"Fun with history" no, I don't think so "Crazy cures you'll never believe" no, god what a bunch of rubbish "Love potions: the signs" 'ah, here it is good now I'll finally be able to solve whether he fits or not' hermione signed, satisfied that she was finally going to find some answers.

Awe, yes, squishy, squishy, squishy, this is so nice now if I just had a nice cold glass of pumpkin juice I'd be ready to study. With a backward glance hermione made sure madam pince had her nose buried in a book before conjuring herself the aforementioned drink. Slurp, suck, slurp, slurp, wow, that hit the spot, now on to business. Hermione sat back in her cushy armchair sipping her juice as she opened the book and looked at the table of contents:

Table of contents

What to do when you think you know……..89

How to identify……..102

I think I drank some……..111

How to control it……..117

How to control them once you know……..121

If you didn't mean it for him/her……..129

The cure; if you want one…….135

Hmmm… I guess I'll have to turn to pg. 102 that might have what I'm looking for. Let's see 65, 78, 98, ah, here it is 102.

How to identify

So you think someone has "it" for you, well they might just have been slipped an infamous love potion. Maybe they are just plain smitten. Here's some sure-fire ways to see whether he true blue or just fooling you. He hasn't paid you any attention until now, now they are staring at you like there's no tomorrow. They have been mean to you in the past, but now they can hardly get out a decent insult. They seem to always be around you even when they never were before. they sometimes stutter or become flustered when trying to come up with a decent insult or go in a trance like state then flee the scene. They may not make eye contact for several days then stare endlessly for days on end. Generally ends with insanity, suicide, lovesick, obsessive or profession of utmost love and a marriage proposal if not cured.

Well, ok, he has some of the symptoms, but not all, I might just have to do some spying to see if he measures up to the signs. Hermione looked over the signs again ' ok, maybe he didn't take a full-blown dose of it, I haven't seen insanity or proposals of undying love yet, so maybe he just had a bit. it's probably not that at all I'm probably just overreacting' hermione thought trying to reason with herself.

Half an hour and two pumpkin juices later hermione had finished the book and taken notes (hey, she's hermione, she takes notes even when it's not for school). With a look at her watch and a gasp at how late it really was. She turned around and was about to head for the door when something caught her eye. Just as if it was planned out perfectly she looked through a line of perfectly stacked rows and saw, the one, the only, Mr. Draco Malfoy himself and he was starring right at her. Hermione looked behind her to make sure he wasn't looking at something behind her. As she looked she saw no one, a bit surprised she decided to walk over to him to find out why he was starring at her so obviously. As she approached the last row of books separating her from the mal-ferret he did his weird little snapping thing again as if his mind had been on some distant planet. As quick as a flash they stared at each other for a split second before he bolted out the door.

Hermione was needless to say a bit shocked, usually if they had a confrontation like this he would have at least made some attempt to insult her in some way before strutting off in that incredibly annoying fashion of his. No, he didn't do anything just acted like a total spaz. Hermione thought back to the book 'go in a trance like state then flee the scene' that was what he pretty much, he looked like a deer caught in head lights. Nah probably just a fluke; nothing else. With that hermione made her way out the door and headed up to her dormitory intent on a good nights sleep with love potions and certainferrets far, far from her mind.