"Is that so?"

Scorpius tries, in vain, to keep the smile out of his voice. This is stupidly wonderful news, actually. James had never quite seemed very happy to him in the first place. Maybe Scorpius being a prick and forcing something out of him that he didn't even know was there was some kind of relief or something.

"Hey," he adds, glancing quick towards the door to ensure no one was there. "Do you think it'll be okay when Al finds out?"