Potion for Love Chapter 1 By: Katilina

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter unfortunately enough!

"Come on or we're gonna be late!" Hermione warned as Harry and Ron struggled to finish the last of their horoscope for Divination for the next month.

"Think, Think!" Harry said to no one in particular while pounding a fist into his forehead unnessisarily causing his forehead to hurt for natural reasons- he was inflicking pain upon himself.

"How about you fall down a flight of stairs and... and brake your wrist!" exclaimed Ron with a look of brillance on his face as though he had just solved Pi.

"Brillant!" Harry Commented as he wrote it down on a roll of parchment filled with other horrible fates for hhimself, "And you.. you lost and old and beloved family pet!"

"Sounds like a good month to me Ron said sarcastically.

Hermione gave both a death glare. "How can you work like this!"

"Done!" Harry said gleefully.

"And I!" Ron finished.

The three gryffendors sprinted out of the common room and down to the dugeons where there first class is held, Potions. They entered, panting, literally seconds before the potions master stormed in.

"Get out your cauldrens." orded Snape.

"Thanks for the greeting." Ron said under his breath just so it was only audilbe to Harry and Hermione who sniggered.

"We'll be brewing a love potion today." continued Snape. Loud sighs came from the boys and shrill giggles came from the girls; Snape glared at them "Moving on. Divide into groups of two. The instruction are on the board." Taps board with wand, instructions appear. "And began, you have an hour and a half."

Hermione looked imediatly at Ron whoms eyes were already fixed on her.

' Looks like I've already found my partner' Hermione thought to herself as a devilish smiled played across her face.

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"Ron! Its Grinded Skrewt Shell not Grinded Threstral Hooves!!! Hand it to me we only have 15 more minutes!!!" Hermione commaned. This was the third time Ron screwed up getting the ingridents and also and fortunately the third time Hermione corrected him.

"Sorry! Here!" As he handed her the Skert Shell their hands brushed against one anothers and both felt an electric shock go down their spines. Both looked at each other wondering whether the other felt what each definately did.

You see, Hermione had loved Ron since well, FOREVER!!! 'Who, I ask you, could resist that beautiful vibrant red hair? Those deep blue eyes Hermione fell into every time she looked at them? How could she not be in love with him?!? Their personalities complimented each others: Hermione's: Clever, Hardingworking And Ron's: Witty, charming, loveable! There were the perfect couple! Or at least thats what Hermione thought. Bu such a perfect guy could never fall for such a bushy haired bookworm such as herself. Never. Or could he? Not on his own will of course!'

Hermione looked down at her cauldren filled with a love potion...

' Thats it a love potion! I'll give him a love potion and I'll MAKE him love me! Brillant! There should be enough here for two flasks: One to turn in and one for me! Or him rather! Finally an answer to my prayers!'

Snapping back to reality, but not before reviewing her plan once more, Hermione poured the final ingridient in and stirred, and stirred, and stirred until the potion was issuing a silver mist. Complete.

"Bottle in your flasks, bring them up to my desk, labled clearly, you are free to go!" Snape instructed.

Ron bottled the potion and started walking up to Snape's desk. He was gone now was her chance. Quickly grabbing an extra flask, she filled it with the maroon liquid that would solve her problems and furfill her fantasy. Snapping the flask and tossing it in her bag, Hermione looked up to see Ron quickly approching her.

"Wow! Thanks soo much 'Mione", she loved it when he called her that, "you saved me!" Ron said thankfully.

"No,.. No problem." she needed to get a grip on herself.

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"That potion was bloody hard!' Harry commented as they made their way to lunch.

"Yeah it was but Hermione here helped me out!" Ron smiled that lopsided smile at her after he said this.

"It was nothing..." Hermione said modestly.

"Oh come on, you were great! Don't deny it!" Ron pushed as they sat down to lunch.

"Alright, Alright." Hermione said with a smile.

"Thats my girl!" Ron threw in.

' That would be great if he meant it how I want him to mean it.' she thought longingly.

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" Good lunch, eh?" Harry managed to get out as he stuffed his face with ravioli and garlic bread.

" ahuh" was all Ron could get out between bites.

' When will he stop paying such avid attention to his meal to engage in a conversation long enough and deep enough to distract his attention while I slip this in his drink!?!' Hermione thought; irriated.

A few minutes later Ron heard Dean, Neville, and Seamus talking about who had a chance to win the Quidditch World Cup and stop the Tornados drive to victory. He drove into the conversation with enthucasium (s/p?).

' This is it! Now or never!' Hermione reached into her bag with a shaking hand and pulled the flask out under the table. She waited till Harry was also in the conversation enough so he wouldn't notice Hermione reaching across the table to Ron's goblet. She leaned acrosse the table, so far undetected. Poured about three drops of the Draft into the goblet. The potion was enough alike in color to mix in well the the juice.

'Perect' Hermione thought as she watched Ron take a sip out of his goblet and keep on defending the Chuddley Canons as a threat to the Tornados chace at winning the Cup.

' Now all I have to do is wait!' Hermione sat back and waited for the fun to begin.

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