the_debt_of_time

"Three of us what?" Mia looked up, smiling as poor Remus—despite being so ill—
still shoved a bowl of porridge in front of her. She gently patted him on the head in thanks
for the effort, silently telling him there was no need.
"Hogsmeade," Sirius replied.
"I'll be in bed. Not feeling up to sitting up, let alone walking all around the village.
You two go," Remus insisted.
Mia caught a sudden change in the tone of his voice. She turned and looked at him
and wondered if he was up to something.
"How about it, kitten?" Sirius smirked, waggling his eyebrows at her. "Come to
Hogsmeade with me?"
"Umm... okay," Mia said, a bit on edge considering he was in such a good mood,
which was drastically different from how he returned to Hogwarts after the Christmas
holidays.
"It's a date." Sirius grinned and smacked his hands on the table. The loud slap
reverberated through the table, causing James to yelp.
"You sure you don't want to go?" Mia turned and looked back to Remus, who was
smiling softly, picking chocolate chips out of his demolished scone and eating them
individually.
"No, no," Remus replied. "You two go and have fun... by yourselves. Enjoy the
holiday."
"What holiday?" Mia asked.
Before anyone could answer, the owls flew into the Great Hall carrying an
assortment of envelopes, boxes and packages. A few letters fell in front of Remus, but he
pushed them aside, ignoring them completely. At least ten envelopes and three small
rectangular boxes were dropped in front of James, a few landing on his head and falling to
the floor, though it looked as though he did not notice.
One by one, over a dozen owls hovered over the Gryffindor table, showering Sirius
with letters and boxes of all shapes and sizes—most of which were pink or red.
Mia paled in understanding, feeling her heart drop into her stomach. "Oh no."
Remus smirked up at her. "Oh yes. You, my dear Mia, just agreed to go to Hogsmeade,
on a date with Sirius Black... for Valentine's Day."