A/N: I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry this has taken so long. I completely lost interest in this story, and I didn't want to give you guys a crap chapter just so I could say I had updated. I'm continuing because I just got a review for the previous chapter and somehow or another it inspired me. Thanks a bunch! Oh, and as I lost interest in my storyline, I'll be playing it by ear from here on out. I will take any and all suggestions (baring my earlier choices on pairings). You never know, there may be a baby in here eventually…. So again, I'm sorry, but on the plus, suggestions are now welcome. It's not long, but I hope to be posting more often again.

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"Yeah… he just told such great stories… and he likes hot chocolate with marshmallows… I couldn't help… it…" Draco turned to look at her as she trailed off, and noticed her looking into a classroom. He too looked inside, and his jaw dropped with what he saw.

There, just beyond the doorway to the classroom was a couple. They were in the middle of a heated battle of tongues. Neither Dawn nor Draco had ever seen a couple making out as fervently as these two. In fact, were it not for the identities of the duo, it would almost seem normal. However, as it was two professors – two very distinct professors – it was just wrong. Dawn's eyes widened in shock while Draco turned a violent shade of green, closing his eyes in denial of what he was seeing. He had almost convinced himself it was a hallucination when Dawn spoke.

"Professor McGonagall? Grandad?" The couple broke apart in shock when Dawn's voice reached something closely resembling a shriek. "No! This isn't happening! You're not supposed to… I mean, it was bad enough that Mom and Mr. Giles… but you're even older… and she's a teacher… You're not supposed to have sex lives!"

Her yells of outrage and horror brought most of the Scoobies, along with the Weasley twins and the Golden Trio. Fred and George, upon realizing what Dawn and Draco had walked into, began clapping. Loudly.

"Good show, Professors! We were beginning to take bets on whether or not you two were dating!" George called. Dawn and Buffy both turned to him; Buffy was the first to find her voice.

"Say that again when it's your grandfather nearly doing the naughty with a professor," she snapped. Both twins and Ron turned green enough to rival Draco, who had yet to recover.

"Buffy, Dawn… I'm sure you can understand," Dumbledore began. Buffy cut him off.

"I have no problem with you and Minerva Woo-Hoo'ing, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that we should never know of this. You're allowed to be in love and get married and all that fun stuff, but anything beyond light kissing and hugging is liable to make people ill. So… if you could just keep that part a secret and we'll all forgot we ever saw this?" She smiled at Dumbledore hopefully. He chuckled happily.

"That is quite alright. We believed that the door was closed and that no one would be coming in here."

"Okay. Congratulations by the way," Dawn managed to mumble. Dumbledore nodded to her and lead McGonagall out of the room and toward his office.

"Raise your hand if you think it's a good idea to avoid Dumbledore's office for awhile," Xander called out to the assembled group. That finally broke the tension and everyone headed their separate ways. Dawn, Faith, Draco, and the Gryffindors headed back to that tower, while the Scoobies went back to their prior activities.

"That was… an experience," Harry mumbled, still trying to work his mind around what he had just seen.

"No kidding," Draco whispered, walking alongside his boyfriend. Suddenly, Ron stopped.

"Wait, why are you coming with us?" he asked Draco. Draco opened his mouth to answer, but Hermione beat him to it.

"Honestly Ronald! He and Harry are dating. Of course he's coming with us." Harry and Draco exchanged a look of shock.

"How did you know that?" Harry asked. "We haven't told anyone." Draco broke in quietly to say that Dawn had found out a minute before they caught the two professors. That statement quieted everyone for a few seconds, but then the conversation sunk in for Ron.

"I didn't know you liked guys Harry. And why Malfoy of all people?"

"I haven't known for long, and Draco," he stressed the name, "is a really great guy when you get him out of the pureblood brainwashing that he's got." Draco scowled at Harry, but didn't deny it. Then, to get the attention off of himself, Harry spoke up again. "So when are you two going to start dating?" he asked, staring pointedly at Dawn and Fred, who she was leaning against. He knew he was taking a risk by saying that, but it paid off when both went as red as Fred's hair.

"Hmm…" Fred was the first to recover. He got down on one knee and reached out for Dawn's hand. "I was going to wait for when we knew each other better," he started, in a mock-serious voice, "but it appears that my timing has just been blown. Dawn Summers, would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend and accompanying me exclusively to Hogsmeade next weekend?" By the end, his heart was hammering in his chest. He may have been trying to present a carefree front, but in truth, he was more nervous at that moment than he had ever been in his life. He thought his heart had stopped beating for a moment when Dawn paused, staring into his eyes. Than she nodded, and the breath he didn't know he had been holding was released in a rush as he jumped up and spun her around, grinning madly.

At that moment, Faith looked to the side and saw George looking on wistfully. She knew for a fact that he didn't have a crush on Dawn – she had asked a week ago – but it was obvious he wanted to be in a relationship like his twin. Before she had a chance to reconsider, she draped an arm around the free twin's shoulders and leaned her head in close to his ear.

"If you need someone to go with, I'm cheap and it could be fun," she joked, sounding as seductive as she could. She watched in amusement as George's neck and ears turned pink.

"Well," he drawled as soon as he had recovered himself and recognized the game, "I might, if the price is right."

"I want one of those exploding candy things," Faith replied, still holding onto the seductive voice. Then they made eyes contact and both cracked up laughing.

"Deal," George announced, holding his hand out to shake on it. She extended her own and they shook.

"Hey Faith," Dawn called over to her. Faith looked up, and Dawn smirked. "You realize he's jailbait, right?"

Faith shrugged, unconcerned. "Then I'll wait until he's eighteen before breaking him in." George immediately started choking, and Faith pounded him on the back. "Chill. It's a year away, and you may decide between now and then that there's a better girl out there for you. We're just started with a trip to Hogsmeade."

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The next day, Monday, dawned bright and early. After breakfast, the Gryffindors and Slytherins headed to Potions. Because of a bunch of meetings the teachers had every afternoon that week, certain years of certain subjects were combined. Fifth, sixth, and seventh year Gryffindors and Slytherins had potions together that week, and that week only. Snape sneered in disgust as he watched them walk into his classroom, but Fred smiled happily as she set up a cauldron on the front desk.

"Good morning," Fred greeted the class, her light accent making most of the boys in the class fall in love with her all over again that morning. "We'll be doing something a little different today, since there are three different years in here today."

"And because you are all here for two hours, the potion being made today will be highly advanced. I don't expect most of you to ever reach the skill it would take to brew this potion, however, some of you- "

"Be nice, Severus," Fred admonished, a mixture of a sad smile and a pout on her features. "I know that, should any of you continue your studies in potions far enough, all of you should be able to make this. However, because it is an advanced potion, you will only be watching and taking notes today. Professor Snape and I will be the ones to make it.

"Also, you should all know that, when making this particular potion, you are required by Wizarding Law to have a partner. This is a potion meant to be made by two people, one of whom being a Potions Master, which are esteemed Professor Snape happens to hold the title of."

"Thank you, Miss Burkle," Snape sneered, holding in a shudder at her constant good mood. She wasn't overly perky, he told himself, so she shouldn't bother him. It was just the fact that, no matter what happened, she never let it bother her for more than five minutes, be it a spill of water on her robes or watching her husband lose an entire leg while helping Anya demonstrate a lesson.

With that, the two professors named the potion they would be making and began to work, Fred stopping at intervals to give a safety instruction, or to tell the class what they should expect from the potion at various time throughout the process. At other times, she would, while working on the potion, explain it's history, and how it was discovered.

"Thank you class. Enjoy your week, and we'll see each of you at various times next week!" Fred chirped happily as the students left. That evening, every potions student fifth year and up talked about the exciting potions lesson they had had, most then sounding amazed at their own enjoyment of a potions lesson.

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A/N: That's it for now. I hope you guys liked it. I tried to add in some of the things I read in the reviews, but I don't know Fred very well, so she's hard to write. Also, I can't write much Snape without making him very…. 'snarky'. And I didn't want to put Fred through that, so viola! Quiet Snape.

Thank Yous:

gabrieldarke – I hope you didn't mind the pairing… It just snuck up on me, and I had to do that. And now you know.

lovemehatemejustdon'tfearme – You guessed it! It was a secret, until Hermione got annoyed with Ron… Then she kinda spilled it… I'm glad you liked it!

Angel sumoritos – Thanks, as I said, if I get enough feedback asking for it, I may add a kid. I'm glad to make you happy. As for the human thing, I don't know how it would fit in the story, so you give me the plot surrounding it, and I'll seriously think on it. I know where this is going to end up, but the journey is up to reviewers.

goddessa39 – Thanks, yes I did know that… But I was too lazy to correct it. I may write in a baby. Not sure. Send in your thoughts and the plot idea.

buffynangelforever – Okay. Here's the update.

IceBlueRose – Thanks. I just thought she'd fit better with a Weasley. Plus, they get passed over so much in favor of the more "important" characters that I had to give them pairings.

Nixinox – Thanks a bunch, and now you know.

parentaladvisory – Thanks so much.

Buffy-CrazyaboutAngel – Listen, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write, but it says in the summary that there will be slash. That means gayness. If you don't like it, don't read it. I'm sorry it offends you, but those are the pairing I've decided to put in the story. If that review was meant as a joke, I'm sorry but I didn't take it as one. I'm sick of people criticizing my stories. If you don't like something you see/read, just move on. There are plenty of BTVS/Angel/HP stories out there that probably are slash-centric. Again, I appreciate the time you took, and this is not meant to be an attack on you, but if you decide to review again, please leave out my pairing choices. Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed the rest of the aspects of this fic.

mdemanatee – Thank you!

AnimaHanyou39 – Thanks, and I hope this clears it up some. Just to make it a little easier, the 'F's are not together. Fred id with Dawn, and Faith is going on a date with George. Just trying to clear it up further. Thanks again.

torian Princess – Thanks a bunch, and I know the feeling. They get a lot more attention than anyone else in fanfics. Thanks again!

Kyra2 – Too true. And now you've found out.

Lady Saffron of the Daggers – Yes, it is like that, and yes, there was only the one. We're just gonna assume that since Dumbledore and Co can create a new eye for Xander, that they can make two new copies of that ring/gem thing. I tried to add more of those characters, but I don't know much about Fred. If you would send me a list of her characteristics, I'll try to add her in more. All I really know is that she smile and she's quiet. Not too much knowledge there. I am trying to update… but like I said earlier, lost interest for awhile. Thanks for the comments.

Hunterschick – Thanks. Congrats, you inspired me to finally get off my butt and write a new chapter… Now where's my cookie? smiles Thanks for the review.