The next day, Sirius left for Charlie's flat. He was joined by Remus, who had decided that he wanted to be part of this as well. Knocking on the door, they waited patiently until Charlie opened it.
He looked surprised, but beckoned them in.
"Hello?" He said, looking from Sirius to Remus in confusion, "is everything ok? Is Lyra ok?" He added, a small note of panic entering his voice.
Remus' calm voice reassured him that Lyra was ok, but added, "we just need to talk to you, if we can. Can we ask you something?"
Charlie nodded, and indicated that they sit.
Sirius then spoke up. "Have you bought an engagement ring yet?" He asked, looking at Charlie. Charlie shook his head, "I didn't want to get anything before you gave me permission." Both Remus and Sirius grinned at that, it was obvious just in his voice how much Charlie loved Lyra, and how much he respected both men's positions in her life. Their grins grew when Charlie then apologised to Remus for not asking him as well, but Remus just waved away his apology.
"We wanted to ask you something" Sirius said, returning to the point of their visit, "Lily wore a family engagement ring. James' mum wore it before her, and his grandma wore it before she did. We were wondering if you could.." He paused, but Charlie understood.
"If it's part of her family, then of course I will! I was a bit worried about finding a ring myself, she's too special for any old ring. I would be honoured to propose to Ly with her mum's engagement ring." His eyes softened as he thought about Lyra, and there was silence as each of the three men thought about the girl - woman, who had not only saved the Wizarding world, but had personally impacted on their own lives so much. All three of them loved her, so much.
"So where is the ring?" Charlie asked after a few minutes. Sirius looked a little awkward.
"It's in one of the Potter vaults in Gringotts. Remus knows which one, but.. Err.. We may have a little trouble getting it out as Lyra doesn't know anything. When I checked with the goblins last night, all they said was 'maybe'".
"But as Lyra's guardian, shouldn't you be able to access her vaults?" Charlie pondered.
"No" Remus sighed, "it doesn't work like that. Lyra's nearly nineteen, Sirius isn't her guardian any more, she's independent and her vaults are pretty high security now because of who she is."
"But as her previous guardian, if we explain the situation..?" Charlie asked.
"It could work.." Sirius finally answered,
"Sirius" Remus said in a low voice, "it might not. They might not accept your position as that any more."
"But it's worth a shot!" Sirius swiftly replied.
"And we could ask Bill" Remus suggested, "he could approach the goblins with us, or at least advise us on the way to approach them."
"We could ask Bill! He knows I want to propose to Ly, I had dinner with him and Fleur last night. Are you free today, to go to Gringotts? Bills working today, Ron and Hermione are with the Grangers I think? So Lyra's spending the day with Fleur."
Sirius smirked.
"Aww, the two sisters in law!" He laughed. Charlie flushed.
"Yes, we're free to go to Gringotts today" Remus interrupted, "Lyra and Fleur are spending the day just at Shell Cottage, they're not going anywhere near Diagon Alley are they?"
Charlie shook his head, and the three men left for the bank with the aim to see a ring that Charlie had never seen before, while the older two hadn't seen it for over seventeen years.