Did he enjoy the lunches? No, not really. But he didn't hate them either, and it was kind of nice to see everyone, even if every day was a lot.
"They're... They're okay. I, I like seeing everyone. And, and getting to know Lily and James. But, uh, it's, it's a lot. Every day. If, if you want, I can be the badguy. If you want. Jamie and Lilu are, are used to my, um, extreme anti-social tendencies, or, or whatever you want to, to call them. Maybe, maybe like, once a week? Twice? So, so we have new things to, to tell each other?"
Al nodded, because now that Scorpius was in on this he had a feeling that random breaks were going to be magically built into Harrys schedule, whether Al was consulted or not. He didn't mind though, he'd been letting Scorpius run his social calendar for years.
He began picking at his sleeves, awkward and embarrassed and as always not sure of how to explain himself. Especially not to Harry.
"I, um, no, I'm not, not mad at you. If I was mad I, I would barely be able to get a word, word out. I, um, yelled at Lucius, Lucius Malfoy the, the other week and I, um, I sounded like an actual brain dead simple, simpleton. I, I don't stutter with Jamie and Lilu, and, and Scorpius because, because I'm totally comfortable with, with them. The, the less anxious I am the less, the less it happens. The first time we arrived, it was, um, sort of a, uh, of a fight or flight, uh, thing? I've noticed that when, um, when we're actually in, um, danger, that I can kind of, kind of hyper focus, and, and like I don't even think about, about words and I don't stutter, as much. I tried to, uh, harness that. It worked, sort of. But, um, I was so tense all the time that I, um, ended up sort of just, uh, falling apart after like, um, a week. Mum was, was so dissapointed. She thought she'd finally, well, um, fixed me."