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Chapter 4-Successful Potions
The only reason Snape enjoyed Monday was his Potions class with Lily. Well, that's not true. He enjoyed the Potions class and also enjoyed Lily. Their professor, Professor Slughorn, was also very passionate about his subject and even had a 'Slug Club' of students. Lily was a part of it, obviously. Snape declined to participate, despite Slughorn's many feeble attempts. That Monday in class, Slughorn had asked them to brew up something unconventional; a Love Potion.
Lily and Snape worked side by side, often changing the ingredients they put into their cauldron (four drops instead of two, seven stirs instead of 8)...the two were very curious and always wanted to get better.
"Are you going to Hogsmeade this weekend?" Lily asked, stirring in the herbs they needed. Snape was recording the results that occurred and shrugged.
"I suppose. Are you?" He asked, looking up from his notes. She nodded.
"Of course! It's the first trip of the term. Do you want to go together?" She asked, reaching for the vile of lake water they decided to use instead of regular water. He smiled.
"I would love to." He barely finished his sentence when they heard a loud POP come from across the room. They turned around and saw James Potter and Sirius Black's faces covered in soot.
"Mr. Potter..Mr. Black...how were you able to have something explode when there aren't any ingredients that would react against each other and combust! You two should really read the directions better next time," Slughorn said, shaking his head and making his way over to Lily and Snape. "Ah! You two! Fantastic job so far! Class, five minutes left!"
"Professor? What would happen if one drank this Love Potion?" James asked, leaning back in his chair and wiping his face off.
"Well Mr. Potter, the person would feel a strong attachment and draw to the person who gave it to them. They would also say irrational things and perform in ways that would be considered irrational, or also described as love." The girls in the room giggled and Snape rolled his eyes.
"Why do you ask, Potter? Have you lost your touch and need help getting girls in bed with you?" Snape snorted at him, and the Slytherins behind him nodded in agreement.
"Well at least he can get someone, Snivellus! Unlike you. No one would touch you with a ten foot pole you slimy git!" Sirius Black interjected.
"Why don't you shut up, Black? I'm sure lots of girls would touch him. I would rather touch him than Potter over there!" Lily said, folding her arms across her chest. Snape blushed slightly.
"The four of you probably give each other some of the potion since no one else can stand you," Avery piped up from behind Lily and Snape and everyone giggled, knowing he was referencing the Marauders.
"Children! Enough, please!" Slughorn interjected. "Time is up!" He made his way around the classroom, stopping to smell and observe each potion. Several pairs got the potion very close, but Snape and Lily seemed to brew the perfect potion. "Excellent! 15 points to each Slytherin and Gryffindor for great knowledge and teamwork!" Slughorn exclaimed, clapping his hands. Lily and Snape grinned at each other. Snape quickly crossed out some of the directions and wrote in the ones that they had just done in the margin of his book.
"Nice job, Sev! You really have a knack for Potions," Lily said standing up. Snape shook his head, rising as well.
"Nah, I just have a beautiful and intelligent partner," he winked at her. She hit his arm.
"Shut up, Sev!" Lily laughed. "C'mon. Let's walk outside until lunch." The pair exited the dungeons and walked through the castle, opening the doors to sunny and cool weather.
"How are the Head Girl duties?" He asked as the pair strolled by the Quidditch pitch.
"Awful! Potter is just so annoying. Tonight McGonnagel has asked us to rearrange the trophy room instead of doing patrol so that's going to be rough. Normally I go one way and he goes the other, but tonight there is no escaping him." Snape was jealous of Potter being able to see her at night.
"Well you let me know if he does anything stupid. You know I'd love to pound him!" Snape said. She laughed and tucked her hair behind her ears.
"I'm not a damsel in distress, Sev! I can handle him myself, but thank you for the offer," she said, smiling at him. "How're things with you?"
He shrugged. "Bearable. The guys in my dorm keep talking about 'life after Hogwarts' and how they want to run off with the dark arts. I'm not sure if that's something I want to do." Lily frowned.
"Be careful, Sev. I don't want you to mix with the wrong people and get yourself killed! Let's get some lunch...I'm starving!" The pair headed back to the Great Hall and had caught the eyes of several of their classmates. Snape was also uneasy about Lily's warning. He had failed to mention to her that they asked him to attend a secret meeting.
