There. There it is again. Al can't help scrunching his face up a little. Since when did James rub shoulders with Scorpius? Last Al remembered, he nearly drowned his friend in the lake.

"Erm, sure," he says, a little distractedly. "I guess so."

"Where'll we go instead?" Scorpius asks, glancing to James and holding his gaze. It really was maddening to keep his hands to himself when they were so close to one another.