Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns the Potterverse and will be releasing her newest book in July 2005, hence why we both love her and feel a great deal more pressure to get this done before all our facts change.

Warnings: Um…language, dark topics, more violence and chocolate muffins.

Chapter 22: I Only Have Eye for You…

Remus shifted in bed and gave a muffled grunt, everything hurt. Not that that was a new experience, after 28 years as a werewolf he was used to everything hurting. What was different was everything was hurting, yet he was in a soft bed next to a warm, soft body. To add to his confusion, everything smelled. This is not to say everything smelled bad, on the contrary several things including the warm, soft body next to him smelled very good. Keeping his eyes closed, Remus sniffed the air and remembered Kate. So that's what she smells like, he thought to himself with a small smile. Gods, she smells good, too good. I haven't smelled this well in…four years. He sniffed her again and began to gag at the forgotten scent of lacerations and bruises, nauseated at the thought of what he had done last night.

He let out a small snort, 'last night', he thought. After it was all done, Abigail had cleaned him up and had given him some wolfsbane potion and a mild muscle relaxant. After which, he and older witch had held Kate upright as she took her wolfsbane and passed out again. At that moment, he had wished Paige had killed him because he wanted to die. And he was pretty sure that he deserved to die but Kate had just smiled at him as he held her steady and Abigail poured the potion in her mouth.

The potion had been different, evidently Abigail brewed it herself. It was red in color and tasted like bitter cranberries rather than the rancid lupin flowers that made up the potion's base. He remembered Abigail asking about the potion he and Kate had been taking before he fell asleep.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw Kate staring adoringly at him. Remus let out a soft whimper and nuzzled her neck. "I'm so sorry."

Kate kissed the top of his head and he looked up. "What happened?", she asked as she traced the cuts on his face with her fingertips.

Remus blinked. "Paige and I got into an argument.", he said nervously.

Kate sighed and kissed a cut by his eye. "I'm sorry. She should know better.", she sadly stated.

"Don't be. I deserved this and more… I'm so sorry, Kate.", he said, tears forming in his eyes.

She shifted in the bed and held him to her chest, stroking his hair. "Sh… It's ok. I understand.", she crooned.

Remus pulled away. "No, stop trying to make me feel better. I'm horrible, Kate. I'm a monster; I should be locked up or worse. I hurt the most precious thing…"

She held up her hand to his lips. "You made a mistake. I love you, I understand, stop beating yourself up over it."

"Stop being so blasted understanding! How can you understand? You were doing everything in your power last night to not fight me.", he shouted, tears streaming down his face.

"When we were at my father's did you notice he had a foot long scar on his upper left arm? He has a matching one on his chest, and three claw marks raked across his back." Remus gave her a confused look but settled in closer. "Did you notice Abigail only has one eye?", she asked casually as she nuzzled closer to him, taking his hand in hers. "I did that. I was seven when I blinded my godmother and put my father into ICU. And you are now one of only four people who know. So trust me beloved, I understand."

He gave her a disbelieving look but she continued. "After the attack, my Dad refused to see me. He said it was his fault that it had happened. He was afraid he would hurt me and he was ashamed that he couldn't protect me. So he left me with John and Abby because he thought they would be better equipped to deal with me, and after a few months I bonded with Abby. Needless to say, I became very violent when he tried to take me home and away from her."

Remus spoke up. "I'm sorry."

Kate raised her hand. "It is in the past. Nothing can change it, you can only move on and make the world better despite the setbacks."

"Is that why you wouldn't attack?", he said tentatively.

"I learned along time ago to only attack if you are willing to go in for the kill. If you can't make that commitment there is no need to use violence. I play fight with Paige and some of the kids, but that is as far as it ever goes.", Kate gave Remus a wane smile.

"Paige had mentioned an incident…", Remus started but trailed off.

"That was in the defense of a client. And I didn't attack her, I just kept her at bay. That was not my choice, she couldn't keep her temper in check long enough to take the time to think out the situation. Compassion and forethought aren't exactly her strong suits when she is in the field.", she answered matter-of-factly.

"Why would your Dad feel guilty about the attack? It was random wasn't it?", he asked confusedly.

Kate gave a grim laugh. "Oh well, might as tell you everything. I wish the attack had been random. My father is Muggleborn from a poor rural family in Missouri. He was extremely talented though and Dumbledore sought him out to attend Hogwarts. He managed to be sorted into Slytherian without a single member of English Wizarding society knowing until the day after he graduated at the top of his class and announced it to the Prophet." Remus couldn't help himself and let out a chuckle. She squeezed his hand and continued. "After graduating from Hogwarts, he worked for equal rights for Muggleborn, Half-Blood, and Non-human wizards. He then married a Pureblood witch from a prominent family…Needless to say in 1973, he was at the top of Voldemort's list."

She paused for a moment and looked at her hands. Remus wrapped his arm around her. "You don't have to go on, if you don't want to."

"It's alright, you'll need to know eventually." Kate took a deep breath. "I was four when we were visiting England and my mother's family killed her for marrying a Mudblood and bearing him a daughter. Actually, they had planned on killing him but they didn't think of the possibility that she would answer the door. I guess logic isn't a strong point in families where first cousins regularly marry. When I was six, we moved back to Missouri and my father started working in the Magical Creature/Dark Creature Defense League with his best friend John near Kirksville." She started shaking at this point and he pulled her closer to him. "A group of American Purists wanted to gain favor with Voldemort, so they paid a female werewolf from an isolated area to kill him. She was chosen for propaganda reasons; my father's death would have proven that dark creatures show no mercy even to those on their side. Her bonus for a job well done was that she got to keep the child, which was why she agreed to the whole thing."

Kate's eyes glazed over a bit and she began to talk as if she was in a trance. "At the trial the wizard, who had hired her, thought she was going to eat me or some nonsense. She just wanted a child of her own and being an outcast Alpha female, she didn't see any other way. I wasn't supposed to be at the attack site and by being there my father ceased being the prime target. She only bit him so she could get close enough to bite me." She fell silent and the pair just sat there until Kate cried herself back to sleep.

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Moony decided to leave Kate for a little while to search out food for the both of them. He stepped outside the door and was inundated with smells, the most prominent being chocolate and female pheromones similar to how Kate smelled but not quite.

"Abigail?", he asked as he rounded the corner to the kitchen.

"In here, Mr. Lupin.", she called back, poking her head over the counter.

He warily entered the kitchen to see the older witch, pulling something from the oven. "Please call me, Remus. Thank you for your help last night, Mrs.???"

She quickly cast a cooling charm on the batch of chocolate muffins and set a knife to frosting them. She turned to look over the wizard and gave him a warm smile. "Mrs. Blooms. Abigail Blooms, but please just call me Abby. It seems you've made quite an impression on our Kate." Remus paled and held on to the counter to steady himself. "It's alright, dear, I wasn't talking about last night."

He relaxed a little. "I'm terribly sorry about that."

"I'm sure you will punish yourself enough on that point over time.", she said with a laugh and offered him a muffin. Remus took the proffered muffin and gave it an inquisitive sniff.

"I see the potion is working.", she kindly noted, and he cast her a confused look. "I'm glad to see that, English wolfsbane is horrid stuff."

Remus quirked an eyebrow. "How so?"

Abigail frowned. "It isn't poisoned, you know.", she said pointing at the muffin, he complied and took a large bite as she continued. "English wolfsbane has too many extras and not enough to help keep your mind clear. For example, sexual inhibitors, beta blockers, appetite suppressants, and olfactory depressants serve no purpose other than making a lycanthropic wizard compliant, apathetic, tired, unable to easily discern members of his own kind, and overly volatile when confronted with strong emotions."

"Is that why I can smell?", Remus said warily.

"No, you can smell normally now because the potion you took last night didn't have any of that.", she said sternly. "Gods know why Kate was taking such horrid stuff, she usually brews her own. I'm surprised the two of you didn't come to blows sooner."

Remus shook his head. "She said Jack had obtained it for her because she was so busy with work"

Abigail furrowed her brow. "I see.", she said quietly and went about cleaning the kitchen.

The kitchen was silent for a few minutes as Abigail cleaned and Remus ate his muffin. Eventually, he opened this mouth to ask a question but quickly snapped it shut. "Whatever it is you wanted to ask, go ahead. Knowledge is power after all.", she said sagely.

He colored slightly. "Why do you and Kate have a similar scent?", he asked shyly.

The older witch laughed. "You haven't been around very many female werewolves have you? Well, we smell alike because we are both werewolves." Remus nodded his understanding and Abby thrust four muffins into his arms. "Now, take those back to Kate and get some rest.", she gently ordered and bustled out of the room before he could speak.

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An hour after Remus made his way back to Kate's room, Abigail sat cleaning her nails with a dagger in the front room. She was about to give up waiting, when her prey stumbled in the front door.

"Rat-buggering, sparrow-fucking, monkey-fellatiating gits! How dare they?!", Jack cursed to himself as he entered the apartment.

"Good morning, Jack. Rough night?", Abigail asked.

Jack jumped and stumbled backwards, slamming the door shut. "No Abby, luv. Just got arrested, something about disrupting an investigation and improper conduct towards a female officer."

Abigail smiled but it didn't quite make it to her eye. "So when did Bob change the wolfsbane order? I happen to know he only uses Japanese grade from our Canadian supplier."

Jack startled and looked at the werewolf, who was now preening her hair with aid of the dagger's reflective surface. She had her wand strategically placed behind her ear, causing a wave of fear to wash over the pirate. "He didn't, he ordered from the Canadian supplier as always."

"So why has Kate been taking English wolfsbane?", she asked coolly.

"As a Cyclopic lycanthrope, you should know that mistakes happen. We were sent some in the shipment.", he replied nervously.

"Why didn't you return it then? I'm sure the company would have gladly acknowledged their mistake.", she stated boredly.

Jack turned to run and slammed into the wall, where the door had been. It had very inconveniently vanished leaving him trapped. "I figured Kate could use it since we didn't have the facilities to brew it in the apartment.", he stammered.

"And it had nothing to do with what's in it?", she said in a quiet growl.

Jack blanched. "It was just for the sexual inhibitor, so she wouldn't get frustrated and sleep with Lockhart."

"Why would she sleep with Lockhart, other than a severe bout of dementia?", she demanded.

"I have no idea, it was just for peace of mind, a safety precaution if you will, Abby-luv. No harm was meant by it.", he stated, waving his hands about.

"So no harm done?", Abby growled. "You just gave her enough mood altering meds to cause her to explode if an emergency came up. You just put her in danger by rendering her unable to identify unknown werewolves by smell. You've made her weak and dulled her senses, but no harm was done. I'm surprised she even figured out Remus was a werewolf!"

"Well, about that?", Jack said with a slight sway.

"Let me guess, she didn't realize he was a werewolf right away? But then again no harm done.", she growled.

"Look Abby, it was a mistake.", Jack backpedaled.

Abigail let out a low chuckle. "You will never do that again, Jack. In fact, if I ever hear of you switching any potion again, I will keelhaul you using your own ships at Treasure Island during the pyrotechnic spectacular. Savy?"

Jack swallowed hard. "Yes, Ma'am." He turned to leave the room and began to mutter to himself. "Bloody Remus, if he hadn't gone for Kate in the first place, I wouldn't be in this predicament. Stupid git…"

His train of thought was broken, when Abigail slammed him against the wall. "You will not speak ill of Kate's choice and you will not blame him for your mistakes."

"Alright.", he squeaked as her wand pressed against his neck.

Paige stumbled into the living room and saw Abby pinning Jack to the wall. "No more fighting right now! Can we just wait a week, please?", she begged.

Jack looked hopefully at the werewolf. "Yes, Abby can't we all just get along? All I'm saying is give peace a chance!"

Abigail released the pirate, and turned to Paige. "What the hell is wrong with you kids? It's like a dog pit in here." Paige cast her a confused look, before Abigail motioned towards Paige's damaged face. "Do you want me to take care of that for you?"

Paige glared at the woman. "What are you talking about?"

Abigail sighed and conjured a mirror for Paige to look into. "I don't know, you look like you could use a few healing spells or a good coroner."

The animagus blushed and looked sheepishly at the floor. "Yes, please. Justin isn't very good at those." Jack snorted at this proclamation.

Abigail glared at Jack and he backed away, raising his hands. "I didn't touch anyone."

"No, you just saw fit to switch potions.", she growled and began casting healing spells on Paige.

Paige looked confused and swayed a bit. "I was the one that beat up Sirius and Remus. Abby, please tell Remus I'm sorry."

Jack perked up and moved towards the witches. "How come she gets to beat up Remus? If I beat up Remus, you'd send out the bloody brute squad.", he stated indignantly.

Paige sighed. "I did it because of a misguided belief."

Abigail finished her set of spells, making Paige look more human. "Jack, why don't you go away for the next couple of days?", she ordered and the pirate gladly stumbled out the manifested front door. "Paige, do you need anything else?"

Paige swayed a bit. "I need to go to work... I think."

The older witch gave Paige a skeptical look. "Can you make it there?"

Paige thought for a moment. "No, I don't think so. Can you drive me?"

"Yes, dear. Come along, I'll send John over later to check on everyone.", she said in a motherly tone.

"Oh good! Can you have him feed Fido? I haven't seen him in a few days.", Paige mumbled as she staggered out the door and Abigail closed it behind her.

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Sirius stayed in the guestroom until his hunger drove him to get food. He had to change into his human form to turn the door knob, but he quickly transformed back into a dog to escape the torrent of emotions running through his mind.

He trotted out into the living room and spied some muffins on the surface of the coffee table. Padfoot liked them so much that he ate three before he was sated. He then proceeded to lick the chocolate frosting off half the muffins, before hopping on the couch. He found a comfortable spot on the sofa and curled up, still sad about the previous night's encounters.

A young man sauntered into the living room, tousled black hair running rampant on his head. He pulled his glasses off his face to clean them as he regarded the dog. "Hey boy! Who do you belong to?" He crossed room and scratched Padfoot's head. Padfoot leaned into his hand and Justin scratched harder. "Well, you're friendly, aren't ya', sport? And a handsome fella to boot." He gave Padfoot a final pat on the head and turned to get a muffin, wiping his hand on his pants.

Remus walked into the room and did a double-take at the sight of Padfoot and the boy. "Good morning.", he said with a slight wave. "Um…Who are you?"

Justin looked up and smiled. "Hi, Justin Griffin. You must be Remus.", he said before taking a bite of muffin.

Remus looked between the muffins and Padfoot, stopping his gaze at the dog. "Those muffins had frosting on them earlier."

The boy choked and dropped the muffin. "So I take it he's yours then?", he asked Remus after wiping his tongue on a tissue.

"What makes you think that?", Remus replied as he grabbed a muffin that still had its frosting intact.

"Well, you were talking to him and Paige absolutely hates dogs, I mean really loathes them. And Kate... well, she really isn't much of a pet person, more of a pet once a month to the truth.", he cheerfully joked.

Remus nodded and bit into his muffin. "Good call.", he said in a gruff voice and sat next to Padfoot, who grabbed Remus's muffin and stood next to Justin.

"Snuffles!", the werewolf snapped and Padfoot returned the muffin covered in slobber. Remus looked at the muffin and sighed, setting it on the table. "So why are you here, Mr. Griffin?", he asked.

"I spent the night with Paige.", Justin replied rather proudly.

"Oh, is she your aunt?", Remus asked innocently.

"Hardly, I'm the closest thing to a boyfriend she's got.", Justin retorted.

The hair on Padfoot's back stood on end and he let out a low growl. Justin took a step back. "Is he ok?", he asked as he pointed at Padfoot.

"Snuffles, behave!", Remus barked making Justin jump. "I think you better head out, Mr. Griffin. He gets like this from time to time and it could get ugly."

Justin nodded and headed for the door. "Could you tell Paige I'll give her a call in the afternoon?"

Padfoot started barking menacingly at the boy and Remus nodded at the young man, who left with a quick wave.

Sirius transformed back cursing. "What is he, a bloody twelve year old? Damn blighter. I'd call him a wanker but I strongly doubt his balls have dropped yet."

"Are you quite finished?", Remus snapped.

"No, I'm not bloody well finished! Why the hell did Paige call him?", he growled.

Remus sat on the couch and looked at his hands. "Calm down, Padfoot. We've all been on edge. Is this because Paige rang him last night? Or is it because he looks like James?"

Sirius ignored the question and continued to rant. "Did you smell her on him?"

"Yes, I did, Padfoot. What of it? Are you two together?", he asked patiently.

"What the hell do you mean 'what of it?' And of course we're not together, but I have been sleeping in her bed every bloody night!", Sirius bellowed.

"And how many girls did you do that to in school, Sirius? Paige, has the right to sleep with who she wants unless there is an agreed upon arrangement between you.", He replied sensibly.

"So are you saying that Kate could just go out and sleep with anyone?", Sirius snapped. "I'm sure that Percy fellow would love to."

Remus jumped to his feet. "Kate would never do that.", he said quietly and moved away from Sirius.

"Well, how would you feel if she did? I'll wager you wouldn't say what of it." Sirius barked as he stepped up to Remus.

"No, I wouldn't but it's different for Kate.", he replied in a dangerous whisper.

"Of course, it's different!! It's a little hard to date outside your species. Who would want to shag a bloody werewolf anyway? Especially, a bloody ice queen with the social skills of a blasted field mouse.", Sirius spat, hoping to was enough to get a rise out of the werewolf.

It evidently was enough and Remus punched Sirius in the mouth, knocking him unconscious. Remus sighed and looked out at his friend sprawled across the floor. "You always were one to pick a fight when you felt threatened, weren't you old boy?". He picked up Sirius and propped him up on the couch, taking a seat across from him.

Sirius woke up groaning and clutching his mouth. "Buddy Howl", he mumbled and spit out a tooth.

"Would you like a healing spell?", the werewolf casually offered.

"Huck uff", Sirius growled.

Remus quirked an eyebrow and stood up from his chair. "Suit yourself.", he stated and started heading out of the room.

Sirius launched from the couch and tackled Remus sending them both to the ground. Remus responded by kneeing his attacker in the groin. Sirius seem unphased and headbutted Remus, who in turned clawed at the animagus. Sirius punched him in the side of the head. Remus struggled to push Sirius off him and only managed to knock Sirius on top of him.

Sirius pulled back and headbutted Remus again rendering him unconscious. The animagus slowly stood up and staggered back to the guestroom, locking and warding the door behind him.

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John entered the apartment carrying a box of supplies for the evening, where he found a bloodied Remus sprawled across the living room floor. He set the box down and bent down to check the younger werewolf's vitals. Seeing that Remus was just a little roughed up, he moved him to the couch.

He walked down the hall and checked on Kate, who was still sleeping. "Ok, well it wasn't her.", he said to no one in particular. John turned to the guestroom. "Sirius, come out here and wake up your friend.", he stated at the closed door.

"No!", Sirius bellowed back.

"Mr. Black, you are trying my patience and I really don't want to drag

you out.", he responded quietly.

"It's Mr. Evans! And I would like to see you try!" Sirius taunted. John shrugged and returned to the living room.

"Accio door!", he proclaimed sending the door down the hall. "Mr. Black this is the last time I'm going to ask. Now please come out her and wake up your friend.", John said casually.

Sirius sauntered into the living room and leaned against the wall, crossing his arms. "Well, if I wake him up, you won't like it."

"That is a possibility, but I still want you to. Think of it as a test of sorts.", John said in a fatherly tone.

"But I don't want to wake him up!", Sirius pouted.

John chuckled. "Please wake your friend up, Mr. Black?"

Sirius rolled his eyes and gently shook Remus. Remus woke up and rolled off the couch, slamming into the floor, causing the animagus to wince. He crouched down and helped Remus to sit up.

John bent down and helped Remus to his feet. "Go wait in Kate's room.", he said gently.

Remus shook his head. "No, I'm alright. We were just letting off some tension.", he said holding up his hand and swaying slightly. "Why do you have a twin?"

"John can you help me take him to the guestroom so we can talk in private?", Sirius asked.

John nodded and helped Sirius carry Remus to the guest quarters. Sirius set Remus on the bed. "Can I have my door back?"

"No.", John stated nonchalantly and headed back to the living room.

"Bloody werewolves.", Sirius cursed under his breath and cast a silencing charm. He turned back to Remus, who was swaying a bit on the bed. "We haven't fought like this since sixth year. Have we?"

Remus quirked his head to look at Sirius and froze. "My head rattles a bit when I do that."

"I'm sorry, Moony. Unlike last time, I'm not going to be stupid enough to wait a week to tell you that.", Sirius apologized.

"It's alright, Sirius. Not as bad this time.", he said with a weak smile.

"You're right, I'm not as bad off as I was last time. Threatening to make me sodemize myself was a nice touch.", Sirius retorted playfully.

"Ah…yes, those were the days. I guess we're both getting older, this time you apologized and I don't think I can feel anything below my third rib.", Remus replied.

Sirius laughed. "I believe those were my words last time."

"I thought your words were 'it doesn't go around that way'?", he asked with a chuckle.

"What did you expect, you broke my arm. And if I remember clearly my next words were 'Arraghrerrerr!'", Sirius said and rubbed his arm.

"Yes, I was quite surprised that you were fluent in little girl.", he teased.

Sirius laughed loudly and sat next to Remus on the bed, steadying him as he swayed. "The last thing I remember before waking up in the hospital wing was Peter passing out at the sight of me in the hallway.", he paused for a moment trying hard to remember. "No, actually the last thing I remember is Lily crying, which I could never figure out."

Remus sobered. "She was concerned about us. Gods, we were stupid."

Sirius nodded and put a hand on Remus's shoulder. "Are we back to normal, then?"

"Yes... for us at least.", Remus replied, patting Sirius's hand.

Sirius embraced his friend like a brother, causing Remus to whimper. Pulling back as if stung, Sirius winced. "You're having a tough week.", he said and paused for a minute. "Come to think of it so am I."

Remus quirked a wry grin. "Compared to some weeks, this one hasn't been that bad.", he said philosophically.

"Well, I guess you're right. How is Kate?", Sirius asked.

Remus winced. "Still sleeping, I think. How is Paige?"

Scowling, Sirius growled "Apparently, I'm the wrong man to ask about that."

Remus snorted. "Ah…yes, I almost forgot. Did you two fight last night?"

Sirius nodded and responded. "For a girl, she's a good fighter. The bitch doesn't fight fair."

Remus nodded. "I know… I should probably go check on Kate."

"Wait." Sirius begged. "What do you think I should do about her?"

Remus shrugged. "After last night, I think I'm the wrong bloke to ask."

Sighing, the animagus slumped his shoulders. "But I need an opinion.", he stated in a pleading voice.

"I would hear her out before I did anything rash.", he said warily. "You don't know the whole story, maybe there is a logical explanation for all of this."

Sirius nodded and waved him out of the room, wanting to think alone. On the one hand, what she did was horrible. But Sirius couldn't say that he wouldn't do the same for his friends. She had slept with someone else, someone younger with opportunities that life had never afforded him. The fact that Justin looked so much like James was very unnerving to say the least. This, coupled with every other insecurity Sirius had, came out to be a fairly big problem.

He suddenly felt very old and very much out of place. Vegas was too different, too alien, for him to be of much use for the Order. Feeling very alone without Remus, Sirius lay down on the bed and stared despondently out the window.

AN: Awwww, poor Sirius. I'm horrible to my characters, aren't I? Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night! Oh wait, that's not right… anyway, on with reviews

Miss Moony: HAHAHA! Yer funny. Everything will get fixed, though Remus is now shaped like a banana. A really hair banana… but Kate still loves him, and his penis.

Luna: Yay! We have (yet another) Kate fan! We have yet another reviewer as well. We love you guys. (I know it's going to take you forever to get to this point, our chapters are long!) Keep reviewing and please don't hesitate to tell us it's crap.

Lighting Rain: Remember Zigfield and Troy? Yeah… Lots of ouchiness, but time heals all wounds, unless they kill you first. And then it's just sad. (But you're dead, so you don't care as much)

Katrina: We love the crack about all four of Remus. I laughed pretty hard when I read that. Paige did knock the shit out of him, and while he deserved it on some points, she wouldn't have had she gotten the whole story first. Sirius does care more about Remus than he does Paige, keep in mind that they've only known each other a week and he's known Remus for 20 years. Remus and Sirius do have flaws, they are humans, albeit fictional ones. Being human means that you're bound to have them and we wouldn't have our fic any other way.  There's other stuff to come in later chapters that you probably have never seen in any fic before.

Also, to your review for 20, that would be horrible to come home to. Remus has Parlow syndrome, you can look up the experiment on the internet to tell you exactly what that is (it was an animal study of sorts on monkeys, pretty interesting, if sad, stuff. Parlo is a physcological theorist. It's called the Monkey Experiment.) Paige didn't really believe what she said, although that is what she was taught, she just said that to get a rise out of Remus and try to make him rethink what he was doing, but mainly just to piss him off.

Beautiful Letdown: Sirius did punch Paige, he was reacting to what she had done earlier. Hehe

Surfergurl: Paige was protecting Kate by doing what she thought was necessary. She didn't have the whole answer, so things were a bit off. Still, consider it from her angle. This guy that says he loves her friend got mad about her friend dancing in public, treated her like he was her owner and not her lover, and then hurt her very badly. I'd have to say that I would do the same for my friends. So, do feel bad for her and I hope you understand why she did what she did.