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So What Am I so Afraid Of?

Chapter 3: Classes

"Gather 'round, gather 'round," Professor Warmeire, Herbology, shouted to the class. She was a tall woman with mounds of gray hair piled atop her head mixed with flakes of soil. She was known to teach a fairly easy class and give points for minor accomplishments. "Today we're going to be pruning the Loconium plants."

"That sounds appealing," Sirius said cautiously sliding forward.

"What are Loconium plants used for?" Professor Warmeire asked the class.

"Relieving the common cold," James replied, pausing briefly in his conversation with Sirius.

"Who can tell me what is dangerous about pruning Loconiums?" Professor Warmeire asked distributing eye goggles to the class.

"If you let them, they'll take your wand and try to 'prune' you back," Remus said nonchalantly.

"Excellent, Mr. Lupin. 10 points. Now, divide up, two to three at a table. Don't rush and be attentive!"

Lily adopted a table for her, Bree, and Quinn.

"Could these goggles be any uglier?" Bree asked trying to fit them around her hair.

"Hey, guys?" Quinn slide up between Bree and Lily. "Would it bother you terribly if I worked at my own table with Remus?"

"Absolutely not!" Lily smiled.

"Go!" Bree said pushing Quinn towards Remus, "and take good notes, because you're gonna tell us everything."

As Lily began jabbing haphazardly at the Loconium, trying to look like she really cared, Bree turned to her grinning. "Quinn's really happy, huh?"

"I think so," Lily sighed. "Not we just gotta get ourselves happy. Agree? Think we can find ourselves a couple of guys?"

Flipping her hair over her shoulder, Bree laughed. "I know we can."

"Duck!" Sirius was heard yelling from the opposite end of the greenhouse before a foul-looking Loconium shot sparks out of Sirius's wand.

"Class dismissed!" yelled Professor Warmeire as she hurtled toward Sirius and James's table trying to stun the plant.

"Does anyone else feel like they may never see daylight again?" James asked as the sauntered down to the dungeons.

"Wanna make a run for it? Skive off Potions?" Sirius mumbled hopefully.

"Would, but that wouldn't be very 'Head Boy-like' of me would it?" James mocked Lily.

"Oh shut up, Potter, and get out of here if you're going. By all means, don't let me stop you," Lily said in a tone that suggested the beginnings of a rant.

"No, no, Lily. I'm going to Potions, and I'm going to keep you company all lesson," James smirked.

"Lucky me," Lily mumbled.

"Find a seat," Professor Joleston barked coming into the classroom. A thin man who could hardly be considered tall, Professor Joleston still had the power to silence the entire class with only a word. Impatient and unreasonable, he was only fair in that he treated all four houses horribly. He was constantly assigning "partner work", but placing students with the exact opposite of who they wanted for a partner. "Find the desk with the folder labeled with your name."

Lily strode over to a desk between Lucius Malfoy and some too-talkative Slytherin girl she didn't know.

"This is your seat this term. No changes will be made."

Glancing across the room, Lily saw Quinn sandwiched between to large Slytherin's she recognized as their Quidditch team's beaters. Bree sat in a secluded area with Severus Snape. James, she noticed, was next to a blonde girl who kept batting her eyelashes at him.

"Directly inside your folder is a slip of paper. There, you will find the name of your permanent lab partner."

Dreading what she would find, Lily opened her folder. The slip that fell out made her want to scream: Lucius Malfoy.

"You, Quinn, were so right. We should have run from Potions when we had the chance," Lily proclaimed following Quinn out of the dungeons, heading toward lunch.

"Told you it'd be tragic," Quinn said, though she didn't sound at all victorious.

"I cannot believe I'm lab partners with Snape," Bree whined.

"You?" Sirius asked, shocked. He sat down with the girls at the Gryffindor table. "Me, James, and Remus all got girls who are denser than me!"

"James, Remus, and I," Remus corrected sitting next to Quinn.

"You know, Moony, that grammar won't get you very far if I've locked you in a trunk," Sirius sighed irritably.

"Oh my gosh!" James said exasperatedly sitting down next to Lily. "Did you see that Tanya Nott girl? I wanted to curse her eyelashes off just so she couldn't keep blinking!"

"Malfoy threatened to tell Dumbledore that I hit him," Lily said trying to sound casual.

"You hit him?" James asked, amazed.

"He touched my leg," Lily said, obviously not casually.

"Where is he?" Sirius said angrily.

"Yeah, we'll do worse that 'hit' him," James put in.

"No big deal," Lily sighed. "I can take care of myself." She added, rolling the cherry tomatoes off to the side of her salad.

"Sure?" James asked. " 'Cause we can help make Malfoy see it our way if you'd like," James told her, leaning over and eating the cherry tomatoes of her plate.

Two feet of parchment- Define each ingredient in Skele-Gro. Explain thouroughly why this solution acts the way it does. What makes it re-grow bones?

Lily sat in the library absentmindedly twirling her quill. She had no idea where to find the ingredients of Skele-Gro. This assignment was pointless.

"Hey!" Someone said in her ear causing her to jump. Coming around the table James sat down across from her.

"Come to prevent me from doing my homework?" Lily asked annoyed. " 'Cause I'm not in the mood for your immaturity."

"How friendly of you," James grinned.

"You're going to hold me to that whole 'friend' thing, huh?" Lily sighed.

"Yeah, but I'm actually just here to tell you McGonagall stopped me today. We have a meeting with Dumbledore tonight after dinner."

"Okay, thanks. I'll see you at dinner," Lily said, flipping open a book, resuming her search for Skele-Gro.

"Magical Remedies of Yesterday and Today. Page 289. A complete list of Skele-Gro ingredients. Me and Remus were here earlier. It's on that shelf," James indicated.

"Thanks," Lily said again, and she set off to the shelf.

(A/N: Chapter 3! Ok so here's this one…I don't think I'm going to post so much this weekend. I think I'll try and wait for some reviews. So Review!! Thanks! , Cali PS- I don't have Book 2 around so I'm pretty confident I spelled Skele-Gro wrong, I'm sorry. Secondly, I don't have so much time to edit, so this chapter may be more error-ous. Sorry! Better next time, I promise!)