the_debt_of_time

Sirius offered her a sad smile before leaning in and kissing the corner of her mouth.
"My ferocious girl."
"Hey, you guys ready?" James asked as he stepped out of the fireplace, followed
behind shortly by Peter.
Remus inclined his head to James and then looked at Peter. "How's the arm, Pete?"
Peter rubbed at the bandage around his forearm. "Better, thanks. Healers said it
might take a long while to heal. Maybe never, even. Said it must have been a dark curse
that hit me."
His watery eyes flickered to Mia's exposed forearm that read Mudblood. She had
stopped bothering to cover it up, especially when she knew Peter would be around.
Sirius sighed. "We should get going. Get this over with."
All four wizards turned to leave.
"Peter," Mia called after him. "Could you stick around a minute? I'd like to have a
word."
Nervously, Peter looked to Sirius.
"It's okay," Sirius whispered. "She told me she just wants to thank you for trying to
help Mary." He patted Peter on the back before looking back to Mia, who was smiling
sweetly at them both.
"Uh, sure." Peter nodded. "You guys go ahead, I'll meet you there."
"Love you, kitten." Sirius smiled to Mia before stepping into the fireplace.
Mia smiled back at him. "Love you."
James leant in and kissed her cheek. "Love you, Mia."
"I love you, Jamie."
"Love you, Mi," Remus said as he passed her, kissing the top of her head before
following the others into the Floo.
"Love you."
A brief moment of silence passed between the two left alone in the flat as Mia stared
into the slowly vanishing green flames.
"Strange, isn't it?" Her voice broke the silence and her recently kind tone of voice
turned cold. "Do you feel that? So much love. And they've always had it. From the first
moment I was adopted into the family, Jamie was right there hugging me tight and calling
me his sister. Sirius was right there, picking me up off the street with a skinned knee, smiling