James and Sirius turn to each other, exchanging grins as Peter groans from the floor.

"Blimey. I missed the whole thing, didn't I?" he says.

Sirius gets down on his knees to make sure Peter's all right. He pats his shoulder. "Nothing Prongs and I couldn't handle. Well, and that lovely girl, Cliona."

"Padfoot."

"What? I'm not going to go all 'James Potter' on her, if that's what you're afraid of," he says cheekily.

James sighs loudly.

All right. He might be going 'James Potter' on the girl who'd just left them, but at the moment, it's completely, completely worth it.

"James," says Peter suddenly, "you've lost an eyebrow."