Chapter Fourteen: Potion Trouble
"Ok! See you then!" Jo called. She ran in to Snape's room and stood in front of his desk. "You need me sir?"
Jessica took a few steps back "I'll just wait outside..."
"You wanted to see me sir?" Jo asked walking into Snap's office.
"Yes Miss Potter I did want to see you." Snape said coolly. "Some of my potions went missing and you're the only one with the key."
"Uh...Sir...I didn't take any I swear."
Jessica stood outside with her ear to the wall. "Missing potions? Potter wouldn't steal anything like that."
"Well Miss Potter, you and I are the only people with keys, and it would be hard for me to steal potions from myself..."
"You could." Jo muttered.
"Miss Potter. Since I would not steal from myself, and am always sure to lock the cabinet, you are the only person capable of taking my potions."
"But Professor! I didn't take them! What would I want with your potions?"
"That's what I was wondering."
"I didn't steal them, I don't steal things!"
"Don't lie to me Miss Potter."
"I'm not!"
"I can't believe that Potter. Until my potions are returned to me, you will have detention once a week."
"But..."
"Until they are returned to me..."
Jessica came in. "But Professor! You can't prove she stole them! And there is someone else you gave a key to, remember, he was doing a project and needed various potions, so you gave him a key."
"Miss Davis, out of my room now, this does not involve you, out."
"Professor, I ask you to prove that Diggory didn't steal them!"
"That is enough now both of you out of my office at once!" Snape snapped at the two girls as he handed a pink detention slip to Jo.
"Prove it Professor!!!" Jessica persisted.
"OUT!"
"Professor Snape, I'm tired of everyone else getting blamed when it is possible that it could have been Diggory! Where does he get off so easy?! I have had too many detentions because Diggory never gets blamed for anything."
"He gets off easy because he is in a higher year. NOW OUT OF MY OFFICE!"
Jessica strode out of the office angrily. "That isn't fair." she muttered to herself.
Jo followed her. "Tell me about it." She muttered.
"Who did he sign you up with? And what time?"
"Hooch.... After dinner...."
"Tomorrow?!"
Jo swallowed. "Yeah."
"But you are supposed to meet Diggory after dinner!" Jessica said as unhappily as Jo felt.
"I know." Jo muttered.
"What are you going to tell Diggory?" Jessica asked.
"Tell me what?" Cedric asked as he walked up to the girls from behind. Jo spun around. Unable to tell her captain what just happened she stuffed the pink paper in to his hand and looked down at her feet expecting Cedric to be mad. Jessica looked past Cedric and saw Cho Chang snickering and muttering to her best friend Phoebe, who seemed to writing it down. Jessica got a glimpse of the top of the paper. It read;
The Daily Gossip
Potter poised for packing away the Potion Master's potions.
"Potter, how did you get detention?" Cedric asked sounding confused.
"Professor Snape is blaming her for his missing potion ingredients." Jessica explained.
"Oh, Snape, right. That slime ball, no offense to y'all, I know he is your house person and all." Cedric said handing the paper back to Jo. "Well, we will just have to reschedule for another time, K Potter?"
Jo didn't want to have to reschedule. For some reason, she felt as though she had let Cedric down, though she knew this wasn't really the case. Her thought caused a lump in her throat. She simply nodded.
"Cool, so it's tomorrow right? Then how about the day after that, after supper meet me in the fields, k?" Cedric snapped and the paper Cho was writing on caught fire and shriveled up into a pile of ashes.
"Yeah... Tomorrow. Ok the fields right." Jo corked.
"CEDRIC HOW DARE YOU DO THAT!!" Cho screamed at her B/F.
Cedric got an annoyed face. "Look, I don't won't you writing tons of stories about Jo, ok? She has already got enough on her mind without you writing things about her. I want her to be ready for the game, not psyched out by everyone in the school." Cedric said after turning to Cho. He turned back to Jo. "So I will see you then, all right. Don't get all bent out of shape over one detention, I could write a book on how many I have had." Cedric smiled and walked away.
Jo smiled at Cedric. "Yeah see you then." Jo turned to Jess. "Lets go before we get in more trouble."
"There is something strange about him, like there is something he knows about you that I don't. I mean, what all do you have to worry about besides this detention thing?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know but I don't mind him sticking up for me like that." Jo said dreamily.
"You are so head over heels for him." Jessica said shaking her head. "Of course, I think he has a thing for you too."
"Ya think?"
"Totally!! It is so obvious!! Even Cho can tell, that's why she hates you so much." Jessica said as they walked into the common room.
Jo smiled at the thought, then yawned. "Come on Jess. Wow (Jo glanced at her watch) it's already 11:30. If the new prefect.... what's her name, finds us out of bed I can have 2 detentions and you could have one."
"Yeah, we best head to bed. See you in the morning Jo." Jessica said retiring for bed.
"Good night." Jo muttered as she got in to bed. Shortly after she fell asleep her parents began to weave in and out of her dreams. She'd be having a great time w/ her mom and dad and Harry, then the next she'd see them dead. She tossed and turned finally waking up at 6:30.
"Ok! See you then!" Jo called. She ran in to Snape's room and stood in front of his desk. "You need me sir?"
Jessica took a few steps back "I'll just wait outside..."
"You wanted to see me sir?" Jo asked walking into Snap's office.
"Yes Miss Potter I did want to see you." Snape said coolly. "Some of my potions went missing and you're the only one with the key."
"Uh...Sir...I didn't take any I swear."
Jessica stood outside with her ear to the wall. "Missing potions? Potter wouldn't steal anything like that."
"Well Miss Potter, you and I are the only people with keys, and it would be hard for me to steal potions from myself..."
"You could." Jo muttered.
"Miss Potter. Since I would not steal from myself, and am always sure to lock the cabinet, you are the only person capable of taking my potions."
"But Professor! I didn't take them! What would I want with your potions?"
"That's what I was wondering."
"I didn't steal them, I don't steal things!"
"Don't lie to me Miss Potter."
"I'm not!"
"I can't believe that Potter. Until my potions are returned to me, you will have detention once a week."
"But..."
"Until they are returned to me..."
Jessica came in. "But Professor! You can't prove she stole them! And there is someone else you gave a key to, remember, he was doing a project and needed various potions, so you gave him a key."
"Miss Davis, out of my room now, this does not involve you, out."
"Professor, I ask you to prove that Diggory didn't steal them!"
"That is enough now both of you out of my office at once!" Snape snapped at the two girls as he handed a pink detention slip to Jo.
"Prove it Professor!!!" Jessica persisted.
"OUT!"
"Professor Snape, I'm tired of everyone else getting blamed when it is possible that it could have been Diggory! Where does he get off so easy?! I have had too many detentions because Diggory never gets blamed for anything."
"He gets off easy because he is in a higher year. NOW OUT OF MY OFFICE!"
Jessica strode out of the office angrily. "That isn't fair." she muttered to herself.
Jo followed her. "Tell me about it." She muttered.
"Who did he sign you up with? And what time?"
"Hooch.... After dinner...."
"Tomorrow?!"
Jo swallowed. "Yeah."
"But you are supposed to meet Diggory after dinner!" Jessica said as unhappily as Jo felt.
"I know." Jo muttered.
"What are you going to tell Diggory?" Jessica asked.
"Tell me what?" Cedric asked as he walked up to the girls from behind. Jo spun around. Unable to tell her captain what just happened she stuffed the pink paper in to his hand and looked down at her feet expecting Cedric to be mad. Jessica looked past Cedric and saw Cho Chang snickering and muttering to her best friend Phoebe, who seemed to writing it down. Jessica got a glimpse of the top of the paper. It read;
The Daily Gossip
Potter poised for packing away the Potion Master's potions.
"Potter, how did you get detention?" Cedric asked sounding confused.
"Professor Snape is blaming her for his missing potion ingredients." Jessica explained.
"Oh, Snape, right. That slime ball, no offense to y'all, I know he is your house person and all." Cedric said handing the paper back to Jo. "Well, we will just have to reschedule for another time, K Potter?"
Jo didn't want to have to reschedule. For some reason, she felt as though she had let Cedric down, though she knew this wasn't really the case. Her thought caused a lump in her throat. She simply nodded.
"Cool, so it's tomorrow right? Then how about the day after that, after supper meet me in the fields, k?" Cedric snapped and the paper Cho was writing on caught fire and shriveled up into a pile of ashes.
"Yeah... Tomorrow. Ok the fields right." Jo corked.
"CEDRIC HOW DARE YOU DO THAT!!" Cho screamed at her B/F.
Cedric got an annoyed face. "Look, I don't won't you writing tons of stories about Jo, ok? She has already got enough on her mind without you writing things about her. I want her to be ready for the game, not psyched out by everyone in the school." Cedric said after turning to Cho. He turned back to Jo. "So I will see you then, all right. Don't get all bent out of shape over one detention, I could write a book on how many I have had." Cedric smiled and walked away.
Jo smiled at Cedric. "Yeah see you then." Jo turned to Jess. "Lets go before we get in more trouble."
"There is something strange about him, like there is something he knows about you that I don't. I mean, what all do you have to worry about besides this detention thing?" Jessica asked.
"I don't know but I don't mind him sticking up for me like that." Jo said dreamily.
"You are so head over heels for him." Jessica said shaking her head. "Of course, I think he has a thing for you too."
"Ya think?"
"Totally!! It is so obvious!! Even Cho can tell, that's why she hates you so much." Jessica said as they walked into the common room.
Jo smiled at the thought, then yawned. "Come on Jess. Wow (Jo glanced at her watch) it's already 11:30. If the new prefect.... what's her name, finds us out of bed I can have 2 detentions and you could have one."
"Yeah, we best head to bed. See you in the morning Jo." Jessica said retiring for bed.
"Good night." Jo muttered as she got in to bed. Shortly after she fell asleep her parents began to weave in and out of her dreams. She'd be having a great time w/ her mom and dad and Harry, then the next she'd see them dead. She tossed and turned finally waking up at 6:30.