There were two weeks left of George's suspension. I was honestly scared of what would happen when he came back. How would Harry react?
Harry and I had talked about me, meeting his father. It started with him wanting to apologize for his behavior, but then he suddenly got the idea that I should meet his dad. It was a bold move, since he knew that bringing the topic of me up to his dad was risky. But he would do it for me, he said.
The next morning he rushed up to me at school and began babbling at me.
"Tuesday.. uhh. Uhm, on Tuesday right? uhh, my dad... He wants to meet you..."
"Hey, hey hey. Calm down. What are you trying to say?" I asked. He took a deep breath and then spoke.
"My dad wants to meet you on Tuesday" he then said.
"Oh..." I had to think for a second. His dad actually wanted to meet me?
"Ok, I can do Tuesday," I told him. He almost looked relieved.
"Great. That's great. Wow, I was so nervous you would say no" he said.
"Don't be, I'm looking forward to it" I said. The truth was I didn't, but I could not tell him that.
Tuesday was in about five days. That meant I had time to prepare for it. How was I going to prepare? I thought to myself. First; outfit. Second; something to bring for dinner. Third; how to smile innocently. Fourth: some easy conversation-topics. Fifth... I don't even know. But I did know that I couldn't come unprepared. I needed to figure out who his dad was. Would it be weird to ask Harry about his dad? No.... Or yes. I don't know. I suddenly realize that I'm more nervous than I'd expected I'd be. I should calm down. Or should I? I don't know. Maybe I should.... No no no.
I really need to calm down.
***
It's Monday. It's fucking Monday. That meant it was Tuesday tomorrow. Shit. I had figured out; how to act, how to appear, what to say and I had baked a cake for dessert. But I still needed an outfit. I tried to piece together something from my closet, but none of it seemed to be modest enough. I think I need to go shopping.
"Hey Amelia'' I said. It had been a long time since we had done something together, since I've been so much with Harry.
"Oh hey Kathy. Long time, no see" she said and chuckled. "did you want something?"
"Yes, I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to go shopping today. It's been so long since we've done something together."
"Oh sure, I would love to," she said, and I was relieved.
"But why shopping?" she continued.
"Oh," I said and laughed, "Okay, so, tomorrow I'm going to meet Harry's dad, and so I need an outfit, but I can't seem to find anything in my closet that works, so I wanted to go buy one today"
"That sounds unnerving. Wanna tell me about it" she asked with a worried look. I could tell that she actually cared for me, and that she wanted to listen to me, but now we had time for it later.
"Sure, I can tell you all about it. But can we do it later, I have a lot of other stuff on my mind right now." I said apologetic.
"Sure no problem. See you later."
"Yeah see you later"
It was true that I had a lot on my mind. All this happening in my life right now was really unusual. I had never really gotten any attention from boys up until Harry, and I had never had a murderous hate for someone until George. My whole world was turned upside down. But in a good way, I think.
