[ For once in her life Lily didn't point out that it was likely due to the fact that he'd never written a cheque before, thus deflating her own joke for the sake of being a killjoy to James Potter. ]
I don't.
[ She said lightly, her nose wrinkling ever so as though she'd passed through a cloud of some faint but highly unpleasant odor. Admitting that kind of thing was reckless in the face of the chaotic energy that James seemed to radiate. There was some expression about giving an inch only to have a mile taken from you that suited the situation, but Lily was far too preoccupied with maintaining her carefully manicured facade of merely polite interest to conjure up a witty remark along the lines of it. ]
no subject
I don't.
[ She said lightly, her nose wrinkling ever so as though she'd passed through a cloud of some faint but highly unpleasant odor. Admitting that kind of thing was reckless in the face of the chaotic energy that James seemed to radiate. There was some expression about giving an inch only to have a mile taken from you that suited the situation, but Lily was far too preoccupied with maintaining her carefully manicured facade of merely polite interest to conjure up a witty remark along the lines of it. ]
So, is this the big secret? A pretty hallway?