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Peter looked worried and pushed forward with the crush of students exiting the room, then scurried to catch up with Lupin.
"I'm sorry, Remus," he said when he'd finally managed to get the other boy to notice him.
“What?”
“I’m not sure what I did, but you seem upset, and I didn’t mean to. Whatever it was,” he added meekly, trying to match the taller boy stride for stride, but being forced to take an extra step occasionally to keep even.
“What?” Remus repeated as though Peter was speaking some foreign language that didn’t translate well.
“I… I …really need help with the assignment and you seem… I mean…”
“It’s not you. Look, I’ll help after supper. In the library. Just not right now.”
But just as they turned down the corridor to the right, a flash of bright light knocked them both to the floor.
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