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around the room curiously as though he were missing something important. "What did we
miss?"
"Just some girly bonding," Sirius teased, gesturing to Lily and Mia as he took his
seat beside James on the sofa. "I tried to convince these two to take their clothes off and
have a pillow fight, but no one ever thinks to put my wants and needs first. Ow!" He glared
at James, who retracted a balled fist from Sirius's shoulder. "It was a joke, you wanker."
"Sirius gave Lily the Potter bracelet that I gave him a few years ago," Mia gestured
to Lily's hand, ignoring Sirius's depraved sense of humour.
"Is that all?" Remus prompted, still on edge. "I... I feel something... I can't
explain it."
Mia gasped, eyes wide. "Oh!"
"What?" Remus turned to her.
"Familial Bond! Sirius, you provoked a Familial Bond by giving Lily that bracelet!"
she said excitedly. "That's what happened to me. I got the bracelet when I was first adopted,
and it provoked a Familial Bond between me, Jamie, and our parents. It's what made me a
Potter."
"Wait. I'm a Potter now?" Lily paled as she looked at James with horror. "Did I just
become your sister? Oh God. It's already weird that Mia and Sirius are basically second
cousins."
"Twice removed," Sirius said at the same time that Mia argued, "I'm adopted."
"You are most definitely not my sister," James insisted, but then looked to Mia to
confirm, an edge of concern in his voice as he asked, "Right?"
"Well, not technically," Mia promised with a laugh at the look that Lily was giving her.
"I'm kidding. It's still an unsealed bond. To become a Potter, you'd have to either be
officially adopted or.. ." Her gaze drifted to her nervous-looking brother, whose face was
a lovely shade of vermilion.
"Oh." Lily nodded thoughtfully, looking down at the bracelet. When she eventually
understood Mia's words, her eyes briefly flickered to the blush on James's cheeks. "Oh!
You mean if we ever—Umm... But we're bonded? Like your Pack Bond?"
"That must be why Moony can sense something," Sirius added thoughtfully.
"You're bonded to us, and we're bonded to him."