He appeared to be in a good mood but looked tired, and I remembered he’d been ill the previous week. We were happily ensconced at a nice out-of-the-way table and on the verge of ordering our meals when everything stopped suddenly and all heads spun to the doors of the hall, where James and Sirius had made their appearance. Sex xxnx “And I’d wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus.”
That, if nothing else, told us just how upset Lily was. Right. And you having to fight every step of the way to prove them wrong! Finally we made it to the hospital wing. Six Gryffindors had scored the required E to study it at NEWT level, and we made our way down to the dungeons along with five Ravenclaws, two Hufflepuffs and three Slytherins, Gerry Stebbins looking rather disappointed once he realised Mary wasn’t there. “Sirius,” she said, confirming my theory. It probably didn’t help that much of my time that wasn’t spent studying was filled with attempting damage control on whatever it was she had done most recently. The five of us headed downstairs to the Entrance Hall together to meet our dates. Particularly after what had happened at the Yule Ball, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to spend
