For the Can You Make It To the End Challenge (Round Two: your OTP in the Hogwarts library)
"You're being boring again," you grumble.
Barty rolls his eyes but doesn't look up from his book. "I'm studying."
"Same thing."
It isn't that you're opposed to studying or anything. You spend your fair share doing exactly that. But your time with Barty is so limited, and it doesn't seem fair. You would much rather spend your days with him by the lake, enjoying the fresh air, not in a stuffy library where Pince watches you like a circling vulture ready to strike.
You tap your fingers impatiently against the table, watching him, waiting for him to grow bored. Of course, he doesn't. Barty would be perfectly happy to sit in a library all day.
"If you want to speed things up, you could help me," he says.
You take the book from him, rolling your eyes. "You could do this in your sleep!"
"Shh!" Pince hisses.
You scowl, lowering your voice. "You don't need to study. You're already top of our class. Bloody Ravenclaw."
Barty smirks. "The sooner you start quizzing me on the material, the sooner we can sneak away," he points out.
You groan. It isn't fair at all. "Fine. For best results, when brewing a Pepperup Potion, how many times do you stir after each ingredient is added?"
If you just get it over with, you'll have time with him. That's what you keep reminding yourself as you go over book after book, subject after subject. And, in the back of your mind, you almost wish that you didn't find his intelligence so sexy.