the_debt_of_time

"You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you."
"Are you two done doing... whatever is it you're doing?" Mary asked from the
riverbank where she and Lily were lying out on their towels, sunglasses resting on their
eyes.
"Fighting?" Mia asked.
Sirius chuckled quietly. "Foreplay?"
"Just leave the music on for more than five seconds!" Lily snapped.
"Fine. But not this song. She doesn't get to win." Sirius grinned at Mia and tapped
the radio once more.
"And there he was this young boy... a stranger to my eyes.. ."
Mia frowned. If he was still playing the game, it suddenly was not so much fun
anymore. She had known this Sirius for over two years. Still, whenever she looked into
those beautiful grey eyes, all she could think of were the equally beautiful grey eyes of a
man somewhere far in the future, hopefully waiting for her.
She looked away from him, something that was difficult to do since he refused to
stop staring at her or step out of her personal bubble.
"Strumming my pain with his fingers. Singing my life with his words. Killing me softly with his
song.. ."
"What's wrong, kitten?" Sirius asked. "Weren't you just smiling two seconds ago?
Want me to go tell Macdonald and Evans to piss off, and let us have our fun?" He grinned
and reached out, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I felt all flushed with fever... Embarrassed by the crowd.. ."
"I'm fine, Sirius," she lied. "Just distracted. Thinking about school. It's only another
month away, and I'm going to miss this." She gestured to the river and the orchard. "It's
nice to be outside without worrying about everyone else. My own little private world where
everyone I want to stay safe stays safe."
"You worry too much, love," Sirius said and leant back, dropping his head into her
lap like he always did.
Despite the fact that the action was as innocent as it always had been, she wore
nothing more than a swimming costume and was suddenly very well aware of how fast her
heart was beating.