"Thanks," Charlie said, momentarily distracted from what he was going to say. He beamed and added, "You should come meet him in real life. He's so much cuter."
He could've ranted about Newton for the rest of the afternoon until Percy managed to excuse himself, but he managed to stop himself going off on one of his overly impassioned speeches. Instead he shook the thoughts of his son away and cleared his throat.
"But look, I mean I just wanted to say... I bumped into... into Fred," His expression darkened slightly, "You were right. I'm sorry Perce."