8. The Emotion Potion – the girls
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Authors Note: Hiya , I'm back again! I didn't get many reviews this time!! At least I don't think I did, last chapter was quite a long one as well :( Anyway I've decided that I'm not gonna post the next chapter up until I get at least up to 60. I know I'm nasty but that's just the way I am! Anyway I want to thank these people for reviewing my last chapter ~
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The next day was a Saturday, so Serena had a well earned sleep in. Even Lily didn't wake her up with her early morning singing/screaming in the shower. She was so tired from the nights events. When she did finally wake up at eleven o'clock, she got dressed in her cycling shorts and her sports bra and went down into the common room.
"Good Evening, Sleepy Head," said Lily.
"Ha ha Lily, very funny. You know me, I'll do anything for a sleep in, and I finally got one. I didn't even hear your moaning in the shower." Laughed Serena, the other fifth year girls turned their laughs into hacking coughs.
"Look, just because you can sing, it doesn't mean the rest of us can. I do enjoy it though," smiled Lily, then she added as an after thought, "Am I really that bad though?"
The girls in the common room just laughed. Lily was absolutely tone deaf, and there was nothing anybody could do about it.
"All I can say Lily, is don't give up your day job" said Reemi. "We still love you though, you can sing all you want in the shower."
Lily smiled, "Anyway, where are you going Ms Motivator," Lily asked Serena looking at her sporty outfit.
"Oh yeah, I'm going for a jog around the castle. It's too cold and wet to go outside, and the stairs should give me a good workout. Do you fancy coming along?" asked Serena, she liked a bit of company on her jogs.
"Sure, wait here, I'll be five minutes" and with that she flew upstairs to get dressed.
Lily came down stairs five minute later as she promised, and the girls set off through the portrait hole. Talking as they jogged.
"So did you enjoy last night then? Was James a good dancer?" asked Serena, she had been dying to hear how her date had gone.
"It was wonderful, he was wonderful. He asked me out again. I'm going to Hogsmeade with him," she said happily as they ran up the stairs to the fifth floor.
"But the next Hogsmeade weekend isn't for another month!" Serena said, looking confused.
"That's exactly what I said to him, but he told me that he knew a secret passage to get out of the castle, so we're going next week. You should come too, with Sirius," Lily grinned from ear to ear.
"I don't know what you mean," Serena said innocently.
"Oh, Shut up! I saw you two at the ball, you were practically stuck to each other all night!" Lily laughed. Serena took her by the arm and pulled her to a stop. She needed to ask her something.
"Lily, have you ever kissed anyone?" she said, with an anxious expression on her face.
"Of course I have! I mean, come on, I'm almost sixteen. Why?" Lily asked, this made Serena feel worse.
"Well, last night after the ball, Sirius and I were in the common room, and I knew he was gonna kiss me. But...I...I've never....kissed anybody before, so I just kissed him on the cheek and thanked him for a wonderful night. See I was afraid I would do it wrong, so I need some advice. What do I do?"
"Oh Serena, don't worry, believe me it isn't hard. You just...kiss. Don't worry, when he tries to kiss you next just let him, and go with the flow." Lily said sincerely.
"You're the greatest Lily, do you know that?" Serena gave her a hug, "We'd better get going Lil', or we'll never be bothered to start running again."
They had barely got going when they ran into James and Sirius, who were unrecognisable. They had been to Quidditch practise, and they were absolutely filthy and soaking wet. It was raining outside.
"Have you had a good practise then?" asked Lily, who was silently laughing at the state they were in.
"Oh don't pick on them Lils, I think they look rather cute," Serena said who was also laughing silently. The girls then looked at each other and burst out into fits of laughter.
"We are filthy you know, and if you don't stop laughing, you will be too!" James said menacingly.
"Not if you can't catch us!" Lily shouted as she and Serena sprinted off in the other direction.
The weekend came and went and for a nice change, the fifth year Gryffindors were looking forward to going back to lessons. Today they were going to try out their Emotion Potions and everybody was looking forward to it. Even Peter was quite excited about it and he was always the one who dreaded Potions. As the class lined up at the entrance of the potions classroom there was lots of mumbled chatter about the potions. Serena hoped she wouldn't get the Love potion, she was partnered with James and she had the feeling it wouldn't go down to well with Lily.
Professor Corisant beckoned the students into the class room and told them to calm down, everybody was very over excited.
"Right, firstly, would everybody please sit with their partners," said Professor Corisant said. After a minutes shuffling everybody was in their correct place. "Now could one person in your group please pick a piece of paper out of the bag." This task was not so easy, she allowed the class five minutes to discuss which emotions they had all received. Sirius and Penny had chosen Sympathy out of the bag. James and Serena had chosen Anger, Lily and Remus had chosen Love, Peter and Alaine had chosen disappointment and Lucas and Reemi had chosen Lust. Reemi was very pleased about this, because she had a thing for Lucas. Lucas was really sweet, but he was eternally shy, he was very much like Serena really. Except now everybody thought that Serena was confident. She knew differently though, she was still the same person inside.
"Now class," Professor Corisant shouted above the racket. The class quietened down and turned to face the professor. "Today, the girls will take the potion. But before that, I must tell you a thing or two about the potion. The person who takes the potion can not help their actions, so you must respect that. It is quite likely that you will become annoyed and agitated, with them through the day. The potion will last for twelve hours
"The potions we have made are not very concentrated, if they were terrible things could happen. If you gave a very highly concentrated hate potion to somebody, it can result in disaster. The person taking the potion may even end up killing the other person. So I want you to remember, never knowingly take an emotion potion outside of my lesson. This mixture is a very dangerous one.
"Now then, without any further ado, please could you all drop the pieces of paper with the emotions written on them into the potions," the class did this and the potions bubbled and spitted, each turning a different colour. Serena's potion turned a deep red colour. Lily's turned a pale pink. Reemi's turned bright pink. Alaine's turned grey, and Penny's turned crystal clear, like tears. "Come on then girls! Drink up!"
Serena opened her mouth and took a large mouthful of the blood red potion. At first it didn't taste of anything, but as she swallowed she began to feel the effects. The potion was burning inside of her. Then she saw James. She walked up to him, and exploded.
"STOP STARING AT ME YOU FOUR EYED FREAK!" shouted Serena loudly, "HAVE I GOT A T.V ON MY HEAD OR SOMETHING?"
James looked at Professor Corisant for some back up, but she was too busy laughing at Reemi who was sitting on Lucas' knee, telling him what a cute bottom he had. Lily was staring at Remus as if there were nobody else in the room, and he was looking very uncomfortable. Penny was sat in front of Sirius asking him if he was okay. Sirius, being Sirius, was milking it.
"You could do me a favour and get me a drink of butterbeer out of the school kitchens," Sirius said sadly, he was a very good actor, "It would make me feel so much better."
Penny was just heading out of the dungeon when Professor Corisant called her back, telling her that Sirius would be okay for the time being. After talking to Penny she gave Sirius a menacing stare and went over to see how James was coping.
"YOU ARE SO ANNOYING! GOD! I REALLY CANT STAND YOU!" Serena screamed, her face was red and her eyes were blazing. Sirius was watching from afar, laughing at James behind Serena's back.
"Sirius you really aren't helping! What can I do Miss?" pleaded James, he and Serena usually got on really well, and James had never seen Serena angry. He seemed to be having a hard time coping with it.
"Well, my advise would be to avoid her until 9:30 tonight," laughed the professor, "unless you want your head bitten off that is," the professor walked away laughing. "You're free to go now class, next lesson the other half of the class can try the potion. Remember though, humour your partners, it'll be you next lesson. Could somebody also tell your teachers that you have had the potion."
Needless to say the rest of the day was very eventful. The teachers where so sick of Serena's shouts and taunts at James that she was put in isolation until 9:30 that night. Reemi was also put into isolation after she rugby tacked Lucas to the floor and kissed him. Lily managed to stay out of isolation, but she didn't get any of her work done because she was too preoccupied with staring at Remus. Penny became Sirius' slave for the day, so this time Sirius was the one who was put in to isolation. All Alaine could do was give Peter disappointed looks, shaking her head at him every couple of minutes. All in all everybody was very happy when 9:30 came, except Sirius that is. Serena apologised profusely to James, and Reemi also apologised to Lucas (although she didn't really mean it).
The fifth years spent the rest of the night discussing how their day had gone, all laughing about what the girls had done during the day.
"Remember though, it's gonna happen to you lot next lesson, so I wouldn't laugh too hard," Serena said to Sirius, who was laughing about Serena calling James a four eyed freak.
"I will cope, don't you worry my dear Serena. I'm gonna get the last laugh," said Sirius, "As I told you, I always win the bet."
"Oh, so you wanna bet do you?" asked Serena, "Well, I'm up for that, what do you propose we bet this time?"
"If I don't make a fool of myself at any time tomorrow, I win, and you have to be my slave for a whole week," Sirius' eyes were shining mischievously. He was grinning from ear to ear.
"And, if you do make a fool of yourself, you have to be my slave for a week! Do you accept?" Serena said in a business like manner.
"I do," Sirius said and he put his hand out for Serena to shake. As she did, she felt that familiar tingle through her whole body. Serena looked at his smiling eyes, wishing that someday they would be hers.
