Her eyes widened as her gaze landed on a calendar hanging on the wall. It had been
purchased to remind them all of the plans leading up to James and Lily's wedding, but there
it was, as clear as day. It had been years since she had even thought of the date as anything
more than just another secret.
She felt a tight pressure in her chest and sobs immediately began wracking her body.
How had she not realised it sooner?
62 Grains of Sand Left"Kitten!" Sirius called from the other room. "I know you think Divination is
rubbish, but these fortune cookie things are hilarious. Do Muggles really think this works?
I just opened one that says, 'Your infinite capacity for patience will be rewarded.'"
He set the bags of food on the dining table and yelled, "Mia! Come eat!"
When there was no reply, Sirius made his way toward the bedroom, opening the
door and poking his head inside. "Mia, I brought dinner and—Mia?"
He stared down at the floor to see his witch cradling her knees to her chest and
sobbing, gasping every few seconds as she struggled to breathe.
"Shit, Mia!" He knelt down beside her immediately. "Love, what's wrong? What
happened?"
Wet, amber eyes looked up at him, and she let out a loud cry when he touched her
cheek.
"Please don't hate me," she pleaded. "Please forgive me. I'm so sorry, Sirius, I'm so
sorry."
Sirius swallowed hard. "What did you do, love?"
"Nothing," she answered, and the word seemed to make her cry all the harder. "I
didn't do anything. I couldn't do anything. I wanted to, I promise you, I did. I wanted to fix
it all. Fix everything. But I did the calculations, and I even asked a Seer... and when I tried
to do something, it blew up in my face!"
"Calm down, love." Sirius pulled her to his chest and rubbed circles on her back.
He had not seen her like this since the night she drank too much firewhisky and started