Alfie jumped a little, at the owls screeching, then rolled his eyes at his mate. "Christ, Harm, you're a menace!" But it was said fondly, and he knocked his friend on the shoulder before he slung a friendly arm around Julien's shoulders instead to drag him in the direction of Fortescue's.
He didn't know why it was awkward between his new friend and Harmony, but he didn't ask either. He figured it might be because Jules was a Ravenclaw, and didn't really know them all that well. Besides, shy and Harmony had never gotten on well.