"Miss Granger I would like to see you in my office now. The rest of you are dismissed and I will not be seeing you here again. And if I do the next time your punishment will be far more severe." He glared at the class, letting the thought of what the next punishment would be settle in their minds. He then turned dramatically and billowed into his office. He never grew tired of billowing it gave him a certain edge over the other teachers. The students would remember his billows far better than some of the other teachers little eccentricities.

Once Snape had disappeared into his office, and the students were sure the coast was clear, they began to make their way out of the classroom. Neville was the first out, he wanted to make it back to his dormitory before Draco caught up with him. However his luck was out and anticipating this move, Draco had shoved past the others and caught up with poor Neville. Detention had been awfully boring and picking in Neville was one way in which he was sure he could improve the day. One thing Draco had learnt from an early age was that in order to make yourself feel better you must make another feel ten times worse. Neville sighed and tried to prepare for whatever Draco had in store for him.

Harry was caught up in his own world as he left the classroom. Still reeling from the fact he had been forced to attend detention, he totally forgot that Snape had wanted to talk to Hermione and, rather than waiting for her he, begun heading back to the common room. However as he made his way through the corridor something attracted his attention.Draco Malfoy was bullying Neville Longbottom in front of a small group. Harry had been having a bad day and realised he needed something to take his mind off it. There was something inside Harry that always made him play the hero and this event was a perfect opportunity for him to show off his skills. He pulled his wand from his pocket and pushed it into the back of Draco's neck. Draco was ready for a fight and swung round quickly knocking Harry to the ground. Harry was able, with miraculous speed, to get to his feet. The boys stood circling each other preparing to duel in front of an eager audience. Unfortunately the noise from the crowd had attracted the attention of Professor McGonagall. She stormed down the corridor and dragged the pair apart. "I was discussing something very important with the head teacher when hear this ruches. Just what on earth do you think you were doing?" Both boys tried to explain at once but McGonagall raised her hands to silence them. "I don't want to know. Fifty points from both your houses! Now back to your dormitories and I want to hear nothing more from any of you." The crowds began to disburse and Harry and Draco snarled at each other but headed back to their dormitories not wanting to annoy McGonagall any more. She stormed back to her meeting with the head teacher.

Ron, unlike Harry, was eager to find out just what Snape wanted with Hermione. He found it slightly unfair that teachers, especially Snape at the moment, seemed to only want to spend time with Hermione. He crept up to the door and tried desperately to hear what being said in the office. He pushed his ear closer to the door in order to try and get better sound quality. However luck was not on Ron's side and he tripped over his feet and went crashing through the door. He landed at the feet of Hermione who looked down at him with her trade mark disgusted look. Ron had become accustomed to this look from Hermione as she had looked at him in that way since they had met. At the moment all he seemed to do was annoy her, not that he cared it was obvious that she loved Harry and he was just the guy that was there as their fall guy. Snape was no happier to see the Weasley boy and made no attempt to hide it. "Just what do you think you're doing Wealsey?" Ron got to his feet as quickly as he could, his face was bright red and he stared guiltily at his feet. He could not possibly say that he had been trying to listen at the door. Snape would probably give him detention for the rest of his time at school and Hermione would be mad at him for weeks. He could not cope with any more lectures from her. He shrugged. "I wanted to ask you something Professor." As the words came out of his mouth Ron realised what a mistake he had made. He had not wanted to ask anything and now he would have to try and think of something. Snape waited for the question rather impatiently. "Well?" Ron went bright red. "Well...erm... I Just wanted to know...erm... yes could I please get some one on one tuition. I think... I really need to.... improve my work." Snape snarled. "Yes Weasley you could do with improving your pitiful work but I wouldn't want to spend any time alone with you." Ron felt rather hurt at this and could not stop himself blurting out. "But why I really like you and I try hard you never notice me. You only have time for people like Hermione and Draco" Both Hermione and Snape stared wide eyed at Ron. Had he really said what they both had heard?

Hermione turned to Ron and began shouting. It was obvious that he was just mocking her for the poem. He must have found out some how but she did not know how. She had kept the incident too herself. Ron who had no idea what Hermione was shouting about began shouting back. He was deeply embarrassed by what had just happened and some how shouting at Hermione made him feel better. The pair had now become totally oblivious to the Professor who was sat watching them.

Snape rolled his eyes, it was one thing having the school brains lusting after you but the Weasley boy. No that just would not do. He might not have been with anybody for a while but he still was not that desperate, he would never be that desperate. He glared at the two students who were now busily arguing between themselves. Watching the pair suddenly gave him an idea, one that would sort out all their problems. One that would also help to wind the Potter boy up. The more he thought about it the more he began to like his plan. He careful took out his wand, pointed it at the pair and mumbled a few words. Snape then sat back and prepared to admire his handy work.

Hermione suddenly stopped shouting. Something inside her had changed. No longer did she feel the need to kill Ron. No, the feeling had now been replaced with a warm feeling. Something which Hermione never thought she would feel for Ron. She shook her head, trying desperately trying to remember what she had been shouting at Ron about but she was unable to recall. Ron seemed to change in an instant. No longer was he the skinny gingered haired Weasley that constantly drove her mad. In a matter of seconds he seemed to grow more attractive his annoying habits suddenly seemed quite cute and attractive. She now longed to be closer to him, to kiss him. Ron was also feeling the effects of the spell. Hermione's face seemed to change, the look of disgust that had once ordained her face, had now been replaced with a loving smile. Ron dreamily stared at her. He had a funny fuzzy feeling in his stomach. A bit like the one he got after eating a really nice meal or when he did well at something. Hermione had become tired of waiting for Ron to kiss her and moved in for the kill. The embrace at first took Ron by surprise and he nearly lost his footing. But Hermione was ready for this and managed to grab hold of him. The pair stood locked together in front of poor Snape.

Snape had to stop himself from physically throwing up. Yes his plan had worked but it did not mean he wanted the pair displaying their new found love directly in his field of vision. It was bad enough that he could not find a person on his own intellectual level to share his evil plans with, he definitely did not want to watch two of his students oozing with love right in his face. Students should show more respect for their teachers, even if they were suffering the effects of a spell. No he would not stand for this. "You two out of my office now! And stop what you are doing. I'm.... I'm sure it must be against school rules." The pair seemed not to have heard him and continued kissing. Snape moved forward realising that he would actually have to physically pull them a part. He took a deep breath this was not a task he relished the thought of. He dragged the pair apart and pushed them quite violently towards the door to his office. The quicker he got them out the better. "I hope never to see either of you two in my office again." Hermione looked up at Snape in a puzzled way. Why had she been in his office? She racked her brain to try and remember but all she could think of was Ron. Her head seemed strangely full of Ron and nothing else but she was far too happy to question it. She shrugged and grabbed onto Ron's hand and they marched out of the office together. Ron trotted along next to Hermione, looking rather like a stupid puppy. He was not worried about his lack of memory things like that often happened to him.

Snape watched the loved up students patter down the corridor together. Part of him wanted to wretch but a very very small part of him envied what they had. This small part would be crushed under the rest of his extreme cynicism. He turned round and walked slowly back into his office. Someone like him would always be alone. That was how he worked best and how he liked it. Other people just did not understand him and that was exactly how he wanted it to stay. From his desk he picked up the poem. He had one last lingering look at it before coming to his senses and tossing it in the bin. He shook his head and sat down to read his favourite book, ' Cunning plots and dastardly plans.'

"Excuse me may I take that bin." The young house elf looked up shaking with fright and handed the wicker bin to Professor Dumbledore. The house elf was unsure what to do so just stood watching Dumbledore with awe. The head teacher looked down into the bin and after shuffling a few things around he found what he was looking for. He pulled out the piece of paper and carefully uncrumpled. He smiled broadly to himself, "Ah worked like a treat." Recently Dumbledore had been finding it very hard to find something to keep himself and Professor McGonagall amused. The whole Voldemort situation had put rather a downer on the whole school but watching Snape squirm out of this had been very amusing in fact it would probably keep them amused for months possibly even years to come. Yes and as for his little spell, well the results of that would be most interesting...