Lily has no sooner sat down in the empty chair than there's the sharp, distinctive sound of someone getting slapped across the face by his angry girlfriend.

"If you want to date Bloody Maria Bloody Cathersides then she can bloody have you, if she'd bloody take a wanker like you!" Perdita says. "Because I am through with you, Sirius."

Madam Pince gets up and heads over toward the stacks.

Amity Root looks ready to explode.

Lily looks from Remus to Peter to James.

"D'you suppose there's any chance she means it this time?"