the_debt_of_time

Mia cleared her throat. "I don't know about you two, but I could use something to
drink. Why don't you go and pick out a bottle of wine we can share, Lily? I'll put a Stasis
Charm on the cauldrons, and we can go into the living room and dig into that treacle tart
that Tilly made?"
"That sounds lovely." Alice beamed, setting down her stirring stick and lowering
the heat on her cauldron.
"Red or white?" Lily asked as she, too, lowered the heat on her cauldron.
Mia smiled. "White."
Alice headed in the direction of the living room. "I'm going to get a head start on
that treacle. You coming?"
"Be right there. Just need to add one more thing before I can leave this to brew,"
Mia lied and watched as both of the other witches left her alone.
Okay, so am I a terrible friend to Lily and Alice? No, I'm an amazing friend to Harry and
Neville! Mia reasoned, nodding to herself before taking a deep breath to tap down the guilt
inside of her as she reached over Lily's cauldron and dropped in a single shrivelfig, making
the brew completely useless. The Contraceptive Potion turned blue for a split second
before returning to its normal pink colour.
She let out a sigh of relief. Lily and Alice would never know the difference.
Mia walked into the living room to find Lily struggling to open the bottle of wine.
She laughed at the sight of the redhead with the large bottle held firmly between her thighs
while she wrestled with the cork on the other end.
"Are you a witch or aren't you?" Mia reached for the bottle, waved her wand, and
the cork flew out of the end of it.
Lily flushed with embarrassment.
"Have you decided what jewellery you're going to wear for the ceremony?" Alice
inquired. "Frank's mother made me wear this awful, gaudy tiara that I swear weighed a full
stone. I'm amazed I was able to kiss him at the end; my neck felt like it was about to snap."
Lily glanced down at her hands. "I was just thinking my ring, honestly. Oh, I've
been meaning to give this back to you, Mia," she said, having noticed the Potter bracelet.
"I know you gave it to Sirius and he gave it to me, but I'm about to become a Potter
anyway―"