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before Sirius finally relented and, with a dramatically sarcastic bow, allowed her through.
Before either could even get a word out, Remus waved his wand, casting a Silencing Charm
at the open door so that neither he nor Harry had to listen to whatever was about to
happen.
"Is everything okay?" Harry inquired, worriedly.
"They'll be fine," Remus assured him.
Sirius and Mia faced off against one another as though they were preparing to duel.
He pointed at her repeatedly, and she yelled back at him, the ends of her hair sparking. He
rolled his eyes and turned away from her, folding his arms across his chest, which was the
wrong thing to do as she stormed toward him, spun him around and then shoved him in
the chest. He stumbled, growled and then grabbed her by the shoulders, pulling her toward
him, and kissing her hard on the lips. She reacted immediately, returning the kiss until she
apparently realised that he had done it to distract her. She pulled away from him and
slapped him across the face, though not nearly as hard as she had done the night before.
"I feel like I've been confunded," Harry said. "Are you sure they're in love? I mean,
twenty minutes ago, I'd have said yes, but―"
"Oh, they're in love." Remus laughed at the sight of his friends arguing. "I've never
known two people more so, other than maybe your parents."
When curiosity got the better of him, Remus pulled down the Silencing Charm.
"—not my fault you were babbling like a crazy person! I had half a mind to drop
you at St Mungo's, woman!"
"Half a mind?" Mia scoffed. "Let's not go exaggerating now!"
Remus winced and threw the Silencing Charm back up.
"My mum and dad weren't like this, were they?" Harry asked anxiously.
Remus laughed. "Merlin, no. James worshipped the very ground Lily walked on. If
she ever slapped him in the face, he'd thank her and ask for another." Something that had
happened on occasion. "James went out of his way to shower Lily with affection, while
Sirius purposely provoked Mia because he said she was uninhibited when she was angry.
Mia fought back because Sirius was the only one of us who didn't treat her like glass. Don't
misunderstand what they're doing right now, Harry. They're both enjoying this."
Harry looked unconvinced.