Today was the day.

Yeah, definitely. James had been losing his mind over his grade in Potions dropping for about a month now, and enough was enough, he’d decided. It was time to get help. Now, he could ask Remus for tutoring, but his ways were a bit… Harsh. You were his second option.

James actually quite liked you, in some ways.

You were blunt, genuine, and you didn’t seem to let him get away with as much as everyone else did.

Sure, you didn’t talk much, but in the interactions where you two crossed paths, you were the kind of person he’d actually listen to.

He knew he needed that.

So here he is, standing before your desk in Transfiguration as the class waits for Minnie to enter, waiting. He had asked if you would tutor him.

Calmly, and without looking up from your notebook, you reply.

"It'll cost you.”

Great.