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Lana stood glaring at Lucius, and he looked right back at her, admiring the way the metallic gold top hung on her curves, the way that the black trousers hugged her skin, the way her hair hung...Oh, he loved that hair. The way it bounced when -

"Heloooo?" Lana said, waving a hand in front of his face. "Anyone there in that demented head of yours?" she asked, lowering her hand.

Lucius moved quickly and grabbed her wrist, squeezing it tightly, making Lana wince as he tightened his hand around her wrist, yanked her closer to him, almost pulling her arm from its socket. He held her arm high in the air, and ran his other hand down her hair. "I love this hair...I remember..."

Lana tried not to show how much his grip was hurting her, and she forced the tears of pain away and glared at him. "Take your hand off me Lucius, because this time, I might not stop hitting you."

Lucius narrowed his eyes and let go of Lana, shoving her backwards, and then he disapparated with a soft pop.

Lana let out a long sigh of relief, and looked at the deep red marks on her right wrist, which were already starting to bruise. She was trembling sightly, but not in fear. In anger - and in fright of herself. She had actually been tempted to kiss Lucius...and for the first time, she realised that she had an itch she couldnt scratch herself. But not with Lucius. He was evil, and dangerous. Lana had known this when she had played around with him before, but it wasnt as bad when he didnt know who she was actually working for. But now he and Voldemort knew...she had to be more careful. And that was exactly Lanas problem. It was the danger that she liked, the thrill of getting caught, the thrill of being in danger...It had also been James and Sirius' worst flaw, and also the best thing about them.

Lana crossed to her draws and yanked one open, looked around for a few bracelets, and shoved them over her wrist, wincing, but they covered the bruise, more or less. She checked herself in the mirror, and then disapparated with a soft pop, and appeared outside 4, Privet Drive. Harry was just shimmying down the drainpipe as she appeared, and he dropped to the floor and looked at her nervously as he walked down the drive. He noticed that she was more dressed up than him,and he even wondered what the hell he was doing with someone that he barely knew, but he didnt care. He was almost 16, and hed do what the hell he wanted to, and when.

"Hey" Lana smiled at him as he closed the gate quietly. Harry turned around and looked at Lana.

"Um, I dont think Im dressed right.." he said, and Lana waved her hand dismissively.

"Dont worry. Where we're going, all the men dress like that, with the baggy clothes and....well you know." she said, as they walked towards the bus station.

"Do you think this is such a good idea?" Harry asked Lana, who raised her eyebrows at him as they reached the bus station.

"Who cares? Isnt is the thrill of it that makes it worth doing?" she asked, then kicked herself mentally. "And besides..Its not like youre a kid any more....and....also, youre Harry Potter."

"What do you mean by that?" Harry asked, slightly angrily.

"Have you never even considered it? Youre the Famous Harry Potter."

"I didnt ask for it, you know, and my parents did die, making me famous."

Lanas heart ached for Harry. "I know you didnt ASK for it, Harry..But still, have you never even thought of using it to your advantage?"

"NO." he said firmly, making the other people at the bus stop stare.

Lana was suprised. Had it been James...But hes not his father, Lana reminded herself. "Okay...Just asking..."

The bus pulled up and Lana gestured for Harry to get on. He did, and he walked to the back of the bus as Lana got their tickets.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

On the bus, Lana and Harry had had plenty to talk about, with Hogwarts and Voldemort, although Lana always steered the conversation back to something a little less disturbing every time Harry mentioned Voldemort. Harry was more than a little apprehensive about where they were going and what they were going to do, but he couldnt help trusting Lana. The anger that filled him, that was always threatening to boil over, had strangely subdued since Lana and Harry had gotten talking about Hogwarts, and Lana was asking him which passages he knew about, and who was teaching there etc.

Harry soon realised, when they got off the bus, that Lana was taking him out to the pubs and clubs that were in central London.

"Um...Lana...last time I checked..Im not 18..how can I get in?"

She laughed. "Harry, when will you learn? Always have contacts in the Muggle world that are actually Muggles...they do have their uses you know."

They walked quickly to the centre, and lots of people were milling around, queuing, lots of cops. Lana took Harry by the arm and led him to the club that was 3 stories high, and also had a queue that stretched around the block. Lana walked straight past the queue, and tapped one of the bouncers on the back.

He turned around and smiled down at Lana. "Hey girl..Long time no see!"

"Hey Lenny." Lana said, grinning broadly. "This is Harry..My cousin..Hes kinda new to the whole RnB scene."

"Hey Harry" he said, shaking Harrys hand, and Harry thought his hand would break under the mans strong grip.

"Hi.." Harry managed to gasp.

"You havent changed much, have you Lana?" Lenny said, winking at her. "Go on in girl, get yourself and your cousin here a drink, put it on my tab"

"Thanks" Lana said, and walked through the VIP entrance, pulling Harry with her.

Harry noticed a long scar down Lanas right arm as she pulled him into the bar.

"Howd you get that scar on your arm?" he asked Lana, whos eyes suddenly clouded over with the painful, literally, memory of how shed got it.

"Got stabbed" she said simply. "So..drink?" she asked as they reached the bar, casually changing the subject.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*A FEW HOURS LATER*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Lana pushed an extremely drunk Harry into a taxi, and fell in after him.

"Muggle world has its uses dont it?" Lana slurred, looking at Harry.

"Yeshhh it doeshhh" Harry slurred, and Lana laughed.

"Vodka..makes boring people seem more intresting, makes the sun shine a little brighter, numbs the pain.."

Harry was starting to feel rather ill. "Ish it me, or ish the taxi shhpining?" he asked Lana.

"stop!" Lana told the cab driver, and flung open the door, as she saw Harry look ill. He leaned out of the door and vomited on the side of the road. Lana found herself sobering up as she listened to Harry retching. She rubbed his back. "Youll be okay..." Lana thought back to all the times her and Lily had had to sort Sirius and James out after a night on the clubs. She laughed...then cringed as she remembered the time she was so drunk, it was the first time she had stayed at Sirius house, she wet the bed...

She heaved Harry back into the taxi, and slammed the door shut as it sped off. A few minutes later and it pulled up at the end of Privet Drive. Lana paid the man and he sped off. Lana supported Harry as they walked down the street.

Lana saw someone walking at a quick pace towards them, and her first thought was that it was Lucius, but as he stepped into the street light, she saw it was just Remus Lupin.

"LANA!" he called out, and as he got closer, Lana could see that he was furious. "HARRY!"

"hey Professhhor" Harry managed to slur.

"HOW IRRESPONSILBLE DO YOU WANT TO BE?!?!" Remus shouted, and was even angrier when Lana shhsushed him and waved her hand dismissively.

"Calm down Moony, we were just having some fun." she said, and turned to Harry. "Im gonna magic you back into your room okay? Just..be quiet." Harry nodded and swayed, then disappeared with a soft pop.

Lana looked back to Remus, who was giving her *the* look, which meant that he found it amusing on some level, but thought she was incredibly stupid and he was pissed off with her. Lana let her arms flop to her side.

"Dont look at me like that Moony." she said, walking, in a straight-ish line over to him, and grinned at him.

"I always knew you and Sirius were irresponsible when you were together, took stupid risks, loved the thrill of putting your life in danger, but thats different! It was you and Sirius, two extremely clever and powerful wizards! Sirius risked his own life, his own skin to see Harry, but he never risked Harrys life! Never! Can you imagine what would have happened if it had been Dumbledore on guard tonight! Lana, Im - " He stopped, seeing that Lana was on the verge of tears as they walked up the path to her front door.

Lana opened the lock with extremely trembling hands and stepped inside. Remus followed. She flicked on the light and stood looking at him.

"Dont lecture me okay Moony? I just thought that Harry and I could do with a little - forgetting. Forgetting the pain, and the agony, and the grief and the loss that were both feeling right now. It was stupid, I know, but I really dont care. I just wanted one night where I didnt have to think about Sirius, one night where I didnt have to think about the pain I caused him before he went to Azkaban, when I didnt have to feel guilty every second of every day." Lana said, shaking terribly, pulling the bracelets off her wrist.

"Im sorry Lana, I..." Remus trailed off. He looked at Lanas wrist. "Im just worried in case one of the Death Eaters comes for you...Lana, you killed 7 of them...4 of their best men...Lucius Malfoys brother!" he trailed off again.."Also...there are other reasons why Lucius would come for you.." he said quietly.

Lana sat down on couch, taking her shoes off. She sighed as she took them off, and Lupin joined her on the couch. She leaned back.

"Lucius Malfoys already been here, Moony." she said, flippantly.

"What?!?" he said, turning his whole body around to Lana "How can you say it so casually?"

"Nothing happened...he just...wanted to talk."

"TALK?!! About what? Lana why didnt you say something?"

"I can handle Lucius, you know that."

Lupin grabbed Lanas wrist. "Really looks like it."

She winced a little. "He grabbed me." from the look on Lupins face, she added "He didnt try it on...for once.." she muttered.

Lana bit her lip, and asked the question she had dreaded asking, but had to know the answer to. "Remus...Did..did anyone tell Sirius what actually happened?"

Remus looked her in the eyes, an odd expression on his face. "Oh Lana," he began. "He wouldnt - Yes. I told him. Dumbledore told him. But Sirius wouldnt let anyone talk about you to him. Except for that explanation..."

"Oh..." Lana said, disappointment and grief heavily in her voice. "I cant expect him to have..."

Lupin took Lanas hand. "But....I know that he forgave you. He always kept that photo..you know the one with you and him, kissing...arms wrapped around each other...He always had that with him. A bit worn and battered, but still....It was there." Lupin knew he should tell Lana more, but he didnt want to upset her more than she already was.

Lana pulled Lupin into a hug. "I love you Moony..." she sighed. "I dont know what Id do if you werent here..." the tears welled up and a few spilled over. "Im sorry..Im so sorry...I just wanted something to...to numb the pain...The guilt, the confusion, I just.."

Lupin held Lana tighter, and he himself felt like crying. His eyes travelled down her right arm, on which she bore the scar that travelled almost all the way down her forearm. He shuddered at the memory of that awful week.