Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy - Sahits

“You’re going to let him go out with your daughter?” he said incredulously, pointing at Harryand wearing the sort of expression he bore when anyone suggested he might someday vote fora member of the Labour Party.“Certainly. Harry’s a fine young man,” he said, patting Harry on the back rather hard, almostmaking his glasses fly off. Harry pushed the frames up his nose and resisted the urge to wince.When Vernon was out of range, he turned to the older man.“What--”“Oh, that was just to get him off your back, so you’re not up there working alone tomorrow.But as long as we’re throwing it around as an idea....why not? You two don’t want to hangabout in a pub with a bunch of old men, do you? You’re young. Go out. See a film. Have anice dinner. Do something other than work for once.”Harry and Katie looked at each other uncertainly. Even if they had felt compelled to pursueeach other during the summer, as their work situation offered ample opportunity for them toget to know each other better, somehow it felt strange for her father to be engineeringeverything.“Er--” Harry said. She shrugged.“Want to go up to London?” she asked, no-nonsense. He nodded, looking at Sam out of thecorner of his eye.“All right.”Sam pulled both of them into a hug. “My daughter’s going to be going out with Harry Potter!”he declared before letting them go, walking to his car and shaking his head in wonder. Harryand Katie looked after him, each bright red.“Sorry about that,” she mumbled. Harry tried to smile at her reassuringly.“Don’t worry about it. But--this does feel a little--”“--awkward?” He nodded. “And weird? And--”“--I mean, we’ve known each other for--”“--six years. And we’ve just been--”“--friends. Acquaintances, really.”“Right.”“Right.”They stood looking at each other uneasily.“Well, then,” Katie said finally, “we’ll just go out as friends. A night off. And--and we canget to know each other better. The question is--how do we keep Dad from getting his hopes34