1 Grain of Sand Left"I promise," Remus said, holding her as tightly as possible, a part of him wondering
if he could just go with her. But no, he had a promise to keep. "I'll see you soon, yeah?
You'll get your handsome, grey-haired werewolf back."
Mia sobbed as she pulled away from him. Standing on the tips of her toes, she leant
up and kissed his cheek. Then, with a flourish of her wand, she summoned her Patronus.
The little fox blinked wide eyes at them both before focusing on her.
"Sirius, I'm so sorry. Please remember that I love you. I love you more than
anything, Sirius, and I'm so sorry that Iā"
Before she could say another word, a bright blue light enveloped her, and when it
faded, she was gone.
Sirius thought about going to the Leaky, but that would have been the first place
Mia would have looked for him, and after that fight, he needed to clear his head before he
saw her again. The witch put him on edge. He thought he had adequately prepared for
proposing to the girl, but he certainly had not expected panic to rise up inside of him the
way it had. James's reaction the night before and the day of his wedding suddenly made
more sense.
Sirius was putting his heart and soul on the line.
He had only seen someone do something similar twice in his life. The first had been
a year ago when James proposed to Lily. The "yes" was barely out of her mouth before
James was spinning her around in his arms, a look of relief in his eyes. The other time had
been at Hogwarts when Remus sent the Letter of Intent to Mia. Sirius knew that he had
been the cause behind it and, in the end, despite making the choice for themselves, it was
the Soul Bond that brought Mia back to him. But she had burnt Remus's Letter in front of
everyone, as was the custom.
Sirius worried that somehow she would burn him, too.
"A pint for everyone, on me!" a tall, dark-haired man shouted as he burst through
the doors of the nearly empty Muggle pub.