"Now everyone out of the dining room, the meeting is going to start" Mrs Weasley calls. They (the Weasley kids, Harry and Hermione) all know they can't win an argument with Mrs Weasley so they go to the living room.
Ron, Hermione and Ginny go sit in one of the couches while Fred and George sit in the other couch and Harry in an armchair.
"So Harry, how are you?" Fred asks.
"I'm fine" Harry lies. Hermione knows he is lying but also knows that he isn't going to tell anything if she asks something about it.
"How's your shop?" Harry asks.
"Our shop is doing great" Fred says happily.
"We already have sold a lot of stuff" George adds.
"Good" Harry says with a smile.
They talk for the rest of the meeting.
"Dinner is ready" Mrs Weasley shouts. They all go to the dining room and sit at the table. The table is set for many people because some people of the order stayed for dinner. Everyone is talking happily while eating the delicious food, except for Harry. He isn't eating much.
"Are you sure you're alright Harry" Sirius asks concerned. Hermione and Remus look up from their talk with Ginny and Tonks to listen to the conversation.
"Yeah, I'm just not really hungry" Harry answers. Remus, Sirius and Hermione share a worried look.
"I'm going to bed I think, goodnight" Harry says after a minute.
"I'm coming with you" Hermione says.
"Okay then" Harry says quiet.
"Goodnight" Sirius and Remus say.
While going to the stairs Harry walks into Mrs Weasley.
"oh I'm so sorry Mrs Weasley" Harry says scared and quiet.
"Don't worry dear, goodnight you both" she says kind.
Harry and Hermione go up the stairs to Harry and Ron's room and sit on Harry's bed.
"Harry I know you're not okay" Hermione says.
Harry turns his head so he's facing the wall.
"Harry please, talk to me"
But he still doesn't answer so Hermione thinks for a second and gives him a hug. Harry hugs back and begins sobbing.
"Oh Harry" Hermione says while hugging him tighter. Then the sobbing turns into crying.
"ssst, it's going to be okay" she says quiet, still comforting him. "I promise" she adds to her sentence. They sit there for almost half an hour when suddenly Ron comes in the room.
"What the bloody hell is going on in here?" He asks kind of angry.
"Goodnight Hermione" Harry then says quickly.
"Goodnight both of you" She says while going out of the door to her and Ginny's room.
"Goodnight" Ron says while he and Harry both get their pyjama's. They lay down in bed and then Ron says: "Why were you guys hugging?" Harry stayed silent for a minute, then answered: "Just a goodnight hug". "Oh yeah right, goodnight" Ron mumbles. Then they go to sleep.
"Noooo", Harry wakes up in cold sweet and immediately sits up in bed. He quickly looks around to see if he woke up someone, he didn't, he sighs in relief. He gets out of bed, gets a hoodie on and quietly walks to the door. He goes down the stairs as quiet as possible and opens de door of the dining room. He scares a little when he sees all the light and two people.
"Harry?" Sirius says.
"What are you doing here at midnight?" Remus says.
"nightmare" Harry says quiet.
"Do you want some hot chocolate?" Remus asks kind.
"Yeah, thanks" Harry says. Remus and Sirius both stand up, Remus goes to the kitchen and Sirius comes towards Harry. Harry backs of when he sees Sirius coming towards him.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sirius asks.
Harry nods, but his breathing becomes faster and his eyesight becomes blurry.
"Harry, it's okay. It's just me, Sirius" Sirius says, you could hear the worry in his voice. But it didn't help, Harry's whole body begins shaking and he couldn't breath properly anymore.
"Harry? Harry? Remus, come here quick" Sirius says, shouting the last part.
When Remus comes in Harry falls to the ground with a pretty loud bang. Remus and Sirius knelt down before him.
Hermione wakes up from a pretty loud bang and immediately knows there's something wrong. She quickly puts on a hoodie and runs downstairs to the kitchen. She opened the door and hears Remus say: "Harry, it's okay. We're not going to hurt you." But Harry doesn't hear him, he is trying to breath. Hermione gets to the corner they are sitting and kneels down in front of Harry. She takes his hand and speaks: "Ssst Harry, it's okay. No one is going to hurt you." Harry calms down a bit but still can't breath properly. "Okay, take your hoodie off, it's to hot" she says on a soft tone. Harry struggles to get his hoodie of, then he suddenly feels someone helping him. While Remus was helping him getting his hoodie of, Sirius was getting some water. When his hoodie was of, they see a chest full with cuts, bruises, scars and dried blood. They can also see all his ribs. They all gasped while Hermione cried silently. Harry had calmed down more and is now breathing properly. He can see normal again and sees three people sitting shocked in front of him.
"Oh Harry, I'm so sorry" Hermione says while giving him a hug. Harry winces in pain and can't hold his tears anymore, he burst out crying in Hermione's shoulder. "It's all going to be okay, promise" she says soft, she keeps talking to him like that. Remus and Sirius were both almost crying, how could they miss this? How could they let him go back every year? Why didn't he say something? They both were mad at themselves because they hadn't noticed or done anything. After a few minutes they joined in the hug, making Harry wince in pain once again. But Harry didn't mind, he was hugging his most loved ones.