The class passed by in a blur, Sirius knowing for a fact that he had gotten absolutely nothing out of it, but he also knew that Mulligan would forgive him for that. After all, he was further than the others and the only one he was really distracting was Remus, who also was a lot further than the rest, so it didn’t seem like it would be too big a deal. At least not while Sirius was still feeling floaty and happy, completely unable to actually look over at Remus without grinning widely, breaking into a giggle whenever he looked at him for too long.<br/>“And as is my tradition, I shall look forward to seeing all of you at my house on the 18th, the day after our last class, to celebrate the end of the school year,” Mulligan announced, officially ending the class for the day, at least that was what Sirius reckoned when he saw the others packing their stuff together.<br/>He quickly grabbed his bag, having not even bothered to get out pen and paper to pretend to be taking notes, and moved towards Mulligan’s desk.<br/>“Professor,” he stated as soon as he got there, immediately feeling the yes of the others on the back of his head, yet he still did his best to compose himself, wanting to find an adequately sad expression to pass on the news he was about to give his professor.<br/>“I do sincerely apologise for how distracted Lupin and I have been during class today,” he moved on, knowing that Mulligan wouldn’t expect an apology but he felt the need to explain. “I just received news that my mother passed yesterday, so Lupin sat with my and made sure I wasn’t alone.”