-CHAPTER FOUR-
Harry made sure he arrived at the library a little earlier than they had agreed. He'd changed into a nice pair of jeans and a t-shirt which he thought would bring out the colour in his eyes. Not that he was making an effort for Draco – he knew it was pointless. He just wanted to look nice.
He found a smallish table away from the other students – apparently most of the Potions class had had the same idea as Harry and Draco. He pulled out his parchment, a couple of quills and his Potions assignment. Harry felt his heart sink slightly as he saw the amount of work they were expected to do. He was glad Snape had made them work in pairs – it would take them most of the two weeks given to finish it. He hated to think how hard it would be if he was doing it by himself.
Glancing at his watch, he saw that Draco was now ten minutes late. He sighed – he should have expected this. Suddenly, Harry felt a tap on his left shoulder. He spun around, only to see no-one there. "Gee Potter, for a guy who's triumphed over the Dark Lord five times, you sure aren't very smart."
Harry turned to the right, and saw Draco standing there, a sardonic smirk on his pale face. He tried to quash the butterflies in his stomach, and frowned at Draco, "You're late."
"Yeah, uh, sorry 'bout that," Draco said, not looking very apologetic, "I was uh…busy."
"Yeah, I'll bet," Harry said dryly. Despite what Draco had said about wanting a good grade, Harry had his doubts whether grades where the top of the Slytherin stud's priorities.
"Oh! Not busy like that," Malfoy sneered, "get your mind out off the gutter, Potter."
Harry felt himself blush slightly, and inwardly cursed. "So…what shall we start with?" he asked, trying to change the subject.
"We-ell," Draco said slowly, "we could start with the first instruction."
Harry looked down at the instruction sheet: "1. Research the different varieties of Lobalugs, their poison, and potions wizards have used said poison in. Use information to aid you in the writing of an essay. Four feet of parchment should suffice."
Both boys groaned as Harry finished reading aloud. "Well…we should probably try and find books about Lobalugs," Harry said.
"Yeah, alright," Draco agreed, "uh…you look in that section and I'll look over here."
Harry nodded, and the two boys began looking for suitable books.