A/N: My deepest apologies for the long wait I haven't abandoned the story I've just been completely sucked up in my final semester of university...I don't want to fail at this point.. So HUGE THANK YOUS ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE REVIEWED AND STUCK WITH ME THIS FAR! I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 11

Two weeks later, Alicia laid on her stomach holding a pillow to her chest in Warrington's bed feeling completely drained and miserable. Shikai had left England to attend a funeral of a close family relative. Alicia had thought she would be fine without the treatments for a couple of weeks but she was wrong. The potions on their own weren't enough they helped but they didn't help in perking up her energy levels like a Weiqi treatment did.

It also didn't help that work had been busy or that Angelina was stressing her out. The two had been arguing more than usual and it finally built up to a massive fight which started over Alicia had skipped a couple of drinking nights with their friends to sleep. Angelina felt that Alicia had changed since she started dating Warrington. It was so incredibly stupid but it had distressed Alicia to the point she didn't feel welcome in her own home anymore. After Angelina had some scathingly hurtful words Alicia left the apartment and slept in the Twin's shop for the night and the next morning she had no energy to move off the couch. She owled Warrington first to let him know she wouldn't make breakfast and before she knew it he appeared at the shop and took her back to his place. He refused to take 'no' for an answer to any of his demands.

That was 3 days ago, she called in sick and the twins understood completely. Warrington's Mother Maura showed up so Alicia wasn't alone when Warrington was off doing whatever it was he did for work.

"A quick fix for what ails you?" Maura asked as she waved two vials of Alicia's potions near Alicia's face. Alicia rolled onto her back and looked at Maura. The woman looked like she had walked off the page of a magazine. It wasn't fair, no wonder Warrington looked so damn good. He had good genes in his favour.

"Thank you" Alicia said as she let go of her pillow and took the potions draining the vials and handing them back to Maura's expecting hand.

"You know, we could lie in bed all day and watch old black and white muggle movies. I had a lover once who was completely enthralled with it. I honestly think the conversation is amusing and incredibly witty even if the story lines are not that original. I feel in the mood don't you?" Maura asked. Alicia smiled as Maura was always in the mood for off the wall things. Like yesterday the woman felt like ice cream and caramel sauce for breakfast was the way to go with a cream whisky to 'relax' her energetic spirit.

"You don't have to take care of me" Alicia told her, though it was actually nice to have a motherly figure around it was something she missed as her mother died when she was young.

"I want to take care of you my dear. I've never had a daughter and Cassius was such an independent child. He would turn his snotty nose at me and tell me to stop mothering he was old enough to take care of himself." Maura said rolling her eyes. "It's also in my best interests to make sure you are well. I've never been invited here before by Cassius. Always have to break the wards and make myself at home" Maura added. Alicia wasn't sure if it was appropriate to laugh so she just smiled.

"I think I shall call an house elf and see if we can get a TeeVee" Maura chuckled "Muggles have strange names for devices don't you agree?"

Late at night that same day,

"How hard -" Warrington started but was swiftly cut off by Montague.

"Well I don't like to brag-ow" Montague drawled for comedic effect but it was for wrong audience as Warrington smacked him over the head.

"Can it be to find a dagger with the Dolohov crest on it?" Warrington finished glaring at Montague. They were already in their cups as it had been a long day. The past two weeks had been incredibly exhausting and unproductive. They cut through the red tape and managed to finally get access to the area they needed to find the dagger. Only to come up empty.

"Apparently very difficult. I honestly think the whole being the good guys and helping out the less fortunate is really too exhausting. Can't we hire the Golden trio and send them off on the grand adventure? Because being apathetic and hedonistic is far easier. It's less stressful and very enjoyable" Montague said as he took a sip of his scotch. "Though it would be a shame to lose Spinnet, she has such a tight body"

"Hey! don't get any ideas" Warrington told him darkly. He tried to remind himself that Montague was drunk and as was he. So he was better off having another drink as he knew Montague would never make a move on his territory.

"My apologies, if I hadn't been spending my spare time looking for a dagger I would be in the arms of two-"

"I don't need the mental images of your playboy life" Warrington slurred disgusted at Montague's choice of lifestyle.

"Just because you like being celibate with convalescent hottie is not my fault! Anyway relax mate, Alicia isn't my type" Montague slurred.

"I thought your type was two legs and a pulse" Warrington said.

"If so then why aren't we engaging in foreplay right now? You have two legs and pulse" Montague said wriggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"Because I have taste, now how are we going to find the dagger?"

"Well we could-" Montague started but stopped as the thought was lost. "Or… Nope I'm out of ideas. Get a new girlfriend there's an idea" Montague said.

"Or maybe it isn't in the Ministry but was kept by one of his apprentices" Maura said as she strolled into the study. He had forgotten in his complete and utter failure of a search for the dagger that his mother was staying in his house and that Alicia was upstairs in his bed wearing his pyjamas probably asleep. Not that the 'asleep' part mattered but he felt like a moron for drinking with Montague when he could curled up next to the beautiful woman asleep himself.

"Apprentices?" Montague asked confused and very drunk.

"See one, do one, teach one. I'm sure Dolohov had a crowd that liked to watch his more gruesome hobbies" Maura said as she poured herself a drink and sat next to Warrington on the lounge.

"Damn why didn't we think of that?" Montague slurred at Warrington who shrugged.

"Because you two aren't as brilliant as me" Maura told them.

"Harsh, Mother" Warrington said.

"Well you still have potential Cassius as you do have half my genes." Maura told him.

"I think he only got your good looks" Montague quipped. Warrington shook his head as he took a sip of his drink.

"How is Alicia?" Warrington asked.

"She's sleeping which is something you two should be doing instead of wallowing in your setback with fire whisky. Such a Slytherin thing to do" Maura said clicking her tongue disapprovingly.

"It's nice to know school prejudices due to what house you're in last a lifetime" Warrington drawled.

"For the record we're not wallowing, we're indulging in a night cap" Montague said defensively.

"Speaking of I think I will retire for the evening" Warrington said as he drained his glass.

"We should talk to Malfoy tomorrow about seeing who was Dolohov's groupies so we can compile a list and start shaking them down" Montague said.

"Agreed" Warrington said he turned to his mother and kissed her on the cheek "Goodnight Mother"

"Goodnight dear" she responded. Warrington gave a brief nod to Montague before heading up to his bedroom.

Warrington showered and changed into his pyjama bottoms before he slid under the blankets and pulled Alicia into his arm. She woke up slightly as she rearranged herself to lay half on top of him. He smiled at how natural it all felt like they had been doing it for years. Alicia sighed contently as he ran his hands up and down her body. She shifted closer to him and pressed her lips against his in a sleepy kiss.

"mm fire whisky" Alicia murmured before kissing him again.

"Alicia" Warrington groaned she knew all his triggers when it came to arousing him. They hadn't even had sex and yet she kept trying. It's not like he didn't want to because he really wanted to but Shikai had warned him before he left for China to visit his family that Alicia would need to rest as much as possible and not over extend herself. Being told by an old Asian man to abstain from sex was amusing in itself but what was not amusing was the fact the old man was right. Two weeks without the regular weiqi treatments and she was flagging considerably in the energy department.

"You woke me" Alicia said between kisses.

"Shikai told me-"

"I know what he told you but you can't just get into bed half naked looking the way you do and expect me to keep my hands to myself" Alicia told him before she started kissing his jaw and then his neck.

"You need to rest" he told her yet not making any obvious moves of pushing her away. He blamed the alcohol for his weakness in having her hands pulling him close, the way her fingers dug into his flesh with frustration.

"I've been resting all day what I need is you" Alicia told him before she kissed him deeply, not bothering to hold back the need she felt for him. She poured everything she felt and needed into the kiss. Warrington returned the kiss with ardour. He made her feel alive and beautiful just with a look and the touch of his hands. Something she needed desperately these last few days as she was increasingly getting worse.

She felt like she was just fading away from her, yet when they were like this with his hands on her body and when he was kissing her like he was now it brought her back.

"You're definitely wearing down my resistance but we cannot go further than this" he told her in a rough voice as he broke the kiss. He was having trouble keeping what control he had left. "Shikai will be back tomorrow you will recover your energy and then I will indulge you" he told her.

"Indulge me. Sounds decadent and I'm hoping very indecent. Are you sure you're able to back up your claim? Because I'd really like to get laid before I die" she half joked. He rolled them so he was on top of her and used his arms to prop his upper body off of her. He looked down and felt her rapid pulse, her breath hitched. He saw the desire, the hunger in her eyes as she looked up at him, it was intoxicating.

"I think you can feel the evidence that I'm perfectly capable of backing up my claim." he told her, she gasped in pleasure as he pushed his hips into hers. He smiled at her as she shifted under him restless as she wanted to continue.

"Just because you have the tools doesn't mean you don't know how to use them." Alicia said before chuckling.

"Oh that is a nice try" Warrington told her as he was nearly about to take up the challenge.

"Can't even get a sample of the delights?" Alicia asked as she shifted again and took a deep inhale.

"Well I could describe to you in great detail what I'll do to you" he offered

"I want less talking more doing" she said with the cheekiest smile.

"I don't know I like this whole holding out on sex. It's like being a teenager again" He mused.

"You just like frustrating me" Alicia said with a frustrated sigh as she moved her body trying to excise the pent up sexual frustration and desire in her veins. He moved so he was lying on his side but kept his legs entangled with hers. She caught his free hand as he used his other to prop his head up to look at her.

"You were frustrated long before I came back into your life" he said she scrunched her nose and bit his thumb. "Ow- what was that for?" he asked

"You deserved it" She told him, he chuckled as he would have let her hand go but he knew it exactly where it would go and they needed to cool down not heat up.

"My apologies, we should go to sleep" he said looking at her with a smile.

"A slytherin excited about sleeping. I thought I'd never see the day" she told him.

Alicia and Warrington had a late breakfast in bed and read the Daily Profit when a house elf delivered two notes. One was from Shikai saying what time he would be available and the other was from Katie who had returned from a training camp wanting to have a roommate meeting to resolve Angelina and Alicia's argument once and for all. So after breakfast and a few very heated moments they decided it was time to get changed,

"It's fortunate Shikai is back today. Are you sure that you don't want me to escort you?" he asked as he was already dressed in a navy suit and ready go visit Lucius Malfoy. He was pretty sure that Theodore Nott would be at the top of the list. But he would prefer to have a list so if Theo wasn't their man then he and Montague could move onto the next suspect.

"Yeah, I know Montague wants this 'quest' to be over" Alicia said rolling her eyes as she pulled on the same clothes she came in four days ago. He liked her casual style even if it was muggle fashion, he appreciated how her grey skinny jeans hugged her ass and her legs. She pulled her white tank on and then her long grey drape cardigan. She had taken her potions at Breakfast but it wasn't enough as she was still trembling as she tugged on her boots.

"He is rueing the day he decided to move in while his pent house was being renovated" Warrington mused. Alicia smiled.

"I do appreciate you two doing this for me" she said as she walked over to him.

"Gryffindors are such sentimental saps. You have to stop thanking me for nothing. Why don't you let my mother take you to the appointment" He told her.

"Maura has a life you know. It's fine I'll stop in at my place and talk with Ange as Katie wants a truce and then I'll go to my appointment. I can walk a few blocks but I wouldn't mind you apparating me to my door step" Alicia said.

"That I can do" He said as he pulled her into his arms.

"Hey I'm home" Alicia said as she came through the front door.

"Good, we've got tea and biscuits in the lounge room" Katie said Alicia came into the room and saw Angelina and Katie sitting on the lounge and opposite the coffee table they had moved a wing chair. Something about the set up said she was not going to like this. She felt a sickly shiver run through her and swallowed her nausea. She needed another boost of potions before this meeting started.

"Ok, just let me get a potion and I'll be right with you" Alicia said as she headed to the bathroom. She missed the looks Katie and Angelina exchanged.

"You're not going to find them" Katie called from the lounge room, Alicia frowned as she walked into the bathroom and opened the cabinet where she kept her potions only to find it empty. She closed the cabinet and opened it again hoping she was hallucinating. She had a month's worth of potions in the cabinet four days ago.

"You have a problem Alicia but don't worry Katie and I have your back we'll get you through this" Angelina said. Alicia took a steady breath trying to remain calm. She needed her potions, she had used up her stores at Warrington's place that morning.

"We love you and we're sorry we didn't see how you were struggling" Katie said from the doorway of the bathroom. Alicia felt the empty insides of the cabinet just in case they had casted a camouflage spell.

"Where are my potions?" Alicia asked calmly as she turned to her two best friends who looked at her like they were scared for her.

"I wish you could see yourself. Feet dragging, the mood swings." Angelina said.

"You didn't show up for work" Katie said.

"I owled George and Fred, they understood" Alicia said defensively.

"You've also been disappearing a lot more lately" Angelina added.

"I have a boyfriend forgive me if I want to shag him in the privacy of his own hom-"

"You were getting high" Angelina said cutting Alicia off.

"Getting high?" Alicia scoffed in disbelief.

"I thought the McCallums was helping you but then you started taking the new potions and you need more of them than you ever did of the McCallum's. We had no idea you were addict" Angelina said.

"Whoa! I'm not an addict! I told you what the new potions were. They aren't narcotics" Alicia told her.

"Really? Come on look at yourself! you're strung out and hanging for a hit" Angelina told her.

"They are my medicine I told you I need them they stop the effects of the curse I have on me. Where are they?" Alicia asked panicking now as she knew the longer she went without the potion the worse she would become. She double checked the cupboards for a miracle and then started searching the rest of the apartment.

"Take it easy. It's going to be okay" Katie said.

"No! It's not going to be okay! I need those potions!" Alicia shouted at them. She looked at her hands that were starting to shake badly.

"What you need is to get clean. You're spell damaged not cursed. You need to accept that you're never going to get better" Angelina said.

"You're wrong, I'm cursed and Cassius is helping me, I tried to explain this to you Ange but you wouldn't listen! You never listen" Alicia said.

"He's using you. He doesn't care about you! He's just using your addiction and your hope that he has a 'cure' to leverage you to be his sex toy. It's such a Slytherin thing to do" Angelina told her. Alicia took a deep breath and looked at her friends. She needed her potions, her appointment wasn't for two hours and she needed to stop by Gringotts to get the money.

"You guys don't understand. I'll die without my potions. Now tell me where you put it!" Alicia demanded desperately.

"Down the drain which is where your life is heading if you don't clean up your act" Angelina said, Alicia looked at her with disappointment.

"Tell me you didn't" Alicia implored.

"Someday you'll thank us" Katie said, Alicia shook her head at them as tears stung her eyes. She had to go to Shikai as Warrington was gone and they didn't have a fireplace so she could floo Maura to help her. She shook her head at her friends and walked out the door.

"That didn't go very well" Katie said.

After Alicia stopped at Gringotts she ran down Knockturn alley and pounded on Shikai's door. The wizard opened the peephole and saw her visibly shaking. He quickly opened the door and let her in.

"I'm sorry for coming unannounced but I need a treatment now and more potions if you have them" Alicia told him.

"So soon? I gave you 2 months worth of potions" Shikai said.

"Yeah it's a long story-" Alicia didn't get the words out when the door to the front of the shop imploded. Her reflexes saved her when she ducked and missed being hit by large fragments of wood.

"Wands on the ground and hands in the air! This is a Ministry Raid" a deep male voice boomed. Alicia stood up and put her hands up in the air as the room was filled with Aurors with the wands raised and ready. Shikai waved for her to go out the back. Taking the exit she ran through the back and weaved past the kitchen to the back door. She barely made out the door when curses started flying at her.

She hit the pavement and ran with Aurors on her tail "HALT!" one shouted she kept running not looking behind her. When they realised she wasn't going to stop they started throwing curses at her.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Incarcerous!"

Alicia dodged the spells pushing people out of her way until she was tackled to the ground by a man. She groaned from pain and force of hitting the ground with a man on top of her. She tried to shove him off but he was too heavy and she was too exhausted in her current state to put up much of a fight. He muttered a spell and her hands were pulled together by invisible rope.

"I hate it when people try to run" He said he shoved her hard into the ground before lifting her off the ground to her feet. She winced as she felt blood trickle down the side of her face.

"Adler, nice catch!" An Auror said as he and his partner caught up.

"Well are you a looker! Where you running to Miss…?" He drawled waiting for Alicia to say her name.

"I want a solicitor" She told him.

"Already asking for a solicitor, beautiful and smart" Adler said tightening his grip on Alicia's arm. She grimaced in pain.

TBC- I will update in two weeks and if I don't you can feel free to flame me as a dirty dirty liar and how there is a special hell reserved for people like me...