Lucius and Narcissa were sitting next to each other at a table in the library.

Narcissa's Potions textbook laid open in front of them.


It was afternoon, and it was well-lighted in the library; but Lucius still found himself feeling uncomfortable.

And his penis was getting rather stiff again.

What was wrong with him? It was as if he could no longer just sit by Narcissa without getting aroused.

He used to be able to sit by her all the time without any problem.


Narcissa really was trying to concentrate on her textbook, but Lucius's presence beside her was really making that task hard.

And she really wanted to take her hands off her book and use them instead to take Lucius's robe off him.

What was wrong with her? It was as if she could no longer just sit by Lucius without getting aroused.

She used to be able to sit by him all the time without any problem.

"I can't concentrate," Narcissa finally said, closing her book.

"How about we go outside for a walk?" Lucius suggested. "It's a beautiful day."

Narcissa, who had always enjoyed just walking with Lucius, nodded her head in agreement.

Lucius grabbed for Narcissa's textbook so that she wouldn't have to carry it.

"You are such a gentleman," Narcissa said teasingly.

It was common for Lucius and Narcissa to tease other, so why was Narcissa's teasing now causing his penis to stiffen even more?

This was getting ridiculous. It was as if they could no longer do the things that they had always done together without having these stupid feelings.

Lucius made sure to keep some distance between him and Narcissa as they made their way out of the library.


As they walked, Narcissa had to resist the temptation to place herself closer to Lucius. But she had a feeling that he was just as uncomfortable around her as she was around him.

This was getting ridiculous. She didn't want either of them feeling uncomfortable or awkward around each other. They had been friends since before they had started Hogwarts, and she didn't want to lose that friendship.

Narcissa's friendship with Lucius meant everything to her.

"I think we need to talk about what happened last night," Lucius finally said. "It's changing everything for me."

"Same here," Narcissa replied.

"I was wrong to push you into doing it," Lucius then spoke.

"You didn't push me into doing anything, Lucius," Narcissa returned. "I wanted to do it with you, and it really was enjoyable."

"It was enjoyable for me as well," Lucius could not help but grin. But he quickly turned serious. "But I wasn't thinking that it would change our relationship like this. We can't keep going on like this. Maybe you should just study alone. You don't need my help anyways to pass your O.W.L.s. You're smart enough to do it on your own."

"No," Narcissa said sharply. "I don't want us to start avoiding each other. If we do that, I'm afraid we will eventually come to no longer care for each other, and I don't want that to happen. You have always been a good friend to me, Lucius. I like that I can talk with you about anything, and I don't want to lose that. You have gotten me through so many tough times just by being there and listening to me."

"As have you," Lucius breathed.

"What are we going to do, Lucius?" Narcissa sighed.

"We're going to have to try our best to get back to normal," Lucius replied. "Look, there's a bench over there. Let's sit down and do some studying. That's normal for us."


Narcissa followed Lucius to the nearby bench. She sat down beside him.

She tried not to think about the tingling feelings shooting through her entire body as she watched Lucius open her textbook.

Think about studying, Narcissa, she told herself firmly. Think about doing well on your O.W.L.s. You want to do well on your O.W.L.s. Remember that.


Lucius kept his eyes off Narcissa as he opened her textbook.

"Let's find a particular difficult Potion," he said to her.

"Yes, let's," Narcissa agreed with a firm nod of her head.

Anything that required her to take her concentration off Lucius would work just fine for her.


Even though it started off somewhat awkwardly, it surprisingly wasn't as difficult as either had feared for things to go back to normal between them.

Lucius did an excellent job keeping them distracted by making them study and practice endless spells, charms, and Potions. And there was also subjects like History of Magic and Herbology that needed to be studied and discussed as well.

Lucius kept them so busy that by the time they finally stopped for the day, they both were too tired to think about much of anything.

Narcissa, however, would not deny that she occasionally had dreams of her and Lucius being naked together. But more often than not, she would dream about things such as Transfiguration and Charms.

But some of her dreams were very vivid and involved her using a very useful Charm that kept a noticeable naked Lucius pinned down to the floor.

Wait a minute. She didn't need to be thinking about Charms. Her Charms work was already good enough. She didn't need to concentrate on Charms as much as she needed to concentrate on other subjects.

Other subjects such as Potions.

Yes, Potions was a safe subject.


Narcissa is getting better at Potions, Lucius thought to himself as he laid down in his bed.

He was soon having dreams of brewing a Potion that made Narcissa want to do some rather erotic things with him.

When did I get such a creative imagination, Lucius wondered, and why did it have to start being so creative now?


To both of their reliefs, however, their dreams were nothing more than flashes in their minds by the time they woke up.

Those flashes were vivid, but they were also brief.

It was going to take some time, but eventually everything was going to be normal once more.

Or at least that was what Lucius and Narcissa kept on telling themselves.