**This is written for the Diagon Alley: Flourish and Blotts Challenge and Bingo Card Drabble Competition: Prompt Lucy Weasley and apple**
A Lesson in Love
'Come on Lucy, just do it. Just put the apple on his desk.' Lucy Weasley thought as she crept out from behind a large flowering shrub; her hiding place for the last hour. She stretched out the cramp, straightened her tie and took a deep breath before she casually walked into the greenhouse currently occupied by the young herbology professor. He was hunched over his desk, but his head turned upwards as she walked in.
"Good afternoon Miss Weasley, what can I do for you?"
"Good afternoon Professor Longbottom, I... justwantedtogiveyouthis." Her confidence failed as she presented the apple; she could see her flushed reflection in the shiny surface of the fruit.
"Don't you think you're too sensible to have a crush on a school teacher, Miss Weasley?" chided the herbologist, looking directly into her hazel eyes. She squealed and covered her face, all dignity forgotten.
"W...What? H...How did you know?" whispered a mortified Lucy through her fingers.
"One, I think your reaction just gave it away Miss Weasley and two, the tradition of giving a teacher an apple has always indicated a crush."
"I'm sorry Professor."
"Not to worry Miss Weasley I'm sure it's just a phase and, at any rate, I've always enjoyed apples."
