the_debt_of_time

"Fine, just scraped my knee. And watch your language." Mia smiled up at James,
who was ignoring her scolding in favour of observing the other boy.
Sirius reached out to Mia, helping her to her feet, and she awkwardly slipped his
handkerchief back to him with a grateful look.
"Hey, thanks, mate." James extended a hand to Sirius.
Sirius nodded, taking the hand. "No problem."
"James, this is Sirius," Mia said, smiling brightly at what she suddenly realised was a
very historically important moment. She beamed at the two boys, searing the memory into
her mind. She hoped that she could keep it, so when—or if—she returned to Harry, she
could tell him all about it or, better yet, show him inside of a Pensieve. "Sirius, this is my
brother James."
"You like Puddlemere?" Sirius asked, gesturing to the shirt that James was wearing
beneath his open robes.
James grinned. "Doesn't everyone?"
"I don't," Mia interjected. "I don't like Quidditch much."
"You don't like Quidditch?!" both boys shouted at the same time, eyes wide and
gaping at her as though she just had sprouted a second head.
"What the hell, Mia?" James clutched his chest as if heartbroken. "I knew you didn't
want to go into the Quidditch shop, but I didn't know it was this bad." He shook his head.
Considering his reaction, Mia might as well have been infected with dragon pox.
"What's wrong with you?" Sirius gaped.
James sniffled. "Why do you want to hurt me?"
"Oh for the love of G—Merlin." Mia rolled her eyes at the melodramatic scene
playing out before her. "Can we go look for our books now?"
"No way," James said with a scowl, his eyes narrowed at the bookshop. "That
greasy-looking git that knocked you over is in Flourish and Blotts with his mum. I'd rather
avoid meeting him again."
"Who was he?" Sirius asked, a matching scowl crossing his face.
James shrugged. "No idea. Just another sleazy snake in the making."
"Not a fan of Slytherins?" Sirius asked.
"Why, are you planning on becoming one?" James joked. "Then again, anyone who
would plan to be sorted into Slytherin has to be mental."