Disclaimers: Oh, yeah, by the way, I don't own any of them, except for Alixana Sansun and I like for you to know that.

MARAUDERER'S DAY

"We've both liked each other all this time?" Alix asked smiling at Remus.
Remus cursed the blush he felt rising in his face, "Yeah, I guess we did."
"Well, I suppose we should get the schedule of our studying out of the way. Then we can have some fun," Alix smiled mischievously at Remus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the next Wednesday night, Alix and Remus met in the library. It was the first time that they had been able to study. They were constantly surrounded by their friends. As they sat down next to each other, Remus asked, "Have you felt as if you were on display as much as I have the past couple of days?"
"Yes. As much as I love our friends, I wish they would shut up once in awhile," Alix grinned. She then turned on the teacher mode, "Do you have your potions book with you?"
"Of course, I do," Remus looked at her funny. He knew they were going to be studying potions, why wouldn't he bring the book.
"Good. I want you to get these answers right. Alright, what goes into the Paterny Revelus potion?" Alix asked, trying not to blush. She had been thinking and dreaming about Remus since Hogsmeade. She had planned what she wanted to do for days.
Remus bit his lip. "Crushed dried beetles, dragon's blood, blood from the two people you are testing, five hairs from a werewolf, and..a..and..em..uh...two phoenix tears!" Remus finally exclaimed triumphantly.
Turning to Remus so she was even closer, she smiled as leaned over and quickly kissed him on the lips counting, "One for getting each of them right *kiss* two *kiss* three *kiss* four *kiss* five *kiss*." A book fell off a nearby shelf with each kiss she gave him.
Having been caught off guard, Remus just sat there. He then asked when Alix was done, "Will you do this for every answer I get right?"
"If you want me to? I thought it would be a good incentive," Alix blushed nervously.
"Oh, you bet it is."

PRESENT DAY

After breakfast, Remus asked Alix quietly, "Can we talk?"
"Yes, I would love to," Alix said. She then turned to follow him out of the room.
Once the two of them were upstairs in a drawing room, they sat down in chairs opposite one another. Remus asked quietly, "I want answers Xana."
Alix sighed and looked at her hands, "I can't tell you what you want."
Standing up now, Remus asked rather loudly, "Why NOT? Suddenly, one day we were dating and then you come up and break it off and start going out with SNAPE! I want to know why." By the end of his tirade, Remus was close to tears.
Sitting in silence, Alix tried to figure out how to answer him. She had made promises not to say anything until Severus was safe. Now, the man that she had loved was wanting answers. She didn't want to lie to him, yet he wasn't just believing that she couldn't tell him.
A deep voice broke into her thoughts. Snape stood in the doorway, "Remus, you may want to either put a Silencing Charm on the door, or lower your voice."
"GET OUT OF HERE SEVERUS!" Remus shouted not turning from Alix who still stared at the ground. "THIS IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

Shaking his head, he turned and charmed the door so no one would be able to hear the conversation the three of them were about to have. "Actually this is very much my business, Remus."
"Get out of here," Remus said through clenched teeth.
"No, you want some answers from Alix and I am the only one who can give them to you," Snape said, starting to get annoyed.
"Severus, you can't say anything yet," Alix spoke for the first time since he had entered the room.
Turning to Alix, he smiled grimly, "Alixana, dear, when Dumbledore invited you back, we knew that we wouldn't be able to keep what our relationship really was a secret from Voldemort any longer. We need you here to fight for the light more than I need to be a spy. Yesterday evening was the last time that I'm answering when he calls. We can now tell everyone that we tricked Voldemort."
Grinning tiredly now, Alix asked, "We can tell?"