When he comes to, he groans—or at least attempts to. Because he’s cocooned in a bed, his parents staring down at him in concern. The interminable pillock won then, after everything. But he swears he sees the end of Granger’s plait whip around the hospital doors. And then he’s crushed by the force of a warm hug and all he sees is ginger. When the hugger pulls back he sees even more ginger congregated around him.