Sirius sat scrubbing the cauldron bottom a tad more harshly then was advised. He was, well, less than amused with Peter at the moment. "Third detention with in a month that we can blame on that little teacher's pet."
James looked up from his cauldron. "If he didn't we might have been dead."
"One starts to wonder if Peter can even keep a secret these days." Remus looked over at his two friends, Sirius still scrubbing as hard as can be imagined. "Um, that's stone you know." Remus pointed out.
"DAMN IT!"
"Language boy, language." Sheila cried from the other side of the converted dungeon.
"Sorry Sheila."
"Should be, we have sensitive ears over here." Shelia retorted mockingly as Lily cover up Emma's ears in a motherly fashion.
"Blame Peter, blame Peter." Sirius continued to mutter under his breath as charmed the cauldron whole.
"Come on, he's not that bad. He'd keep a secret if we really needed him to." James was rather annoyed at how unforgiving his friend was. So what if Peter broke one of Sirius's simple rules in life, "Loyalty to friends comes before all else," James had a daydream he wanted to get back to.
Remus sensed this. He nudged his friend in the side "Better drop it, Sirius, looks like you-know-who wants to get back to thinking about..." he whispered.
"You know," Lucius said snobbishly to Cri Cri. "We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for your Mudblood loving friends."
Cri Cri shot a sharp glance at him. "Lay off them, or I'll be sure you'll have more scratches on your face." That was enough to get him off this bit of topic, for the time being... He would be back complaining in a minute, and in two, he would have another gash on his cheek where Cri Cri slapped him with her rings on. ("Rings are good for only one thing" Cri Cri once stated, "Turning them around and slapping people like Lucius with, especially if they have nice, pointy stones.")
"We need a miracle to get us out of all these detentions." James sighed, as he started work on his forth cauldron.
"I have a white horse outside, complete with a little Roman wagon if you want." Sirius offered. James rolled his eyes.
Remus checked his watch. "Its almost five, we should be out soon."
"You can then go ask Lily to go with you on your next outing." Sirius suggested sarcastically.
James sprang to his feet, ready to rush out the door that minute, "Brilliant idea Mr. Padfoot. Brilliant."
"Oh damn."
