And option two: do nothing. Stay exactly where he was, supine in the flower beds beneath the living room window until the sun was set, then scramble out and take himself to bed. Two things were holding him back from this option however: what if he ended up at the Dursley’s right up until September first that way? And more importantly, he admitted, what if Dudley was still attacked in his absence? Dudley would never be his favourite person, but he didn’t deserve to to have his soul sucked out.