Authors Note: The story was written for the 100quills prompt challenge at LiveJournal. The prompt was Sarcasm.
Disclaimer: I am not J.K. Rowling, and do not own any of the characters, Hogwarts or any other part of the Harry Potter universe. If you recognise it, it's not mine.
Generally Friendly
She walks up to him, her red hair swaying from side to side on her back. Her lips are curved into a smile, her eyes showing no trace of anger.
When she speaks, her voice is light and carefree. It's a pleasant sound, just like her words.
She calls him James now. Not Potter, James.
"Thanks," she tells him, and there is no sarcasm behind the word. There was a time when he had thought she couldn't be like this. But here he's been proven wrong.
She's being generally friendly now. He's happy. It's what he's wanted for so long.