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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: This is a slightly more serious chapter, but I needed it to set something else up. There is a hug. A lot more Harry and Draco next chapter. *winks* Also this starts out as Blaise's p.o.v. and then back to Ron's and a glimpse of Harry's.

It had been almost a week since that day in the hospital wing. He had made sure to give Ron all the information he could find on those mistletoe charms and they had started testing out some of the attempts the redhead had made. There was a fail-safe in all of them during the practice phase that apparently Ron would get rid of for the final test project. They were studying on their own while Potter was secretly hiding outside of one of Draco’s classes. Apparently, the Gryffindor could not be convinced by anyone that Draco wasn’t in some sort of danger or maybe Ron was on to something about Potter when it came to Draco.
Still, Potter’s obsession with making sure no one was trying to attack Draco made it much easier for him to test these trinkets with Ron and keep the Weaselette away from Potter to begin with. The girl had gotten it into her head that even if Harry was obsessed with helping someone, then she just needed to be patient and wait for the right time to ask Harry to marry her. He would never understand why the girl had thought that to be the best course of action, but Ron said he was wondering if his sister went crazy.
Everything came back to his crazy class partner who had the world’s most impossible plan and was making it succeed. He had perhaps been too quick to judge the Gryffindor all those years ago considering how much he had learned in just this week. Ron was calmer and much more collected than he would have ever thought. By this point, he would have given up on making these trinkets work in the way that the other was trying to. It really would be much easier to lock them in a closet like they had joked about when working on their project and this plan one day.
Ron was still a bit skeptical about his want to be involved, but Blaise couldn’t think of anything better to do this year. What exactly would the headmaster do? Expel them for trying to get their best friends laid and unable to walk straight the next morning? He highly doubted that would happen though he could imagine Snape trying to do just that. The thought was actually quite amusing and he let out a bit of a laugh at that by accident.
“What’s so funny?” Ron asked as he walked over to Blaise. He had a small bag of the various random trinkets they had transfigured.
“I’m just imagining Snape trying to get us expelled because you want Draco to screw Potter in the middle of the Great Hall.” Blaise said with a light smile. Why did this damn Gryffindor always manage to get even the lightest of smiles out of him when they were alone?
Ron looked at Blaise a moment and returned the smile. “I can imagine that as well. Snape might actually scream if he knew I thought they should hook up on his desk.” A light chuckle left Ron’s lips before he placed the bag on the old desk on the table. “Well I have finally finished another set of the trinkets. I should, in theory, easily be able to change the requirements to make them disappear when the action is completed. Want to help me test them out?”
“What exactly will they have us do?” Blaise asked curiously. It wasn’t like him to be this curious, but he didn’t think being caught in a trap would make it easier to catch someone else in it.
Ron was rummaging through the bag and then pulled out four of the trinkets. “They are all enchanted to do different things, but nothing too bad. It truly wouldn’t help my planning if we were caught in a compromising position now would it? Speaking of which…”
Ron started to cast a few spells to make the room visible only to those who were really looking for it. The spells were light enough that most people wouldn’t notice them, but it would give him the time he needed to see if these trinkets were ready for the next part of his strategy. None of the current trinkets were too bad, and he could only hope that Blaise didn’t react too negatively to the requirements.
“Ok. I have made it so not too many people will recognize the room should they pass it. Rumor circulation will only lead to another failed strategy and after all the work I have done, I am not looking forward to possibly not being able to use it.”, he said and picket up a three-leaf clover trinket activating it and then standing close to Blaise.
The little trinket flew up above them and encased them in this blue circle. Ron walked around the space noting that it was roughly his full arm span in diameter. It wouldn’t be very easy to walk in the space without touching, but it could be done. Next, Ron began tapping the light blue walls that had arisen from the circle. It didn’t seem to budge at all which was perfect! They would have to do whatever the trinket told them to do or they wouldn’t be allowed to leave.
He turned to Blaise with an almost evil amount of glee on his face before realizing that Blaise might think he is crazy. “It won’t budge. That is what I was testing. I can make it a bit stronger just in case, but for testing purposes it will be just fine. We will test the sturdiness in all four of the trials, but for now the requirement.”
If you wish to leave this circle, I wish to see an honest handshake between friends.
Ron looked at Blaise and stuck out his hand. “We have to shake hands to make it go away. This isn’t the one I planned on using for a bit stronger of a test but to make sure that it destructs properly.”
Blaise looked at Ron curiously a moment and then just shook his hand. What would the other trinkets have them do? He looked up at the three-leaf clover and it spun for a minute before disappearing and releasing them from the circle. “I’m impressed. I didn’t think you’d be able to get it to work like that or had even planned to make sure that there could be no trace of it.”
Ron looked at him as he picked up the crescent moon trinket. “You really should give me more credit or am I wrong in assuming that you’ve learned something from our little talks?”
“I suppose I have but perhaps my mind is debating if I should believe all of that is true.” Blaise said returning the look.
“I see. Well for the next test I am going to need you to stand outside of the circle and cast spells at the trinket. I have armed them with different enchantments both light and dark to prevent them from being removed in the event someone refuses the action. If this works, then it shouldn’t come down until the action is completed.” Ron said and then moved away from Blaise and activated the trinket.
If you wish to leave this circle, then I wish for you to remove your shirt.
Blaise looked a little shocked at the request, but then relaxed. Ron probably didn’t care if Blaise saw him without his shirt considering that most of the Quidditch players tended to shower after the games. He watched Ron simply refusing to remove his shirt and looking at him to start the casting that needed to be done.
And cast he did…
It was actually a bit frustrating for the Slytherin when none of his spells would take the trinket down. He had even used a couple of dark spells that wouldn’t be considered too dangerous for students to be using. No matter what, the trinket wouldn’t come down. With each spell thrown at it, the wall seemed to flash lightly but overall did not budge. The impressed feeling from earlier had actually grown even though it did help that Ron was the younger brother of the infamous Weasley twins.
Ron, for his part, seemed to smile. “It isn’t budging and I know those were some powerful spells you sent at it. I suppose I shall just have to do what the trinket wants now, won’t I?” His tone was playful and held within it a certain giddiness and satisfaction at managing to get the trinket to work in this aspect.   “It seems we may only need to do the third test because the fourth test had just been another one of these except I would have been casting the spells. I was worried that you wouldn’t cast at the strength needed to test them honestly. After all, if I was wrong then you would be working on our projects by yourself for a while.”
Ron started slowly unbuttoning his school robe before letting it slide to the floor. He seemed to be in no hurry to remove his shirt in order to be released from the trinket’s shield and had lowered his eyes to be able to watch Blaise’s reactions without being so open about it.
TIME!
The word screamed through Blaise’s mind like a hundred fangirls at a concert. Time could explain everything that was happening right now. His partner only wanted to test the amount of time in case the trinket’s power was going to fade. What other reason would there be for Ron to be taking his dear sweet time and slowly stripping his robes and eventually his shirt off? Oh sweet Merlin’s balls, he was starting to think like Weasley and focusing way too much on the way that shirt was coming off. Blaise was beginning to think that Draco didn’t stand a chance in the grand scheme of things and began to list why his best friend would be lucky to have Potter as a life partner.
Ron had been watching Blaise the entire time. He hadn’t been sure if Blaise would be disgusted by things concerning another male. The other had offered to help him and even came up with the world’s most cliché plan to get Harry spending more time around Draco, but there was always the doubt that the moment the plan sunk into his mind, he’d back out of it. However, he was also curious about Blaise’s reaction. The other seemed minutely shocked, then relaxed, and finally contemplative. He supposed he would get more of a glimpse into Blaise’s thoughts for the last trinket. Finally, he removed his shirt and the trinket disappeared.
“That trinket had worked much better than I had thought. Since the defenses and stubbornness of the trinket have been lightly shown, we are going to try the loophole test next.” Ron put his shirt back on, but not his robes as he picked up the last trinket. This one was in the shape of a star. As with the first trinket test, he went back over to Blaise and then activated it causing the now familiar blue circle to surround them.
If you wish to leave this circle, I wish to see two bodies pressed together in a hug.
Ron noticed the slight stiffness of Blaise’s figure, but nothing he was overly worried about. “We are going to try different hugs before we give it what it wants. Once again, if I am correct in the way I modified that mistletoe charm, then it shouldn’t budge until it gets the proper hug. Let’s try just patting each other’s shoulders, then a light hug without our bodies touching, partial hug with only one side of us touching, and then a full hug. Ok?”
Once he received the nod from his Potions partner, Ron moved forward lightly patting Blaise on the shoulder as he did a very stiff type of hug.   The trinket didn’t disappear and a quick push of magic showed that the walls had not budged. He tried the next hug which was very light with his hands on Blaise’s shoulders and Blaise’s hands barely touching his back. The trinket and walls still didn’t budge one inch. They tried the next hug which basically had just their shoulders and an arm touching only to get the same result.
“Everything seems to be working just fine so far. Now we give the trinket what it wants and it should disappear. I have heard many Slytherins don’t like to be too close to someone, but please bear with me here for the test.” Ron said in both an information gathering and diplomatic way.
Blaise shook his head. “It really just depends on if we feel we can trust the other person enough to allow such close contact. Acts are cheapened if you are just going to do them to or with everything and everyone.”
Ron nodded and conceded on that point. He had to get Draco to trust Harry and that is where he’d definitely need more of Blaise’s help. He stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Blaise’s neck and pressed close to the other. Blaise had his arms wrapped around Ron’s waist and pulled him close as the trinket was asking. It seemed to debate whether or not it was going away and Ron couldn’t help but feel his cheeks heating up again. They were pressed against each other in a hug that shouldn’t be anywhere near as nice as it felt. He glanced up to see the trinket disappear and then felt how Blaise’s arms slid from around his body.
FOCUS!
That word ran through Ron’s head as he pulled back and smiled. “The tests were a success. We can work on that part of the plan right before the weekend. It would be wrong not to use the Hogwarts rumor squads to their full potential!” he said excitedly. Oh, it was going to be one hell of a kiss Harry and Draco would have to get out of his little trinket trap. The fact that he had to be near Blaise to activate two of the trinkets made it better. All he would have to do is activate it and slip it on to Harry. The moment Harry was within a good vicinity of Draco, the trinket would activate trapping them and only them in a blue circle until they kissed the way the trinket wanted.
If only he had realized how stubborn Ginny could really be…
After cleaning up the text and getting all their books together, they were headed to Defense, only to notice a slight commotion up ahead. As they approached, they noticed there was a small barrier put up. Ron noticed it would probably take a few moments to take down depending on what… was….
Ron looked to see Ginny standing there with both Harry and Draco on the other side of the barrier. This could possibly work to his advantage. Seriously, Harry would see that his sister was out of her mind and that would make Draco a much more interesting prospect. The harder task was playing both sides of this. Harry would need his best friend to talk to and Ginny would want him to be upset about Harry turning her down. Even Hermione might wonder why he wasn’t defending his sister and going against Harry, but he had hoped he put in her mind that he was maturing and not that he hadn’t given two craps about house feuds since fourth or fifth year. There would be too much attention drawn to him then and someone might realize he is scheming. He had been lucky to have only truly attracted Blaise’s attention and no one else’s.
His mind was a mess with strategies depending on how this would go. What if Harry actually agreed with this craziness? He would have to then break up his sister’s engagement. The idea of finding someone for his sister was becoming an increasing possibility. Ron had to stop this before Ginny asked Harry to marry her and opened his mouth to say something, but was stopped by a discrete hand on his arm.
“Leave this one to Draco.” Blaise whispered. “It will give Potter a chance to see Draco in a new light.”
“Are you sure?” Ron whispered back. He was really worried that his best friend would just agree as to not hurt Ginny’s feelings. Sure they have all grown up quite a bit, but like with any normal guy, he hated to see girls cry.
Blaise just gave Ron a quick glance and a slight smile. “Trust me.”
As much as he didn’t want to let this get too far, he decided to test if he could fully trust Blaise in this moment. He should have trusted him before this with all the work Blaise had put into getting him that spell list, but some habits die hard. Of course, his mistrust of Blaise could have something to do with how he seemed to blush around the other at times, but he wouldn’t admit that if he didn’t have to. The words Leave this one to Draco partially worried him, but if Draco knew of the plan, he was sure Blaise would have spilled by now. Therefore, it must be a quirk of Draco’s that he might bear witness to right now in order to form the appropriate strategy.
“Harry…. I know we don’t talk much and I think I know why.” Ginny started off with a bit of a smile at the other as she pulled out a nice looking transfigured ring and showed it to him. “I think it is because we aren’t close enough. Harry, will you marry me?”
To say that Harry was shocked would be an understatement. He cared for Ginny deeply, but it was much too soon to be thinking about marriage! Hell, she wasn't even old enough yet for him to marry! A quick glance showed him all these people that were starting to gather. It wasn’t a large crowd, but he could only imagine it would get larger and soon if he didn’t say something.   “I don’t think that…” he began not sure of what to say. He didn't want to hurt her feelings but who the hell just decided to ask someone to marry them in the middle of a hallway?!
“But… you love me right, Harry?” Ginny asked with her voice filled with more confusion than honest hurt. It seemed she was not sure of his feelings or not quite aware of hers.
Harry couldn’t hear the difference in her tone and was about to just agree and maybe they could talk later and with less people around, but he wasn’t the one to speak up.
“Perhaps it would be best to talk about this later. However, a marriage should be because two people are undoubtedly in love or arranged depending on the customs followed. If you are worried he is keeping things from you Weasley, then marrying him will only make that fear multiply tenfold and you will never be able to trust he is being honest with you. Also, when you asked if he loved you, the tone was more confused than hurt as if you expected him to say no. I am not one to give people advice most of the time, but if you are going to ask someone to marry you then make sure that you are both feeling something strong and unwavering. It will save you a lot of heartbreak in the future.” Draco said with a slightly over exaggerated sigh at the end of his little speech.
It wasn’t that Draco wanted to help Potter or the Weasley girl out with their marriage problems, but there were traditions to be followed. He didn’t mind if people wanted to throw traditions for their wedding out the window, but typically getting married because you wanted your partner to talk to you was just insane. The talking should be done well before marriage was brought into the picture. Perhaps his parents would have had a slightly easier time with theirs instead of running into a few surprises as they grew together.
Ginny blinked at Draco and at first she was going to retort with something awful, but he really hadn’t given her any bad advice or truly insulted her. In fact, he just told her to think about her decision and made her realize that she actually didn’t feel hurt when asking Harry if he loved her. In fact, she was just confused as to why he didn’t. Wouldn’t it have hurt if she was really upset by the possibility that he wasn’t? Isn’t this something similar to what Ron was trying to tell her outside almost a week ago?
“I… you’re right. Forget about the proposal Harry. I need some time to think and um… thanks Malfoy.” Ginny said with a light smile as she left.
Draco said nothing, but nodded once in her direction. “Come on Potter, I don’t want Professor Lupin docking points because we’re late.” The signature Malfoy mask was back in place, but he seemed a bit weary.
Harry couldn’t help but nod and follow him. He was shocked at Malfoy’s behavior towards Ginny and would have thought the other might have been much meaner.   In fact, when she had proposed Harry had thought Malfoy would make some sort of joke at his and/or her expense, but he hadn’t. No. He had given her sound advice and that was all. There was no complaining about how he gave advice to a Weasley or talk of that proving he was better than others. Harry didn’t think Malfoy changed overnight, but he had to wonder if the advice came from the fact that Malfoy truly valued marriage and not as something to get ahead in life. The thought actually made Harry smile a little. “Thank you… Draco.”
Draco stopped and looked at Harry a moment and then nodded a bit to him. “No problem. Marriage is just something I think should be done for the right reasons and those reasons were all wrong.” Nothing more was said between the two as they entered the classroom.
Ron blinked, more confused than he had been before. The entire situation had been easily diffused without so much as a whisper of a rumor spreading around. There was no animosity between Malfoy and his sister as it happened and she had actually taken his advice. How would Draco know to give advice like that? He had to admit, Blaise was right about this particular incident and it did seem as though Harry looked at Draco a bit differently afterwards, though he couldn’t hear what they were saying. Ron looked at Blaise questioningly.
Did Blaise tell Draco about his plan?

staar: Thank you so much for reviewing! Ginny will be back in a couple chapters, but for now Ginny reprieve. :) She has a lot ot think about, but Ron isn't taking chances. He will find her someone so he can get his dream of hot Draco/Harry smut. lol
Tommy-Lane: Thank you so much for reviewing! I am happy I made your day better. The lightness of the chapters will come back next chapter, but this one had to be a bit more serious. And maybe I was having a bit of fun with Blaise coming up with excuses for Ron taking his.. um.. time. Ginny has one more thing up her sleeve so no worries. Those two are thankfully almost over! :)

Tsparkle3: Thank you so much for reviewing! I am glad you love the story and hope you stick with it to the end. I know this chapter was more serious, but there will be some more light laughs along the way.
Tesgura: Thank you so much for reviewing! I am glad you like it. I've been working on making it different from the ones I have read, but I am sure I will end up crossing paths with cliches here and there. I will probably make fun of them though like I did last chapter. :) Ginny will appear to bug them once more since her and Harry have to break up and all, but then not much after that.
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