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I received an owl from James today, saying it was okay that I didn't come, and that they were sorry they didn't reply right away. He said that Honeydukes is the most awesome sweet shop on the planet. He also wrote that they bought a whole crate load of pranking stuff from Zonko's joke shop. I wish I was there to see it!

Anyway, plotting a map is harder than I thought. It has to be exact, and precise in scale. One room, that's easy to draw, but it takes time. It'll be even harder to plot the whole forest! I couldn't possibly finish it this summer! Besides, dad put charms on everyone and everything in the room in order to track the dots. How am I supposed to put charms on every tree and rock in the forest?

Nope. Not happening.

Besides, dad is still in the middle of his "phase".... He's on the part when he acts all depressed and has this far-off look in his eyes. Dad goes through that a lot.... But, I don't see why he blames himself! It's not like he asked me to be like this....

But, why does he always feel so guilty? It's not his fault that I was attacked in the forest...or...was it? No! Of course not! Dad would have told me if it was...his fault...

I'm going to ask him. Not now...he's still depressed. Maybe in a few days. I have to know. Then again, I'm sure it's not his fault. Why should I even ask? I trust my dad.

Okay...now my thoughts are straying. I'll just finish writing back to James. 

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