the_debt_of_time

The students were leaving Hogwarts for the summer that morning, and he had
originally planned to leave by Portkey later that afternoon once he was feeling better.
But this could not wait.
"Well, look at you, Moony." Sirius grinned as he walked down the stairs, his broom
slung over his shoulder.
Everyone else in Gryffindor Tower had likely left early that morning, trunks all
packed and ready to go, but James and Sirius had mentioned the day before that they were
wanting to have one more fly around the pitch to celebrate another year of winning the
Quidditch Cup, though Gryffindor still lost the House Cup when James had lost fifty
points after he had been caught glueing rat traps to the floor outside the Slytherin common
room.
Sirius set his broom down at the foot of the stairs next to his trunk, which had been
covered by an assortment of stickers and logos of Muggle bands he had become obsessed
with over the years. "You're all up and looking less like shit than you did last month. Hey,
Prongs!" he called up the stairs. "Come check this out! Moony doesn't look like he recently
threw up."
James rushed down the stairs, broom in hand and robes hanging open loosely over
his red and gold Quidditch jersey, wand tucked behind his ear. "Wow. You look.. ." James
paused, tilting his head to the side as he stared at Remus. "More healthy, less sane? What's
got your tail in a twist?"
"I've used that one before," Sirius muttered to James.
"Fine," James huffed. "What's got your paw in a.. ."
"Pickle?" Sirius offered.
"Thank you, Mr Padfoot," James smirked.
"You're very welcome, Mr Prongs."
"Will you two idiots shut up?" Remus growled. "Where's Mia?"
Sirius stuck out his lower lip in a pout. "Apparently morning Moony is
a prickish Moony, Prongs."
"Indeed he is, Padfoot," James tutted while shaking his head disapprovingly.
Remus took in a slow deep breath, not having the patience for their usual antics.
"Tell me where Mia is," he began slowly, "or I'll go and tell Lily that you're the one who
stole all of her books and wrote 'Mrs James Potter' in them."