A/N: Just to clear something up, as I don't think it is clear. Harry only finds Malfoy attractive. Nothing more than that. No word yet on Draco's feelings..but I will try and start to get more of his point of view as this story progresses. I'm also quite sorry the chapters are rather short. I know it doesn't give you a lot to go on, but I don't want to write long boring chapters that just drag on and on.
The names of items contained in this chapter, are all made up from my own little mind. As far as I know, nothing like what is stated exists..but I could be wrong.
Now, onto your reading, and please review!!

When Harry found himself back inside the castle, he was greeted by Ron and Hermione,"We are going to be on the 2nd floor, in an empty classroom if you need us." Hermione said.

Ron nodded,"If Malfoy tries anything, get us and I'll give him a pounding he'll never forget." he said clenching up his fists.

"Ron, how many times," Hermione said pulling him up the stairs,"do I have to tell you that fighting is not the answer?"

Harry laughed to himself and began the long walk up the stairs behind Ron and Hermione. Once they reached the second floor, they said their goodbyes and agreed to meet back in the common room once they were done. Once his two friends had shut the door on the empty classroom, he began the walk to the 3rd floor.

Once there, he was unsure of which direction to go in. He got the answer though when he saw an slightly open door to his right. He walked down the hallway, still clutching the apples within his robes. When he reached the door, he peaked in, only to find Draco sitting there with his back turned to him, completely unaware that he was being watched.

Harry felt no need to move and join Draco. He felt nice just staring at him from a safe distance. Draco moved a bit and that was enough to break the trance like state that he was currently under. He jumped when he spoke,"Potter, you're late. Are you going to join me, or do you find me that attractive to just stand and watch me?"

Harry blushed and entered the room, dumping the apples onto the table. Before him on the table was a cauldron containing a liquid being heated, several empty flasks and some flasks that contained weird looking substances. Malfoy was stirring whatever was in the cauldron while reading over the list of instructions. He looked up,"Oh, so you have the apples, good."

"Did you think I was going to forget them?" Harry asked frowning.

"Of course. You're too busy with saving the fate of the world to remember something as trivial as apples. " Malfoy said looking back down at the paper again.

"Oh haha Malfoy." Harry said taking a seat. He watched Malfoy for a moment and was surprised to find that he was rather attractive. The way the light was hitting him made him seem almost perfect, heaven sent if you will. He shook his head. That was not something to think about. Especially not about Malfoy,one the most evil people in the wizarding world, well except for Voldemort of course.

"Stop daydreaming." he said pulling something from his pocket. Harry jumped when he realized what the object was, a knife. "Bloody hell Potter. For someone who has faced the Dark Lord on many occasions, you're sure a jumpy fellow." he placed the knife in front of him,"Chop the apples into small bits, but save the seeds, we'll need those later."

Harry nodded and began chopping the apples slowly as to make them into perfect shapes. When set onto this task, he got hot. He wiped his brow and noticed that Malfoy had since removed his cloak and was wearing a white shirt, sleeves rolled up, Slytherin house tie hung loosely around his neck. Harry stopped and removed his own cloak, hanging it over the back of his chair.

Once Harry had finished chopping the apples, he pushed them away from him and sat back,"What is this potion called?" he asked not trying to sound ignorant.

With out looking up, Draco answered,"Irresistible Love Potion. One of the most powerful of it's kind. I don't know much more than that though." he said in a bored tone that screamed Malfoy.

"What makes it so powerful?"

"And Snape just had to put me with The-Boy-Who-Obviously-Doesn't-Know-Anything-About-Potions." Malfoy said rudely.

"You know Malfoy, I don't have to be doing this with you. I could leave."

"I don't see you doing much of anything. Besides, it wouldnt't hurt my grade if you decided to leave. You would fail the class, and I would pass."

"You would pass because you have every bloody thing handed to you because of your father."

At the mention of this, Malfoy tensed up,"You know, you don't have to keep bringing him into this. He doesn't do a damn thing for me. Now, the answer to your last question, Essence of Aphrodite oil is what makes the potion so powerful. I don't know what is in the oil, but it's very potent stuff. We need to be careful handling it."

Just as Harry had grabbed the bottle containing the oil, he of course had no idea what it was, Malfoy's eyes got wide,"Potter, be careful, that's the oil!"

Harry carefully, but quickly put it down. For the next few minutes, they both were quiet,"What is in the cauldron? It smells good."

"Chocolate." Draco said once again in a bored tone.

"Chocolate?"

"Honestly Potter, are you really this daft?" Draco sighed heavily,"Chocolate is a widely known and accepted symbol for love. So it's only fitting that chocolate was included in this potion. I would have been surprised if it wasn't."

Draco stood from his chair and walked around the room a bit stretching his legs. The clock chimed the hour,"Add a few more slices of apple will you?" he said while staring out the window. Harry did as he was told, trying to have a hand in making this potion at least.

From where he was sitting, Harry could hear Draco yawn, which in turn, made Harry do the same. For being rather early in the evening, he was rather tired.

Draco had taken his seat again, and pulled out a spare bit of parchment and a quill. He drew a chart and began to take notes,"This will have to be turned into Snape with the potion when we're done. So it's important that we take good, concise notes. " Harry just nodded. He was getting quite bored of this superior act that Malfoy was putting on lately.

Lately? Hell, Malfoy was doing it all the bloody time, and he was tired of it. Yet, he didn't say anything because that would start a freud which would make working with Malfoy a lot harder thanit should have to be.

After a few more minutes, Draco carefully picked up the bottle of Essence of Aphrodite Oil and added three drops. "That should do it for now," he said gathering his things,"we'll have to start gathering certain herbs. They'll have to be dried of course, well not all of them, but we'll work on that when we get to that point." he said.

Harry gathered his things,"Same time?" he asked leaving the storage room. Malfoy nodded and walked off without saying goodbye or see you later. It wasn't like he expected Malfoy to say any of those things, but he so desperately wanted to hear him say them.

Harry walked down the corridor and down the stairs, finding Ron and Hermione making their way to the portrait hole. On the way back to the Gryffindor Tower, they did small talk about how their projects were coming along so far.

Before going to bed, Harry made himself a promise,he was going to start working towards understanding potions, and understanding Draco Malfoy.