The Christmas break had been and gone, Alex, Remus and Sirius were now pretty good mates, that meant pretty soon James and Softie were mates too.
"You know Libs, your Gryffindor lot are not too bad"
"Libby what have you done to Alex?"
"Tali, he's just found himself some male friends"
"Remus is alright but the other 3 are complete arses"
"(Laughs), yeah but they're loveable complete arses"
"(Laughs), Libby, you're bloody hilarious"
"Thanks Softie!"