Hope Has Returned

Chapter 38

Hope Has Returned (Ron's POV)

I wouldn't fall asleep in till Ginny left the room. I needed to know that she left.

"Can you stay with me tonight?" Harry asked.

"No I have classes tomorrow but you can join me." Ginny responded. Harry and Ginny got up and left. Grrrr why are they so prefect. I got up and went downstairs to sit by the fire and maybe run into Hermione. Luckily she was down there reading 'The Tales of Beetle the Bard'. I sat down next to her.

"Did you see the hot mess of our best friends walk up the stairs?" I asked her.

"Yes I did and I'm glad that you are finally excepting the fact that they love each other as much as I love you." She said not looking up from her book.

"And how much is that" I asked.

"Infinite" she responded smiling.

"On a more serious measure, I can't believe that Harry was starved as a child and was bullied enough that he was going to run away!" Hermione said in shock.

"I know. I can't believe he kept this from us!" I responded. I thought I heard someone behind the couch but I didn't see anyone.

"It breaks my heart to hear those mean nicknames people called him. I bet those were only a few of probably a hundred!" she said putting down her book. Just then a piece of paper landed on her book. I looked up to see a hand poking out of a invisibility cloak. Another dropped onto my lap. Mine read 'I'm not sleeping in Ginny's room because one girl doesn't like the fact that I'm there all the time'. Hermione started crying next to me. I looked at what her note from Harry said. It read 'these are the names that people have called be in the primary school= Shitbag, Asshole, Twig, Freak Show, Creep, Snake, Harry Pooper, Harry the Worst, Weirdo, Orphan, Loner, Friendless, and Jerk. These are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head'. I wiped Hermione's tears and we ran up the stairs to see Harry talking to Jackson and the snake was hissing back. This time Harry was hissing to. Weirdo I thought in my head but then mentally punched myself because that was on the list of names. Harry saw us and then threw a little paper airplane at Hermione. It read 'the most common names were Shitbag, Asshole, Twig, Creep, and Loner'. Hermione looked at it and then ran and hugged Harry. Jackson hissed so Harry hissed back. Jackson nodded his head and then went to sleep. Harry hissed at us.

"Sorry you guys aren't snakes, ermm I hope you guys got my message and I'm going to sleep." Harry said and then he went to bed. Hermione left in tears so I went to bed. Thank god we don't have school tomorrow. I need to tell Ginny those names. But then I remembered that Ginny does. I reached down on the ground to grab the paper of names. I tucked it in my shirt and made a mental note to tell Ginny about it tomorrow while Harry wasn't listening.