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tried to keep all of them out of trouble. Besides, he was certain that even if she ever did
break a rule, she would certainly never get caught. Mia was brilliant, and her
Disillusionment Charm was a thing of beauty. "What did she supposedly do?"
"No supposedly about it," Remus insisted. "She got busted in view of about fifty
students and half the professors."
"Holy shit." Sirius was suddenly captivated. "What happened? What did she do?"
"Do you care?"
Defensive, Sirius jumped to his feet, officially done with Remus's pissy mood.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Is she all right? What happened to her!?"
Panic suddenly flooded him. Had something serious happened to Mia? Did the
Slytherins retaliate for the prank they had played on them last year?
Remus slowly rose from his bed, standing, unintimidated, inches taller than Sirius.
"Well, once you'd sauntered off on your bloody date, Mia was being consoled by her
friends."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sirius asked, confused. "What did she need
consoling for? What happened?"
"Because you're a blind idiot, and you don't deserve what you can't even see!"
Remus clenched his fists in a clear bid to contain his anger. "Mia fancies you, dickhead!"
Sirius stumbled back in shock.
Remus stepped forward, crowding him against the footboard of his bed. "She was
upset about you running off with McKinnon!" Clearly angry, Remus's eyes flashed again,
and the colour change did not go unnoticed by Sirius. "Then Regulus called you a blood-
traitor and said you'd be bringing home Mudbloods next, and I'm pretty sure he even
threatened your life, mate."
Sirius snarled, his brow furrowing together in anger. "They made fun of Mia?"
"That's not the point, Sirius. It wasn't about her. It was about you," Remus said, his
voice lightly touched with envy. "She punched Snape in the face, made him bleed and
everything, and McGonagall saw it all."
Sirius's eyes widened. Mia punched Snivellus?
"She did it for you, and you were off snogging some Ravenclaw that you'd never
even met before today."
The silence was suffocating as he processed everything.