"How the - What the - ?" Serenity stuttered to herself. "How could I kiss him? I must be drunk at that moment."
"How could this happen, Scythia?" she whispered to her snake. She stroked her a few times then put her in her cage. "Now is not the moment to think about this. I need to get to...double potions with the Slytherins. Great."
"Are you ok?" Malfoy asked as he sat down next to her. "I know you lied."
"I really just needed a snack."
"Uh-huh. Whatever."
"You know, Dra-Malfoy, why do you like me? I'm a Gryffindor."
"You are an exception to the rules. You are sexy."
"Great to know," Serenity whispered in a sarcastic, airy tone.
"Ok, class," Professor Slughorn said. "We are going to have a long-term study project. I will pair you up. The male in the pair will brew the potion using the instructions on the board."
"Excuse me, Professor, but what potion will we prepare?" Blaise Zabini asked as words magically appeared on the black board.
"The Lust Potion." Serenity groaned knowing of her bad luck of getting paired with Malfoy when not in the mood. "The female will drink it."
"Why?" asked Pansy.
"Because I think that the girls will have more - ah...self-control. We wouldn't want anything...inappropriate happen. On the up side, you'll get out of a weeks worth of classes."
The class howled with glee. "One week?" Serenity yelled out from all the excitement.
"Well, yes. Is that a problem, Miss Gooding?"
"No. No problem here."
Slughorn paired every one up with the opposite house, and guess who Serenity was paired with.
Malfoy made the potion, smirking all the while. Serenity thought of all the horrible possibilities that could happen to her in this wretched position. "He could spike it to the point where it's irreversible, or we could..." She shivered at the thought of her making love to some one whom she didn't love – or necessarily like for that matter.
"Bon appetite," Draco said as he poured the potion into a glass. Serenity regretfully took the glass form him and, on Slughorn's signal, drank with distaste.
For a moment, the girls were still as the potion settled. All of a sudden, they leapt upon their partners and snogged them. No boy kissed back, except for Draco.
He was kissing back like there was no tomorrow. Serenity was the most passionate girl in the room. The power of the potion was probably intensified because of her infatuation with him. All the fading sensible part of her was thinking that this could not end well.
