Barty dropped a few more sage leaves in his position and it began to glow. "It not supposed to do that" he muttered before it exploded. The flash made him dizzy.
"Mr. Crouch!" Professor Slughorn walked over to him. "I requested a love potion not a flash grenade" everyone started laughing at him. He walked over to Snape. "Excellent as always" he praised. Barty was glad this was his last class for the day he didn't think he could handle be being humiliated again. His tongue flicked at the corners of his mouth. "Oh and Mr. Crouch I have decided to take you and Ms. McCoy for your detention"
"Maybe you can test that deadly love potion on her!" James Potter yelled across the room. Everyone laughed even more. Barty shot a glare crazed glare at Potter.
"Class dismissed," Slughorn called Ignoring Potter's comment. "Oh and Mr. Crouch I recommend you change into something you don't mind getting dirty," He suddenly thought. Barty left the class cursing under his breath. He walked alone down to the Slytherin common room muttering about how much he wanted to strangle Evangeline McCoy. He walked up to the painting of a woman with a snake wrapped around her body. (The rumor was that it was meant to be a painting of Salazar Slytherin's lover.)
"Password?" she asked in a soft voice.
"Snake venom," she nodded and then opened the secret door. He walked inside and went straight for the boy's dorm. He changed into his jeans and a short sleeved shirt that hid how thin he actually was. He walked back down to the common room where Malfoy, Bellatrix and Narcissa sat on the leather couch and spoke with each other. They were all a year older than him and it was their last year while it was his sixth.
"Going to detention?" Bellatrix asked teasingly.
"Unfortunately," Barty grumbled.
"Well she better not get any ideas" Clara walked in to the room and pressed a kiss to Barty's mouth. Barty's tongue flick at the corners of his mouth when she pulled away. "Stop with the tongue thing" she demanded.
"Can't help it," he growled. He pushed her away and he walked to the entrance of the common room.
"Let her know I'll be watching!" Clara called. Barty ignored her and walked back to potions class. When he got their Evangeline was moping the stone floors by hand and not magic.
"This would be perfect if you were using a sponge and on your hands and knees," he smirked. Evangeline sent a death glare at him.
"Mr. Crouch I need you to clean the cauldrons" Slughorn called from his desk. Barty pulled out his wand and was getting ready to cast a spell when it fell out of his hand. "By hand Mr. Crouch not by magic" Slughorn set Barty's wand next to Evangeline's. Barty cursed under his breath and gathered the small cauldrons to wash them. Barty took five of them to the sink and took the first one. When he picked it up purple sludge poured out onto his shoes.
"Son of a bitch!" he yelled.
"That's why I said wear cloths you wouldn't mind dirtying," Slughorn said as he graded papers. Barty shot him a glare.
"WOW!" Evangeline slipped on the purple slime as she tried to pass walk past Barty. Barty laughed at her. "What's so funny!" she snapped.
"A mudblood at my feet," he laughed. She punched him in the back of the knee causing him to fall down.
"I will take point from your houses," Slughorn warned. the two of them got up and went back to what they were doing. When Barty hit his fifteenth cauldron was also when Evangeline had to change the water in the bucket. She went to the empty side of the sink and dumped the water down the drain. Some of the filthy water had gotten into the cauldron which pissed Barty off.
"Thank you!" he yelled "now I have to wash the whole think over again!" he snapped at her.
"Oh wa! You're getting treated like a house elf" she growled
"Filthy mudblood" he snapped. She pouted and rubbed her eye like she was crying.
"Get over it rich brat nobody cares who your dad is" she snapped.
"My dad has nothing to do with anything" he growled
"Whatever" she growled. He moved out of her way as she started to fill her bucket up with soap and water. She went off to the other side of the room and went back to mopping. When Barty finished the last cauldron he was covered in old potion juice and water, Evangeline was the same.
"Alright now I would like you two to dust my selves and books" they both groaned not having the energy to fight. Slughorn gave them each a rag to dust. "It will also take off potion spots on the shelves and books" he smiled. They grabbed the rags and started dusting.
"I'll take the selves you get the books" Barty offered
"And why is that?" Evangeline glared
"Because I can reach the shelves" he said like it was obvious.
"I'm only four inches shorter then you, Crouch"
"Fine" he took the first book and began to clean it. Evangeline went to clean the shelves. Evangeline took down books and handed them to Barty. Barty would clean the books as Evangeline would clean their spots. Evangeline went to hand him a book but stopped as she read the title.
"The Taming of the screw," she read.
"I enjoy his tragedies better," Barty commented.
"You read Shakespeare?" she sounded like she didn't believe him.
"Yes I do" he grumbled
"What's your favorite?"
"Macbeth" he said as he took the book.
"I enjoy Hamlet"
"I figured you would have like Romeo and Juliet"
"Uh no, they only knew each other for a couple days it moronic" she exclaimed
"Exactly no one could be that in love in just two days" he agreed. Evangeline looked at him with a smirk.
"You have good taste for someone who hates all things muggle," Barty was now annoyed and his tongue darted out again.
"Just get back to work" he growled. She handed him another book that he cleaned. He wiped down the book and handed it back to her. When they were finally done they sat side by side on the ground by the shelf they had just finished. Slughorn looked at his watch.
"Time for dinner you two" he dismissed them. They both groaned because they didn't want to move. "Come on Dumbledore would have my head if you were late," he told them.
~OO~
Evangeline flopped down next to Twyla
"You look like you just cleaned the potions room" Twyla commented
"I did" Evangeline groaned and put her head down
"yeouch" she said as she handed Evangeline a cup of pumpkin juice. "I'm sorry I got pissed after we lost the game Ev" she told her.
"It's alright it was dumb of me to think I could save a useless 'pure blood'" she used air quotes.
"No it was brave pure Gryffindor"
"That would be terrific if I was a Gryffindor" she muttered
"How were you suppose to know Junior was going to be an ungrateful ass"
"He's probably one of Voldemort's followers" she muttered as she took a drink of her pumpkin juice. Twyla elbowed her in the side.
"Hush up" a few of the other Ravenclaws looked at them.
"He doesn't scare me" she said loud enough for people to hear her. "I don't understand why everyone else is"
"Because he's the strongest wizard there is" Lina the beater on the Ravenclaw team told her.
"And you should be scared of him the most Ev, he hates muggle-borns" Sophie one of the team's chasers.
"And others with muggle blood" Twyla added
"I'm not scared of him!" Evangeline rolled her eyes at her friends. "You need to stop worrying about him"
"Everyone's worrying about him he's already killed twenty people" Lina whispered.
"Everyone from muggle borns to those who have less need to worry about him" Sophie added
"Great you three and worry about him while I go to bed" She grabbed and green apple and walked out of The Great Hall. She turned down the hall and accidently bumped into someone. "Oh god I'm so sorry" she looked up and saw a nice pair of warm brown eyes.
"Watch where you're going mudblood!" she snapped out of her daze and realized she was face to face with Crouch Jr.
"On second thought I'm not sorry" she then purposely rammed her unhurt shoulder into him. She walked a few feet passed him and muttered "and to think I thought those eyes looked nice"
Decided to let in a bit of the times. Also I did have to say the nice warm brown eyes because the actor who played Barty Crouch Jr (David Tennant) does have nice brown eyes. ~read and review~