Disclaimer: It doesn't belong to me! I'm just a fan! Some characters are mutated figments of my imagination and some spout off canon characters.

A Recipe for Disaster

Chapter One

Two Potions Students

It wasn't that Scorpius Malfoy didn't know who Albus Potter was; in fact it was the complete opposite. He had been silently obsessed with the younger male for a lot longer than he'd like to admit. The Slytherin Quidditch captain was, to say the least, a hunky piece of male specimen and Scorpius was very well aware of this. Scorpius had just never spoken to the other student before; he had had no reason to. As a prefect Scorpius had never had to tell Albus off for causing trouble and as Head Boy he had no reason to do much more than nod in Albus' direction if they happened to pass each other or make eye contact in the corridor. It was as simple as that. Well, not quite simple. Scorpius had the biggest crush one could imagine on the younger, yet taller, male. Even the thought of Albus in a sweat from Quidditch made Scorpius embarrassingly weak in the knees. It was silly, stupid even and it made no sense. So, often, the Ravenclaw head boy thought nothing of it.

Albus Potter had always been somewhat intrigued by the person he had expected to be sharing a dorm with from the moment he had been placed in Slytherin. It had been a shock to everyone, but almost a disappointment to Albus, when the Malfoy boy had ended up in another house. Albus had wanted, in some ways, to befriend Scorpius and prove their father's wrong about any problems they had experienced in their days of school. Therefore, whenever Scorpius came up into conversation, or whenever he would spot Scorpius in the corridor he would make the extra effort to either listen or make eye contact to receive one of those overly earnest nods. Albus had never really shared any classes with the smaller Ravenclaw and had never really had the chance to capture his friendship. Albus was determined this year for a Potter and a Malfoy to become friends.

Scorpius sighed slightly as he checked his timetable. Potions first thing on a Monday morning. It was almost a joke. The Ravenclaw Tower was, after all, on the fifth floor. A full six away from the Potion classrooms down in the dungeons. He looked to his friends, knowing none of them were taking potions this year and let his eyes sweep over the great hall as they ate breakfast to see if he could determine who would be in his class. As always he let his eyes linger over the Slytherin Quidditch captain a moment longer than it would any other before making it's way over the rest of the students. Julian McCurdy, Scorpius' best friend, noticed he was looking around the room and raised an eyebrow to him.

"Scorp…" Julian said, calling back the white-haired boy's attention, "Eat your food…"

"Do you know anyone that is doing Potions, Ju?" Scorpius asked, ignoring the order from the grumpy redhead.

"No…what about the Weasley girl?" Julian asked, referring to the head girl whom shared half of Scorpius' duties.

"No…I'd know if she was…" Scorpius muttered, seemingly deep in thought.

"I heard that Potter might be…" a quiet brunette offered, pushing her glasses further up her nose.

"Uh…okay?" Scorpius looked to his friend Ethel Fulford and gave her a look of utter bemusement.

"Well…he's the only person I can think of…" Ethel shrugged, taking a drink from her cup.

"How do you know that?" butted in Julian, letting Scorpius sit back and wonder himself.

"I was talking to Erina Parkinson…I had Care of Magical Creatures with her last year…" shrugged Ethel. "She likes to talk about Albus, him being her almost-boyfriend and all…"

"Almost boyfriend?" Scorpius called up and instantly noticed the shock in his friend's faces about this being the part he had called upon. "I mean…how can you be an almost boyfriend? What happened to just normal dating?"

"As if you'd know anything about it!" snorted Julian, yelping a moment later from a rather sharp stomp on his foot from a very calm young lady.

"Well…they're not official…you know…nothing's definite…" Ethel shrugged, nibbling at some toast.

"Oh…" Scorpius muttered, pushing his egg about his plate.

"You haven't touched your food…" grumbled Julian, not liking the fact it had been left untouched.

"Scorp, Ethel, Ju!" exclaimed a dramatic girl with long black hair, planting herself between the two boys. "I have news for you!"

"Ouch!" yelled Julian in annoyance as food tumbled down his clean white shirt.

"Hello Song…" Scorpius nodded to chinese girl. "What is your news?"

"Rumour has it that there are only two potions students this year!" the Ravenclaw seeker grinned, looking triumphant at the news.

"What?" Scorpius paled slightly, shooting a glance over to the mess of dark hair on the slytherin table.

"Just two students? Well, that's you and Potter!" Ethel smiled to Scorpius. "That should be fun."

"NO!" Scorpius exclaimed, standing up abruptly and slamming his hands on the desk. "No it won't be fun!" with a stern look upon his face he turned and, scowling, retreated from the great hall, making steady way towards the Ravenclaw Tower.

(A/N: just a new story I'm trying out! Check out my other one if you have the time! It's only short as it's just an intro, I will usually post longer!

-Heloise)