The great hall remained silent once Dumbledore and Malfoy had left the room, Pr. McGonagall made the desserts appear on the tables with a swish of her wand, she did not say anything but looked around sternly as if daring anyone to speak or laugh; after several minutes of silence Pr. McGonagall then began to took into her dessert in front of her.

"Look that's odd" said Harry as he noticed a couple of owls circling above there heads carrying letters; Ron had noticed the owls too and turned to Harry. "We don't usually get Post at Dinner" said Ron, Hermione who was still as red as beetroot looked up then without another word quickly got up and ran out the room. Ron gave Harry a puzzled look but Harry grinned "She's probably still embarrassed about Malfoy liking her" said Harry "Well wouldn't you be if it were you?" the look on Ron's face said it all, for a moment he looked like he was going to be sick but then he looked serious "Let's put it this way" said Ron "If it were me I'd spend the rest of the day hiding under your invisibility cloak" Harry looked thoughtful "Poor Hermione" said Harry and Ron nodded.

Then suddenly a red envelope landed in front of both of them making them jump, "Whose it for?" said Harry as he picked up the envelope grinning, Harry was almost sure he knew what was in this envelope and as he met Ron's gaze he knew Ron was thinking the same as he was. "It must be for you mate!" Said Ron quickly, Harry shook his head as he checked the name on the front of the envelope "it's for you mate" said Harry trying his best not to laugh. Ron looked at Harry with disbelief and grabbed the red envelope off him. Ron stared at the name on the front of the envelope as if he expected it to change to Harry's name any minute but when it didn't he looked at Harry puzzled.

"You don't think?" said Ron as he looked at the red envelope in his hand, Harry grinned at him "There's only one way to find out" said Harry with that Ron quickly broke the seal on the envelope and pulled out it's contents.

"There must be a mistake" said Ron as he held up the sparkling red card for Harry to see, Harry began to laugh but Ron just stared at the card in his hand. "I never get Valentine's day cards" said Ron. Before Ron could open the card, Seamus came strolling towards them and grabbed the card out of Ron's hand. "Hey" said Ron jumping up out of his seat but Seamus just starred at the card for a few minutes then began to laugh, "HEY EVERYONE" shouted Seamus and most people in the great hall turned to looked at him, Seamus looked round at everyone amused "Weasleys' got himself a Valentine's wizcard" said Seamus grinning, most people in the great hall began to laugh and Ron felt himself going red. "GIVE ME THAT BACK" yelled Ron as he turned to Harry for support but Harry looked at Ron puzzled. "What's a wizcard?" said Harry, Ron threw himself back into his seat angrily and Harry saw his face now nearly matched his hair colour. "A wizcard" said Ron "Is a magical card that wizards can send to each other" Ron looked at Harry who still looked rather puzzled then he carried on, "They're almost unheard of" said Ron "because they're really expensive to buy even for well off wizards" his face turned even redder as he spoke, "but what's so magical about them?" said Harry, Ron opened his mouth to answer but stopped as he heard a loud bang; he turned around.

Harry also looked for the source of the bang but he didn't have to look very hard because it seemed to be coming from the place where Seamus was standing. Harry knew this because in Seamus's hand was Ron's card which Seamus had opened and red sparks were shooting out of it. Harry turned to Ron puzzled but Ron had sunk low in his seat so his head was nearly under the table so Harry just turned his attention back to Ron's card in Seamus's hands. The red sparks had stopped coming out of it when Harry looked back at it but now the card seemed to be vibrating, everybody in the great hall was now watching Ron's card with interests.

Then all of a sudden pink bubbles seemed to shoot out the card (rather like the ones that Dumbledore had sent into the air after casting the valentine's day spell), suddenly a soothing melody seemed to come from the card and Harry's head was instantly filled with images of his parents, his friends; Ron and Hermione, Lupin, Sirius, Hagrid and even for a brief second Dumbledore. The last image was the clearest of them all and it was of Ginny Weasley, Harry suddenly seemed to snap out of this day dream and noticed everyone around him was looking rather confused as well. Harry once again turned to look at Ron's card in Seamus's hands which Harry noticed had now stopped playing music instead it now started to shoot pink confetti high into the air which was landing on everybody's heads. Harry turned to look at Ron who was looking horrified "Help me" mouthed Ron to Harry but Harry could do nothing but watch to see what the card would do next. When the card had stopped shooting confetti a loud voice seemed to erupt from it, Harry brushed some confetti out of his hair and strained himself to listen to the voice coming from the card.

However he needn't have bothered because the card seemed to be getting louder every minute until eventually Harry could hear it as clearly as if the voice had been speaking through a megaphone. Harry listened to the voice and began to laugh at what he heard, this is what the card said:-

"I have loved you for the longest time,

I'd be so happy if you'd be mine.

I love the way you walk,

I love the way you talk.

I love the way you act,

I love the way you laugh.

I love the way you're so tall,

But what I love most of all…

Is everything you are and everything your not."

Some people in the great hall started laughing, some girls looked dreamy and Harry didn't know whether to laugh or frown. On the one hand Ron would kill Harry if he laughed on the other hand Harry would probably die if he didn't from the fact that the only way he could stop himself from laughing is too hold his breath and his lungs were screaming for air already.

Harry started to laugh but stopped straight away when he saw Ron's face, Ron looked like he was about to explode, his face was blood red and he gave Harry a look that Harry knew to mean if-you-laugh-again-I-will-seriously-hurt-you. Harry did not laugh again but just sat there trying to think of a way to console Ron, Harry was just about to say something when there was another loud bang and the card started to speak again. This is what is said this time:-

"What is love? Does anyone know?

Is it something we merely show?

How does it feel? Where's it found?

Is love even real? Is it all around?

Does anyone have the answers? I have none,

For once I am clueless, am I the only one?

Everyone thinks of love in a different way,

Some think it only happens on Valentine's Day.

Well me? I think love has no certain rules,

Love isn't something we can pick or chose.

I bet your all laughing as you hear this,

But you don't even know what love really is.

When it happens to you and you feel this way,

You'll wish you never made fun of me today.

So you can chuckle and snigger at what I'm saying,

Because when it's your turn it will be me laughing."

The great hall became silent after this, none of them were laughing even though some looked like they wanted too. "Dinner is over" said Pr. McGonagall sternly "Go to your lessons" Everybody began to leave the great hall loudly, they were all talking and whispering about what they had just heard. Harry who had not left his seat turned to look at Ron who was also still sat down, Ron's face was one of humiliation and misery, "Come on mate" said Harry to Ron in desperation "It's not the end of the world, so you've got a secret admirer; big deal" said Harry, Ron said nothing but he turned to look at Harry. Harry got up from his seat expecting Ron to do the same, Ron however remained in his seat and even when Harry gave his arm a tug did not move.

Pr. McGonagall had got up from the staff table by this time and made her way over to Harry and Ron, she looked at Ron for a moment then said "Mr Potter who is your next teacher?" Harry thought about it then looked at Pr. McGonagall "Erm Snape" said Harry trying to make his answer as innocently as possible. Pr. McGonagall said nothing though a ting of red did appear in her cheeks, she continued to look at Ron for several moments as if studying him "Please tell him then that Mr Weasley will be late for his lesson" said Pr. McGonagall "Tell him I have excused Mr. Weasley from the lesson for a while" with this she took Ron by the arm who looked rather surprised and horror struck by this, she then led him out of the hall and Harry was left standing there is amazement.

Harry was just about to leave the great hall when he spotted something red on the floor near the Gryffindor table, he bent down to pick it up and realised it was Ron's valentine's card. Harry opened it reluctantly expecting it to start speaking or shoot sparks again but it did nothing, Harry noticed someone had written a message in the valentine's wizcard too, Harry looked around to see if anyone was watching but the great hall was now empty; so he looked back at the card and began to read the message. The message read:-

Dear

Ron

I am not under the affects of a love spell or anything; I just wanted to let you know how I feel.

From

Your secret admirer

Harry read the message again to make sure he had not misread it, 'Wow' thought Harry 'This means Ron really does have a secret admirer'. Harry grinned and went to put the letter in his pocket for Ron to see later when he stopped and stared at the handwriting. 'The writing is a bit familiar' thought Harry 'But then again lots of people have the same kind of handwriting' Harry then placed the wizcard inside his pocket and checked his watch.

Harry then ran out of the great hall 'Please let Snape be late' thought Harry desperately, but as opened the door of the potions classroom he knew there was no such luck, "Sorry I'm late sir" said Harry "I've been given a message from Pr. McGonagall she says Ron is excused for being late; he's with her" some of the people in the room began to snicker and Harry saw to his annoyance that Malfoy was in the lesson. Snape who was stood up at the front of the classroom gave Harry a look of sheer hate which is why Harry was surprised at Snape's response. "Fine, sit down Potter and don't let it happen again" said Snape, Harry was so shocked he didn't move, 'Surely I must have misheard him' thought Harry 'He's never missed a chance to punish my lateness before unless…..' he looked at Snape for a moment, "Sit down Potter I said" repeated Snape and this time Harry made his way to his seat next to Hermione.

"Right as I was saying before we were interrupted" said Snape "Today we will be making a potion called constant happiness, this potion makes the drinker feel happy for a certain amount of time depending on the quantity they drink. Throughout this time they will remain happy no matter what happens if they are faced with danger or sad news; they will remain unfazed by it" Harry realised that Hermione was not taking notes like she usually did and she looked slightly nervous for some reason. "The instructions and a list ingredients you will need for constant happiness are on the board" continued Snape and he swished his wand to make writing appear on the blackboard next to him and then Snape went and sat at his desk.

Hermione who had not removed any ingredients from her bag turned to Harry "Harry I heard about Ron" she said "Is he ok?" Harry checked to see if Snape was looking at them and nodded, "He is just a bit embarrassed" said Harry and Hermione looked thoughtful "I guess I can understand that" she said and as she said this she looked over at Malfoy who was smiling at her. Hermione gestured for Malfoy to get on with his work and gave him a dirty look; "Yeah" said Harry "Fancy you being Mal…." Harry stopped as Snape had just walked towards them, Hermione suddenly began to remove her potions ingredients from her bag and Snape stopped in front of their desk. Harry was about to say he was going to get his potions ingredients out now when Snape learned over the desk so that his face was level with Harry's, "A word Potter" said Snape and Harry was so surprised he nearly fell off his chair. "Erm I won't be late again sir" said Harry but Snape just gestured for Harry to follow him.

Harry gave Hermione a puzzled look then got up and followed Snape who began to walk towards his office, some of the slytherins in the class snickered at the thought of Harry getting in trouble but Harry was too curious to notice. Once Harry was inside Snape's office, Snape went and closed the door, as he closed it Harry was reminded of the feeling of being locked in his room by his uncle and wished he had refused to be alone with Snape in the office. "Right Potter" said Snape as he rounded on Harry, Harry thought for one moment Snape was going to curse him but instead he grabbed the front of his shirt instead. "Hey" said Harry angrily, he wasn't about to let Snape treat him like this "Quiet Potter and listen" said Snape still holding on to Harry's shirt "Now this is not a threat" said Snape as he lowered his face to Harry's, Harry gulped because somehow he had the feeling Snape was about to threaten him.

"You and your friends are not to repeat what you witnessed before to anyone" said Snape and Harry was shocked to see that Snape was actually nearly blushing, "What?" said Harry despite knowing what Snape was talking about. "You know what I mean" said Snape "If you or your friends tell anyone what you have witnessed I will make the rest of your time at Hogwarts very difficult indeed" Harry couldn't believe what he was hearing, how Snape could be any worse than he already was escaped Harry. "Are you threatening me Professor?" said Harry thinking he already knew the answer, Snape looked thoughtful and almost nervous for a minute "Yes" said Snape "Yes I am"

End of chapter

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Title of next chapter: Nothing like love

Preview of next chapter:-

"Harry you can't do it!" said Hermione "You'll be in trouble if anyone finds out" Harry turned to look at Hermione "But no one is going to find out" said Harry "Because they don't want anyone knowing do they?" Hermione looked disgusted "It is still blackmail Harry and it's wrong" she said.

Harry sighed, he knew he shouldn't have told her "He started the blackmailing first" said Harry "Ron what do you think?" Harry turned to look at Ron "Ron?" said Harry seeing the troubled look on his best friend's face "What's the matter?"

Ron said nothing, he was lost in his thoughts 'Do I really like her?' thought Ron 'Or is it just because of the spell?'