4.Of plants, potions and midnight dreams.

I walked into potions and took my usual seat in the back of the class. No one ever sat next to me, so today I was surprised when I felt someone take the seat next to me. I looked and to my extreme displeasure I looked to find Malfoy had occupied the seat.

"Hey there princess, you look bright eyed and bushy tailed, sleep well?"

"Save it for someone who buys it ferret face."

"Ooh a good nights sleep hasn't helped your temper I see."

"If you call 4 hours a good nights sleep then no I suppose it didn't."

Just then Snape walked in and I shot malfoy a look of pure venom as he turned, however I was surprised to see Ron doing the same. I didn't see Malfoy do anything to Ron so far this year, so why was he so upset? Just then Snape began his traditional first day of term speech.

"Welcome to advanced potions. In order to have made it here, you must have earned at least an "A" on your O.W.L.s, so congratulations on that. But now I must inform you that advanced potions is, as the name suggests, advanced from regular classes, it will be much more difficult then your used to, and if you can't keep up, you will be kicked out." As he said this he looked at harry and added, "But let's not be too hopeful. Your first assignment is on the board, get started."

Our first assignment was a potion that he mentioned in our first year. It was a sleeping draught so strong that it was called the sleeping death, and it was very complicated. I stood up to get the ingredients from the cupboard when malfoy pulled me down by my shoulder.

"How about I get the ingredients for the both of us?"

"How about you don't?"

"Jeez Eve, do you have a problem with people helping you?"

"No just you, now let go of me."

The rest of potions was spent in silence. At the end of class, Hermione, Draco, and I were the only ones to have brewed a perfect draught. The bell rang and I cleaned up, after this was done I gathered my bag and left the classroom. As I started to make my way to herbology, I heard someone call my name.

"Eve!"

"Oh, hi Harry."

"Sorry we ditched you, one of us should have sat next to you instead of malfoy."

"That's quite alright. Malfoy's a bloody git, but nothing I can't handle."

"That's good to hear, what do you have next?"

"I have to go all the way back to herbology."

"Me too, mind if I walk with you?"

"Not at all."

Harry and I made our way to herbology chatting away, and the rest of the day passed in a whirlwind. After herbology was lunch, and then ancient runes, and transfiguration. Before I knew it, I was sitting down to dinner, but instead of sitting at my lonely little corner at the edge of the table, Hermione asked me to sit with them, so I did. Afterwards, I went to the library to get an early start on the essay that Snape had assigned us. I finished it in about an hour, and headed up to the gryffindor common room.

"There you are!" said hermione.

"Here I am! Don't send out the search parties just yet. Were you looking for me?"

"I was just wondering where you were, you disappeared after dinner."

"I tend to do that a lot."

"Well Ron was looking for you, so I'll tell him you're here."

"Why was he looking for me?"

"I don't know, why don't you ask him yourself?"

I turned to find that Ron had just stepped in through the portrait hole. "You rang?" I asked. He smiled and pulled me aside.

"I've decided to hold you to your word, I figured since we don't have a lot of homework today, maybe you could take me up to the astronomy tower. If you don't mind of course."

"Oh yea! Alright well if you get cold easily I suggest you bundle up because it can get rather chilly."

"We'll have to be quiet though. I don't know why, but Filch let's me sneak up there, however I don't think he would take kindly to you being there as well."

"Alright, give me five minutes."

True to his word, in exactly five minutes Ron was back and ready to go. We made our way to the astronomy tower, with me leading, and staying in the shadows. At one point we couldn't see two feet in front of our faces. Ron grabbed my hand as an anchor, but didn't let go when we could see again. When we finally got to the tower, I shut the door and locked it, and then led Ron to my favorite spot and sat on the floor.

"It's beautiful." he gasped. I smiled to know that he shared my opinion. After a bit however it got chillier then I had anticipated and I started to shiver.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, just next time remind me to follow my own advice."

He laughed and said, "Well I'm burning up in here, you can have one of my jackets." I gratefully excepted it and some where between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. we fell asleep. I awoke to find that I had my head on his chest and his arms around me. I sucked in my breath and slowly pulled away. I conjured up a stretcher and levitated him into the boys' dormitories. After this was done I went to the grounds to go for a walk.