the_debt_of_time

"You've got at least eleven copies," he complained.
Sirius laughed. "You know she just likes to pretend that she doesn't know you when
she buys the book and then asks you for an autograph in the middle of the store."
"I know," Remus whinged, and Mia laughed.
They approached the bookshop several paces behind their children, only to stop
short at the sight of a skinny woman with shoulder-length black hair and an angry
expression.
"Persius! Hurry up!" Pansy Flint shrieked loudly at the burly boy who was struggling
to keep up with her. "Your father has to be back to work in an hour, and I'm tired of
walking around. This place is filthy!" she said when her eyes fell on Mia and Draco.
When the witch turned to smugly walk away, they all rolled their eyes and nearly
missed it when Pansy's son rammed into Carina, knocking her harshly to the ground.
"Watch where you're going, loser!"
Sirius stepped forward growling, but Mia's hand flew out, pressing against his chest
to stop him. "Wait," she insisted when she noticed the children descending on the young
Flint boy.
"Hey!" Albus was the first to shout as he ran forward, followed by Jamie and
Regulus. "Don't talk to my cousin like that!"
Flint glared at Albus. "Piss off, blood-traitor!"
"Did you just push my little sister, you git?" Regulus snarled, looking more like Sirius
when he was angry than any other time.
Hope, flanked by Regulus and Jamie, looked just as enraged as her cousins as she
walked up and stood right in the younger boy's face, causing him to step back quickly and
trip onto his arse. "You like running about shoving little girls, do ya?"
"You okay?"
"I'm fine," Carina huffed bitterly, glaring at the bleeding scratch on her elbow. She
turned and glanced up, her eyes meeting a matching grey stare, and she smiled sweetly.
"Thanks, Scorpius."
"Careful," he said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a black and green
handkerchief embroidered with a silver "M" and handing it to her. "You're bleeding there."
She blushed and accepted the handkerchief in addition to his hand.