Severus only glanced over, and then behind his shoulder as Sirius made a crude wanking off gesture. Lily hit him and said something to make her hair shine like fire in the sunlight before James put an arm around her and carted her off down the hallway. "They're really lovely mates," Severus muttered.

His accent dropping seemed to happen with Remus as his trigger. Right on cue, Remus showed up and Severus relaxed just a little, speaking as he had until Lucius Malfoy made him believe it was wrong to sound like a Northerner.

He licked across his teeth, a typical nervous habit of his, and handed Remus a scroll. "Worked on it a bit last night. For the potion. Headmaster said it'll be about two weeks of testing, but should be back in time."