"You sound like Remus," he chuckled and offered to take the books from her grasp. "Whatever will be, will fall on your head and crush your skull, or some such nonsense."
He wasn't sure how to take Charity's words, and after seeing Lily's dramatic exit, he wasn't sure they weren't derogatory either. He probably deserved a verbal bashing really. But, something told him that Charity wasn't exactly doing that either.
"Exciting. Brilliant. Sexy. Any of those adjectives would work perfectly. I know, I know, I'm just beyond what the Queen's English can offer." James winked and then continued out of the hall. It just wasn't like him to not have a joke or two--even if he didn't much feel like it.