Howler

Chapter XXVII

The next morning I woke up a bit dreary but I still had a pink taint on my cheeks from yesterday. We were going on a date! I picked my self out of bed and began to twirl around the room like a giddy child. "We're going on a date, we're going on a date" I kept twirling and I don't care if anyone saw me.

"Well well look at you" I looked up to see a amused Godric standing at the doorway - he seemed to do that a lot. "Oh sorry" I blushed and sat back down on my bed "how are you healing?" He sat down next to me on my bed as I readjusted my navy blue sweater (the one I had grown accustomed to sleeping in since I had gotten my gashes) "alright I suppose" I rubbed my shoulder "they are healing but still not as fast as I'd like" Ric nodded "I know, I wish you didn't have to experience this when I got you that file I never thought..." I had seen Godric Gilbert cry only twice in his life: the first when he slipped in snow on a ski trip and broke his arm and the second when he broke his collar bone when scrimmaging with the other werewolf boys during a football match (and he cried when he was alone) but here he was tearing up

"oh Ric" I wrapped my arms around his shoulders as tears silently fell down his cheeks "it's your not your fault, little brother I promise" I patted his shoulder and he faced eyes now glistening, "I'm still sorry." And I nodded at him, a silent way of telling him that I knew. "Tell you what if I can convince you we could go to your favourite snag stand for lu-unch" I coaxed and that perked him up "awesome I will be ready for my hotdog" he practically glided out of the room but I didn't think he realised it was only 7:30 in the morning.

At exactly 11:59 Ric was at my door again all dressed and ready to go. "Come on sis lets go!" I stared at him I was still in my sweats and had yet to look presentable. "Hold on, give me ten minutes - oh and I invited Mal too" I pushed out of my rooms threshold and walked up to my wardrobe and grabbed a long sleeved green dress and stockings (I still couldn't wear anything that showed skin) and a pair of brown boots. "Okay okay, I'm ready" and I had never seen Ric drag a person out the door faster.

Twenty minutes later Ric, Mal and I were sitting in D's snag stand munching down on hotdogs and I swear Ric looked like he was reading to say his I do's to this hotdog. "Best idea Abby seriously" he said mouth full and I had to laugh because Mal and Ric looked like two stray dogs who had just gotten their first taste of dog food. "Your very welcome" I laughed and I actually felt a pang of anger against that bastard who was threatening my family, no one was going to hurt them while I was alive.

That's a promise.

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After our little excursion I realised I had a date tonight and needed to get ready. I brushed through my hair and tried to tame my curls and I eventually coerced it into a top not, little curls framing my face. I walked over to my wardrobe and pulled through my clothes, I pulled out a red dress but realised it was strapless and then put it back, it was times like these I wished I had a super conservative sister I could borrow from. I finally settled on a high neck cream dress with lace detailing, pulling on a pair on stockings and my boots I had on earlier I inspected myself in the mirror.

Not too shabby.

By the time I had done my makeup I still had an hour to kill so I decided to watch YouTube for awhile (any cute videos of huskies - I'm there). At exactly six of clock I heard the tapping at the door. Taking a deep breath I opened the door to see Harry who to my surprise was nervously wringing his hands. "Hey you alright?" I asked him lightly touching his arm. "Yep I'm cool, just a really cool guy" and he caught himself and then tried to backtrack "I mean not that I am  bragging I just mean-" I shushed him "I got it" since my parents weren't home I got to skip the whole conversation where dad tries to scare the shit out of Harry.

"Lead the way" Harry laced his fingers through mine and led me to his truck "your chariot awaits" he even opened the door for me and I giggled, this was off to a good start. "Where are we going?"
"It's a surprise" I rolled my eyes I liked surprises sure but I was also a slave to curiosity. "Come on Abby have a little faith" he grabbed my hand and rubbed his thumb in lazy circles until we pulled over.

At Alyssa pond?

"Harrison Grace if you try and murder me out here I will haunt you forever" I joked as he helped me out of the truck. "Very funny" he led me to the back of the truck and opened the trailer, climbing up he threw me something. A rag? "Tie this around your eyes" I looked at him skeptically but his eyes looked at me pleadingly. Sighing I tied the faded red rag over my eyes and waited patiently.

Ten minutes later I felt the rag be removed from my eyes. "Ta da" Harry gestured to the back of his pickup which he had spread a blanket on and set up a Picnic basket of food and had somehow set up fairy lights on the edge of the trailer. "Oh wow..."
"Do you like it?"
"It's - it's beautiful" he helped me into the trailer and I sat down on the blanket. As Harry passed me some containers which I saw was filled with Italian food.

"So Harrison Grace tell me about yourself." I started ripping off a piece of garlic bread. "Where do you want to start?"
"Birthday?"
"July 10th" I nodded and made a mental note of it. "Favourite colour?"
"Red" and I nodded because red happened to be my favourite colour. I ended up learning a lot that he had been born in Wisconsin and moved to Tennessee when he was three. He had a girlfriend back in Tennessee named Miele and it ended badly. He used to work at a tea house before he worked at Lou's and the one that seemed to interest me most of all was that he had never been in love.

"You've never been in love? Not even with all those ex girlfriends of yours" I teased but he shook his head "no I didn't ever see it as a deep love that I was willing to do anything for that person, maybe I'm afraid of it I'm not sure perhaps I haven't found that special person you know?" He looked at me when he said that and I couldn't help but blush.

"You look cute when you blush" and that just made me blush harder. "Can I kiss you Abby?" He asked me suddenly and I laughed lightly "you don't even need to ask" and that was all it took for him to put his lips on mine.