She was seeing James. Well. Hope sank and Severus glanced to her with a slightly less cheerful expression despite his best efforts to pack it in.
"The usual," he replied, "I go to classes, I avoid taunting as best as one might hope to. I imagine I could say I was confused as well. After all, it's hard to know if I'm coming or going some days."
He wondered if she'd understand that or if he was being unclear. Well, either way it didn't matter if she was seeing Potter, did it?