The Name

Ron sat there in shock he looked at his wife lying in the hospital bed tubes coming from everywhere. A healer had explained what everything was, but all Ron knew was his wife was laying there looking very pale, barely breathing and the sheets covered with blood. He thought he had been scared when she was been tortured at Malfoy Manor but this was much worse, here he could feel the concern from the healers as they bustled around checking her wound and performing spells to monitor her. Suddenly Ron felt a hand on his shoulder he looked up at the face of a healer who asked 'if he wanted to see his son.' Startled Ron jumped up he had forgotten about his son.

Ron stood at the door of the neonatal area there were only four babies in there and one was his son. Slowly he walked over to the crib which held his son and looked down. Ron barely noticed the healer gently leading him to a chair next to the baby and placing him in his arms. When he looked down he was taken aback by how tiny he looked Ron reach down and gently rubbed his cheek down the baby's cheek. He had thought Rose had looked small and fragile when she was born but this was worse, with his son's slightly yellowish skin which was so thin he could see the blood vessels through it. He looked up when the healer placed a bottle in his hand and showed him how to feed his son. Ron watched as his son hungrily drank and for the first time in what felt like forever he smiled.

His son would need a name he realised, Ron thought about all the names that him and Hermione had discussed, John, Harry, Samuel and the others, before discarding them. Suddenly a face flashed in Ron's mind and he remembered how he had thought that this man was probably the bravest and strongest man he had meet that was who he would name his son after.

Harry walked in to the room after visiting Hermione he looked at Ron holding his son gently to his chest. Ron looked up and smiled 'Mate I'd like you to meet Hugo' as he shifted so Harry could get a look at the baby. Harry bit back a chuckle as he asked 'what kind of name is Hugo', privately he wondered what Hermione would think of that name. Ron looked at him a small frown on his face 'he is named after one of the bravest men I know'. Ron thought back to just after the war when he met Hugo Granger again.

It had taken Hermione nearly six months to find her parents and return their memories. While things were still awkward between Hermione and her parents it was improving and now they were returning from Australia to live. He watched the tall brown haired man walk towards him with a slight limp. When the man was close to Ron he put his hand out and said 'You must be Ron it's nice to meet you'.

All through lunch Ron couldn't stop staring at Hermione's dad he noticed that the limp was getting worse and he had to use a walking stick he also noticed a long jagged scar on his right arm. Suddenly he felt a punch on his shoulder, as he rubbed it and glared at Hermione she hissed 'stop staring Ron its rude.' Hugo Granger laughed 'it's okay' he said as he explained that not long after they arrived in Sydney, he had been having lunch when a car had crashed through the window he'd just had time to push a woman out of the way when the car hit him pinning him to the ground. Badly injuring his leg.

It was a couple of years later, shortly before his and Hermione's wedding that Mr Granger was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Despite having not long finished his chemotherapy and feeling nauseous he was determined to walk his daughter down the aisle. Ron remembered how tired and worn out Hugo looked but at the same time how proud, walking slowly down the aisle with Hermione. Ron remembered the look on his face as he stood up to give the speech and then slowly shuffling over to have a dance with his wife and daughter.

A day later Ron took his tiny son over to his wife's room as he gently laid him on Hermione's chest Ron started to worry 'what if she didn't want to name her son after her father'. But then he thought that they could always change it. Suddenly he noticed Hermione's eyes flutter open as she smiled and asked what their son's name was? When Ron replied, "Hugo" her smile grew bigger and she repeated 'Hugo Weasley, its perfect'.