When Neal is late coming home, June takes a moment to talk with Alex over a glass of wine. She wants to give Alex a warning, of just what it means to love a felon, especially a felon who works with the FBI.

Then the mask broke. It had slipped so fast that he didn't have time to catch it.

Neal didn't like guns, Kate didn't like Alex, Alex didn't like being uninformed and Mozzie didn't like having to plan rescue missions. They each had their reasons, and they all had to do with a certain con gone wrong.

The first time she met him, he made such an impression she found it near impossible to tear herself away. She'd been drawn to him from that moment, and he'd been capitalizing on it ever since. Alex/Neal. Past to present to future.

She's not giving up. It's more like taking time to regroup, and restrategize.

After Alex moves to Italy, she and Neal keep in touch through letters. Only instead of heartfelt words, they're playing a game of 'one up.' And soon, there's a running bet going on who is going to win. Very fluffy, humorous, and light hearted.

It's easy to see how similar they are; most people never get close enough to find out just how deep their differences run. Alex POV

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." Alex tries to find herself.

They work well together. Opposite sides of the same coin. She sees this, even if he doesn't. Alex POV.

It is 2010, 12 years after Voldemort's downfall, and Draco Malfoy has returned to England at long last. A Draco/Ginny Story. Revised and Complete