Mirrim groaned, her head hurt, but she was lying on something soft.

"Mirrim?" She opened her eyes slowly and saw Remus sitting next to her. He'd laid her on a couch and he had a worried look in his eyes. "Are you alright?" Mirrim frowned.

"I have a headache but apart from that I'm fine."

"You scared me for a minute there." He smiled at her. She smiled back, and then her smile faltered when she remembered why she'd had a panic attack. Remus noticed. "Listen I'm sorry Mirrim. I really shouldn't have asked that question. Even I know that's a conversation for a later date. I know only two members of the faculty know. Although I'm curious it's not really my place to ask you. It's your choice if and when you ever tell me." She smiled again.

"Thank you Remus. I'm sorry I lost it, it's just…a difficult subject for me. I know how he treated my mother and I just try to…block all thoughts of him out." Remus nodded.

"It's alright Mirrim we'll talk about something else." She nodded and smiled again. Then she swung her legs over the side of the couch and sat up. Remus sat next to her and put his arm around her. She closed her eyes and rested her head against his shoulder. It was nice just to sit like this. It was almost as though Mirrim's panic attack hadn't happened. She decided to forget about it. It was a temporary glitch, easily solved and easy to forget. She forgot about unpleasant things easily enough and this was just another. Remus on the other hand, could not forget about it. Apart from the fact his unreasonable question had caused it, he suddenly hated Mirrim's father. He didn't even know what the man looked like, but he hated him. He hated for the pain Mirrim felt because of him, he hated for the secrecy Mirrim was forced to have because of him. He hated him, because it was an issue, and issues were always problematic to a relationship. If Mirrim chose never to tell Remus he would understand, it was her choice, but secrets always put a strain on a relationship. His secret, he would have to tell her at some point, she had a right to now and it would be hard if not impossible to have any kind of long term relationship without her knowing. Her secret on the other hand, he had no right to know. Her father wasn't part of her life; she had no reason to tell him if she didn't want to. The only reason Professor McGonagall knew was because, as Mirrim's head of house, she had to. If Mirrim had been in Hufflepuff, only Dumbledore and Flitwick would know, if Slytherin Snape would know and so on. He held her a little tighter, wishing he could take all her pain away, wishing she didn't know who her father was and that her mother had never been hurt by him. Mirrim smiled and snuggled closer. She could stay like this forever. Remus looked down at her and kissed the top of her head smiling.

"I love you Mirrim."

"I love you too."

"Hey Hallows!" Mirrim turned to see Alex jogging to catch up with her.

"Hey Alex." Alex caught up and frowned at her.

"Have you had sex?"

"What! No!"

"Well then wipe that stupid smile of your face you look like you slept hung up in the cupboard."

"You smile enough when you think no one's looking."

"I do not. When I smile, no one is looking."

"or so you think."

"Stop arguing with me Mirrim and please say if you didn't have sex you a least have something juicy to tell me."

"Sorry."

"Okay. What the hell is the point with you having a relationship with an older guy, if you're not getting any fun out of it?"

"It is fun. You and Snape aren't exactly at it like rabbits."

"That's because he has to work and shit. If he didn't we'd spend all day in bed."

"You don't even do that at weekends. Well that's because I expect you to come see me because you'll have something good to tell me. I may start dragging Severus to bed at the weekends if you keep this stupid chastity thing up."

"I'm just not ready for that yet."

"Why? It's not like you'd be doing it with some random dude who just wants a shag, like that loser Jake who keeps ogling you. This is a guy you really love. Isn't it meant to be the next step after love?"

"When did you get romantic?"

"I'm trying to convince you to have sex Mirrim I';d pretend to be nun idf it got you to do it already."

"Okay Alex I'll save you some time. I promise to tell you the day after I lose my virginity okay." Alex thought for a moment.

"Okay. I won't keep asking you whether or not you've done it but I will keep trying to make you do it." Mirrim rolled her eyes.

I wouldn't expect anything less."