"Hi." Remus greeted Jas with a smile as he opened the door to his office the next morning.

"Morning sir." she said happily. "Ready to do a little investigating?" she said cheerfully, Remus grinned, she was in her element.

"By all means." He said and closed the door. "You can cross off all the teacher's names except Miles." He told her.

"Where was he?" she asked curiously as she scratched out their names on the list.

"Says he was in his quarters, didn't feel like attending the staff party." Remus said.

"Believe him?"

"I don't know. It seems reasonable, he isn't the sociable type." He reasoned.

"Okay, leave him for now. I ran into Luna this morning, she said all the Ravenclaws were together in their common room after lunch and for most of the evening."

"The only time period they need alibi's for is between lunch and when you were summoned." Remus said as they headed towards the Hufflepuff common room, which was nearest from his office.

"So how's Severus today?" Remus asked.

"I don't know he was still asleep when I . . ." she glanced at him nervously.

"When you left?" he asked her, looking concerned. "You went back and stayed there?"

"Yeah, but there was nothing . . . I mean we didn't . . ." she took a deep breath, "I just slept there you know, to make sure he was okay." She said hurriedly. He grabbed her arm and stopped them.

"Look I know you and Severus are . . . close-"

"It's not like that." she defended, when he looked sceptical she continued, "Well not anymore, we kinda broke it off, while I'm at school." She explained. "I just, I need to make sure he's okay." She said forcefully. Suddenly Remus understood.

"It wasn't your fault." he soothed.

"But-"

"But nothing, you did all you could. You got him back here as soon as you could." She shifted nervously at those words and shook her head. "Didn't you?" he asked.

"I-" she stopped. "Come on, let's go." She said resolutely and started walking again, Remus reluctantly followed.

Harry lent back in the chair in the common room and closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. He shouldn't have started smoking again, the cravings were unbearable and he was down to his last few.

He opened his eyes to see Ron glancing at him curiously. Hermione was engrossed in Ron's transfiguration essay, every few seconds scribbling something on it. Harry shook his head and closed his eyes again, ignoring Ron, who was still looking at him.

Distantly, he heard the portrait open.

"What are they doing here?" he heard Ron murmur, and debated with himself whether it was worth opening his eyes or not. When Ron started poking him he decided he might as well.

"Professor?" Hermione asked. "What are you doing here?" Remus smiled and strolled over to where they were sitting, Jas followed.

"Hello Hermione." He said cheerfully. "Ron, Harry." He smiled at each of them.

"Hi Remus, what brings you here?" Harry asked.

"Official detective business." Jas said enthusiastically.

"Finally got that job at MI5 then did you?" he asked.

"No not yet, but this is fun too." She smiled.

"MI5?" Ron asked.

"It's a muggle thing." Hermione said dismissively. "What are you doing?" she asked curiously.

"Gathering alibi's from all those who were present during the Christmas feast." She explained.

"Why?" Ron asked.

"Well someone must have reported that Minerva drank the potion instead of Dumbledore. So anyone without an . . . alibi," he glanced at Jas who grinned, " . . . between the feast and when Voldemort called a meeting is under suspicion." He explained.

"I'm a suspect." Jas told them.

"Should you be doing the questioning then?" Harry asked.

"Severus doesn't think I did it, Miles is the only one who suspects me so my names on the list to appease him. But then again his name is on the list too." She said grinning evilly.

"Professor Morton?" Hermione asked.

"Yep." Jas said. "We're wasting time chatting to the locals. Lets get to work." she said and cleared her throat before speaking loudly over the chattering in the common room, which fell silent as she spoke. "We'd like to speak to the following people please." She said and began listing names. After an hour of questioning in the corner of the common room, they'd managed to question all twelve of the Gryffindor's. Jas sat down on the arm of Harry's chair.

"Finished." She said.

"I think we should question Miss Brown and Mister Finnegan again later, with less people around." Remus said.

"Good idea." She said knowingly. "Hey, you guys know Dean right?" she asked the trio.

"Yeah, why?" Ron asked.

"Is it likely he'd stay in his dorm for, four hours drawing?" she asked.

"Yeah, quite the artist our Dean." Harry told her.

"Okay, we'll cross him off then." She said, and scribbled out his name. "I'll go and have a girly chat with Lavender." She said with disgust and got up and dragged Lavender out of the portrait hole. Fifteen minutes later she returned with a look of disgust on her face, but scribbled off both Lavender and Seamus from the list. "Ew, too many details." She cringed, and Harry laughed.

"She's such a gossip. How long did it take for you to get it out of her? Thirty seconds?" Hermione asked disgustedly.

"More like ten." Jas said.

"Looks like we're finished." Remus said and headed to the exit.

"Hey Harry," Jas said quietly, "Want to come for a walk or something?" she asked. Harry ignored the look Ron gave him and stood up.

"Sure. I'll be back later guys." He said to Hermione and Ron. He followed Jas out and once they were out of ear shot of Hermione and Ron, murmured, "You haven't got any spare fags have you?" She laughed and exited the common room and kept walking. He followed her, pleading all the way.

Thanks to Captain Oz (yes I 'actually know whodunnit')and SweetWillowTree(yeah it was a bit confusing at the beginning, but it's a kinda explain along the way thing) for reviewing! I appreciate it! Can anyone figure out who it is that's left on the list? Anyone? Well if you can't, it's in the next chapter. So REVIEW and you will find out quicker!