[He'd just been hoping the class period would end as soon as possible and they could just stop talking about this. He doesn't expect what Lily does at all.
But Merlin, he knows now why James is so enraptured with her. They're already friends, have already talked a bit during shared Prefect duties and after that incident in fifth year, but he'd never fully appreciated-- and she's not even saying it in his defense specifically. She's saying it because it's the right thing to do.
He does shoot James a nervous look when he speaks up, then immediately tries to look disinterested as the class' attention turns in his general direction. (Because of course they all four sit together.) But it's fine, James has always been too good at talking his way out of things. It just sounds like he's being his usual self, full of bravado. It's fine.]
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But Merlin, he knows now why James is so enraptured with her. They're already friends, have already talked a bit during shared Prefect duties and after that incident in fifth year, but he'd never fully appreciated-- and she's not even saying it in his defense specifically. She's saying it because it's the right thing to do.
He does shoot James a nervous look when he speaks up, then immediately tries to look disinterested as the class' attention turns in his general direction. (Because of course they all four sit together.) But it's fine, James has always been too good at talking his way out of things. It just sounds like he's being his usual self, full of bravado. It's fine.]