A/N: Hey to those who asked if I could email you when I post up another chapter, I'm sorry, but I can't do that. I'm too busy and to be truthful, too lazy. But I update about once a week and usually on the weekends to give you a headsup.
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Chapter 12- November Love
"Wow, you would never think that Snape had relation to a vampire, would you?" Ron said as he and Harry walked out of Professor LeBlanc's class to Snape's potions. Snape announced the previous day that they would be making love potions today and no one was looking forward to experimenting it.
"Well, it does make sense," Harry said. "How Professor LeBlanc told us that his dungeon is always dark and his oily skin that's very pale because he doesn't get much sun."
"Hey!" Ron exclaimed. "I just remembered something!"
Harry looked up at Ron.
"Quirrell!" Ron said. "Remember how he wore that turban that smelled like garlic?"
"That was because of Vol---sorry, you-know-who." Harry said.
"Yeah, but he was supposedly afraid of Snape, so he figured he could drive Snape off with garlic."
"But Snape isn't a vampire, he just has relation to one." Harry said.
"Harry!" Ginny called and ran up to him.
"Hi Ginny," Harry greeted her. Ron teasingly took her books. She gave him a look and he gave them back to her.
"Just thought I'll tell you, Cho's uh….emotionally moody, so don't try to pull anything today, okay?" Ginny said, and gave Harry a smile.
Harry's heart suffered a shock. "Again?"
Ginny shrugged. "Well, I don't blame her, she's about to suffer through Divination next class so I doubt she will cheer up. She just came from Care of Magical Creatures in which she had to stand off to the side the whole time because Madam Pomfrey says it's too dangerous for her to be near hippogriffs."
"Hippogriffs?" Ron and Harry both exclaimed.
"Hagrid got some new ones and everyone spent the entire period riding them…..well, except Cho, so I can see why she would be upset. But then Robert showed her a photo album of his little sister and she went crazy over the little baby. She started crying and everything."
"Thanks Ginny." Harry said.
"You're welcome, see you at lunch! Bye Ron!" Ginny called before walking off with her friend Doris.
Ron tried to stifle his laughter behind his hand.
"Oh be quiet," Harry said as they entered Potions.
"Sorry, it's very funny, you know. I never thought you'd be such a young father to a hot-tempered mother. By the way, am I going to be godfather or what?"
"Perhaps you two can shift your conversation to something relevant to this class, other than the little Potter," Snape made a face. "Or your indeed hot tempered fiancée."
Snape looked at Harry abhorrently. "Five points from Gryffindor."
"For what?" Harry immediately asked.
"Miss. Chang happened to dump her cauldron of leech juice all over me earlier this morning because of her…..er…..condition hormones, and since you, Potter, are going to wed her, you suffer the same consequences. Be grateful it's not ten points like Ravenclaw had taken away."
"Bet he provoked her." Ron muttered as they took their seats.
"All right, settle down, today we have to make love potions." Snape said with such a face that you wouldn't imagine he would ever suggest that.
"Requirement for Potions class, as many of you will be needing it for your significant other," Snape said looking directly at Harry. "Get out your cauldrons, hurry up."
"Well, well, well," Malfoy's voice popped up from behind Ron and Harry. "Suffering problems from that attractive Ravenclaw? Not so pretty when she's sour and corpulent is she?"
"Eat slugs, Malfoy." Ron said and grabbed the unicorn horn powder bowl to dump on Malfoy.
"Weasley!" Snape's voice immediately came in. "Set that back now! Five more points from Gryffindor!"
Both Harry and Ron was bitter towards Malfoy who seems to be having so much fun with Harry's current state of affairs.
* * *
Last week, Cho slapped Harry in the face for mentioning something about a change in her looks. He meant this in a positive way, but Cho didn't even let him explain when her hand came flying and she ran off. Later that evening, she apologized and felt so bad about what she had done that she sobbed for about an hour.
That could not even compare to Mr. Chang's howler though, that arrived the day after Halloween. Harry was enjoying his sausage and pancakes with Cho (she came over to the Gryffindor table for awhile to sit with Harry) when a scarlet envelope with a purple ribbon came through an all too familiar owl named 'Ruffles'.
Harry stared at the envelope in shock until it smoked in the edges and then opened it and Cho and Harry both quickly covered their ears.
This had to effect what so ever, because the Howler was so loud, the walls shook.
"HARRY POTTER, YOU DISGUSTING CHEATER! HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING TO MY CHO?" came Mr. Chang's voice, heavy and booming in. Everyone else in the Great Hall watched with interest as Harry got a complete lecture from his future father in law.
"---SNEAKING AROUND WITH ANOTHER GIRL! YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW? I HAVE SOURCES ALL AROUND, POTTER, AND DON'T YOU THINK YOU WILL ENJOY A SINGLE DAY AT HOGWARTS AS LONG AS YOU HAVE SUCH HABITS! I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DID SUCH A THING AND LEAVE MY DAUGHTER IN TEARS----"
Ron was trying not to laugh at Harry, but couldn't help it. Harry was still staring at the envelope's purple ribbon, as it became darker and darker. His forehead had beads of sweat and Cho flushed a blooming red.
"----LEAVE YOU WITH SOMETHING TO TEACH YOU A LESSON! IF I DIDN'T HAVE A TIGHT SCHEDULE, I WOULD COME TO HOGWARTS RIGHT NOW! BUT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING CHO'S MOTHER AND I DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, WHICH I REMIND YOU, WILL BE A COMPLETE TORTURE IF YOU EVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN! EVER."
As soon as Mr. Chang's roar of a voice died, leaving a complete, ringing silence, the purple ribbon hovered over Harry, turned into a long, thin, wand, and pointed straight at Harry. It gave a loud bang, and Harry's hair stood straight up and his face was covered in ashes. It seemed that an explosion just happened above his head, and his ears felt they were about to pop.
The Howler wasn't even finished yet, but replied in a much quieter voice, "I warned you I was good with the wand, didn't I, Harry?"
Harry nodded to this envelope.
"Cho, dear," The envelope said in a warm voice.
Cho stared at the envelope. "Take care of yourself, send me an owl if you need anything."
It crumpled into ashes.
"Oh, Harry, I'm so sorry." Cho said, touching Harry gently on the arm.
Harry coughed out some ashes.
"Let's get you cleaned up." Ron said after the whole sha-bang was over. Harry nodded, and tried to get up, but he couldn't move.
"Oh, no, he cursed my legs together, too." Harry mumbled.
* * *
After putting their love potion together, Harry and Ron stared at the pink liquid.
Snape was walking around the room sneering at the Gryffindors for potions that came out wrong, especially at Neville, and praised Malfoy for his potion.
"Now," Snape said, glancing at the class. "Let's test our potions, shall we?"
Snape looked long and hard at Harry, but then looked away. "Longbottom!"
Neville gave a whimper and fell over with a thud.
"What is this?" Snape said immediately. Neville's potion came out a little bit watery.
"M-my potion, sir." Neville answered in a trembling voice.
"Disgusting!" Snape said and took the cup of potion away from Neville and set it on his own desk. "I'll be reminded to score you on this later."
"That's so unfair! It only came out a little watery, I bet it's fine!" Ron whispered to Harry.
"Drink this!" Snape said grabbing Hermione's cup and gave it to Neville.
Neville's round face became so ever fearful as he looked at the pink potion. The door opened just then.
"Ah! Good afternoon, Severus." Professor LeBlanc came in with a wave of glamour and beauty. All the boys, including Snape beamed and Snape even patted down his greasy hair. "I hope I'm not disturbing your class, but I wanted to return your book I borrowed." She set the book on Snape's table.
"Ooh! Cookies!" She exclaimed and immediately took a bite of one of the ginger brown looking cakes on Snape's desk.
"Veronica wait," Snape immediately said rushing to her. "Those are not ready yet! I haven't added the----"
Professor LeBlanc choked in mid bite and set the cookies down. Her eyes widened at the awful taste.
She grabbed the Neville's potion and drank it down.
"No! Veronica!" Snape yelled and knocked the cup out of her hands, but she already drank it.
Ron nudged Harry with his elbow and grinned. Harry grinned back.
Within a few minutes, Professor Veronica LeBlanc's face flushed from pink to purple and then back to normal. She got up on her feet and smoothed down her robes.
"It's all Neville's fault! Neville!" Snape tried to help Professor LeBlanc to her feet. "I'm sorry!"
But Professor LeBlanc looked up at Snape as if she never quite seen anyone like him before.
Indeed, she had fallen-----fallen in love.
A/N- Next chapter is called 'Sunset Conversation'. Thanks for the reviews! And tell me, why does most fanfics here talk sooooo badly about Cho? Makes me so sad : ( Oh well, it's your story. Review and don't give anything away if you've guessed something!