"--hey, come on, chin up," Lily says, not blind to the way that Scorpius's face sort of fell. She reaches over to playfully knuckle his shoulder in a half-hearted attempt to get him to relax. "You two are close, right? I mean, you gotta be, you were willing to ask your dad to come stay here before you and Jamie even started making eyes at each other. Al will forgive you eventually."