stirs and opens his eyes Shit! gets up quickly Someone's at the door Narcissa, just stay in here ok. *pulls on a set of robes quickly and runs to the door, closing the door to his chambers before opening the door* Severus!

looks at him distastefully and walks in I have big problems. Have you seen Narcissa anywhere?

closes the door behind Severus No... I haven't.

takes a seat Good. I did something rather foolish last night and I don't know what to do about it.

leans on the door What did you do?

mutters under his breath I didn't make it to my chambers, I ended up in Riddle's instead.

his mouth drops open as he watches Severus and thinks nervously about Narcissa in his chambers What happened?

sarcastically Played wizards chess and drank pumpkin juice. What the hell do you think?

So, what are you going to do about it? Do you plan on telling Narcissa? starts getting nervous

I have no intention of telling her, I need to come up with an excuse for where I was... looks annoyed at him Why are you skitish?

Because I know I'm going to have to lie for you. sits down slowly What are you going to do about Riddle?

I don't know! stares at the floor I'm confused.

Why confused? Who do you want? Riddle or Narcissa?

smirks I'm confused as to what to tell Narcissa, I can't see this going over well with the way I've been acting. stares harder at the floor

shrugs I don't know what to say. You should go and find Narcissa, she will be angry you didn't go back to your dorm I suspect.

Perhaps... pushes his wand against the floor and uses it to pick up a silvery chain Where do you suppose I would find her then? stares angrily at Lupin

looks at the chain in shock I wouldn't know.

Indeed? stares angrily at Lupins eyes You are aware of course, that I am a Legilimens, and can tell when I'm being lied to? throws the chain at Lupin Explain.

catches it ok Fine, she came up here. It was almost three in the morning. She got angry that you hadn't come back, and said that she was fed up of people not telling her things. She threw the neckless at the ground, I believe Lucius gave it to her. I didn't move it because it's Silver.

sneers sensing Lupin wasnt telling the truth So where did she go then? She isn't in her room nor in the staffroom. And where did she think I was?

She didn't know where you were, well, she thought you were here. I don't know where she went. She just left.

refrains from beating the lies out of him and pulls his wand out Tell the truth Lupin or I will find out the hard way.

Why are you having a go at me Severus? Shouldn't you be worrying about Narcissa will think of your little romp?

I know you're lying, I'm just going to find out why. points his wand Legilimens!

*sees a flash of yelling at gabe, a flash of Narcissa sitting on his couch, of them standing near each other* STOP IT SEVERUS! pushes him out angrily This is your problem, not mine... You are the one who went and cheated on her... Maybe you should be working that out instead of harrassing me!

narrows his eyes angrily at Lupin You clearly have something to hide Remus, and that chain didn't come from Lucius, that's how I know you're lying.

It's not my fault she lied to me Severus!

snaps angrily Does she have any idea as to where I was?

I don't know what was going through her head!

I'm sure. stares into his eyes in a nongay way trying to figure out the lies

glares back If you don't mind Severus, I have work to do.

I'll leave the moment you tell me where she is. smirks And no sooner.

Well, You're welcome to sit here all day, I have no idea where she is. moves to grab his marking

Really. smirks I need to use the water closet, would this be it? gets up and puts his hand on the door to Lupins chambers watching him very closely

steps in front of him No, not in there. That's just my bedroom. Bathroom is the other door.

Fine. I'm sure I'll find out soon enough. smirks Some people aren't as good at lying as others. walks out and slams the door

opens the bedroom door Oh... god...

stands silently by the door that had just opened I think I could kill him right now.

closes the door behind him and leans on it I think I could almost kill him right now. looks at her softly Are you ok?

I don't know. puts her head on his shoulder I can't believe he was going to try and lie about it to me. And I didn't know he was a Legilmens, is that how he spies on them?

slides an arm around her waist No, it's how he stops them knowing he's a spy.

I think Occlumency may have made him too much of a liar. I'm not going to bother pretending I don't know because obviously he'll know I'm lying. smirks If he wanted me to hate him so badly before he should have just done this.

smiles slightly Yes, it might have been a good idea. What do you wish to do about this? Keep lying to him? I can tell you now he won't take it well.

I really could care less what he thinks right now. smirks I'd almost want him to know after hearing that.

bangs his head back against the door I can tell this is going to be a very interesting day.

What do you figure? I'm not planning on telling him, but I don't intend on denying it either if asked outright. pales suddenly I just had a very bad thought about this.

Apart from Severus torturing and killing us? What?

shakes her head No, I'm thinking about Draco's reaction, and your daughter.

I can safely say they would kill us. We don't tell them. We make sure they don't find out.

smirks Probably a wise idea. looks nervously at him Do you regret it? I mean, you were pretty drunk.

looks down at her smirking No, I don't. You?

grins Not at all, oddly enough. The only regret I have right now is not smashing every item on his shelves before I left his office.

grins and walks over to the bed and sitting down This will be difficult. Severus will wonder how you found out, and will then trace it to me, and will try Legimens again. I'm not sure I'll be able to block him fast enough from seeing anything.

Chances are he'll use it on me to find out where I was anyways, I am not an Occlumens and he'll know that for sure.

It would be extremely difficult to block him out then. Just throw the first curse you think of at him ok.

laughs I'm sure I could go to azkaban for that. I'll try though.

nods slowly I suppose you should go and find Severus.

I have someone else to take care of first. smirks I'll see you later.

nods slowly Yes. I'm sure I'll see you later.

gives him a very nervous hug before rushing out