the_debt_of_time

Mia thought for a moment and then grunted, "Ugh, fine, they were Portkeys."
"I'm still not entirely certain that the whole thing wasn't set up by those goblins."
"Munchkins," she corrected him.
"You're not allowed to buy me books anymore."
"You're not allowed to buy me pets anymore."
"Fine. Can we take them both back now?"
Mia narrowed her eyes and shoved the book back into Sirius's hands.
"Are we talking about the cat?" Remus inquired as he walked into Sirius's room, the
book he and Mia had been reading together in the library was in his hand, a thumb marking
the page they had left off on.
"You don't like Snuffles either?" Mia gaped at her boyfriend, looking down as her
cat wound itself around his leg, rubbing against him affectionately. She laughed at the look
of pure disgust on Remus's face as he tried to non-violently shake the cat away from him.
"Just look how pretty he is!"
"I love you. I hate your cat."
She smirked. "He'll grow on you."
"Bring him out next full moon, and I'll eat him." Remus's nose twitched. "I'm not
even joking about that. Little bugger bit me this morning."
"At least you heal quickly. The bastard was using me as a scratching post all
afternoon," Sirius complained, showing off his left arm and all its tiny scratches as he thrust
his book into Remus's hands. "Here. Remus, she won't take this back. You read it."
Remus smiled and tapped the book lightly with his fingers. "Finished already?"
Sirius folded his arms across his chest and threw a hard smile at Remus. "I can read,
you know. I got more O.W.L.s than you."
Remus chuckled, passing his own book into Mia's open hands before he flipped
open the cover of The Wizard of Oz, casually glimpsing over the pages. "Not calling into
question your intelligence, Pads. So what did you think of it?"
"Don't ask him that," Mia cautioned her boyfriend.
"He wasn't even a real wizard!" Sirius shouted.
"He also thinks that the silver slippers were Portkeys," Mia informed Remus, who
immediately burst into laughter. "Speaking of Portkeys though, I've been playing around
with an idea I could use some help with if either of you are interested. I want to make