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Chapter 5

Analise was so tired the next morning she didn't even want to get out of bed. She had spent most of the night alternating between trying to sleep and sitting in the window seat searching the darkness for signs of Snape and Lupin.

She felt inexplicably hurt. Remus had seemed so charmingly honest when she'd met him. She'd felt that connection that everyone is searching for. The drop in her stomach and the fire on her skin when he touched her. And for what? So him and Snape could spy on her in the dead of night? Maybe they're voyeurs. Maybe they get their kicks from watching strange women have a personal freedom moment. Damn perverts, she thought distractedly as she drug herself to the shower.

As the water sluiced over her flesh a thought occurred to her. They don't know that I know they were watching me. I'd bet my necklace that Remus shows up at the Three Broomsticks today for our dinner "date." I wonder if I can persuade him to tell me what's he was doing. Discreetly of course. She felt herself smiling conspiratoriallyas an idea took root and began flourishing wildly in her mind. He'll never know what hit him.

Remus stood outside the Three Broomsticks watching Analise through the window. He was quite relieved to see her here and unharmed. Snape and him never did find her last night. They had searched the area very thoroughly with no sign of her so they returned to her cliff diving spot. Again there was no sign of her so they had proceeded to her house, which showed no signs of her being there as it was pitched black inside. They had waited all night for her to show up but she never did. She certainly keeps you on your toes, he thought in dismay as he opened the door.

Ha! Did I call it or did I call it? Merlin he looks handsome in those khaki's, Analise thought to herself, her mouth suddenly dry as she watched Remus walk toward her. She was glad the bar was empty, it would make the first part of her plan so much easier. She smoothed her skirt down and came out from around the bar giving him a million watt smile.

Remus halted as she stepped from behind the counter and he had to remind himself to keep walking. His throat suddenly felt very tight as he swallowed. Come to think of it his pants felt a little tight also, hell any man's pants would be tight right now. She was wearing what he was sure was the shortest skirt known to wizard kind, every perfect inch of her sleek long legs was bared. Her aqua spaghetti strapped tank top glimpsed a teasing amount of cleavage and was the perfect drop for her sun-kissed skin and her twinkling blue eyes. Her golden hair was pulled into some kind of complicated looking knot thing so that tendrils of curls escaped making him ache to pull it down, and her gorgeous lips looked so full and soft as she smiled welcomingly at him.

Merlin, she's on fire. Her lips are begging to be kissed, he thought as his erection strained against his fly. She's an assignment, she's an assignment, he kept repeating. Until she stopped directly in front of him and all thought left his head. He could smell her soft floral scent and resisted the urge to back up. He didn't know if she knew she'd been trailed last night or not, so he'd let her make the first move.

Analise felt a smug satisfaction as she stood in front of him and watched his eyes glaze over in awareness. His presence was intoxicating and she had to fight to keep in control of the situation. She could feel herself getting lost in the depth of his gray eyes made all the more prominent by his charcoal shirt. His unruly hair stood up in the way that had her fingers itching to smooth the softness back down. She broke out of her trance and decided to proceed to step two.

"Remus! It's good to see you! I was wondering when you were going to come for me." She said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself up to brush a soft kiss on his cheek. "I was beginning to wonder if you'd forgotten about me." She whispered hotly in his ear before she lowered herself back down.

Remus fought to keep his hands at sides and not crush her to him as she hugged him. He couldn't help feeling relieved though, obviously she didn't know it had been him who had been following her last night. She'd be mad if she knew, not hugging you, he reasoned.

"I couldn't forget about you." He said as he pried himself away from her. " I'm actually here to make arrangements for dinner. You still want to go right?"

"Of course I do! I've been waiting everyday for you to come." She said realizing it was true. Dammit. I have a thing for a liar.

"Oh." He said feeling very flustered. "Sorry about that. I've been really busy with things....at work."

"What kind of things?" She asked in what she hoped was a curiously innocent voice.

"A professor's work is never done, you know. Lesson plans, paper grading, that kind of thing." He answered semi-honestly. I did work on those things in the last week, he thought in an attempt to ease the guilt clawing at him again.

"Well you sound very dedicated. What class do you teach?" She asked curiously and found she was genuinely interested in the answer. Wow, look I fast I lost control just from listening to him speak. Man is he gorgeous, she thought as she watched him talk passionately about his job. She took in his broad shoulders and well defined arms and she couldn't help but wonder how they'd feel wrapped around her. She noticed how big his hands were, his long tapered fingers would probably feel slightly rough on her soft skin and she shuddered at the thought of his caress.

"Are you cold?" He asked as he noticed her shiver.

"No. Why?" She blurted out too quickly.

"You were shivering." He said with a note of concern in his voice.

"Well, now that you mention it, it is kind of breezy in here. But I'm fine now." She lied.

"Ok. I better get going. I have classes in an hour. I just wanted to get dinner figured out." He watched his wording, careful not use the word date. This was business and he didn't want any confusion. "So I'll meet you here tonight and we can leave from here. Is that alright?"

"Perfect. It's a date. See you tonight." She said and saw a slight panic enter his eyes. That was all she needed to regain control.

She leaned forward suddenly and wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him down for a kiss. She wasn't going to let him escape this time. Her lips softly brushed against his and she heard him take a sharp breath. She lightly kissed him again and backed away slightly to watch his reaction.

Remus stared at her, torn between his duty and his own raging attraction to her. Her sweet kisses were just that; sweet but not enough to help tame the fire she'd lit in him. She's an assignment. Don't do it Lupin, he thought urgently. He watched her lick her lips unconsciously and groaned low in this throat as he lost the battle and pulled her to him as raw need tore at him.

He sank his fingers into her hair as he began loosening it from the knot like he'd wanted to since he'd walked in the damn door and felt the softness sifting through his deft fingers. He anchored her head so his mouth could press insistently to hers. At the first touch of their lips he felt her shudder and move closer still. He tilted his head to allow better access and his hands began stroking leisurely over her lower back. As she groaned he used the opportunity to deepen the kiss and began mating his tongue with hers primitively.

Her soft cooing noises were driving him crazy and he wasn't sure how long they had been caught up in the passion. He just knew he was getting dizzy from lack of oxygen but didn't want to lose contact. Duties be damned, once he'd tasted her he realized he hadn't had nearly enough. He settled for grabbing a fistful of hair and gently pulling her head back to reveal the column of her neck so he could nibble his way across her collar bone. He heard her whisper his name and moan just before a bell clanged.

He felt her stiffen beneath him and glanced over her shoulder to see two people standing in the doorway of the bar.

One was an elderly wizard who gave Remus a sly wink before he'd turned to leave. Analise straightened up and whirled around to face the door. She was blushing an endearing shade of scarlet and Remus almost felt bad for her. Almost. Mostly he just wanted to haul her back into his arms and he might have done just that, had it not been for the other new person.

"I'll see you tonight then." He said quietly near her ear as he squeezed her hand before striding to the door.

Remus was facing a very enraged looking Severus Snape.