Ronald Weasley: The Messenger

Chapter Two – The Arrival

Ron was anxiously pacing across the living room. His mother was sitting in her chair knitting while the dishes were handling themselves.

"Sit down, Ron, you'll wear out the carpet if you don't stop," Mrs Weasley chortled.

"Sorry mum," Ron replied while sitting on the sofa, "Dad's been gone for ages, I wish he would hurry u –"

Just as he said it, Ron heard a car pull up the driveway. He ran from his seat outside to greet them.

"Hey Harry!"

"Hi Ron." Ron thought he sounded a bit dull.

"How are you, Ron?" came a softer voice. Hermione had appeared from the car looking happy to see him.

Ron suddenly felt nervous and could feel the blood starting to rise to his head, but he fought it off and replied, "Not bad, you?"

"I'm alright."

"No wonder dad took so long; he went to pick you up as well!"

"Yep, I thought while I was at it I would surprise you by getting Hermione here a little earlier." His dad said.

"Great!!"

Ron felt a lot happier now that his best friends were with him. He helped Hermione carry her things up to the house and into Ginny's room, where she would sleep. Ron used one hand to help Hermione with her trunk, and carefully carried Crookshank's basket under his other arm. In the bedroom, Ginny greeted them all happily.

Ron happened to notice that Hermione was slightly stunned that Ginny was confidently speaking to Harry.

"Ginny has changed a bit over the summer" Hermione stated.

"Yeah, I think she's gotten used to Harry, finally" Ron said.

Ron then helped Harry to his own room. His mum had been up before and laid the mattress out on the floor for Harry to sleep on.

"So, how have you been, the Muggles not treating you so well?" Ron asked nervously.

"Don't remind me," Harry replied shortly. Ron guessed that Harry didn't want to talk about it, and he couldn't blame them from what he heard about them.

"You must be hungry or thirsty, let's go downstairs, eh?" Ron asked.

"No, I'm tired. I think I'll go to sleep." Harry said. Ron thought he sounded a bit down, but didn't want to ask tonight.

"Ok, I'll see you in the morning, then."

"See you."

Ron closed the door behind him. He got Hermione from Ginny's room and they went downstairs together. Ron told her about Harry.

"Do you think he's ok?"

"I don't know. He's had a rough time with his relatives, so we'll give him 'till the morning and see how he's doing." But Ron still had a worried feeling in his mind about Harry.

After about half an hour of discussion between the two, the rest of the family had eventually gone to bed. Ron and Hermione decided to call it a night. Walking back up the staircase they said goodnight to each other. Ron had an urge to kiss her goodnight, but, of course, he thought better of it. He carefully tip-toed over Harry's body, got changed into his pyjamas and into bed. Ron felt that everything was perfect and back to normal, and he couldn't have been happier.

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From Ron's almost perfect view on life at the moment, he will find that it was all too good to last. Keep reading and reviewing to find out what will happen next.

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