‘’I got it. I am the Head girl of Hogwarts,’’ I said with a huge smile.

 ‘’It’s not hard to guess. The last time you ever gave me anything other than chocolates as gift was on my 13th birthday when you gave me that CD that I wanted. It has always been chocolates after that. I guess chocolates are the best things you can give to a person with whom you are not on proper speaking terms for the past three or more years,’’ he said with a smile and left.

 CHAPTER SUMMARY: ‘’Professor, there isn’t anyone left to be my partner,’’ I said.

As if on cue someone came running into the class and said, ‘’sorry for being late, Professor. I got held in Care of Magical Creatures.’’

‘’Ah, Mr. Weasley. It’s nice that you came even though you are late. Miss. Carpenter here was without a partner,’’ said Professor Slughorn.

 ‘’Can I ask you something?’’ he asked. I nodded so he continued, ‘’do you have a date for this Hogsmeade weekend?’’

‘’Unfortunately, no,’’ I replied.

‘’Well, that’s good for me. So, will you go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?’’ he asked.

‘’Yes,’’ I finally said.

 ‘’You are right. Watt is going to pay. But I don’t want you to get involved. I will do it my way. I am going out for a while. Cover for me if anyone asks for me,’’ I said. He opened his mouth to protest but then he looked in my eyes and he knew that I had already made up my mind and there was no way to talk me out of it.

‘’Fine. Just be careful,’’ he finally said.

 ‘’I asked if you wanted to smell the Potion so that you know what you are supposed to smell in a correctly brewed Amortentia,’’ he said. I nodded and bent my head towards the cauldron to smell the Potion.

It smelt like new books and Mum’s pancakes. But I smelt something else too and that smell was stronger than the rest of them. It was the smell of Hugo Weasley’s hair.

 ‘’I can’t believe I have two clueless friends and an equally clueless guy who can’t understand that I fancy him even when I am dropping hints every now and then. I swear, if Lorcan doesn’t ask me out by tomorrow, I am just gonna grab him and kiss him, ’’said Dom with frustration.

‘’Let’s get back to the topic we were discussing. Why don’t you give Jack a chance,’’ I suggested to Grace.

 He lowered his head and put his lips on mine. It was just a peck but it felt like heaven. There were butterflies in my stomach, except they weren’t like butterflies; they were more like elephants doing somersaults.

After the kiss was over, he looked at me and said,’’Merry Christmas, Layla.’’

‘’Same to you,’’ I said and left as fast as I could.

 ‘’Why do you hate Hugo?’’Selena asked.

‘’I don’t hate him. Why are you asking me such a question anyways?’’I asked.

‘’He told me that you hate him. He thinks that he must have done something wrong but he doesn’t know what. You used to be friends. So, what happened?’’Selena questioned. I fell for him, that’s what happened, I said in my mind.

 ‘’Guys, we are just friends,’’I said with frustration.

‘’Layla, we are not asking you to marry him. All we are saying is that he is good for you,’’said Lily with a smile.

 ‘’I always attract the bad boys. So, as I said before, I am not going to Hogsmeade,’’I said with a sigh.

‘’There is someone who is not a bad boy and who you can go to Hogsmeade with,’’Lily said.

‘’Who?’’I asked.

‘’Does hot Hufflepuff Quiddich Captain ring any bells?’’Lily asked with a smirk

 ‘’Why are you doing this, Hugo?’’I heard Selena saying to Hugo.

‘’I don’t think this is working anymore,’’Hugo said to Selena.

‘’Maybe, not exactly like we had hoped. But give it a little more time, I am sure it will work out just fine,’’Selena replied.

‘’I can’t do this anymore. I think it’s time for us to break up,’’Hugo said.