"You are right from time to time and when you are, it surprises me," Scorpius said with a teasing grin of his own. "And I prefer shoes that are trendy and comfortable. Those just happen to be expensive. I do prefer Italian designers." Their family did have money and there was no harm to putting it to good use.
"He really stole food?" He laughed conspiratorially. It almost felt like they were friends, better than they were on most days.
"Don't rule the idea out though, just in case there is a time," he continued on the sobering topic. "They are even making room for Allison which should tell you how serious they are. The upstairs wings are a little more like home. I'll give you the tour sometime."
There was a minute that he wished it could always be so easy. He was actually having fun, which had been a rarity these days. "You are not as serious as you usually are. It makes you look good," he said as casually as he could. "Maybe it is the fact that you want to pound the devil out of Pettigrew, so you aren't thinking so much. Whatever it is, it's good."