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When Sirius asked Jade how her day was, all she said was: "boring, I didn't find anything," and left the room. She didn't know why, but she just couldn't tell Sirius that the house she had raided belonged to her worst enemy.

Jade's eyes opened in shock when she saw that there were candles lit around the room and Rose petals on the bed. Sirius snuck up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her neck.

"Sirius, I... I forgot something really important at the Ministry!" Jade said quickly, stepping away from him.

"I'm sorry, it's important." Jade said, putting her cloak back on. Sirius frowned.

"We can continue this tomorrow."

"What? How long are you going to be?"

"I- I have to file a report or Smith will have my head."

Jade left quickly with out even kissing Sirius on the cheek.

Once Jade got to her office she straightened up her desk, rearranged some photos, and just sat listening to the Late show on the Wizarding Wireless network.

Jade was overwhelmed with guilt for lying to Sirius twice, and for leaving him home by him self to blow out candles in disappointment.

There was just no way Jade would be able to sleep that night, let alone make love to someone with out having flash backs of Lucius...

"Stop! Stop!"

Jade heard her own voice yelling in her head as she started crying into her knees.

The next morning Jade took an anti-drowsying Potion as she had not slept at all the night before. She quickly apperated home, changed, and crept downstairs to start making breakfast.

When she got there, Sirius was already there, waiting for her.

"Have a nice sleep?"

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"You didn't come home last night, I waited up for you. So... where were you?" Sirius asked Jade.

"What do you mean? I was at the office." Jade responded, sitting across from him.

He looked very depressed as he ran his hand through his hair.

"Jade... tell me the truth. Please."

"Sirius, I am telling you the truth."

"I Owled Smith this morning. He told me that you have not filed any report to him."

Jade swallowed hard. It was stupid of her, and she knew it, but she couldn't tell Sirius about why she couldn't come home to him.

"Who is it?"

"What?" asked Jade, almost laughing. "Are you joking, or what?"

Sirius stared in her eyes, his looked so dull. Jade realized quickly just how serious he was.

"Sirius, think of what you're asking me. You're implying that I'm cheating on you. For God sakes! How can you even dream this... don't you know me?"

"I thought I did, once."

Jade was on the verge of tears, she couldn't believe Sirius could suspect her of something like this. She was totally and completely in love with him, she never wanted to hurt him.

"It's just... you've been so distant from me lately... and last night you didn't come home. Don't tell me you stayed at the office all night! Where did you sleep?"

"Sirius!" Jade stood up. "I didn't sleep at all! I just- I needed to be by myself last night."

"No one saw you come in, or leave."

"That's because I came in after hours, and left before anyone else got there! The Guard was reading The Quibbler, why don't you believe me?"

"I don't know, I just don't."

Jade turned away from him and walked away, not looking back. She went upstairs and opened the doors to the walk-in closet; he followed her at a distant, puzzled slightly. Sirius was watching her from the doorway of their room. She pushed aside some of her shoes and lifted up a floorboard in the back of the closet room.

"What the"?" Sirius whispered to himself.

Jade reached into the whole and pulled out a leather-bound book and put the floorboard back.

She walked past him and downstairs, grabbing her cloak, which was on the back of a chair. Jade left the house with the book.

Sirius ran outside wand watched her walk down the street with her book and cloak in hand.

"Jade! Jade!" Sirius called. She didn't look back.