Chapter 263: Let's Go See the Giant Spiders [bonus]
The Great Hall at Hogwarts. Sirius sat near the middle of the Gryffindor table, half a plate of poast potatoes and a cut steak in front of him.
He wasn't eating. His knife and fork rested on either side of the plate, tines up, blade leaning against the rim.
His right hand lay on the table. His left hung below it, doing something no one could see.
His gaze had settled on the ring of juices around the edge of his plate. Just staring.
James sat to his right, fork raised, a chunk of potato speared on the end.
He wasn't eating either. The fork had been up for a while, his eyes drifting sideways toward Sirius.
Lupin sat across from James, cup in hand, the rim touching his lower lip. His gaze moved from Sirius to James and back again.
Peter sat beside Lupin, head down, working through his own plate, glancing up now and then before ducking back to his food.
All three of them had seen it. Sirius and Regulus walking in through the Great Hall doors together, splitting apart at the threshold.