That morning, after Defense class, Hermione and Andrea held back, so they could ask Meg the question they were betting on. Lockhart, exhausted after having to once again bore his students with the things he had done in the books published about him, looked at them as they took a long time to gather their materials. He strode over to them with a tired expression on his face.

"Girls, shouldn't you be getting to your next class?" he said.

"Actually, we want to ask Professor Smith a question," said Hermione. "We wanted to ask her something about this Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, you know?"

"Meg is unable to tell anybody anything at the moment," said Lockhart, the tiredness showing in his face even more plainly than before. "You saw her, girls. She's totally in love with Severus Snape. I can't get anything out of her unless it's about something wonderful he did."

"I think I can," said Andrea. "Please, Professor Lockhart, can't we?"

"Oh, all right," Lockhart told Hermione and Andrea. "I'll write you a pass, so you won't lose any points from your next teacher. Okay, excused to ask teacher question…" He took out his wand, conjuring a pass that excused Hermione and Andrea for being late. He seemed surprised one of his spells had actually worked for him, instead of just backfiring, like it had with the Cornish Pixies.

Hermione and Andrea went to go get Meg. They led her into the hall, so Lockhart wouldn't be able to hear their conversation. Meg Smith looked at them quizzically.

"Professor Smith," said Andrea bluntly, "did you go to school with Snape?"

"You mean Severus?" said Meg. The two girls thought they could see her eyes filling up with love for the Potions teacher. "Yes. We were in the same year together. He liked throwing snowballs at me, I can't exactly figure out why. I was a Ravenclaw, he was a Slytherin, but I think we would've gone out, if there had been more time. See, he wasn't in very many of my classes…"

"Told you, Andrea," whispered Hermione to Andrea. "You owe me one Galleon."

"He was always so handsome…even though most people thought he was ugly, he was really so cool, and this stupid person named James Potter kept on picking on him…I didn't think he was too bad at the time, I was friends with Lily Evans, best friends, she didn't think Severus was bad, she said she didn't like him or dislike him…I thought he was…I hated him then, but now…"

"Okay, so are you going to the Yule Ball with him?" said Andrea.

"Yes, I am," said Meg. "I told him he should wear his red-and-gold robes…He looked so cute in them, don't you think? Oh, if I could just hold him for a long time…"

Andrea pretended to be barfing behind Meg's back, while Hermione stared up at Meg in absolute astonishment. She wanted to hold Snape? Hermione didn't like it, but she thought Snape had to be one heck of a good Potions teacher to make a Love Potion that was that strong.

"You see, I know he likes me best," Meg continued. "He's so…cool…He's good at spells, he can do most of them in his head…He told me about how he even invented a few spells, and he says every one of them works, he did them on a bug to show me…He's so great at everything, he's completely in love with me, and I'm completely in love with him…who isn't in love with him?"

"Umm…we're not," said Andrea. "Don't you realize he gave you a Love Potion? When you're in your right mind, you hate him. You're just under the influence of a Love Potion."

"Nonsense!" Meg shouted. "You're just jealous!"

"Why would we be jealous of that?" Hermione said. "Meg, after the potion wears off, you've just got to make sure you don't eat anything Snape gives you. Do you hear me?"

"I don't hear you girls!" said Meg angrily. "Anybody would be jealous of our wonderful relationship, and not to mention it's with the hottest teacher in school! And if you ever try to separate us, you will have both him and me to answer to! I don't want to see your faces here! Go on to your next class and just leave me alone! I'm going to see Severus after school! Get out! Out! OUT!"

So the two girls left Meg standing there in the hall, glaring at them, and they set off down the hall to go to Care of Magical Creatures with Hagrid. They wondered if Meg Smith's Love Potion was ever going to wear off, because it seemed like it was never going to, and that she would never be her normal self again, the Assistant Defense teacher who didn't like Snape.