Ronald Weasley (spidersbegone) wrote in riddikulus,
@ 2008-02-26 18:49:00

WHO: Ron Weasley and Harry Potter
WHEN: Afternoon, before dinner/after classes
WHERE: Boy's Dorm
SUMMARY: Harry and Ginny had a fight and Ron, being the awesome best mate he is, lets Harry vent.
RATING:PG to PG13 for possible swearing
STATUS: Complete

As soon as Ginny had told him that the reason she was so grumpy was because her and Harry had fought, Ron knew something was up. No matter how headstrong Ginny was, Ron knew that her and Harry were in love (though sometimes he tried to ignore it) and rarely had big whopping arguments. Still, it worried him when Ginny told him the reason they'd had their fight: that Harry didn't sleep the night before and they'd gotten into a row about it.

Ginny had been trying to tell Ron for weeks that Harry wasn't doing well and Ron had told her over and over to give him time and let him come around. But if it was getting to a point where Harry wasn't sleeping anymore, something had to be said. Ron felt guilty himself, for not being a better friend and noticing something was wrong. They lived in the same dorm for Merlin's sake and he hadn't even noticed Harry hadn't been in bed the night before.

Thinking it was about time he played the best mate role, Ron headed up the the dorms and hoped Harry was in there. Holding his bag and journal, he walked in the room and glanced over to Harry's bed, seeing the curtains shut again as he tossed his stuff into his trunk.

"Oi, Harry, you in there?" He called over to him, tentavely.

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hjpotter
2008-02-27 02:05 am UTC (link)

Harry sighed, rubbing his eyes under his glasses. He just wanted to disappear today: between the violence of his nightmare last night, circling the castle twice, the lack of sleep, the spells he practised in the dead of the night in the Astronomy Tower, the fight with Ginny, the issues she kept demanding he face -

Harry needed a vacation from himself. Maybe Guatemala wasn't so bad right now.

Instead, he had buried himself in a book of Dark Arts battle techniques that Lupin had owled him. Spread around him were parchments of notes on the DA; he was going to approach McGonagall tomorrow at their tea about it, and he was holding his breath, praying in every corner of his mind, that she would find it to be a good idea, too.

At the sound of Ron's voice, Harry was tempted to stay silent and work harder on the DA plans, but what was the use. He could feel, almost a knowledge that radiated from his bones, that Ron would not be dissuaded by a lack of reply. Ron would yank open the curtains, Harry was certain.

"Yeah?" he said, mustering as much good cheer into his voice as he could manage, pulling a curtain back and putting a smile on his face. "Cheers mate."

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spidersbegone
2008-02-27 02:09 am UTC (link)

Ron shut his trunk and proceeded to walk over and stand by the edge of Harry's bed, observing him closely through slightly narrowed eyes and knowing the cheerfulness he was displaying was complete and utter rubbish. He wasn't happy at all and as much as he thought Harry might just want to be alone, he wasn't going to budge this time. He was worried now and just venting a bit might make Harry feel better.

"Working on the DA stuff?" He asked looking over all the parchments and stuff around Harry on his bed. Picking one up he saw a list of spells Harry thought would be useful and he nodded as he read, knowing quite a few of them but thinking the practise wouldn't hurt.

	hjpotter 2008-02-27 03:22 am UTC (link)
	Harry gazed at him for a moment. "But you're pretty much - better?" he asked hesitantly. "You've gotten better?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spidersbegone 2008-02-27 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"Truce, yeah, that sounds good." Ron said, smiling and running a hand through his hair, messing it up in the process. "Yeah?" He asked, when Harry asked for his help on it. Harry had always been the leader of the D.A. handling it all on his own. "You sure? I'm not exactly Hermione." He said with a shrug, not wanting to mess things up. "This is your thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spidersbegone 2008-02-27 04:40 am UTC (link)
	Ron grinned and took the parchment from Harry. "Yeah, alright, sure." He said happily, reading it over and wondering if there were any spells he could add to the list. "Hey, mate? What about Episkey?" He asked. "For healing minor injuries and all that. Came in handy for us." He shrugged, not sure if his suggestion was a good one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spidersbegone 2008-02-27 04:47 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that's a good idea. Mention it to Booth, would you?" He said, looking over the list of spells and trying to think of any more they might use. "Confringo?" Ron asked, looking at Harry again. "It like shatters stuff right? Hermione's used it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hjpotter 2008-02-27 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"I will," Harry promised, writing that down too. "Oh I have that for advanced spells," Harry told Ron. "Snape taught me something that adds on that, how to direct what you shatter at a target," he said as if something like that wasn't very noteworthy at all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spidersbegone 2008-02-27 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Brilliant." Ron said simply, reaching for more parchments and reading over them. He was glad all the drama was behind them and they could just be best mates. Really, it was all he needed. (Reply to this)(Parent)