He was in trouble.
He didn’t know when it started, but now he couldn’t stop staring at her. She sat on the common room floor with Remus, tapping a quill against her lip as she focused on her essay. It wasn’t fair, really.
"Just tell her," Sirius muttered beside him, eyes still on his Quidditch magazine.
"She’d laugh me out of the castle," James hissed back.
"You face Bludgers with more dignity," Sirius scoffed.
"Bludgers don’t laugh like she does," James mumbled, eyes drifting back to her despite himself.
"Yeah," Sirius muttered, turning a page. "They don’t smile at you like that either."
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