Chapter Sixty-Five
An Understanding
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now.
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without.
I just need you now
(Need You Now - Lady Antebellum)June 26th, 1977After several Cleansing Charms and a few minutes relearning how to walk without
her knees buckling, a blushing Mia and a smug Remus returned to Potter Manor. He walked
her to her bedroom door before bending low to chastely kiss her knuckles and wish her a
good night.
Mia collapsed onto her bed, blissfully reliving the entire night. She was grateful she
had gone back to following her rules and was—now more than ever—living and enjoying
her life.
Several hours later, she heard a small thud and felt a depression on her mattress.
Reaching beneath her pillow for her wand, her eyes widened and shifted amber so she
could see better in the dark as she aimed the vine wood at the foot of her bed.
"What the...? Sirius?" She gaped at the pile of long black hair, lowering her wand.
"G'mornin' kitten," he mumbled into the mattress.
"Sirius—Tempus—Sirius, it's half four in the morning." She glared down at him,
rubbing the exhaustion from her eyes. "Did you just get home? Where are Jamie, Peter,
and Lily?"
"Evans 'n Wormtail App'rated home." He drunkenly stumbled through his words,
and Mia flinched as she was assaulted by the stench of firewhisky as he leant up to speak
to her. "Prongs passed out in the Floo. Tilly took 'im to 'is room."
"And is there a reason you're in my room?" she asked, her eyes darting to her now
open bedroom door. A momentary worry crossed her thoughts as she imagined what
would happen if James or Remus walked in.
Sirius shrugged and fell back onto the mattress. "It's better than mine."