Yeah! As soon as I was back, as soon as-- I didn't think you'd see him, all right, I told Remus, as soon as I was back I'd-- we'd tell you the lot of it. But I didn't know you'd see him in the meantime, how the hell would I?
[But as soon as James' tone drops, as soon as he looks down and steps back, Sirius takes another step toward him, eager to bridge the gap between them. Anything is better than fighting with James, anything--if he can offer him we'll do something, if he can offer him a plan, anything--]
We'll--
[Lily. It's mad, talking of her when all he's thinking of is James. Yes, of course, they'll save her as well, but it's James that comes first to his mind, as stupid and selfish as it is. He looks down as well, his mouth twisting a little.]
You can't either. It's not just her, James. [He doesn't want to think any more on what comes for James, he can't think of it, or say it--] We're going to change it, all of it. I swear.
action;
[But as soon as James' tone drops, as soon as he looks down and steps back, Sirius takes another step toward him, eager to bridge the gap between them. Anything is better than fighting with James, anything--if he can offer him we'll do something, if he can offer him a plan, anything--]
We'll--
[Lily. It's mad, talking of her when all he's thinking of is James. Yes, of course, they'll save her as well, but it's James that comes first to his mind, as stupid and selfish as it is. He looks down as well, his mouth twisting a little.]
You can't either. It's not just her, James. [He doesn't want to think any more on what comes for James, he can't think of it, or say it--] We're going to change it, all of it. I swear.