
For a moment, Draco felt he had won that little bit of banter as Harry got up to cut a piece of pie and set it on the plate. He should have known things weren't so simple with his newfound friend. Harry leaned close to Draco and whispered in his ear. "Maybe you should just surprise me one day."
The challenge to that statement was something that Draco barely resisted. He simply wiped his hands on the towel in front of him and turned placing them on Harry's hips. Draco's voice was a low whisper even though no one could see them. "I'm not sure you can handle surprises, Harry."
~Back Over to Ron and Blaise~
Blaise was once again incredibly thankful for illusionary charms as he used a conjured fan to fan Ron at the latest Draco and Harry display. If Harry and Draco didn't get together at the conclusion of this cooking contest, he was going to strangle one of those two. He was impressed that a cooking contest had brought them even closer considering he figured that Draco might not be as interested in actual cooking or something along those lines. After all, it was a smart way to prepare for anything that might happen, but at the same time a muggle cooking contest was not part of their planned curriculums to enter out into the real world. Ideas would need to be planted further into their minds before the contest. It could be a small mention of a kiss or perhaps something to get them thinking of each other.
Ron had been right that Harry would fall for Draco first. It was clear in the green-eyed Gryffindor wanted Draco by the way his eyes lingered on him. Now he had to help Ron out by getting Draco to think more, but it would be hard without making Draco suspicious. However, if he mentioned this little cooking incident, he could get Draco to talk.
Ron looked at Blaise with a light smile. "Thank you for that." he said and glanced over at Hermione who was once again looking at Blaise. His eyes narrowed a bit and he starting counting to ten in his head. It was something that Harry once said he used to calm down and just kept it in his mind that Blaise didn't want the flashy, little, snooty, know-it-all, want-to-be, man-stealing, muggleborn whore.
"A flashy, little, snooty, know-it-all, want-to-be, man-stealing, muggleborn whore?" Blaise asked with an eyebrow raised at the string of language out of the redhead's mouth. "Well I must admit that while I do not like her nor would I ever give her the time of day, I do rather like seeing you get all jealous. Your face gets a bit red and you just radiate this 'I'm going to kill something' aura that admittedly is quite sexy."
A blush replaced the light anger splotches on Ron's cheek. "I swear one of these days I am going to make you hold to one of those promises and show me how sexy you actually find me."
"Trust me, Ron. When that day comes, I will show you everything you've ever dreamed of and somethings you've never imagined." Blaise said in a tone that spoke deeply of promise.
~At Hermione and Pansy's Station~
Hermione looked at back at Blaise and flashed him another wink and smile.
"Is this really what guys want in a girl?" she asked Pansy as she started plating part of their food to work on the presentation.
Pansy nodded. "Yes, they want a girl that is hot enough for more than one guy to want her, but not a total skank basically. They wanted to be invited and asked in a sense to come after the girl, but they don't want to be able to get it as easily. Guys are ridiculously hard to understand and I doubt any woman would ever be able to. We can just guess at why they think the way they do."
"So basically you are saying that I could write a whole research paper on men and not even scratch the surface of how they think?" Hermione asked.
"Exactly." Pansy said as she tasted the part of the meal she was cooking. "I mean think about it. Wouldn't it just be easier for a guy to just say what he wanted from a girl? It would, but they don't say that. Instead, we have to go based on what we think they will like. Unfortunately, most guys like short skirts, low tops, and so on. At least in school and then when they graduate they want something completely different."
Hermione sighed a bit. "It doesn't even take until graduation. For example, I used to have the biggest crush on Ron and then he decided that he actually wanted to start studying and taking his life seriously. He just did a complete 180 on me. I thought it was great at first, but then he never even asked me for help or he'd already ask Blaise about it. I partially wonder if he plays for the other team. Oh! You don't think Ron is going after Blaise as well do you?"
Now there were a lot of things Pansy could say to this, but she was going to give the answer that for the moment benefitted her the most. "I don't think that he is. I believe that they just friends and perhaps have similar interests like quidditch and guy stuff. Blaise isn't too bad with all that romantic stuff and so maybe Ron just likes another girl and is going to Blaise for advice."
"I suppose that would be true. I mean Harry was dating his sister and I can't see him going to the guy who, as he put it, broke his sister's heart and smashed it into a million pieces or something similar to that. I doubt he'd want to ask for advice from me considering I never seem to do anything concerning dating." Hermione surmised.
Pansy internally sighed when Hermione accepted that answer. If the truth were to be told, she suspected that Blaise and Ron were a lot more than just friends and if they weren't, they definitely would be soon. Blaise was showing too much interest in Ron for it to be just a mere friendship. She had never seen Blaise show that much interest in Draco or anyone before.
There was also the odd thought that she had passing through her mind. On her way to breakfast the one day, she could've sworn that she caught them kissing, but that couldn't have been right. Both she and Draco were Blaise's best friends and he would tell them if he got together with someone. After all, Blaise swore that he'd marry the person who could arouse such interest in him. He wouldn't hide that fact from his best friends would he?
They wouldn't care if he dated another man or even Weasley for that matter. They would just be happy that Blaise showed any interest in someone else at all. It would be the same if she could ever get Hermione to be willing to experiment for a few years with her. She wasn't expecting a 'Happily Ever After' but it would be nice to have the smart muggleborn witch at her side until Hermione found whatever she was searching for.
Still, the whole issue with Blaise bothered her. She admitted to spending more of her time with Hermione and had not been paying attention to one of dearest friends in a while. Growing up in the Slytherin house had made her a bit more perceptive or at least she would like to think it had made her that way. Wouldn't she have noticed if he was interested in someone? They had known him for seven years now and he wouldn't hide anything. Wait…
He wasn't hiding something from her and Draco was he?
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