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This will be a Remy and Rogue romance. Harry and his friends are 13 where as Rogue is 19, Kitty is 18, Pitor is 19, Remy is 23 and Logan is like a hundred or something but he looks 30. I probably should have put that in the first chapter but oh well. I hope you enjoy this chapter. And it will continue to be from Rogue's POV I might add some different POVs but it will only be little tid bits.

It had been a few quiet weeks since rogue and the others had started protecting the castle. Rogue had grown comfortable with a routine even, though Logan always liked to shake things up so Black didn't have the chance to plan a way around them. Every morning at five rogue would go for a run around the grounds, Remy would occasionally join her, but it was on the days that he wasn't there that rogue first started to notice the dog. It was a massive black dog that was severely malnourished.

She would always see it around the far side of the lake as it tried to catch fish unsuccessfully. This morning before her run Rogue had swung by the kitchens and had gotten the house elves to fix her up a little doggie bag that contained meat and veggies. She reasoned that even dog's need their vegetables. She was just rounding a turn in the trail when she spotted the dog once again at the edge of the lake stalking, what Rogue assumed to be a fish.

She carefully walked up on it, sure to make just enough noise to alert it to her presence. It froze when it heard her and turned its head to her. She stopped walking and opened her bag; the dog must have smelled the food instantly because it began walking closer to her.

"Come here boy." She coaxed and pulled out some of the beef tips.

The dog began to trot toward her at the sight of the food. Rogue pulled the rest out and began setting it on the brown paper bag for the dog to eat. He practically inhaled the food before him; rogue guessed he hadn't eaten in weeks. Rogue noticed that even though he looked wild that he wasn't, in fact he seemed almost human.

Rogue studied the creature before her as he finished eating; she had known Mystique, her mother, long enough to know a shape-shifter. And the 'dog' before her was definitely human. Could this be Sirius Black? What did the magic folk call wizards who could shift into animals? Animagus? Yeah that was it. She didn't like the thought that this could be Black, they had been looking for a man and here he was running around as a dog. Well she could play this game; she could make him dependent on her. Rogue liked the idea of her knowing where he was rather then not.

But she couldn't tell Logan or any of the others for that matter, she still had a funny feeling about this whole thing. She needed to know the truth and she knew Black would know everything she needed to know. So for now she would be his friend.

"Aww ya poor boy, looks like ya haven't eaten in weeks." She said scratching behind his ears. "How 'bout ya meet me here tomorrow mornin' an' Ah'll bring ya some sausage an' eggs?" she said.

She could practically see him strain so that he didn't act too human. Instead he rubbed up against her. "Okay boy, ah gotta go finish my run, Ah'll see ya tomorrow." She said giving him one last rub before running off. She just had to keep this up for a few weeks and then she could reveal that she knew who he was.

Rogue had taken to watching Potter's quidditch practices, mostly because she had found out that Black liked to watch him too. What puzzled rogue was that Black acted concerned whenever Potter made a particularly spectacular dive. He would stand up with every muscle in his body tense ready to run to him if he was hurt. Though that's why rogue was there, she was the only one who could get there fast enough to catch the boy if he fell.

Rogue had to admit that one of her favorite games beside mutant ball (which was whatever game that had a ball in it the used their powers i.e. baseball, basketball, dodgeball.) was quidditch. You just couldn't help but get sucked in to the game. She longed to fly up there with him and play but she knew she had to keep a low profile, he still couldn't know that she was watching him. But then again he knew that Black was after him so maybe he knew that she was watching him too.

As the practice finished rogue left leaving the field and made her way back to the castle. She was punching in and it was now Logan's turn to follow Potter, she on the other hand was off to have lunch. She didn't like to admit it to herself but she really did love having Gambit around. Once people knew of her mutation they stayed clear of her, she knew they didn't do it on purpose it was just a reflex. But Remy went out of his way to put his hands all over her, even going so far as to make a game out of it. Another thing he did was intestinally piss her off just so he could say how beautiful she was. And while it made her mad when he did it later when she had time to cool down she would go back and think about it and blush. That boy really knew how to push each and every one of her buttons.

She entered the Great hall to see him already sitting by her empty seat in conversation with Lupin. She didn't know why but Lupin had grown on her and Remy almost instantly, she knew he was hiding something but she just couldn't help like the guy. Today during his free period she intended to find out. She was tired of coming up with nothing on her own.

She sat down between the two and put a few sandwiches on her plate as her glass filled with pumpkin juice. "So what are you up to after lunch today?" she asked Remy.

"'M goin' ova some plans wit' Dumbledore." He answered nonchalantly and then put on a sly smile. "Bu' tonight, mon amour," he said while wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her closer. "We are goin' ta Hogesmeade." He said.

Rogue grit her teeth and bit of the snarky remark that had been at the tip of her tongue. "Well ah would." She said with false sadness causing Remy to pull back and loosen his grip on her. "But Severus has already asked to escort me to dinner tonight."

The smile that had once been in place fell immediately. "Say dat again, chere, ah must have heard wrong." He said and rogue slipped out of his grasp.

"Severus asked me if he could escort me ta supper tonight." She explained putting on a well crafted sad face. "Ah just couldn' say no, ah mean just look at that body!" she said and struggled not to burst into fits of laughter. "An' his face!" she said with a dreamy sigh. "Like it was carved by angels." She said and then turned her attention back to Gambit who looked furious but was hiding it well.

"Never knew ya were in ta dat type." he said casting a glance around her to see the man in question.

In truth rogue was not attracted to the man at all he looked down on her constantly and always gave backhanded compliments. Again rogue sighed dreamily. "What do ya mean that type?" she asked casting a long glance down the table to Snape.

Remy paused for a moment. "It's no' nice ta mess wit' me like dat chere." He said with a small smile. He then stood up and placed a kiss on the top of her head before leaving. Rogue watched him strut all the way to the door of the great hall before turning around to wink at her.

She sighed heavily and turned to Lupin. "Ah thought ah had him there for a minute." She said dejectedly.

Remus smiled and shook his head at her. "You two remind me of some old friends I had." He told her and smiled at the unshared memory.

"Oh?" rogue said. "What happened ta them?"

His smile broadened and rogue was starting to dread the answer. "They got married and had a son." He said almost sadly.

"There's no way Ah'd ever marry him, and ah can't have kids anyway." She said. "It's kinda hard to-" she paused trying to think of a synonym for the word she had been about to say. "Procreate," yes that was the perfect word. "Without touching." She finished, wiggling her gloved fingers at him.

"Never say never." He warned.

They finished the rest of the meal talking about mundane things until he got up to leave. He said he had a lesson to plan; rogue would give him twenty minutes before she went to visit him. She finished her own meal and walked out of the hall. She turned a corner just as she saw a foot disappear into a statue of a witch with a hump. She walked a little closer and the hump on the witch closed, she was about to find kitty to see where it went when Logan rounded the corner.

"Yeah that was Potter." He said. "The tunnel goes to Hogesmeade me and Kitty are going to meet him there." He said and turned around. "You okay, you've been acting weird lately?" he asked.

Leader mode on back burner, daddy mode on. "Yeah Ah'm fine Logan, it's just somethin' about this whole thing isn't addin' up for me." She said.

"Same here." He grunted and then looked around to make sure no students were hanging around. "When Al (Dumbledore) first showed me that moving picture of him I knew something was up." he admitted to her. "The man's not a clod blooded killer, I've seen that look before that was a revenge killing."

"Ah think Lupin knows something, ah was hopin' he would have said somethin' by now. But ah guess Ah'm gonna have ta go ta him." she said. "Ah'm headin' ta talk ta him now."

Logan looked down and nodded silently. "Ya seen that dog, that's not a dog around at all?" he asked and looked up at her.

Rogue had to smile, nothing got past Logan. "Ya mean Black?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"Ah been bringin' him food." She admitted to him.

"Yeah I figured someone was, he doesn't look as thin anymore. What's your read on him?"

"Ah know this sounds crazy but ah don't think he's here for the boy. Ah think he is here for someone else who is a part of this that no one knows about." She said.

He again nodded silently. "Well I better go catch up to the boy." Logan said and turned around.

"Later Logan." She said as she continued down the hall. She heard him grunt in response and smiled, typical Logan, she thought.

She walked to the third floor where Lupin's office was. She peeked her head inside to see him writing on a piece of parchment. She knocked and his head shot up.

"Oh hello rogue." he said offering her a small smile. "Come in." she did so and closed the door behind him causing his smile to dip. "Is there something I can help you with?" he asked concerned.

"Yes." She said looking him in the eye. "You're holdin' somethin' back about Black." She saw him pale and took a seat to make him more comfortable. "Ta do my job Ah need ta know everythin'. Ever since we came here there's been something botherin' me about this whole thing, an' ah think ya can think clear it up."

He was silent for a moment before he finally found his voice. "What makes you think I know anything about Black?" he asked with a steady voice, but rogue could see the anxiety in his eyes.

"Look, my job is ta read people, Ah'm very good at It." she said as he grew a shade whiter. "We can do this one o' two ways an' ah grantee ya won' like the second." She warned.

Lupin nodded and looked down. "He was my best friend you know." He started. "Me, Sirius, James Potter and Peter Pettigrew. We were all best friends here at Hogwarts and I had thought we were still best friends when we left school. But those were dark times; you didn't know who to trust. We knew one of the four of us was a spy for you-know-who, we just didn't know who. I had suspected for some time that it might be Sirius, I guess I was right.

"Anyway, one day we receive information that HE is coming for James, Lily and Harry. Dumbledore insisted on being their secret keeper." He stopped and looked up at Rogue. "Do you know what a secret keeper is?" he asked and rogue nodded her head. Rogue had in fact been a secret keeper once for Magneto when she had been with the brotherhood.

"Well James and Sirius had been like brothers, inseparable those two. James had chosen Sirius as his secret keeper; he was convinced that Sirius would never give him up. I even tried to get him to switch to Dumbledore but he wouldn't have any of it." Lupin stopped and sighed, rogue realized how hard this had to be for him. There was something about betrayal that always stuck with you, Logan had told her that.

"Not even a week later-." He stopped and rogue could see the pain on his face. "I was one of the first on the scene after Hagrid had taken Harry away. Sirius had already left; I was still at their house when I heard about Peter. The fool." He said in pain.

"I never imagined he would go after Sirius like that. You see Peter was never as clever as James and Sirius, he struggled all during school. There was no way he could have taken Sirius on, there was no way I could take Sirius on." he admitted.

Rogue waited a moment before talking in case he felt the need to add anything. She wasn't sure what to say, she had never had a relationship like that. Sure she had her friends at the institute but she hadn't grown up with them. She had her brother, but their relationship was nowhere near to the relationship Lupin had to those boys. Then she remembered the words Logan had told her once more.

"Ya know, there's somethin' about betrayal, it always sticks with ya." She said and saw him nod his head silently. "Ah've never had a friend like the ones you describe but ah know all about betrayal." She told him. "What Ah've learned is that no matter what ya think, or how hurt ya are, important facts are overlooked ta make room for hurt and anger." She said.

Lupin raised his head and gave her a small sad half smile. "How can one so young know so much?" he asked.

Rogue returned the smile. "You'd be surprised how many people want ta use me." She said thinking of all the people in question. "Ah've learned ta just not let people get too close."

"Everyone needs someone." He said.

"Yeah, it's just, when ah was little my Aunt Irene would always look out for me." She said. "She always had ta know where ah was an' ah miss that."

There was a knock at the door before it opened to reveal Remy who gave her a lopsided smile. "Ya been here dis whole time?" he asked her. "Been lookin' fo' ya." Rogue turned her head to see Remus with a knowing smile; she couldn't help but return a smile of her own. She turned back to Remy and rolled her eyes.