Walking to breakfast the next morning included several groups of students pointing in Olivia, Nora and Aoife's direction. They weren't sure if this was because of them thinking Olivia had a crush on Adyn, which undeniably was true, or because Nora had punched Olivia's brother in the face because of it. Olivia was hoping it was because of the latter, and that people would soon forget about the previous night's event in the Great Hall.
"People really don't know how to be discreet do they?" Nora snorted and stared at a group of young girls who were whispering intensely whilst occasionally looking up in their direction. They sat down at the Hufflepuff table.
"Yeah I'm not a fan of our new-found popularity, if you could call it that" Olivia grinned, "Maybe reputation is a better word for it". Their timetables were at the table and she had a quick glance at it. Great, she thought, Potions with the Slytherins was the first class they had that morning, meaning she would have to face Adyn sooner than she would have preferred.
"Nora that punch yesterday was bloody amazing! Can you be my bodyguard when I become famous?" Ethan, a Hufflepuff boy in their year, blurted out eagerly.
"Oh, give it a rest, won't you?" Said Nora, rolling her eyes, "Doubt you'll ever be in a situation where you'll need a bodyguard Ethan. I'm sure being as clumsy as you you'd probably knock over a statue by accident to save you from all the crazy fans. If you'd for some reason ever have fans" they all chuckled. They reminisced over the time he had managed to pour a bucket of paint over himself instead of Will, who didn't even notice he was the intended recipient of the prank.
"Speaking of the devil" Olivia said looking over towards the entrance of the Great Hall. Tom and Will were walking towards their table laughing at a first year who was being chased by one of the ghosts. Will's eye was bruised and swollen; he had evidently defied going to the hospital wing.
"Do you reckon Adyn will talk to you about what happened yesterday in class today?" Ethan asked Olivia; she winced.
"Mhm fat chance, if he does I'll eat one of your smelly socks" Ethan didn't look amused.
"Hey my socks are not smelly!" All of them laughed and proceeded with eating their breakfast.

Professor Johnston walked into the Potion's classroom and addressed the students. Olivia threw a nervous glance at Adyn. She had a feeling him and his friends were talking about her since they were glancing in her direction, whispering.
"Open up page 25 please! Today you will be making the Draught of Peace, a potion that will calm anyone who is stressed or anxious" Professor Johnston said, "It is very important that everything is put in the correct order", he glanced at Olivia who felt her face go red, she had a tendency of putting ingredients in in the wrong order.
"I know it's only the start of the year, but it is important that you know how to produce this potion as it might come up in your O.W.L's. Now, stir away!" The classroom erupted in chairs being pulled out and students getting up to get the required ingredients. Luckily, Olivia had skimmed through this year's potions book, and felt fairly confident she would be able to scrape a pass. She started grinding some moonstone into powder, adding it to her cauldron, followed by some syrup of hellebore. She could feel Professor Johnston judging her when she realised she had forgot to put in the porcupine quills before the unicorn horn but was happy her potion was close to the aimed-for blue colour, compared to Ethan's potion which had turned into a mud-textured liquid.
"Now, this would put a giant to sleep, Miss Clearwater" Professor Johnston said at the end of the class, examining her potion, "But it is at least better than Mr Bones' which would probably kill a giant" he looked pitifully at Ethan, "You've done a relatively good job Miss" Olivia smiled, that was probably the best feedback she had ever got in Potions before. Ethan looked less happy as he tried to put some water into his cauldron trying to water the potion down, which instead ended up setting it on fire.

They walked out of the classroom and as Olivia was walking through the door, someone tapped on her softly on her shoulder.
"Olivia" blood rushed to her cheeks when she realised the green eyes she was staring into belonged to Adyn.
"Oh, ehm, hi" said Olivia timidly. Her friends looked meaningfully at each other and grinned.
"Enjoy the sock, Liv!" Ethan cheered and they walked off to leave Olivia and Adyn on their own.
"The sock?" Said Adyn, looking confused at Olivia.
"Eh, nothing, doesn't matter" she blurted out. She had no idea what to say to him to keep the conversation going. Her mind was racing but blank at the same time.
"Right, well I just wanted to say that I don't think what your brothers did yesterday was fair" He looked apologetically at her.
"Thanks" said Olivia, "I-I mean, it's not true, I don't have a crush on you like, they were just trying to embarrass me. Sorry that they dragged you into it too"
"Ah okay, well it doesn't matter if it is true or not, it was a bit of a jerk thing to do to you" Adyn said, looking concerned. Her heart was beating unusually fast and she could feel her hands getting increasingly sweaty each second that passed of her being alone with Adyn.
"Yeah, well I shouldn't have expected anything else from them to be fair" Olivia looked down to avoid his gaze.
"Right, well I'll see you around I guess. And well done producing that potion, it's a tricky one" He said and smiled at her; her heart fluttered.
"Thanks" she blushed "And yeah, see you around"
Olivia waited a few seconds before walking out of the classroom after him.

A/N: Thank you so much for the comments and follows! Sorry this chapter took a while, I hope you enjoyed it anyway :)