Re: Table 2
Al wasn't certain of the reason, but something seemed off today, especially in comparison to the last week's wedding ceremony.
While Al knew everyone else at the table rather well by now, Sirius' brother, the standoffish one who seemed to like Severus but didn't like to be side-alonged, seemed like he had something on his mind. Until he fell out of rhythm with the sitting-down crowd and dashed off, that is, prompting Sirius to leave as well, an act which in itself left Al slightly curious of the reasons why.
He didn't want to leave a matter like that to chance, especially if it was fixable.
"Was it something I did?" Al waited for the conversation at the table to pick up, and asked Severus quietly, nodding at the empty seat. "He avoided looking at me and then he left early."