Peter Pettigrew watches him for a second, then looks over at James and Lily and closes his book, too.
"I'm going to go with Remus," he says, standing. "Good night."
(It's hardly wonderfully subtle, but then, subtle is hardly the theme of the evening.)
"Out!" Madam Pince is saying, now chasing Perdita and Black out of the stacks. "Out! Both of you!"
The people at the other tables alternately try to look involved in their work, or watch with unconcealed interest as the no longer couple leaves.
Lily watches them go, and then turns back to James as the door closes behind them and the library gradually returns to its pre-break-up-in-the-Transfiguration-section calm.
"So," she says, after a second, "should I put in a good word for him with Maria Cathersides?"
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Peter Pettigrew watches him for a second, then looks over at James and Lily and closes his book, too.
"I'm going to go with Remus," he says, standing. "Good night."
(It's hardly wonderfully subtle, but then, subtle is hardly the theme of the evening.)
"Out!" Madam Pince is saying, now chasing Perdita and Black out of the stacks. "Out! Both of you!"
The people at the other tables alternately try to look involved in their work, or watch with unconcealed interest as the no longer couple leaves.
Lily watches them go, and then turns back to James as the door closes behind them and the library gradually returns to its pre-break-up-in-the-Transfiguration-section calm.
"So," she says, after a second, "should I put in a good word for him with Maria Cathersides?"