Lily took the champagne from James before he could drop it, and grinned at their friends. And Regulus. She was going to be polite, and it seemed that James had decided on the same, and hopefully no one would be murdered, or feel like doing the murdering, by the end of this.
To Sirius she rolled her eyes, still grinning. "You didn't really think we'd tell you the news in the owl? For a former Hit Wizard you're not very good at picking up on misdirection," she teased, patting his arm in consolation. "That's okay, we'll get you trained up right again. But for now, you'll have to be patient. Food first, then gossip."
She looked at the rest of the group. "Would anyone like something to drink. Jamie brought us this lovely champagne and it would be a shame to let it go to waste."