the_debt_of_time

did what you did. I don't blame you. What if you'd saved them and then accidentally erased
yourself from history? From my life?"
"You would have had your parents," she answered as she pulled away from him.
"But not you. Hermione, you are my family," Harry insisted. "Apparently, literally,"
he added with a grin that grew when she laughed. "You are my best friend and my sister,
and you are the most important person in my life. But please don't tell Ron or Ginny that."
They both laughed at that, and Mia hugged him again.
"I love you, Harry. I feel the same way about you."
"No, you don't. You love Sirius more. He loves you, too. I kind of... made him
choose between you and me last night," he confessed, looking embarrassed.
Her smile faded immediately. "You did what? Harry James Potter!"
"He chose you," he said quickly, putting his hands up as though preparing for an
attack. "Which was what he was supposed to do. If he'd have chosen me, I would have
hexed him and then told him to leave you alone."
Instead of frowning, she smiled wryly and shook her head. "That's cruel. He would
have rather you hexed him."
Harry grinned, looking far too pleased with himself. "What did my dad think?" he
asked. "About you and Sirius?"
Mia hesitated as the memory of her drunk brother came into her mind, the images
of Sirius and Remus bleeding on the opposite side of their dorm room were still very vivid.
"In the beginning, he was furious. Ask Sirius about the scar he's got on his shoulder."
Harry paled. "What?"
She shrugged. "Jamie was very protective of me, and Sirius had a reputation."
"Yeah, I know about Sirius's reputation. You were okay with that?"
She shook her head. "No, not entirely, but... Sirius had a rough life back then.
And I wasn't going to play Mind Healer to him when I had my own issues, in addition to
trying to keep your dad out of trouble and handle Remus's werewolf problems. I don't hold
Sirius's past against him, though. I would never. His experiences have made him into the
man he is, good and bad. I love him completely."
"So my dad eventually approved?"
She smiled remembering Lily's intervention. "He practically forced us together in
the end. Sirius and I... the Soul Bond pretty much means we're fated, and Sirius―"