the_debt_of_time

After James suggested the boys take a fly around the pitch, all the seventh year
Gryffindor girls decided to make a day of it as well and followed the wizards outside. It
was a bit chilly out, but nothing that their robes or a good Warming Charm could not
handle. As the young men took to the sky on their brooms—Remus, Frank, and Peter
included—all of the girls sat down on a transfigured blanket and watched.
"I love Quidditch," Mary said with an interested sigh.
"I hope you're staring at Peter or Sirius, because the rest of those wizards are spoken
for," Lily said emphatically as she looked over a parchment in her hand.
Mia took a glance and figured that it was the weekly prefect schedule. James had
clearly made it considering the nearly illegible penmanship. Lily began rewriting it in her
own hand, likely knowing the prefects would have to be able to read it in order to comply.
"So, you and Potter are official then?" Alice asked with a happy smile.
Lily looked up and blushed when the rest of the witches grinned at her.
"I say it's about time," Mia declared.
Mary smirked, poking Lily teasingly in the ribs. "I completely agree, but, for the
record, I was looking at almost all of them. It's like art; just because I didn't paint it and it
doesn't hang in my house, doesn't mean I can't enjoy it."
"Not like any of our wizards would stray as it is," Alice pointed out. "James has
been in love with Lily for years, Frank would never betray me, and Remus is head over
heels for Mia."
Looking at her friends, Mia sighed. She reached into her school bag, retrieving the
Letter of Intent Remus had sent to James a year earlier, and called up to the fliers. "Remus!
Get everyone else down here!"
Mia avoided the looks on each of the faces surrounding her as they eyed the
envelope in her hands. Lily, naturally, was the only one who looked curious as opposed to
sitting on the edge of her figurative seat.
When all the wizards had landed, Remus nodded knowingly to Mia and made his
way over to her, setting his broom down gently on the grass. Sirius and James followed
suit, watching with interest, though Sirius looked more nervous than anyone else there at
the sight of the letter in Mia's hands. Frank and Peter joined the girls on the grass, eagerly
surveying the couple standing in front of them.