James froze the moment the spry little thing latched onto his back, once he regained his balance. Unexpected.
Blue hair? How did this have anything to do with her?
He was silent as she moved to the table, fearing that at his first word she'd clam up again.
"What?" he choked out incredulously.
Suddenly it occurred to him that he was being put on. Surely this was a prank - the was classic Sirius, this kind of nonsense. His lips pursed knowingly. They were good, they'd totally gotten him. And then Tonks looked like she was about to cry. James hated that, and he never felt like he knew the right thing to say when girls started crying. Fuck. She was serious.
"Hey now," he soothed gently, putting up his hands peaceably and walking toward her. So long she didn't start bawling, he could deal with this. "It's uh... it's okay... Remus is... I mean, how did... Okay, so, there's a son, and he's with your mum? That's not that bad. Is there anything else?"