Although Ron was a lovable rogue he was also quite a nasty character at times, especially I think in Rain on Friday. Ron was threatened by and jealous of Steve and was always looking for 'Brownie points' from Dora. He liked to think he was getting one over on Steve as far as Dora was concerned, and quite often did. I think he cared deeply about Dora but I think he knew Dora wouldn't be able to feel the same about him, especially with Steve still around. Ron would have loved to see Steve leave Follyfoot.