XXVII. Cold

James put his head down on the table and moaned.

"Did you really expect anything different, mate?" Sirius asked.

"I dunno," James said, voice muted by the wood. "She was so cold about it."

"You shocked her. She wasn't expecting it. You just made a mistake: next time, don't spring questions like that on girls you hardly know."

James moaned again. "Is she looking over here?"

Sirius snuck a glance, and instead of Lily, he found Marlene staring in their direction. "No," he said, tearing his eyes away from her blue-eyed gaze. "She isn't."


[100 Prompts: Mistake]