The "Secret Love Affairs" of Hogwarts…

The "Secret Love Affairs" of Hogwarts…

Tangled love affairs everywhere.

Part 2

Scene Four: Potions class. Ironically, Professor Snape is teaching everyone how to make love potions.

Snape: Now, love potions are intended to make the drinker fall in love with the person who made the potion, therefore you must "personalize" your potions with a piece of you. A hair, a toenail, whatever. Get together with and get to work. Move it! (Seriously…I don't know that for sure, it just sort of made sense to me. And it helps with the scene.)

Ron: (Stands up with Hermione and Harry.) Harry? D'you want to work on a potion with me?

Harry: No, stupid! I'm not going to fall in love with you!! (Points to Hermione behind her back. Ron nods, just understanding.)

Ron: How 'bout you, Hermione? Do you want to work with me?

Hermione: (Shrugs) I guess so.

Malfoy: (Sulking in his desk, glaring as Ron and Hermione walk off towards the cauldron. Pulls out his tiny moving picture of Hermione. It is now very crinkly and Hermione in the picture doesn't look too pleased.) Curse the day I called you a Mudblood! That one day when I declare my true love for you will be the day…the day when nothing can go wrong. When I -

Pansy: Yoooohooooo! Dracooooo! We have a loooooove potion to make! (Pats the cauldron. Malfoy rolls his eyes when she's not looking.)

Malfoy: (Whispers) Until later, my sweet darling. (Shoves the picture into his robes. Regains his usual swagger and stops by Ron and Hermione, sneering.) Well, well, well… Weasley and Granger? Was she the best you could get?

Ron: Jump in the lake, Malfoy. (Turns red.)

Hermione: (Looking angry.) Get lost, Draco! Don't you have somewhere else to be? (Points to Pansy, who is sitting with her legs crossed, fluttering her eyelashes and puckering her lips. Malfoy's sneer slides right off his face. He sulks over to Pansy, who doesn't notice a thing.)

Pansy: So, Draco, should I drink the potion, or should you?

Malfoy: (Annoyed.) I don't really care. (Pansy sidles up to him and whispers into his ear.)

Pansy: You don't need any old love potion to love me, do you, Draco? We already have the chemistry, don't we, Draco? (Draco suddenly lurches, grabbing the nearest cloth and rubbing his ear.)

Malfoy: Augh! Pansy! You just spit in my ear!! (Pansy looks horrified.)

Pansy: Oh, I did not! Oh, I'm so sorry, Draco! Please forgive me!

Ron: So, Hermione…d'you think this potion's going to affect you after you take it?

Hermione: (Shrugs.) Maybe. I don't think it would matter that much though. (Ooh! She landed a big one. Ron's eyes widen.)

Ron: So what are you saying? You already have…you know….feelings for me? (Hermione looks confused.)

Hermione: I didn't say that!

Ron: (Looks slick.) Whatever you say.

Snape: Class dismissed! (Everyone leaves.)

Zoom to Malfoy in the bathroom, still cleaning his ear.

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Scene Five: Transition from Divination to Transfiguration for the Gryffindors.

Ron: Man, Professor Trelawney really went off the edge this time.

Harry: Yeah, that one was new…'You will find that a much hated enemy will be close to you in times to come'…what a fraud. But look at this…for once she didn't predict my death.

Ron: Yeah she did. She said that 'much hated enemy' will kill you next week.

Harry: Oh yeah. (Stops in his tracks as he sees Cho Chang walking to class.)

Ron: What? Oh…(Sees Cho, too.) Just be yourself. (Claps Harry's shoulder and watches from behind with much interest.)

Harry: (Squares his shoulders and walks toward her while watching her. Doesn't watch where he's going and bumps into a wall and everything in his bag falls out.) Oomph!

Cho: Wha-? (Turns around and gasps.) Oh my…what did you do?

Harry: (Eyes are distorted.) Say that…againnnnn…(Falls to the ground on his ink bottles.)

Cho: Harry! Harry, wake up! (Punches his shoulder. Harry sits up, but his eyes are a little out of focus.)

Harry: (Looks around.) Hmm? Oh, hello, Cho…What are you doing?

Cho: What am I doing? What are you doing?

Harry: Sitting on the ground.

Cho: Well, uh, you're okay now - I think -, so I'm going now. (Starts backing away.)

Harry: Have a nice day! (Cho runs away.)

Ron: (Snorts.) You handled that well.

Harry: (Eyes start coming more in focus as he starts to get back full consciousness. Starts picking up ink bottles and parchment.) Handled what well? My ink bottles have no handles.

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Scene Six: Honeydukes during a Hogsmeade weekend. Ginny is pretending to look at a jar of Cockroach Clusters while sneaking glances at Harry. Colin Creevey is nearby, checking out Ice Mice.

Ginny: (Edges ever so slowly towards Harry.) Oh, Harry…

Colin: (From behind Ginny) Hiya, Ginny!

Ginny: (Jumps and almost drops the Cockroach Clusters.) Oh, hi, Colin.

Colin: Do you want to see the new pictures I developed of Harry?

Ginny: Well…I suppose so. Let's see them.

Ron: Look, Harry! I think Ginny and Colin are hitting it off!

Harry: She doesn't seem to be enjoying it though.

Ron: Who can figure out girls? I think Colin likes her.

Colin: This picture is of Harry before Quidditch practice…(The Harry in the picture is shielding his face. Ginny sighs)…This is Harry going to Transfiguration…(The Harry in this picture is also shielding his face. Ginny looks at Harry and Ron)…This one is- oh my gosh! How did this one get in there?! (The next picture is a picture of Ginny, taken when she didn't even know it on their way to Potions.)

Ginny: (Stops looking at Harry for a second.) How did what get in there?

Colin: (Trying to shove the picture at the bottom of the pile. Turns red.) Oh, nothing, just a picture of Harry, uh…um…forget it. Those are all my pictures. (Ginny just walks away. Slaps himself.) Dang it! She got away again! (Stomps out of Honeydukes.)

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