the_debt_of_time

"I'm surprised they left in people like the Weasleys, Prewetts, and Longbottoms,"
she said thoughtfully as she reached for her wine glass, swirling the remaining contents
around casually.
"Maybe we should start our own directory."
Mia laughed. "Sacred Blood-Traitors. It'll be bigger than the Pureblood Directory."
"Thank Merlin."
Mia looked over at her brother, watching him as his focus drifted to the sleeping
witch in front of the fire. "You're getting married, Jamie."
James turned, his eyes twinkling like the fairy lights on the Christmas tree. "I am,"
he said while grinning. "How weird is that?"
"Incredibly so. It seems like only yesterday Lily was slapping you in the face."
James sighed happily. "Ah, the good old days. Back when we were rotten little first
years causing mischief," he said as he put his arm around her. "Soon, it'll be our own kids
off to Hogwarts."
Mia paled at the thought of having children of her own, but the strange look on
James's face had her smiling once again as she thought about Harry.
"Do you and Lily have news that you're keeping to yourselves?" she asked with a
raised brow though she already knew the answer since she knew Harry's birthday and could
easily do the math.
James laughed and shook his head. "No. But I wouldn't mind it if she was pregnant,"
he admitted, smiling when Mia widened her eyes in response. "I know. Merlin, can you
imagine me with kids?"
"Yes," Mia whispered, glad that James did not catch the sad note that her tone had
taken.
"Knowing my luck, I'll end up with all girls. And I'll have to put up with awful little
berks like myself, running after them all like I did Lily."
"No." Mia smiled, shaking her head. "You'll have a son."
Her eyes widened slightly as she realised she had just essentially confessed to James
that Harry existed in the future. Had Dumbledore's spell failed? She had not struggled to
get the words out. Or maybe, like she had been told, it had everything to do with intentions;
since she was not intending on speaking to change the future, she was allowed to speak.