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Paige called her work and then flopped down on her bed and looked at Sirius. "So, do you want to make the rounds tonight or save business for when Remus will actually have his mind on it?"

Sirius sat down next to her and chuckled, "I don't think we'll ever get anything done, then."

Paige giggled and nudged him, "Well, in all fairness he isn't exactly alone in that, I think Kate's gonna explode sometime soon if she doesn't allow herself to like him."

Sirius shrugged. "I think that's how most werewolves are, you know? They're so afraid of hurting someone else that they never allow themselves to get close for that person's sake. Remus would never be selfish enough to forget who he is and just go for it."

Paige sighed, "Kate too. I swear, she had guys falling all over her in school and she never even noticed. It was funny then but now it's just getting annoying."

Sirius grinned and winked, "Is she the only one who doesn't notice when a guy likes her?"

Paige grinned and shook her head, "I've noticed, why do you think I kissed you in the living room? I would have just told her how to do it if I didn't want to kiss you."

Sirius grinned, "So you're saying that all of that was just to get a kiss?"

Paige rolled onto her stomach, "No, it definitely was for Kate. I would have done it eventually anyway, but she's kind of naive when it comes to guys because of the lycanthropy. However, I am well experienced with guys." Sirius chuckled softly and got up to look out the window for a while.

Paige was almost asleep when she felt the bed erupt with movement. Her eyes flew open and she saw a big black dog and a demon cat fly around the room. She jumped up and put Fido out the door and turned back to the dog, "Do you mind telling me what you are doing to my cat?"

Sirius transformed back into human form and grinned sheepishly. "It's a cat and I'm a dog. I was just having a little fun."

Paige glared at him for a second and frowned. "Whatever. Hey, are you getting hungry?"

Sirius shrugged, "I could eat. What do you have in mind?"

Paige frowned, "I dunno, peanut butter sandwiches?" Sirius nodded and Paige opened the door to go get some peanut butter.

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Kate and Remus watched Paige and Sirius retreat to Paige's room. Kate glanced down and remembered her current state of undress and transfigured her makeshift toga into a high collared blouse, long skirt, and a set of work robes. With another flick she put her hair in a severe braid and sat at one end of the couch. Remus sighed and sat on the opposite end.

Kate stared at her lap and began, "Mr. Lupin I am really, really sorry about before. I don't know what came over me, and I certainly don't want to use my... um, our condition as an excuse. I am very sorry I tried to take advantage of and if I offended you in any way. I really was just trying to help and I just..." Kate's shoulders started to shake.

Remus slid down the couch and wrapped his arms around her. He held her and made small soothing circles on her back and whispered into her ear, "Shh, don't cry dear. There was no harm done. I should be the one apologizing I acted in a very unseemly manner." Kate gave a small hiccup as she tried to compose herself. He chuckled and held her closer and smelled her hair. They both muttered, "Sorry" as they backed away from each other. Paige walked through the room just then and gave them both a strange look on her way to the kitchen.

Remus ran his hand through his hair, "My, aren't we the pair? I think James and Lily would have never have let me live this down" He laughed causing his whole face to light up.

Kate smiled "James and Lily?"

Remus gave a sad smile, "Friends of ours," he gave a hand gesture that indicated Sirius and himself. "They died several years ago. "Lily was always teasing me that I should become the poster boy for proper British behavior." He laughed to himself, "She used to tease me about being too sensitive about these things." He then adopted a high pitched voice and continued, "Mr. Lupin, I do believe you would go so far as to send a missive requesting permission to request permission to kiss the hand of your date. And I am afraid that by the time you actually get around to making me a godmother, I will already be a grandmother twice over. "

Kate laughed, "I'm sure it's not that bad."

Remus smiled and returned to his normal voice, "I'm afraid Lils hit the nail right on the head. She would be doubled over in laughter if she saw me now."

Kate quirked a pixyish smile at the werewolf and extended her hand, "Miss Kathleen Gardener at your service, Sir."

Remus raised an eyebrow and extended his hand, "Professor Remus Lupin, it is a pleasure making your acquaintance madam."

Paige rolled her eyes as she crossed through the room carrying peanut butter and bread. "God Kate slow down. If you are already making introductions on the second day, he might think you are easy." she said as she closed the door to her room.

The pair collapsed in a fit of laughter. Kate looked up at Remus, "Perhaps she has a point, I wouldn't want you to get the wrong impression of me."

Remus wiped away the tears that formed in his eyes from laughing too hard, "Quite, I wouldn't want you thinking that you could just get me to take off my pants." He burst into thunderous laughter and fell to the floor. He continued to pant out between guffaws, "I do need you to respect me in the morning."

Kate rolled to the edge of the couch. She gazed down at Remus with a look that made him think he was going to melt. "I think I would respect you no matter what, Professor Lupin."

He stopped laughing and gave Kate a shy smile. Remus sat up and looked into Kate's eyes, swallowing hard he managed to get out a thank you. Kate brushed a few stray hairs out of his eyes, and shifted closer. Remus then leaned forward and kissed Kate with everything he was worth. Kate felt like she was going to faint or melt or faint and melt, but whatever happened she didn't want him to stop. Kate kissed back and pulled Remus closer to her. Remus didn't know what had just come over him but he really did not want it to stop, and when he felt her respond he deepened the kiss and wrapped his arms around her.

The spell between the two was broken by the melodious bellowing of Jack. "Katie, get your bloody phone." Remus looked at Kate, her lips were bruised from his kissing and her hair was mussed. The one thing he failed to notice was the twinkle in her eyes. He quickly moved away from Kate and fled down the hallway.

Kate got up and answered her cell phone. "Hello." She paused and cursed to herself. "Yes, Mr. Lockhart. I did finish Shaun's case file and it should be on my desk." Kate kicked the table after hearing Lockhart's reply. "I will be there as soon as possible." She turned off the cell, and gave an exasperated sigh. As she walked down the hall, she gave a longing look to Remus's door but though better of it.

Kate went to her room and changed into a pair of jeans, Doc Martins, and an oversized man's dress shirt. Though what she was wearing would be acceptable, if the spell that kept turned the blanket into her current ensemble shifted things would be less than comfortable.

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Paige came into the room with her findings and grinned. "They're being pretty weird out there. I think we'd better stay in here for quite a while." Sirius laughed and nodded.

He looked at what Paige had brought with her and frowned. "What? Just peanut butter? No jelly or anything?" Paige grinned wickedly at him and winked. She pulled a jar of honey out from a desk drawer and brought it over.

Sirius raised an eyebrow and grinned from ear to ear. "So, what would you be doing with a bottle of honey in you room?" Paige answered by putting her finger in the jar of peanut butter and then in the honey. She then sucked it all off while giving him a smoldering look and smiled.

Sirius felt his body temperature rise very suddenly and managed to croak out, "Ah. I see. Is this something you had planned or did you just make it up?"

Paige finished making the sandwiches and shrugged, "I don't know what you're talking about, Sirius. I was just hungry for a little honey.." Paige gave him an innocent smile and licked a bit of honey off her lips.

Sirius decided to wait for a while to make his move, he didn't want to seem too desperate. "So, what's with Kate and Remus? I've never seen him act that way around anyone before. I mean, he's always had this amazing control over his actions and stuff, you know?"

Paige smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Kate is the same way. Has Remus ever met a girl werewolf before?"

Sirius thought back and shook his head. "I don't think so. I wasn't around for about twelve years so I could be wrong. I'm pretty sure, however, that Kate's his first female werewolf encounter."

Paige nodded. "That makes sense. He's pretty much Kate's first male encounter. She has those boys at the center, but they're a little too young. She's an alpha, alphas don't get excited over adolescents. I'm just guessing, but I think Remus might be an alpha too."

Sirius shrugged. "I don't know, I never thought about it. Hey, how would you know?"

Paige swallowed and simply said, "That's my job. I'm a dark creatures specialist with emphasis on lycanthropy. Actually, I work closely with Kate in the social services department. It's an interesting job, to say the least." She smiled at him and took a bite of her food.

Sirius was impressed by her. She had to have gone through a lot of school for that. "Wow. I guess you really do know what you're talking about then, don't you?"

Paige smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I guess I do. I love my job. I get to help kids every day figure out how to deal with themselves and others. I protect them and make sure that they are safe. My kids are amazing to me because they have been through so much, you know? I mean, if I had gone through what some of these kids have... I don't know how I'd react, but I do know that I wouldn't be as sane and happy as they are."

Sirius watched the way she talked about her job, her face seemed to light up when she talked of "her kids" and they way they behaved. He liked seeing someone else who didn't buy into that nonsense of werewolves, while being dark creatures, always being dark wizards themselves. She amazed him with the different layers she seemed to have. In front of people she didn't know she was funny, witty and somewhat callused, but here when it was just the two of them she was openly caring and compassionate about people whom most wizards looked at with disdain and distrust. She was compelling to him in a way that he hadn't experienced in a long time.

He put his sandwich down and leaned over and kissed her softly. Paige gasped a little and then returned it.

Sirius pulled away reluctantly and smiled shyly at her. "You are amazing, Paige. Did you know that?"

Paige blushed a little and tucked a stray bunch of hair back behind her ear. "What do you mean?"

Sirius just laughed softly and shook his head. "You mean you don't know? Merlin, Paige! I've never met anyone like you, you're so passionate about people who most wizards hate! You're so different than I'd expect you to be."

Paige pulled away as if his words had stung, "What do you mean? Did you expect me to be some kind of whore just because I live in Vegas? Do you think I'm just some mindless slut?"

Sirius shook his head quickly, "No, no! Not at all! I just meant that my first impression of you wouldn't leave me thinking of you in this light! Oh, that doesn't work either. Um, well..." Sirius ran his hand through his hair and tried to think of a better way to voice his feelings. "Ah, I guess I'm just saying that you didn't seem the type to befriend a bunch of kids like this. You seemed more the type for a different job, like auror or a cocktail waitress. Not at all like I see you now when you talk of your 'kids', I like this side of you. You're very sweet and sexy."

Paige relaxed and stopped glaring at him. "Oh, ok. Well, then I'm sorry. It's just that people always assume that you have to be loose to live here. I hate that." She paused and looked up at him. "You think I'm sweet?"

Sirius nodded and smiled. "Yes I do. Not at all the way I expected our contacts here to turn out."

Paige laughed. "Oh? And how exactly did you expect us to be?" Sirius smiled looked down at her blanket. "Ah, for one thing I didn't expect you to be girls."

Paige laughed. "Hey! I'm not girl, I'm a woman!" she punched him in the arm playfully and he feigned hurt.

"Ouch. Okay, women! You are all women! Really, though, I expected men. Big, burly, unattractive men."

Paige giggled. "Well as you have seen, I am no man."

Sirius gave her a sly smile and responded, "How do I know that? I'm sorry, but you're going to have to show me proof. For all I know, you're just pretending."

Paige cocked her head to the side, "Well, then that's your problem. You can ask Kate or Rose, they've seen me completely naked before."

Sirius raised an eyebrow and cocked his head to the side, "They've seen you naked? When?"

Paige gave him a look that said, of course and said, "Well, we're all female why wouldn't they?"

Sirius barked out a laugh and lay down on the bed. "I find that hard to believe. What about Kate? You've seen her naked?"

Paige looked confused. "Yeah, at least once a month."

Sirius was now fully amused. "Why would you see her naked once a month?"

Paige lay down next to him and gave him the look again, "How about because after she changes from a werewolf back to a human she's naked because all of her clothes are ripped off from transforming in the first place?"

Sirius felt pretty stupid, "Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Say, if you're an expert on lycanthropy, did you have to become an animagus?"

Paige nodded, "I transform into a mountain lion. It would be kind of impractical not to be an animagus, don't you think? And I really don't think of myself as an expert."

Sirius furrowed his brow, "Mountain Lion. That's a big cat, right?"

Paige nodded. "I turn into a Grimm myself."

Paige let out a short laugh. "That's terrible! What with all of the superstitions surrounding it, don't you ever feel weird about it?"

Sirius sighed, "Well, it does seem to fit into the pattern of my life. As for the superstitions, I don't know. Maybe they're true, maybe they're not."

Paige nodded and on impulse put her head on Sirius' chest and made a contented noise. Sirius laughed softly and looked down at her shiny red hair splayed across her face, "Comfortable?" Paige smiled, "Mmm hmm. Very comfortable. In fact I could probably fall asleep like this."

Sirius shook his head and smiled, "Well, by all means go ahead. It's been too long since I've had a beautiful woman fall asleep on me." Paige giggled and hugged him closer. Sirius stayed quiet so she would fall asleep and soon heard her breathing become deeper. He felt his own eyelids become heavy and drifted off to sleep.

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Kate entered the government building on 4th street, and waved to the janitor. Using her wand, she tapped out an intricate pattern on the door to the supply closet. The supply closet façade pulled back and revealed the door to her department. She walked down the cubicle-lined passage to her workspace, and promptly picked up Shaun's file that was lying on top of her out box. 'Bloody Lockhart!' she thought to herself.

As if she had summoned him, the man came down the hall. Lockhart was the office heartthrob, lusted after by the majority of witches in the office (co-workers and clients alike). Kate was one of the few witches not swayed by the supposed 'Lockhart charm'. She would freely admit that he was very pretty, not distinguished, just pretty. Disturbingly flawless one might say. He also was vapid, vain, self-centered, impatient, callous, and so ill-suited for his position that very few people doubted the rumors that his famous brother was the only reason he was made a senior caseworker in the department. Unfortunately, Kate was a junior caseworker at the moment.

Forcing a smile, Kate turned to Lockhart. "Good Afternoon, Percy. Here is that file you needed."

He flashed her a smile worthy of Witches Weekly. "Hello Kate. Thank you, sweetheart." Percy moved towards Kate, "It is inspiring how much time you put into the little monsters. Personally, I think they would probably make the world a better place as potion ingredients and pelts." He noticed Kate grimace at this, "But you are such a soft touch," he licked his lips, "it is quite attractive."

Trying hard to keep her calm, Kate forced another smile. "Thank you, Percy. I must be going, though. So have a lovely weekend."

"Of course," he purred. He leaned against her desk, and gave her a wolfish grin. "So what have you been up to?"

"Nothing much, we have friends visiting from out of town." She said, wiping all emotion from her face.

"Wonderful" he said with a patronizing laugh. "I'm sorry to have pulled you away from your guests."

"Think nothing of it, but I really need to get going. I will see you in a couple of days, Percy." Kate said as she moved around the annoying little man.

Percy caught Kate's arm as she moved away from her desk. "Why don't you blow off your guests tonight and go out with me?"

Kate turned, "We have already discussed this, Mr. Lockhart. I don't believe in workplace relationships." Percy stood up and faced Kate. He traced his finger down her cheek.

He let out an airy laugh, "Well then, perhaps we could just fuck? I am one of the most desirable wizards in Vegas."

Kate slapped his hand away. "As I said before Mr. Lockhart, I am not interested in pursuing this with you." She spun on her heal and started down the passage to the door.

Percy shouted "Stupefy" and Kate stumbled. "I think Kate, there has been a miscommunication" he chuckled. "I asked you a question. Why won't you go out with me?"

Kate pulled herself forward and stood up. "I have told you, Mr. Lockhart." Lockhart grabbed her arm.

He hissed in her ear, "Yes, I know, Ms. Gardener. But I don't buy it. You aren't attracted to me like every other chit in this office and I want to know why."

Kate just glared at him. He gave a wicked laugh "Is it just me? Or is it all men?"

"Mr. Lockhart, you are not my type. I am not your type, let's just forget this and move on."

But Percy didn't acknowledge her, "Or maybe you are just a 'good little witch'? Saving yourself for love, sweetie?" He pushed her against a cubicle wall and forced a bruising kiss on her. "Do you have any idea what you do to me? Always so caring, so controlled, so polite, so unattainable..."

Kate pushed Percy off her and ran to the door. She crossed the threshold into the hall. Percy shouted from the door, "Run now Kate, the chase makes it all the better." He moved to follow her but the threshold to the street burst into a wall of flame.

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Paige and Sirius woke to Rose pounding on the door. Paige sat up and yelled, "What?"

Rose yelled back, "Kate's home and she's upset!"

Paige rolled her eyes and looked up at Sirius. "Hi."

Sirius smiled and yawned. "Hi yourself. Well, that was the most pleasant nap I have had in a long time."

Paige giggled and nodded. "Yeah, has anyone ever told you how comfortable you are?"

Sirius laughed, "Yes, but then it was James." Paige gave him a questioning look.

He answered it with, "It was one of the times we were in the shrieking shack with Moony during the full moon." Paige raised her eyebrows and nodded.

Sirius was about to explain further when Rose burst in, "Kate is upset. Get out of bed. NOW!" Paige grabbed a pillow off her bed and threw it as hard as she could at Rose. Rose ducked out of the way, as this happened to her just about every time she went into Paige's room, and it hit a lamp. The lamp tipped over and fell to the floor causing Paige to growl and jump out of bed.

"Get the fuck out of my room! I'll be out in a second, okay?" Rose pouted and went back into the kitchen to see to Kate and Paige turned back to Sirius, "She does that a lot."

Sirius sat up and swung his legs over the side, "Does what?"

Paige growled and responded, "Bursts into my room. I usually lock the door, but I guess I forgot to this time."

Sirius reached for her and responded, "Well, make sure to lock it from now on so she can't burst in when we're in a very compromising position."

Paige laughed, "Yeah, I can just see it now! Well, I don't think she'd burst in on us any more. Jack might, though."

Sirius laughed and shook his head, "Do you really think so?"

Paige shrugged and brushed her hair. "I gotta go see to Kate. You can sleep some more if you want to."

Sirius got up and shook his head, "Nope, I slept enough. Besides, it wouldn't be nearly as satisfying without you there to keep me warm." Paige shook her head and went out to find Kate.

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Kate apparated home and ran up the stairs into the apartment slamming the door behind her. She moved into the kitchen and started slamming ingredients for cookies down on the counter. Pulling out a slab of chocolate, she started breaking it apart with the handle from a bread knife.

Paige came out of her bedroom and turned to Kate, "What the fuck, Kate? Are you planning on waking the dead?"

"No Paige, I am making bloody cookies. So where the hell is the peanut butter?" Kate shouted.

Sirius looked between the pair, "I'll get it from your bedroom."

Kate glared at Paige. "What Paige you can't wait a full 48 hours before adding another notch to your belt?"

Paige pulled out her wand. "We made sandwiches. What the hell with wrong with you? Just because you aren't getting any doesn't mean..."

Before Paige could finish, Kate had gone to her room and slammed the door knocking the pictures down in the hall. Paige moved to go after her friend but Sirius stopped her.

"Let her calm down, it is something else." he said.

Remus heard the commotion in the hall and crept outside his room. He moved to Kate's door and tentatively knocked.

"Go away!!" She growled into her pillow. Remus opened the door and crossed to the bed. He pulled her into a hug. On Kate's part she did what any red-blooded American werewolf would do, she broke down and sobbed into his chest.

Ten minutes later, she had quieted down and they were just sitting there holding on to each other.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled as she sniffed.

Remus pulled her a little closer, "What happened?"

"I encountered a monster at work," she mumbled into his chest.

He laughed, "Isn't that the point of your work?"

Kate pulled away and playfully punched Remus in the arm. "Trust me, this monster was very much the human."

"You want me to have a discussion with him? In a few days, I will be very persuasive. Or at least I've been told that I can be very persuasive," he countered.

Kate laughed. "No, it's ok."

Remus sobered, "I'm sorry about before."

Kate gave a shy smile to the werewolf, "Don't be."

Shaking his head he continued, "No, I really am...I just seem to loose control when you're around." Kate giggled and Remus continued. "I'm serious."

Kate laughed. "I thought your friend was Sirius?"

He turned and swayed, nudging her with his shoulder. "Very funny! I've never heard that one before."

Kate got up and offered her hand to Remus. "Come on, I believe I need to apologize to Paige."

Kate crept into the living room where Paige was still fuming. Kate walked toward her and spoke in a small voice; "I'm really sorry Paige."

Paige shook her head, "For me being a slut or you being a psycho?"

Kate sighed. "I guess I deserved that. I'm really sorry for making a very foolish assumption and for getting angry with you for something that you didn't do. I just..." Kate turned away, her eyes brimming with tears again.

Paige sighed and shook her head, "It was him again, wasn't it?" Kate nodded and Paige growled. "What a stupid fuckhead! Let's just go to dinner and forget all about it." Kate smiled and they went to get everyone else.

A/N: Wow. This was a long one! Thank you for sticking with us. More mayhem to come, we promise.