Going To Need A Time-Turner After That Page-Turner

(The Harry Potter series came out when I was in college, and I made it my mission to get my friends hooked. One of them was being… resistant.)

Me: “You’ve got to read them. They’re fantastic!”

Friend #1: “They’re for kids. How good can they be?”

Me: “Very! Just try it!”

Friend #1: “No thanks.”

(I buy him a copy of the first book and shove it into his hands. The following week…)

Friend #2: “We said rehearsal at 3:30, right?”

Friend #3: “Yeah,. Where’s [Friend #1]? He’s never this late.”

(Right on cue he comes running through the door.)

Friend #1: “Sorry, guys, sorry. Lost track of time.”

Me: “So, where were you?”

Friend #1: *muttering* “Barnes & Noble.”

Me: *raises eyebrow* “Doing what, exactly?”

Friend #1: *muttering even softer* “Reading Chamber of Secrets.”

Me: “YES! I win! Okay, Schubert now.”

(And I stopped gloating so we could start rehearsal. But only until the end of rehearsal…)

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