"Hey, where are you heading?" Cedric asked sneaking up behind me.
"Potions! Yeah!" I shouted. The entire hallway turned to look at me.
"You are way to excited about potions," Cedric said giving me an extremely weird look.
"Just trying to be excited about it, maybe I won't fall asleep today!" I said.
"Right... well I have to go the other way, so I'll see you later," Cedric said walking away.
"Ok, later," I said. I made my way down to Potions, found Keri, and sat at an empty table.
"Ready for another exciting day of potions!" Keri asked.
"Hell yeah!" I shouted sarcastically. I actually took notes for the first half hour of class before I laid my head down on the table and slowly drifted off to sleep. Next thing I knew Snape was hovering over me, waiting for me to notice.
"Another detention Miss O'Dell. How many more do I have to give you before you stop falling asleep in my class?" he said as I looked up at him rubbing my eyes.
"Sorry Professor," I apologized, picking my quill back up.
"Anyway back to the lesson..." Snape said.
"Goddamn it I hate him," I complained.
"Would you feel better if I got a detention and served one with you?" Keri asked.
"Go for it," I said dipping my quill into my ink bottle.
"This potion can even stop people from swearing," Snape informed the class, adding a few more ingredients to his cauldron.
"Watch this," Keri said raising her hand, "Professor, f you sir, f you."
"Two detentions for you Miss Phoenix!" Snape yelled.
"S! Two!" Keri complained.
"Three," Snape said.
"She did say 'sir'," I commented, using air quotes around sir.
"That's two for you Miss O'Dell, for smart mouthing," he said raising his eyebrows indicating that he was becoming irritated.
"Thank-you," I said.
"Three for you as well," he said.
It was as if Keri and I were using the same brain, "Thank-you, Sir!" we both shouted at the same time standing up to salute him.
"Four! With me! The both of you!" Snape yelled.
Keri and I sat down and smiled at our success, even though we now had for detentions with Snape.
"And guess what Miss Phoenix... you can test the potion for us," Snape continued and poured a glass of the potion for Keri to drink.
"Thank-you sir," Keri said politely, accepting the cup filled with a nasty purple colored potion.
"Drink it all," he demanded.
Keri took one sip, just to see what it tasted like. "Eh, this tastes like shhh..." she looked at Snape, "crap," she finished.
"Drink," he said not caring at all.
She drank the rest of it, gagging every five seconds.
"Try swearing now," Snape said grinning.
"Fff... I hate you sir," Keri said.
Snape smiled, took the cup away from her, and walked back to the front of the room. "Your homework, page 91, answer the questions. Class dismissed. And Miss Phoenix, good-luck swearing for the rest of the day," Snape said seeming very proud of himself.
Keri flicked him off as she walked out the door.