Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, sadly…

Summary: What happens when Snape leaves his 7th years in a classroom together… with a (rather obviously) disguised love potion… who knew so much could happen in five minutes…

A I don't particularly like this pairing together as a romantic interest, but as the pairing was suggested to me by Rosepraul; I am therefore going to try it, so enjoy, it's a light-hearted story, and has probably been done before, but I hope it is still enjoyable… all I know about this story so far is that ultimately it will reflect friendship…

Five Minutes of Madness.

Prologue

Five minutes was all it took.

Five minutes for the entire social system of the seventh year Gryffindor's and Slytherin's to erode into dust. It would be forgotten; be unabashedly discarded.

It all started during one Gryffindor and Slytherin double potions lesson. The students were the best of the best. So naturally a few people wondered why Harry and Ron were in the class, not to mention Lavender Brown, she was the biggest surprise. Perhaps if those few people had been using their wits on this same day, none of this would have happened, although, really, what fun is that?

The first sign that something was amiss was the pretty box on Snapes desk at the start of class. It looked like a box of chocolates. A box of Honeydukes hazelnut praline chocolates, to be precise; they were Ron's favourite; incidentally, perhaps, they were also Blaise's.

The second sign was when Snape had to leave class for 'five minutes' telling them all sternly 'that they better stay in their seats and be quite or there would be hell to pay.'

Naturally this meant that once he was out of the room all the students got up and started chatting to each other.

Chapter One: Before

'Ron!' Hermione's voice drifted warningly over the chatter, 'don't you dare even think of opening that box of chocolates on Professor Snapes desk!'

'What? Me?' Ron turned around to face Hermione and Harry who were still sitting at their table, 'me? Me? I would never… I wouldn't think of doing such a thing…' his voice trailed off as he slowly started inching towards the chocolates again.

Hermione just sighed, looking over at Harry, 'there isn't any hope, is there? For him.'

'Nope' Harry answered with slightly grim expression on his face, 'he's addicted. It must be something they put in the praline'

'Gosh' Hermione sighed 'praline, don't make me think about it! So good… we may be in the wizarding world but I could kill for some of those Lindt Lindor chocolates….'

'Mhmmmmm' was the only response she got out of the boy next to her.

'Oh, but moving away from the chocolate topic' Hermione began as she finished reflecting on the joys of chocolate, 'how's the old love life going?'

'Love life?' Harry looked up at her questioningly 'Since when have I ever had a love life?'

Hermione rolled her eyes 'of course you have some kind of love life! Well, even if it's apparently non-existent'

'well then, that's what it is, non-existent. Since Ginny and I Broke up…. But I think she's better with Seamus anyways, she always did like Irish accents…'

Hermione rolled her eyes at him again 'you already know I know about you and Ginny, you twat, you're both two of my best friends for Christ's sake! As if I wouldn't know what was going on… ' Poking her tongue out playfully she finished with an after thought, 'after all, I am the smartest witch of our age…' this time it was Harry's turn to roll his eyes.

'I don't mind about it all you know,' Harry mused out loud to her 'we're past that now, I think. I knew at the end of last year that there was a chance I'd lose her. Besides, it just wasn't the right time, and I think in the end we both felt that you know, that pressure to be together and get happily married as soon as possible.'

'Yeah, I know,' Hermione smiled up at him as she spoke, 'I mean, we're in our seventh year, what's the rush to start the fairy tale? And sometimes, well sometimes I find that no matter how much you both want something, sometimes the timing isn't right.'

'Exactly!' Harry exclaimed as he beamed up at her, 'It doesn't mean that say, in like a few years or something, once we've both had time to like, change and stuff, to evolve, that it's a no go. Its just that right now, it's what neither us want, and really, are into.'

Hermione laughed at his words, her eyes shining cheekily, 'trust me Harry, no one has to but see the look's you've been shooting at Pavarti to tell that's the case!'

Harry sighed, burying his face in his hands, 'but the way I treated her at the Yule Ball! My behaviour! It was so….so…'

'Thoughtless?' Hermione offered.

'Yeah.'

'Well, that was like, three years ago! I'm sure she'd find it rather cute and endearing if you apologised and asked her out to Hogsmead'

'But I don't want to be seen as cute or endearing! Urgh!'

'What,' Hermione smiled mischievously at his look of disgust at the words, 'do you want her to think of you as irresistible, charming…'Harry started nodding bashfully 'and sexy…' at this is ear's pricked up and he glared at the playful smile on her face.

'You're pure evil, you know that, don't you Hermione?'

'Sure do'

It was at that precise moment the pair was disturbed from their conversation by the banging and clashing that could only come from the overturning of desks. Both inwardly groaned, thinking the same thing "Ron"; and sure enough, as they looked around they saw an entangled Ronald Weasley and Blaise Zabini, fighting over Snape's chocolates.

Every occupant of the classroom had turned around to observe their fight, although admittedly the only other occupants of the room were Lavender Brown, Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy.

Funnily enough it was Draco Malfoy who came up with the smart suggestion, although Blaise and Ron hardly heard it the first time as they were currently attempting to lick a few of the chocolates so no body else would eat them.

'So,' Hermione shouted over the din Blaise and Ron were making, 'What was your suggestion Malfoy?'

'Why don't we all just share the chocolates?'

The two boys on the floor seemed to freeze, shooting suspicious glances at each other. The other occupants of the room took the opportunity to roll their eyes at them. The two boys glared, saying in perfect sync 'don't you glare at me' before they turned to face each other, glaring at the other for daring to be the same as them.

The situation made Lavender burst into a peel of giggles, and Hermione soon joined her, and Pansy followed soon after; which caused Draco to mutter something about the girl 'joining the dark side because they had cookies'.

Harry just gave him a weird look and asked 'did you just call us the dark side?'

Draco just raised his eyebrow at him before resuming his glaring. Lavender turned around to look at Draco before she turned back the other girls and whispered 'gosh he's handsome when he's angry', which sent the girls into another fit of giggles, Hermione only managing to choke out 'and where have I heard a line like that before?'

'Ok, everyone' Harry began diplomatically, 'just settle down' he eyed the giggling girls who looked up at him doe-eyed as they tried to calm down. 'So why don't we all just split it, like now, give me those chocolates you two, so we can divvy them up'

Ron and Blaise handed over half the chocolates, Ron keeping a few his hand as the explained 'you might not want these ones… I kind of licked them…' Lavender wrinkled her nose disgust at his words.

Draco shot her a confused as he asked 'but didn't you used to go out with him? Surely you wouldn't have an aversion to his saliva…'

Lavender rolled her eyes at him 'used to being the key phrase in that sentence' she pointed out. Draco smirked to himself as he noticed that Lavender Brown did indeed have a brain.

Everyone took a chocolate, but Hermione found herself hesitating as Harry held the remaining chocolate out to her. A brief image of the biblical scene flashed in her mind, of the woman biting the apple. She heard Harry voice as she stared with suspicion down at the box.

'Come on Hermione, take one' he encouraged.

'Yeah Hermione' she heard Ron's voice call out 'they're pretty damn good' he added, licking his lips.

Hermione hesitantly took the delectable looking chocolate and raised it to her lips, placing it hesitantly on her tongue. As she felt the chocolate begin she looked up, startled by a sudden movement in front of her.

It was Ron, she realised, and he was coming towards her, no towards… Pansy? She saw the hungry expression in his eyes as he seemed to stalk towards the girl, who by no means seemed troubled by his approach.

Then something clicked inside her brain. But it was too late, she realised, as she felt the last remnants of the chocolate melt in her mouth; she knew that she too would soon feel the effects of the love potion. And there wasn't anything she could do about it.

But any thoughts of love potions banished themselves from her brain as she finally appreciated what a brilliant green Harry's eyes were.

A/N: Ok, so what do people think? Yay or nay? It'll just be a short fic, maybe a few more chapters, but that's it….