Mia rolled her eyes at him. "Remus and I are going to go enjoy a nice day outside
while you two sit in here and ogle Sirius's arse." She waved to Peter and James with a smirk.
"I'm sure he'll be very appreciative of it."
She grabbed Remus's hand and pulled him out the door.
"Are they gone?" Sirius whispered from the open door of the room, listening
carefully for the sound of Remus and Mia.
Peter nodded. "Yep."
"Good." Sirius grinned deviously. "I came up with a lovely prank that Remus
wouldn't approve of and might cause Mia to feed us to the Giant Squid," he announced as
he walked back into the room, buckling his trousers before reaching for James's trunk and
digging out the Invisibility Cloak and the Marauder's Map.
"That bad?" James asked with great interest.
"Probably worse. I don't expect to come out of this one with all my limbs intact.
But it'll be so worth it. Evans for sure will have our bollocks for this," Sirius said knowingly,
and yet, still enthusiastically.
"Go on," James said eagerly.
Down by the Black Lake beneath the beech tree, Mia leant back against Remus's
chest as she sat between his long legs. One of his hands had its fingers laced with hers as
he kissed along the back of her neck while she read from the newest edition of Hogwarts,
A History.
"I really like your tattoo," Remus whispered against the shell of her ear. His free
hand pulled against the back of her blouse, leaning down to place a soft kiss against the
mark.
"I'm glad you approve." Mia grinned, tempted to go back to the dorms and kick the
other boys out. James would make a fuss, but it would be worth it to convince him to leave.
"The words mean a great deal to me."
"Any reason you chose them?" he asked curiously as he ran the pad of his index
finger over it before leaning forward and kissing the crevice where her neck met her
shoulder.