back into her bra and knickers before large hands wrapped around her waist, pulling her
tight up against a hard body.
"Are we really doing this?" Remus whispered against the shell of her ear, and she
quivered at the feel of his hot breath. "Us? For real? All or nothing?"
She turned around and frowned up at him. "Never all or nothing, Remus. I
will never lose you no matter what happens. So, maybe it's all or... or almost all."
She smiled, reaching up and brushing his bottom lip with her thumb, which he
instantly captured between his teeth, a playful look in his eyes. She narrowed her own in
response. "No. You need rest and food," she insisted with a laugh when he began to pout.
"So, be a good boyfriend," she ordered, smiling at the word, watching as he mirrored her
expression of familiar delight, "and listen to your girlfriend."
They parted ways at the Whomping Willow, like normal, and slipped through secret
passages in the castle in order to get to their destinations while avoiding their friends—
most notably James, Sirius, and Lily—at all costs. Mia skived the one class she had that
day, History of Magic, which she did feel slightly guilty over, but a hot bath was well worth
the potential detention should Professor Binns even notice her absence, which was highly
unlikely.
She and Remus met back up in the kitchens for lunch, avoiding the Great Hall
entirely, before retiring to the Room of Requirement for a much-needed nap. When they
woke hours later, it was time for dinner, and the two realised they could not hide forever—
nor did they want to.
When they entered the Great Hall hand in hand, all eyes at the Gryffindor table
turned and looked at them. Alice and Frank were smiling sweetly at the newly reunited
couple. Lily and Mary looked positively beside themselves with excitement. James looked
the perfect opposite—cross.
As Remus and Mia came to sit down across from the other three Marauders, Sirius
smiled up at them knowingly and then held his hand out toward Peter, who placed a small
stack of Galleons in it.
"You bet on this?" Remus eyed Sirius and Peter.