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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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A/N: Thank you to everyone reading and reviewing this story. I really appreciate it. Characters are OOC in some aspects or it wouldn't be fanfiction. :) Enjoy.   I answered the reviews at the bottom.

Warnings: No warnings unless you dislike people upset and then well... that happens.

Madam Pomfrey let him out just after he ate dinner in the hospital wing. Ron almost begged her to allow him to stay so that he could miss his first night of detention, but she saw no reason to let him skip it. Ron was admittedly not too happy about that aspect of it, but then again he remembered his success in DADA even if it came with the minor failure of getting himself hexed for not paying attention.
He entered the potions classroom and was immediately given a brush and soap in order for him to scrub cauldrons. Ron didn’t even flinch or sigh at the punishment, but one would seriously think Snape would have thought of something new to torture students within detentions beyond scrubbing cauldrons and labeling. As he scrubbed the cauldron, he wondered how he would approach Ginny tomorrow.
The direct approach would be the best, but it could also lead to Ginny realizing he was up to something, such as breaking up her and Harry. Of course, he couldn’t just go up to Ginny and say ‘You and Harry are so wrong for each other. You should break up!’ His sister would probably laugh and then double her efforts to stay with Harry. On the other hand, he could mix the direct approach with the less direct approach by coming at it like a concerned friend. He highly doubted that Hermione or Harry would have talked to Ginny about his seemingly odd behavior which would make it slightly easier either way this went.
He formulated his plan as he worked on the last few cauldrons. He was actually quite surprised that in his good, somewhat scheming mood that he was working so quickly and with good results. Ron could almost smile, but he was sure Snape would have a heart attack if someone was smiling while in his detention, and Ron couldn’t help but let a small one appear on his face.
“What are you smiling at?” Snape asked narrowing his eyes. “I hope you are not plotting to get out of this detention before you are finished scrubbing those cauldrons.”
“Not at all, professor.” Ron said with his smile widening. He had just come up with a semi-perfect plan to get Ginny’s mind working in the opposite direction.
Few things scared Professor Severus Snape. He had served not one but two masters and had lived to tell the tale thanks to someone almost as bright as he was at sixteen. However, this was something that scared him. A student was happy while serving detention with him, and he had to wonder if the other was still affected by the hexes that he had been hit with earlier. Yes, that had to be it. No one in their right mind would actually smile while being punished, unless Weasley was some kind of masochist.
Snape stopped those thoughts before they went any further. He had enough on his plate without having to worry about the sexual deviance's of his students. Still, it was a really disturbing thought and he could only imagine what that smile meant. “If you are finished with the cauldrons, then you may leave.” he said wanting the smiling redhead out of his detention. “I also expect you not to drag your Potions’ partner down to your level Weasley. I would hate for one of my Slytherins to fail because of a Gryffindor.”
Ron just nodded. “I promise I won’t mess up so much that he’d fail because of me.” he said with another smile before leaving in case Snape decided to give him another detention for that. As he walked to the tower, he was stopped by Blaise who handed him a copy of his notes from DADA and Potions.
“It is for DADA. We are partners and I don’t fancy failing because you got yourself hexed. I made a copy of our assignment as well as gave you my notes for potions. I have no idea if you can even read those notes you took in class, but I do not want to fail potions, alright?”
“Um… yeah sure. Thanks.” Ron said with a bit of a smile. This was just an awesome day. He managed to get Harry and Draco to work together. Snape allowed him to go after just cleaning cauldrons and his Potions partner gave him fantastic notes so he wouldn’t have to beg Hermione for the notes he missed while planning. Honestly, this must be what it feels like for a team to win the Quidditch World Cup.
The smile on Ron’s face widened yet again and he realized he should stop before he scared off his Potions partner. It wouldn’t do well if the other went talking about how he had lost his mind or something similar. He shifted the notes, he had to carry them better and managed to relax his face quite a bit, but his partner was still staring at him.
Blaise just stared a bit longer before shaking his head. That smile was similar to the ones he would share with only himself while he was planning something or figuring out a way for something to be to his advantage. It was a bit out of place on the most Gryffindor of them all. Even Potter and Granger showed some sort of Slytherin cunning, but Ronald Weasley was someone that was 100% pure Gryffindor. The whole thing was just off-putting. “Just study those notes alright? Lupin mentioned a project that he would inform of us more tomorrow and some of our notes for today would help us with it. Let’s set up a time in class to meet up and discuss what our topic for the project will be.”
Ron nodded and Blaise turned to walk back to the Slytherin dorms. “Oh and Weasley… as creepy as it is… you should smile more genuinely like that.   It is creepy… but nice.” he said and walked off.
If his eyebrows shot up any higher than they would be in his hair. Ron couldn’t believe he was just complimented by his partner in class. He turned around and felt a bit of heat to his cheeks before he told himself that he needed to calm down. Ron supposed he could like guys, but he hadn’t really thought about it nor did he have time to explore something like that. He had to concentrate on his talk with Ginny tomorrow. He made it to the common room and just shook his head ‘no’ when Hermione asked if he needed notes from today.
She seemed really concerned and tilted her head to the side. “Ron, are you okay? Is there something bothering you?” Her voice was dripping with concern and wonderment in each syllable. It almost sounded like she was worried, but also interested in studying him.
Ron just smiled. “Not at all, Hermione. I am having the best day ever!” he said chuckling a bit and then went up to the boys’ dormitory. As he laid down to sleep, he went over the talk with Ginny and the compliment from Blaise.
The Next Day
The first time slot of the day happened to be a free period for him as Harry and Hermione were off taking other classes. Ron had only taken those he needed to be in the Auror field, but if this worked perhaps he should become a full-time matchmaker.   After all, his strategies would almost be legendary after getting the two rivals together.
Walking out to the courtyard, he saw his sister sitting alone by the lake. It seemed she had a free period as well as the others in her year, and wanted to spend it outside alone for a bit. Ron steeled himself for the conversation that he was about to have with his sister. He had fine-tuned the conversation this morning making sure he had covered all avenues so he didn’t accidentally reveal his plan.
“Hey Gin.” Ron said as he walked over and sat next to her. “How come you are out here by yourself? Where are your friends at?” That was it Ronald, start the conversation off smoothly.
Ginny looked over at her brother and gave him a smile. “Oh they are all studying or something. I just wanted a few moments alone to relax and think about things. Even if the war ended, there are still some minor things that bother me about it. I’d be out here with Harry, but he is taking a class right now for some reason. It is strange. I thought he wanted to be an Auror and he’d take all the classes you were instead of extra ones.”
If Ronald Weasley ever wanted Christmas to come early, this would be it. He put on a bit of a concerned brother look. “Well perhaps he just wanted to be more rounded in other subjects you know, Gin. It can’t be easy to want to keep fighting.”
“But… he’s the Boy Who Lived… why wouldn’t he want to keep fighting or push to be an Auror. He is really good at all the defensive spells that he uses.” Ginny said in a more defensive manner than she would have liked.
Ron sighed in what had to be the most perfect manner for this conversation. “Ginny… I hate to ask you this question, but what do you know about Harry? Not Harry Potter the ‘Boy Who Lived’, but just Harry.”
“Well he is good at defensive spells. He defeated Voldemort and mum absolutely adores him.” Ginny said trying to think of more things to say. “I know he seems to like some desserts and lived with muggles.”
A soft groan left Ron’s lips at this point and he made sure it had been perfectly timed. “That is wonderful Gin, but what do you know about Harry? Do you know his likes, dislikes, and well you know… things as your big brother I would personally have to kick his ass for?”
Ginny worried her lip between her teeth as she thought. “He likes Quidditch and dislikes vegetables. As for that stuff… well…” she blushed at this moment. “We haven’t done anything more than walk around together and share a few kisses.”
“Is that a relationship?” Ron asked sounding incredulous. “I might need to have a chat with him about not showing you that much affection. I mean you deserve the best Gin and not some guy who is basically just there. If you want to have crazy, wild, freedom days without mum and dad finding out then you should be able to have them.”
Ginny looked at the grass picking pieces of it. “Well I love Harry. I mean how could I not? I’ve been in love with him since before I came to Hogwarts and-“
“And you still don’t know anything more about him than the Daily Prophet and what anyone who goes to school with him knows?” Ron asked noticing Ginny getting a bit more upset at what he was pointing out. It was hard knowing he was basically making his sister give up her dream, but the end game of getting Harry and Draco together was so much sweeter and they were better suited to each other anyway. However, he had to make Ginny doubt more. “Has he ever told you about living with the muggles? Or that he would like to take things to the next level with you since you’ve been dating for a little over a year now?”
“No.”
“What about giving you more presents and courting you more in the open?”
“No.”
“How about how you will communicate and stay together when we graduate?”
Ginny looked visibly upset. “No. Why are you asking all these things?! I mean… I don’t…” she frowned and sighed. “It has to work. I’ve been dreaming of this forever.”
“You were dreaming of settling for some guy who won’t treat you like a proper princess?” Ron asked making sure to use the right wording to get her to think of a guy just doting on her and adding just a touch of sibling concern.
Ginny sighed and shook her head. “I won’t break up with him at the moment, but I can at least try to see if he is willing to work on those things. If not, then I suppose I do need to leave him because you are right. I do deserve much more and better. I should know him better than anyone else.” she said with a smile at Ron. “Thanks Ron. I’m going to head back in.”
Ron gave her a smile and a nod before watching her go back into Hogwarts. Ginny had her doubts and would most likely want to work on them with Harry. It would be just awful if he managed to make it where they had less and less time to spend together to actually work on it. He also knew Harry wouldn’t just talk to Ginny because there were things Harry was just waiting for the right person to talk about them with. Ron knew that person would be Draco and not Ginny, but he would celebrate his second success in two days. He was sure he’d end up failing again soon, but for now he could enjoy this. Ron laid back on the grass thinking about his DADA class later and never heard someone walking towards him.
“Now see… there is that smile again.”

moodysavage: Thank you for reviewing! I will add it as a warning though admittedly there will not be much of those two together. Maybe a random kiss here or there. I will add it when I put them together in this. :)
Tommy-Lane: Thank you for reviewing! Lol. I had fun writing Ron all happy even after he got hexed. As you see... Ron made Ginny upset. How did you enjoy this slightly more serious chapter?
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