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Connie: I believe in Ron too!

mysticofthepen: I wish some guy would do that for me too. tries not to tear up at the thought

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Chapter 14: The scrooge of Valentine's day

Hermione and Harry took a seat at the back of the room. She noticed right away that Ron had disappeared.

"Hey did you see where Ron went?" she asked Harry her eyes watching the door.

"Probably skived off to the lou." Harry replied pulling out his potion book and a piece of parchment. She nodded and looked one last time at the door then did the same as Harry.

Soon enough the greasy haired potions master that every Gryffindor couldn't help but hate, stalked into the room.

"Turn to page three hundred and fifty-six." He ordered as he strode up to the front of the classroom. As pages turned the door of the classroom opened and Ron slipped in.

"You're late Mr. Weasley. Ten points from Gryffindor." Snape said turning to stare directly into Ron's eyes. Ron looked downward quickly as he made his way to the empty chair next to Hermione.

"Sorry Professor." He mumbled as he sat down. Hermione watched Ron retrieve his supplies from his pack as Snape began to discuss the ingredients to the antidote of the Love potion.

Ron turned red. He could feel her eyes watching him and he pulled out his book. Finally he looked up and caught her eyes. He was lost for a moment in them but soon, with great reluctance, turned to taking notes. Hermione did the same.

After a dragging long hour of potions, it neared an end.

"If you would please turn to page five hundred and fifty you will see the ingredients for the Love potion." He paused while the pages shuffled. As Hermione turned the page, a piece of parchment slipped out from between the pages. She picked it up. She knew it was from her secret admirer. Hermione smiled and nudge Ron in the side. Ron had not been expecting this and managed to fall off his stool and cause a commotion.

"Perhaps a sticking potion would do you some good Mr. Weasley along with a watch." Snape said with a sneer. "Five points from Gryffindor."

Ron turned red as he climbed back into his seat. Hermione turned to him.

"Are you alright? I didn't mean to make you jump." She whispered. "I just found another note."

"I'm okay." He replied in a whisper. He noticed she hadn't opened the note and nudged her to do so. She smiled at him and did just that.

Hermione,

"To love, for us men, is to clasp one women with our arms,
feeling that she lives and breathes just as we do,
suffers as we do, thinks with us, loves with us,
and, above all, sins with us."
- Baroness Orczy

Your secret admirer

As she did so, Snape made his way to the back of the room while he told the class about their weekend homework assignment. "I would like a essay written with at least three paragraphs dedicated to each ingredient describing what effect it will have on drinker. Due Monday." He finished just as he reached Harry, Ron, and Hermione's table.

When he saw the note in Hermione's hand, he snatched it away. "Fifteen points for passing notes." Hermione's jawed dropped as Snape turned to walk toward the front of the classroom with her note.

"No don't!" She pleaded knowing that he was going to read it out loud.

"I don't believe it's up to you Miss Granger. After all you were the one passing notes during class." Snape said in that evil voice that makes every Gryffindor love to hate him. With that, Snape repeated the contains of the note while Hermione blushed a Weasley shade of red.

When Snape finished much of the class burst into laughs. Draco sneered at Hermione from his table two rows in front of her.

"Why would someone ever want to be her secret admirer?" He loudly asked Crabbe. "She probably sent that to herself so everyone would think that someone besides Potty and Weasel liked her." He held his stomach as he laughed harder.

At that moment, to the silent pray of both Ron and Hermione, the bell rang and class was dismissed. Hermione shoved her stuff into her pack and rushed out of the room. Ron was not too far behind. Both of them knew that if they stuck around, there would be a lot more of Draco's sassy mouth.