"He usually gets what he wants, though," Sirius remarked. Then he thought about it, and realized what Lily meant. "James isn't always a prat, though. This is the only circumstance in recent memory that really qualified him as a prat." Sirius knew how much his best friend liked Lily, and even if he was extremely mad at James at the moment, he didn't want to be the one who ruined any possible chance he had with her.