*running her fingers along the walls and smiling as the portraits holler at her for disturbing their sleep in a mood like she hadn't felt in months*

walks down the hall on his way out of his office and sees her Narcissa, where were you today? I had to cover two of your classes.

smiles I guess I forgot to go - no big deal. How are you doing?

looks at her like shes barking mad I'm fine thank you, how are you?

smiles widely Brilliant! I was going to walk in the rain, you want to come?

You're remarkably chipper. Has something happened?

Does something have to happen to make a person enjoy themselves? pulls lightly at his wrist Come outside with me, tell me about the place you went.

follows her slowly looking at her strangely Narcissa have you been sneaking into Greenhouse five?

Greenhouse five? We could if you want - is it fun in there? I don't think I've ever been in it.

grins at they get outside and are drenched within minutes Narcissa, have you taken a happiness potion or something?

*looks up at him smiling, her pupils completely dilated* Utopia, ever hear of it? casually* I saw Lucius in Hogsmead and he gave me some.

looks at her in complete shock then wraps and arm around her waist and begins pulling her back to the castle How long ago did you see Lucius?

walks with him slowly looking at everything they pass I went to hogsmeade around noon, I was going to have a drink and he appeared and pulled me into an alley to try and get me to take the potion. grins At first I really didn't want to, I don't know why, but I was trying to get away and not take it.

bangs on Snapes door urgently How much have you taken?

leans against the wall smiling slightly watching the flames in the sconces flickering An entire bottle, but he told me he'd give me more if I went to see him and Bellatrix at her home tonight. Want me to get you some?

shakes his head No thank you, I believe I will survive without it. bangs on the door again Come on Severus.

opens the door and looks angrily at the two of them What is it?

pulls Narcissa into the office and shuts the door silencing the room Lucius has given her Utopia.

notices her eyes and nods And you came to me because?

Don't you have an antidote for it or something?

looks almost apologetic There isn't one Remus, and unless she gets another does she'll be in for a rough night. Are you aware of what happens when one is coming down from Utopia? You are having the happiest feelings posible and they all drain from you leaving you to feel miserable. It is the most adictive of potions because of this.

nods slowly I'll lock us in my office and take her wand. Hopefully we can kick this quickly before she gets too hooked.

pauses and looks delicately at Lupin You still haven't a clue on how Lucius's mind works? I'd wager my year's salary that she's been on this before. I cannot see any other reason for Lucius to do it and he expected me to silence the both of you the other night. Since I didn't he's probably waiting to strike.

*reashes up and takes a bottle of what looks like a pickled eyeball and starts to move it around slowly, watching it from all angles looked so pretty*

snatches the jar from her hand and puts it back on his shelf exactly where it had been Your misfortune if you lock yourself in with her Lupin. It likely will be depressing.

slips an arm around Narcissas waist and pulls her towards the door I'm not going to let her go through this alone. I'll put some cheering charms on her when it wears off, hopefully I can bring her down off this gently.

It's not unlike being around the dementors, coming down. smirks Cheering charms might take the edge off, but we'd better keep a watch soon that Lucius doesn't try and bring this stuff into the school. Think about how easily students will voluntarily do his bidding for him to get more if they become hooked.

nods Definitely. Then again, I doubt Lucius will be showing himself around here for a while.

He wouldn't have to. He has a son who he can manipulate and judging by this... nods towards Narcissa He's already making a first attempt. And Lucius is still a govenor here. You haven't officially told anyone what he's done and there is no investigation.

No, it's Michele's choice. I cannot try and convict Lucius if she will not testify.

She's a minor. There isn't a need to give her a choice Lupin. sneers One of the few rights a parent has, you can make her go to court.

Yes, but she could lie. She might say that he never did anything if she doesn't want anyone knowing about this.

And of course, Lucius could ask me to testify on his behalf. pointedly You know who's side I would have to take publicly.

nods Yes, I understand Severus.

shivers and puts her head forehead on Lupins shoulder I don't feel so good.

looks at Narcissa I'm going to get her back to my office. I will speak to you later Severus. opens the door Come on Narcissa.

quickly looks over the shelves to see if there was any of the potion on there and walks out rubbing her forearm painfully Are you mad?

watches her rubbing her forearm Narcissa, is there something you're not telling me?

rolls up her sleeve to show serious scratches along it and looks depressed at it I tried to pet Mrs Norris, no scandle. They wouldn't mark me with anything but a grave.

smiles slightly Well, I know it must hurt but I'm glad you didn't get marked at any rate. looks at her seriously as they pass through the Entrance hall and mutters Have you been on this stuff before?

nods and looks around Lucius got me started on it and he did everything to prevent me from quitting. grabs his arm Can't I go there just once to get a bit more? It'll help!

shakes his head No. It's good that you've only taken one dose, it'll be easier to kick it.

shivers feeling cold I doubt Snape has any, he's always miserable - he could use it!

opens the door to his office and pulls her in shutting and locking the door with a few hexes Narcissa, holds out his hand Hand over your wand.

clutches it behind her back Why? I can't exactly summon the stuff! rocks back and forth on her feet anxiously Haven't you ever tried it? You'd know it was so much better to be on it - especially with everything you're dealing with!

steps towards her Narcissa, this is an addictive potion. It's like heroin for Muggles. Do you know what it does to your body?

quietly It makes it feel a hell of a lot better when I'm on it than off of it.

It breaks your body down Narcissa! It breaks down your muscles. You could end up not being able to move if you stay on it too long. You may think I'm crap at potions, but I just can't make them. I do understand them.

I know it's not good for me, but this feeling is the worst! Everything - the light, noise... even these bloody scratches from that stupid cat - they're all driving on my nerves! Being on the potion everything seems better - even Snape's hair didn't look disgusting like it usually does!

keeps his hand held out The Wand Narcissa. I'll perform some cheering charms, they should get rid of the worst feelings.

hands him the wand shakily I'm sorry, I should have been able to get away and let you know her was there!

Don't worry, it's not your fault. I'll be here to kick this with you. performs the cheering charm

smiles weakly feeling a bit of it lighten from her mood and looks at him terrified Are you mad that I did it? Or that I let him get away?

I'm mad he got away, but it's not your fault. We all have weaknesses that overrides everything else.

I hate that he knows my weaknesses, him and Bella - they've got to be setting me up for something and I'm really scared to think what it would be. sits down nervously shaking Is your daughter all right?

grits his teeth I am sure your son is looking after her.

bites her lip feeling like the charm was already wearing off You sound bitter. Did he have something to do with this?

Just angry I wasn't told your son and my daughter are dating.

I'm sorry - I had no idea myself, he doesn't speak to me. shivers a bit thinking about that potion again Why does that idea bother you?

Well, think about it, you and I have been together...

rolls her eyes It would have bothered you before that just as much as it is now. walks over and puts her hands on his shoulders to lightly rub them He's not that bad, he won't hurt her.

ok, the fact that he is Lucius's son does put me off him.

backs away from him nervously You hate me because I'm associated with him?

no, of course not. It's different with Draco. He is his son. He must have inherited a lot from his father.

*looks at him unconvinced ansd shivers, getting the chills from needing the potion so badly* I'll admit he has learned a bit of bad habits from Lucius, but to paint him with the same brush - that's discrimination!

grins Oh yes, because you hating me when you first met me because I was a werewolf wasn't discrimination at all. takes his wand out and performs a cheering charm again

smiles I didn't know werewolves were hard of hearing - I didn't hate you when I first met you and I never hated you because of being a werewolf.

kisses her softly ok, ok, bad example.

puts her arms around his waist and rests her head on his shoulder I'm sorry about this. I probably should have warned you I did this before.

hugs her tightly It's not your fault. It's Lucius.

looks up at him amused You don't think it's a weakness? I'm sure other people here would. rolls her eyes Like Snivelly.

I don't see it as a weakness, we all have things we cannot resist. It's part of being human. Or part human in my case.

What can't you resist? smiles I doubt you've ever had an adiction - I bet you've never had so much as a cigarette!

You would think wrong. grins guiltily I always smoke when I'm drunk. Force of habit I guess. I smoked when I got drunk with James, Sirius and Peter. Peter only did it to look big in front of us, but we knew he hated it. it's a habit now.

You have to be kidding me! smirks We always pegged the four of you as umm... tries to think of a nicer way to say it well, chickens.

Chickens? Wow, you never saw the stuff we got up to then. Do you remember in our fifth year when we all went down to breakfast to find all the tables, benches and food in the great hall to be on the ceiling and as soon as you went in you were on the ceiling as well.... everyone thought it was seventh year Slytherins... grins and shakes his head

smirks How could I forget? Being upside down is a bit of a fear of mine and I used that as my excuse to skive the day.

laughs You're not the only one. Peter had a weak stomach, so even though he helped grins minimally I might add, he skived the entire day.

gives him a very weak smile I'm glad you're here. Anyone else I'd be making an effort to try and get my wand back to overtake you and get the potion.

grins lightly and rubs her arms how you feeling?

smirks Better than I could be I guess. Usually everything gets on my nerves at this point - voices, light, fabric - anything. smiles You're a positive influence I guess - or your cheering charms are proving you should be teaching my class full time!

grins and waves his wand A good heering charm can be very defensive. Fire one at someone who's about to kill you and suddenly they become so happy that they start laughing and completely forget what they were about to do.

Who's tried to kill you? Or do you mean that hypothetically?

Hypothetically. Would be amusing to see actually.

Can't imagine anyone trying personally. feels like an idiot telling him this and tries to change the subject So... amuse me. How many women have you been with other than the obvious?

And the obvious would be you?

No - I meant excluding me, the obvious would be Dumbledore's daughter. smirks You have a kid, makes it a bit obvious how she got here.

smirks You never know, I could have drank one of Severus's fertility potions by mistake.

I don't want to those words in the same sentance. shivers Severus and fertility. It's gross.

smirks and rubs her arms soothingly Sorry.

smirks and looks up at him And I just realized you changed the subject. Was it that many?

jerks his head quickly Damnit, I almost got away with it. No, eleven is my magic number.

looks shocked ELEVEN? You're borderlining slut status! smirks Or maybe I'm just sheltered. Aside from you I've just been with Lucius - I never once dared to cheat on him after witnessing what happened to his first wife.

jumps when she yells eleven Sorry, I've never been married like you. My longest relationship ended with me being chucked out! Then, well, I moved around a lot.

moves to sit on the floor by the fire feeling cold again Sorry, didn't mean to make you jump - I was just surprised. You didn't strike me as the type that would jump around a lot.

walks over to his desk and pulls out two cups pouring tea from his wand and handing her a cup before sitting next to her Eleven people is hardly jumping around. It wasn't as if I was sleeping with a different woman every night. I had a few relationships. None lasted long. Most not even a month.

grins and sips the tea I know - it's surprising to me because I've been with just you and that disaster. Why didn't they last longer than a month?

mutters After Helen I made sure to tell them what I was. Most either ran at the thought of it, or said they could handle it and bolted as soon as the full moon hit.

That's insane. stares at the tea My general thought is that after seeing how Lucius and most of his aquaintences behaved on their own free will is that a werewolf is pretty tame.

Well, you've not seen me wolfwise, and you never will see me as a proper wolf.

sips her tea looking at the fire deliberately I didn't expect I would - you were only with me because of that potion.

puts an arm around her shoulders Think of it more as, I only had the courage to act on it because of that potion.

smirks and touches his hair lightly Makes you wonder who they intended to set you with - if it was truly Draco that did it I have a hard time believing he would want me to run into you that night. laughs Knowing him it'd be Mcgonagall or someone.

God knows, Probably wanted it to be a student so I would be fired.

That sounds like something Draco would say. smirks I should probably come clean with you about something I did at the begining of the year - I trust you enough that this would remmain between the two of us?

nods Of course.

You know at the begining of the year when I hit on Snape? smirks and looks at her tea I didn't know he was on Dumbledore's side- I probably never would have done it if I hadn't thought he was a death eater. I had the idea in my head that he would be easy to manipulate into killing Lucius. Most death eaters woundn't take much encouraging to kill.

looks at her mildly curiously But to kill Lucius Malfoy? That would have taken some persuasion. Isn't he a very high up man in the death eater order of things?

Often the death eaters kill each other Remus, work their way up the ranks faster if their competition is out of the way. I figured Severus was ambitious enough to do that. laughs And because Lucius trusts him over all the others I would have enjoyed the irony.It was a stupid move, but I wanted you to know what my intentions were there. You sickened by it?

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shakes his head no, If I'd have known I could get Death Eaters to kill each other I would have been giving them all the gold I have to kill your husband.

laughs If it wee as easy as just paying them Lucius would have been dead a long time ago. They need to believe they're going to get further ahead doing it - with Voldemort.

shrugs Oh well, worth a shot.

fidgets nervously with a string on the rug Are you bothered by the fact that I would have used someone so easily?

I'm not entirely sure I follow you. You were going to use a relationship with Severus to kill your husband, or have we moved on?

Moved on? Now I don't quite follow you.

shakes his head Never mind. The answer is no.

leans closer to him to put her arms around his waist I've always had the problem of doing things without thinking them through first. It's like a curse.

rubs her back softly We all do things without thinking sometimes. It's part of being human.

So, you trust me enough to give me back my wand?

grins and strokes her hair Nice try but not yet. Not until morning. You may do something stupid if you get a bad bout of depression.

*smiles mischeviously and pushes him backwards, pinning his shoulders with her hands* Do I look depressed to you? I could take serious offense to that!

looks up at her grinning I mean if you get a serious bout of it. You're still not having your wand.

smirks down at him Then I'm not letting you up until you do!

smirks and puts his hands behind his head leisurely You know, I never realised how comfortable my floor was.

bites her lip and runs her fingers over his ribs deliberately trying to tickle him I'm in a position to make it very uncomfortable if I wanted to.

squirms slightly but still grins mischievously at her Oh really? How would you do that Professor?

You're ticklish! laughs and continues but does it more gently than before I figured most guys weren't.

tries not to squirm I am not tick... yelps as she hits a really ticklish spot

holds in a laugh and continues to tickle the one spot You're not a "tick"? I'd hope not! Ticks are like fleas, aren't they?

squirms madly Yes they are, I meant to say not ticklish!

You mean ticks aren't ticklish? I wouldn't try, you're more fun. continues to tickle him laughing Mind you, if I had my wand I could just put a charm on you with the same effect but I like this way better.

squirms under her laughing andgrabs her wrists You should be careful, I might take it upon myself to get you back!

kisses him lightly and looks at him amused You wouldn't. I'd probably scream and someone might walk in. How would you explain me being in here, on the floor?

continues grinning With me on top of you... The same way I'd have to explain it if someone walked in now, with me on the floor and you on top of me, and me holding your wrists.

I could easily say you were holding me down even at this angle - it's not like you couldn't push me off if you wanted!

And you without a wand. You certainly couldn't have planned it better. raises an eyebrow almost laughing

rests her head on his chest giggling You can always give me back my wand to make yourself look a bit less intimidating!

You not one for big scary looking men then?

If I saw one I probably wouldn't be but... grins and kisses him lightly You're not scary looking really. Especially when we have men like Argus around here.

grins Why thank you. flicks his hair mockingly I do like to take care of myself. laughs lightly

Some of those scars you have - I could reduce them a bit if you wanted.

shrugs I'm used to them. They don't bother me like they used to.

smirks and moves back over to the fire I didn't mean that they bothered me, I just meant the smaller scratches.

shrugs as he sits and places an arm around her shoulders How are you feeling?

leans her head against him Honestly? Confused and miserable.

squeezes her lightly Maybe you should get some sleep, but I can always perform another cheering charm.

stares at the floor Thank you for helping, I'm sure it can't be easy for you with everything else going on. Are you tired?

A little, but I haven't been sleeping much anyway. Things on my mind I suppose.

You're the one that probably needs the sleep more than me. smirks But of course you won't give me the wand so I could put a drowsing charm on you, right?

grins I said you'd get it back in the morning and you will. hugs her tightly Come on, we'll both try and get some sleep.

pouts Fine! I'll be amazed if I get any sleep though. smirks I might just amuse myself with practical jokes on you as you sleep!

narrows his eyes playfully Yeah and you'd find yourself walking around with very large bushy eyebrows and curling nose hair for a week.

You wouldn't do that! It'd start such a war, and believe me you don'e want to see how cruel I could get if I wanted. smirks I know a lot of fancy engorgement charms and um, shrivelling charms.

tackles her to the floor and pins her down Oh you really wouldn't even think about that seeing as you'd suffer more than me.

looks up at him laughing Oh really? How do you figure?

Oh really?! giggles and whispers a few threats in his ear while sliding her hands under him to unbutton his robes I think I could be meaner still.

raises an eyebrow Oh could you really? Well, I might have to recomend to the headmaster that you are put on probation for such horrid tactics. pushes her robes from her shoulders

leans up against him to bite his ear playfully while pushing his robes down his back Probation? I'll just have to tell him what you've been doing to get you stuck there with me then! starts kissing down his neckline

grips her hips and pulls her up against him We would really have to make use of that alone time.

brushes her nails dwon his spine lightly Rather good thing we get along, isn't it? I'd hate to still be at each others throats. kisses his throat softly smirking

breathes in sharply Yes, I definitely prefere you being at my throat this way.

smirks and moves her hands down lower to his waist It's certainly a nice way to keep distracted.

nips at her shoulder Very distracting. I might keep thinking about it while teaching.

smirks and unbuttons his belt Not a good idea Remus, I'd hate to think of the wrong words coming out in a class full of first years.

pushes the bottom of her robes up running his fingers up her legs Yeah, I think they'd be seeing their charms professor in a different light.

pushes his clothes off him carelessly onto the floor Yeah, a red light. Last thing we need is for them to hear anything. kisses him softly Besides, it's more fun this way.

pulls her robes over her head chucking them to the floor I have to agree, we do work better like this.

*lifts herself forward to help him better, digging her nails playfully into his back again* Besides, I think a lot of the girls would be upset. smirks They're sure to have crushes on you.

smirks lopsidedly Hardly, more likely that new young History teacher. You however, I'm sure you have half the lads in your class in day dreams.

laughs I don't think so Remus. runs her hands over his hips smoothly I don't seem to be too liked at all by much of them.

wraps his arms under the small of her back Good. I don't have to worry about you running off to find a toyboy then.

runs her fingers through his hair looking at him and smirking Be careful Remus! You might give me some insane idea that we're in a relationship.

smiles warmly at her Would that be a problem?

smiles nervously No - not for me. I don't see you putting up with me for very long though.

kisses down her neck and along her shoulders sliding his hands down under her ass I don't know, I think I can put up with this for a very long time.

closes her eyes and grips him tightly I should warn you now - I still have a very Slytherin attitude. smirks and kisses his him lightly It makes me a bit protective I guess.

Won't give up anything without a fight? Well, I think I'll be able to make you give up a few things using a few others. grabs his robes from the floor and pulls his wand out of them flicking off the lights