Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

Author's Note: The idea for this story came when I saw an action figure of Harry Potter called Extreme Quidditch... Many thanks to Veer for beta-work, inspiration and down right silly conversations!

Chapter 2

The following days the owls were very very busy. They had decided that since they didn't want any of the "wives" to know, they had to take care of certain matters by owl. Bill and Charlie had written back and were more than happy to help. They'd even insisted on coming over for the eventual practice game: they wanted to be on the try-out team. They'd made sure to have a 2 week holiday coming up in about a month's time. Which was perfect because since they had to do everything by owl, the decision making went a lot slower too.

That evening Harry decided to talk to Draco about Oliver's problem with Ginny.

"Dray, do you want to know why Olivers was here when you came home?", he asked him.

"No, but since you've brought it up I know you are going to tell me.", Draco drawled.

"Did you know that he's had a crush on Ginny since before the last war?"

Now that got Draco's attention. He looked surprised. "Well, it was obvious that he liked her and all, but I didn't know that it went that deep. I did figure that he'd fallen for her during the war as she fought like the best of us."

"Right. Do you know why he's never let anyone but me and Hermione know?"

Draco raised his eyebrow. "Granger knows too?"

Harry nodded. "It's because of the Weasley brothers go in protective mode the minute they think she's dating someone. The things they've done in the past....."

"And you know about those things because...........?"

"They consider me their extra brother, right, so they felt that they could share. At first it was also to warn me off but then you came along so I was no longer considered a threat to Ginny's virtue. They decided to keep sharing, to let me know I was still their brother."

"Ok, I'm with you so far. Why was Wood here thát night?"

"To ask me if I could help. By now he has had enough of pretending. So, I had an idea. Then you came home."

They both shared a smile at the memory of that particular night.

"You see, I think she likes him too. So, if they could meet without her brothers there to witness it, they might have a chance. And I wanted to help them out. You know Ginny is like a sister to me and Oliver's been a great friend all these years. I want to see them happy."

"Uhuh", Draco drawled slowly. "And what exactly did you have in mind then?"

"Well, I thought, if they both would 'accidentally' meet, they might start to talk and take things from there." "And you had to talk to me about this why precisely?" Draco's voice was soft and smooth.

"Because I thought they might meet here." Harry glanced sideways, where Draco came walking towards him, to see how he would take that.

"Hmmm, I do like her, you know." Now a sly smile krept up on his face. "And what's in it for me if I decide to go along with this?"

Now Harry was smiling too, a dangerous smile at that. He slowly walked over to Draco, entwined his arms around his neck and gave him a slow, deep kiss.

"How about a chance to pay them back for the pranks they played on me and the 'warnings' they gave you when they found out about us?"

Draco was considerably warming up to the idea now that Harry had put that thought in his head. He gave Harry a big smile, pulled him closer and gave him a passionate kiss. He then gave Harry one of his watch-out-I'm-on-to- something-smile and said "Brilliant plan Harry!"

Harry smiled back. "So I thought we might invite them for diner sometime soon. But I first need to talk to Ginny, to see if she's up for the plan and to find out how much she likes Oliver. I thought to have lunch with her tomorrow. Want to join us?"

Draco shook his head. "I can't, as much as I would like to. I've been away from the office and have to go in tomorrow. Besides I have to talk to Blaise about some of his investments that I am handling, so my day is full as it is."

Harry owled Ginny to see if she could meet with him. They agreed to the place and time to meet.

The next day Ginny greeted him enthousiastically. She just had been handed the job of covering the England vs. Ireland Quidditch game. She was a sportsjournalist and wrote for the Daily Prophet.

"Why did you invite me for lunch Harry? Don't misunderstand, I like to see you and all, but we never have lunch.", she said.

"Well, I wanted to ask you about Oliver, actually." Harry said, glancing at her.

"Why?" Ginny sounded suspicious.

"I had the idea that you liked him....."

"I do like him, you know that Harry.", Ginny cut in.

"........ and I wanted to know how much.", Harry finished calmly.

Ginny gave him a sharp look. Harry sighed.

"Before you even ask, no, they don't know that I am here talking with you about your feelings for Oliver. And I am not about to tell them either."

"Why are you not telling them?" Ginny was getting curious.

"I am not telling you before you tell me about how you feel about Oliver." Harry said firmly.

"I like Oliver a lot. But it's a hopeless case. You know about my idiot brothers' methods. I've complained, I've threatened, I've acted out my treaths, but it just doesn't work. You should know, I've ranted about it often enough to you and Draco."

Harry nodded. A misschievous glint reached his eyes.

"What if I offer you, here and now, the help of Dray and myself to get a chance to talk to Oliver, really talk to him, without any of your brothers present? Oh, but Dray and I will be there of course."

He watched her closely to see how she would react. She broke out in a huge grin.

"Harry, I think I could kiss you!", she exclaimed. "But I won't, seeing as how Draco has issues with other people kissing you and such.", she teased.

Harry only nodded and smiled. "Yes, he is a bit possessive, isn't he?"

Ginny merely snorted. She was one of the few people who knew how frantic Draco had been when Harry had been in his coma. They chatted about the things happening in the Weasley family and then they said goodbye.

That evening Harry sent out the invitations to both Oliver and Ginny, asking them to come to diner the next Friday. During the rest of the week he was very grateful to Hedwig, who managed to deliver the EQ-owls at his work or when Draco was out of the house. Meanwhile, in between he also received owls from Oliver and Ginny, ranging from nervous 'till seriously freaked. Thankfully Ginny as in on the EQ deal so she wouldn't let anything slip when near Draco.

Most of the rules had now been set. Until the first practice match anyway. Harry – knowing of Draco's protective streak – and getting a bit anxious for the game, had been going through his Quidditch equipment. He then wrote an urgent note to Oliver asking him to consider additional or adjusted clothing, because of all the burning things.

"I'd like a fair chance of surviving this little project, Oliver. And I am particularly certain that the Chasers share that sentiment with me.", he'd written.

Oliver had agreed and would see what he could come up with. Harry'd ask Hermione for a spell that would hold of fire actually reaching their clothing, but since she was one of the "wives" who weren't to know, that was not an option.

As the Friday came closer Harry too started to get more nervous. All week long he'd been carefully juggling his job, his time with Draco and the EQ owls that were being sent back and forth. On top of that he'd been preparing for Friday night and was now nervous if it all would work out well.

Thursday night he was so frantic he couldn't sit still, so he started pacing the room while going over everything for the next night. Draco had been reading but finally couldn't take Harry's pacing anymore. When Harry paced past him, he simply took his hand and tugged so that Harry landed in his lap. He didn't seem to mind and snuggled up so that his head was tugged under Draco's chin. Draco started to stroke his hair and after a while he could feel Harry calm down and the tension flow out of him.

"Do you want to tell me what's made you so nervous? Is it Friday?"

Harry nodded. Friday was, after all, one of the things that made him nervous. All the EQ stuff didn't make it any better, especially since the thougth of what Draco would do once he found out had entered his mind.

"Yeah."

"Why? They've both admitted to you they fancy each other. All you're doing is inviting them to come and have diner with us."

"But what if.........", Harry started.

Draco sighed audibly. He'd had conversations like this with Harry when the last war was about to start. Harry'd been a walking bundle of nerves, ready to explode at the smallest prodding. So now that nervous Harry was back, Draco picked up what he'd done back then.

"There's no use for what ifs, Harry. Let's just get through tomorrow night first, ok? And besides, if Wood can tell her, then they can take care of their future dates by themselves, don't you think? That way you'll be out of it. And me too."

"What are you worried about?", Harry asked.

"Mrs. Weasley and her hugs.", Draco answered in a dry tone. "They are ribbreaking and my ribs are still recovering from her 'welcome to the family' hug she gave me after we told her about us. Let's not tell Wood about that just yet, shall we?"

Draco was talking about the way Molly Weasley had hugged him when Harry had taken Draco to Weasley's after the war had ended. He had wanted to tell them in person that he and Draco would be moving in together. Draco's received a hard stare from her and, after she'd seemed satisfied with what she saw, a bone-crushing hug, a kiss on his cheek and all she'd said was "Welcome to the family Draco." He'd been deeply moved, and his ribs hadn't stopped hurting for weeks. That's when he understood how much Harry meant to them and how much they'd meant to Harry. They both considered each other family.

Harry'd had caught on what Draco was talking about. "You're afraid that if it all works out, they'll tell Molly that we helped set it all up and that she'll be so grateful she'll give you one of her hugs?" He couldn't help but chuckle.

Draco nodded. "I know I won't be able to get out of it, but I'll insist she hugs Wood first."

"I'm just hoping the guys won't find out until after diner.", Harry said. "That way they'll at least have a quiet evening. And besides that, I'm hoping that they'll be able to manage to have future dates without them knowing. Come to think of it, I would like the guys not to know until they announce their engagement or wedding."

Draco had to smile at that. "You really have gotten yourself involved now, haven't you?"

Harry nodded and snuggled up some more. Draco tightened his grip.

"I must say I would like to help you out, now that you've got that idea. It would be a great way to pay them back, by helping Wood and Gin hook up with each other and have them clueless on the whole matter."

"So this would be your way of revenge?"

"No, this would be OUR way of revenge, Harry."

Harry looked up into Draco's eyes.

"I know that they tried to talk you out of dating me, Harry. I once overheard one of your arguments. When you wouldn't budge, they decided to work on me. We had a nice little chat and I explained a few things. After that they left us alone."

Now Harry was interested. "What was that chat about then?"

"I told them about my father's library. Since I inherited the Manor, I also inherited his book collection on dark magic. I told them that I was a very interesting read and that I had been catching up. I think I managed to make them look so pale that even their freckles disappeared.

It was............ interesting."

Draco chuckled at the memory. Then he looked back at Harry who had been staring at him thoughtfully.

"Really Harry. Did you think I could be scared away from you when I finally had you? Anything they could've come up with wouldn't have persuaded me to leave you.", he said softly.

Harry broke out in a huge grin. "Great, so we help them set up the Weasley brothers."

Draco nodded.

They both broke out in dangerous smiles and started planning what they could do to act out their revenge.
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