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Chapter 3

8 o'clock the same night

Severus's POV

"And I don't know who to choose," Bellatrix said, after explaining to me her parents's decision. "I want to be with you, but my mom is way nicer and I've never been to America before."

"But would you rather have your heart broken just because you want to try new things?" I asked, really wanting her to stay, but understanding if she doesn't.

"Not really," she said, looking as if she was going to cry.

I got up from my seat and walked over to the love seat she was sitting on. I sat down and looked into her eyes. "Whatever you choose, just know I will always love you and respect your choice."

That seemed to make her feel better because the next thing I know we were making out on the love seat until Mike came in and said, "Gross, go get a room, some of us would like to keep our eyes pure and innocent."

That made us pull apart and blush. We forgot that we were in the common room. We aren't allowed out of it after 8 for safety purposes. We stood up and headed for the room I share with Mike, Xhavior, and two other boys who I saw outside the room. Xhavior was a prefect, so he was roaming the hallways, as it was his duty every night until 9.

"Perfect, a private room that's empty," Bellatrix said as we sat down on my bed. "Shall we continue on where we left off?"

"Certainly," I said as we leaned into each other. As we kissed, for some reason, I had a feeling we were going to do more than just make out.

7 o'clock the next morning

Martha's POV

I looked around the table and saw everyone was there, Jinx, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Poison, Dylan, and, unfortunately, Peter. Not that Peter is a bad person, he just gets on my nerves. And he really isn't cool, hot, or awesome, like Sirius's younger brother Regulus. God, Regulus is hot, looking over at the back of his brother to see if he's managed to get Jinx. Jinx is too busy telepathically communicating with Waldo about her crush, which she won't say because she's already told Waldo when I wasn't around and she doesn't want me to know who it is.

"So, Dylan, when are you and Waldo going to admit you have been making out in the hallways between classes?" Poison asked, causing my to almost spit my orange juice that I had just taken a sip of.

"What?" I asked, really surprised and shocked. Dylan wasn't that kind of girl.

"Poison, I've been telling you, Waldo and I are just friends. He's more interested in someone else anyways," she said, which caused me to relax and have happiness in the fact that Dylan is still her same innocent self.

"Poison, why would you say something like that?" Jinx asked, taking a break from Waldo, they probably got in a fight about what she should do with her crush. He's got good advice, but sometimes it can turn into a disaster.

"Because I could have sworn I saw the two of them making out a couple times while I was on my way to my next class," she explained. Jinx looked panicked.

"I told him to not do that publicly!" Jinx exclaimed, causing us to look at her with shock and confusion.

"He's got a girlfriend now that could pass off as Dylan from far away," was all she said as explanation.

"Um, okay…," Sirius said, wanting to be a part of the conversation that was suppose to be just for us girls.

"Shit, I have to go!" I said when I looked at my watch. I gathered my stuff together and stood up. "And so do you Jinx. We need to tutor those Slytherin idiots on the recent spell Flitwick gave us."

"Right, thanks for the reminder sis," she said as she quickly got her stuff together and ran after me to catch up. "So you think Regulus is an idiot?"

"No, I just think Mike is an idiot and not one needs to know about my crush," I explain to her in a voice that she calls the I'm-threatening-you-with-an-explanation tone.

"Fine with me," she says with a smile as we approach the boys. They are waiting at the bottom of the steps, as they usually are. She adds in an undertone, "Look happy and everything will be fine, they'll actually pay attention and do good."

"Fine," I reply back in an even quieter undertone because we were right in front of them. "You boys ready?"

Regulus stood. "As always ma'am," he said as he took a bow. Man, he was hot, but he did get on my nerves with his constant sarcasm.

Jinx hit him in the back of the head and yanked Mike up. She may be tiny, but she can be pretty strong when she wanted to be. She couldn't stand Mike and his lazy butt.

"Why can't I sit?" Mike whined while Regulus massaged the back of his head. I felt sorry for him, but I knew he didn't like pity.

"Because you can't sit or lie down all the time!" Regulus shouted, making it obvious today was not a good day to test his patience. Mike was obviously not paying attention.

"You got to do it all day yesterday!" Mike shouted back. That seemed to cause Regulus to tense up.

"I only did that because it was my off-day from Quiditch practice," he replied coldly.

"Okay, I see you guys have your issues, but could use some other time to deal with it please?" an impatient Jinx asked.

"Fine," the boys grumbled.

"Good, now, let's talk about what we are here for," she said. "Have there been any spells you've had issues with lately?"

"Um, not really," Mike said.

"You do know lying isn't gonna help you," Jinx stated more than asked.

"Fine," he said, annoyed. "I'd have to say the Confundus charm."

"I'll work with you on that, Martha, you work on potions with Regulus," she said, obviously wanting to spend this time usefully. She rarely read people's minds unless she was impatient.

"Um, ok Miss Bossy," I said, knowing I was going to a glare, but only that. I turned to Regulus. "Where would you like to set up?"

"The potion's room is the most logical," he said. I squinted at him. "But since you're giving me that look, how about the girl's bathroom on the second floor?"

"No way, Moaning Myrtle's there. She gets on everyone's nerves," I said. I looked at him for a minute before saying, "You know what, we could just step up right here."

"Good idea, considering it was mine," he said with a small smile.

I smiled back as we started setting up our work place. "So, what potion are we working on today?" I asked, ready for some deadly potion.

"Oh, just a simple love potion. Professor Slughorn is in a weird mood. One day we're brewing a living death potion, the next a complicated but highly effective luck potion," he replied.

I shrugged. "It's not a weird mood, it's just Slughorn," I told him. "Now a teacher who does get moods is Sprout."

"Ugh, don't remind me of her. I got her yesterday right after those third year idiots screwed around in her class. She yelled at us as if it was our faults," he agreed.

"Well, as much as I am enjoying this conversation, we should start the potion," I said as I pulled out my potions book.

"No use," he said. He must have seen the confused look on my face, for he added, "School's going to start soon."

"Oh, right. Then we should start to pack up," I said.

"Yeah," he said as we started packing up. We worked quickly and silently and were done in two minutes.

"So, um, I guess I'll see you later," I said. I felt awkward, as I usually did whenever I was with him.

"Sure," he said as he turned and started for his first class. I thought about of yelling bye, but decided against it. Instead, I headed for an impatient Jinx. She chose to wait at the bottom step of the stairs. We had Transfiguration first, and she preferred walking inside to it rather than outside.

"That took you long enough," she commented once I got to her. We started up the stairs.

"Hey, I was just thinking," I said.

"I know," she replied. "And even though he is somewhat hot, he is dangerous and mysterious, not good material for a boyfriend."

"I thought all that matter was that you liked each other," I retorted.

"Yes, but the mysterious boys make it hard for you to know if they like you back," she argued.

"Oh well, you'll just have to live with my crush on him," I said as we were a few feet from the Transfiguration classroom.

"You're right, I do. It won't be too bad. Now, let's concentrate so nothing goes boom like last week," she said.

"Deal," I said as we walked to our seats and sat down. Today was going to be a long day, but it was going to be worth it.

Sorry it was short. This just seemed like the best place to stop.