ʜᴏɢᴡᴀʀᴛs, 1976

┍T┚ʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴅᴀʏ, sɪʀɪᴜs ᴡᴀs ᴍɪssɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. In fact, all of the Marauders were missing. But it didn't matter to anyone else, because it was a Sunday.

Laying all over the bed like a starfish, Mia smirked as Marlene walked into the dormitory, her hair messed up and her lipstick very smudged.

"Walk of shammmmmmeeeeee!" Tracy Ross shouted, pointing at Marlene as she walked over to Pandora Hayman, who was busy drawing on her Charms book.

"Did you find any nargles in his dormitory, Marlene? I heard they infest areas with high levels of testosterone." Pandora asked, snapping her book shut and shoving it onto her bag.

"Who said anything about a He?" Marlene shrugged off her dress and grabbed a towel from her trunk. "I don't remember seeing any nargles, not that I'd know what they look like." She then whispered "Go ahead." into Mia's ear before she skipped towards the bathroom and slammed the door shut.

Marlene and Sirius must have talked after her date.

"How on earth did you agree to go with Sirius Black to Hogsmeade? I thought you didn't like dating or sex or snogging?" Tracy asked Mia, her eyes carefully watching the prefect as she asked, with something in her eyes.

"I just did." Mia grumbled back, sitting up and checking her bag for homework. "And just because you've never seen me snog or go on dates doesn't mean I'm a nun." She snapped.

"Okay, Okay. Just asking. So are you and Sirius going out?" Tracy asked, her hands gripping her Witch Weekly, making her knuckles go white.

"Yes. Sirius and I are dating, and we will hug, snog and shag to our hearts content." Mia smirked at Tracy's not very well hidden jealousy/frustration. "Anything you want to say, Ross?"

"Nothing."

"Good."

The next day, however, was a Monday. And all the Marauders, excluding Remus, were there for breakfast. Mia was sitting with Marlene at the Ravenclaw Table, watching as Sirius chatted with his friends at his table. Taking another bite from her toast, she suddenly wrinkled her nose at the bland taste of the toast.

She had forgotten to butter it.

Now, that wouldn't have bothered her but it wasn't usual. She had forgotten something while staring at her boyfriend.

"Why though?" Marlene asked, pointing to the toast that Mia had thrown back onto her plate. "You love toast!"

"Buttered, Marlene. I like buttered toast."

"There's no reason to throw it back onto the plate."

"It's not buttered."

"Then butter it, Ms Smarty Prefect."

"It's too cold to butter."

"Argh. Just give it here." Marlene beckoned for her to pass the bread. Mia passed it to her. The blonde witch waved her wand and then flicked the butter near them. She swished the wand and evenly mimicked spreading the butter. Then, she charmed it back to her. "Hot, buttered and made by moi!"

"Thanks." Mia took a bit from it and moaned at the taste. It was perfectly buttered with the warm toast almost melting in her mouth.

"I added a pinch of sugar." Marlene added, watching as Mia scoffed down the toast like she hadn't had dinner for the previous week. "Now eat slowly before you choke."

"It was lovely. Thank you." And then when Mia looked back at the Gryffindor Table, Sirius has vanished. James Potter and Peter Pettigrew were still there.

Mia and Sirius hadn't talked since their date. Two days ago. Maybe he had changed his mind about waiting for her answer and was hiding out in the dormitory until she disappeared off the face of the earth.

She knew she couldn't have gotten her hopes up.

With a huff, she checked her bag and then quickly walked towards her next lesson, Potions. Black shoes clacked against the stone floor as Mia quickly walked towards Potions, her mind just thinking about how wrong she was about their very short relationship.

"Of course he moved on, look at me. An ugly and abhorrent hag, screaming like a banshee. Argh. Knew he was a player. Who am I kiddi-!"

"Mia!"

She turned around at the familiar sound of Sirius. In all his shining glory with his tie done lose and his shirt untucked.

"Tuck that shirt in and do your tie up properly. Five points from Gryffindor for uniform." She snapped.

"What? Wow. No slack even for your very sexy boyfriend?" He asked, half attempting to tuck in his shirt but failing completely at his tie.

"Who even does your tie for you?"

"Remus."

"Nice." She walked over and gently undid the tie, and began to tie it up for him. Around, around, over and under. "Now, If you'll excuse me. I'm going to Potions."

"I'll come with you, I sit next to you, Don't I?" He smirked at her flushing face. "You're so cute when your face goes all pink."

"Shut up, Black."

"Woah, what happened to babe? And honey?" What on earth was wrong with him? He leaves her for another girl and now he acts like nothing happened? "I left breakfast early just so i could surprise you!"

"Oh?" Stupid, jealous mind.

"Yeah. Did you want to sit with me at breakfast, babe?" He asked, laying his arm around her. "All you had to do was come up to the Gryffindor Table and I would have sat you right next to me."

"I'll keep that in mind, honey." They continued to walk until they finally got to the door. Pushing open the door, Sirius grabbed her hand and walked her with him into the classroom.

"Are we still brewing Amortentia, sir?" Mia politely asked as she brought her cauldron from her bag and enlargened it.

Slughorn nodded and Sirius went to fetch the ingredients.

"Today we will be brewing Amortentia in its full potion. No more practice runs. You will be assessed by the end of this double lesson." Looking at his watch, he then boomed, "Begin!"

Mia cracked open the Ashwinder eggs and dropped them into the cauldron, watching as they bubbled with the heat. Sirius dropped in the powdered moonstone and stirred while Mia poured in the essence of Irype. Soon, they were finished and the intoxicating smell of Amortentia filled the air.

"I smell broomsticks, leather and my darling Mia." Sirius announced, kissing Mia on the cheek before he leaped towards James Potter. Sirius just smell Mia's perfume, he finally no longer smelt someone else's.

His long talk with Marlene had worked and now he could finally date and prank Mia.

Mia blushed as she leaned into the cauldron and smelt Sirius' leather jacket. Maybe it would work for her.

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EDITED 30/05/19