The sunrise shone into every room in Gryffindor tower making the curtains on his four-poster glow and causing the occupant inside to return to consciousness. Harry awoke unable to tell if last night was a dream or reality. He took in his surroundings and realized he was in the boys' dormitories and Ginny Weasley was lying awake next to him.
"Ah, sleeping beauty has finally woken from his everlasting sleep" said Ginny in a playful tone.
"Ha ha, but how long have I been asleep? How long have you been with me?" he asked while he brushed his untidy hair out of his eyes.
"About a day and a half give or take. I joined you last night despite my parents' requests…" she answered.
"Your mum and dad don't like us being together do they?" asked Harry with a slight frown.
"Well they don't really like the idea of me sleeping with you" she said avoiding eye contact with him.
"Oh. Hey I'm pretty hungry so do you want to freshen up then head down to the Great Hall?" Harry asked quickly changing the subject.
"Huh? Oh, yeah sure. See you in a few" Ginny said as she left.
Harry quickly changed and attempted to brush his hair which had no effect whatsoever. He left the small room and started down the stairs into the Gryffindor common room. Once he made it into the common room applause broke out. Then everything was quiet. Professor McGonagall came forward and started to speak.
"Once again Harry Potter has defeated the Dark Lord! The boy who lived has done it again!" the professor proclaimed.
This wasn't what Harry wanted to hear. Why couldn't they just understand it wasn't just him who defeated Voldemort, it was all of them. Harry stormed out of the room and headed down the corridor to no place in particular.
Suddenly someone screamed, and Harry realized he had walked into the girls' bathroom. He quickly left and headed towards the Great Hall deciding he could no long fight hunger. Harry thought about how stupid he was to storm out on all of his friends because they were clapping for him. When he entered the Great Hall everyone went silent. Feeling awkward Harry took the closest spot and began to eat. After a couple of minutes Ron and Hermione joined him, but didn't talk. They sat there in silence for what felt like an eternity until came over to talk.
"Harry dear, we will be heading back to the burrow by floo powder, so once you finish eating you will need to pack up your things then we'll be off." explained to him.
"Ok, what time are we leaving?" said Harry while eating a piece of toast.
"Arthur, Ginny and I are leaving now, but you, Hermione, and Ron will leave when you have all your things together" she replied.
"Alright, see you" said Harry
"So Harry, why did you storm out of the common room this morning?" asked Ron turning to him.
"Well I wasn't in the mood for hearing that, really" said Harry slightly annoyed.
"All they did is congratulate you, its not like they insulted you" said Ron also becoming annoyed.
"Ok stop. We don't need to get in a fight over it lets just get packed up and leave." Hermione said frustrated at the bickering.
Harry agreed and headed back up to Gryffindor tower to collect his things. Once everybody had everything rounded up they used the floo network to get to the Burrow.