I never expected so many readers for this story! I am shocked and touched at the same time XD But I guess that's what you get when you write a Harry Potter fanfic. And I always dedicate new chapters to either people or countries, THUS:

Yotsuya21- for being too lazy to log in (and admitting it) XD ...And because Voldemort is now a unicorn.

"My Potions teacher," I complained to Harry in the common room, "is the most inept, bungling professor I've ever had!"

"Are you talking about Slughorn? I thought he never crossed a favorite in class," he explained skeptically.

I thought for a moment on how to explain it to him. "Harry, do you remember Romilda Vane?" At his glazed over look, I continued, "Well, you remember how sick and immoral that potion in the chocolates was? And how Ron was hopelessly obsessed with her to a very dangerous level? Well we're making it in class."

Harry gave a shocked and disgusted look. "There's no way that's school allowed!" he exclaimed, "Well... anymore, at least," he added sheepishly.

"Oh, and it gets better! We're testing it, too! And for a grade none the less! We're stuck in partners and—Oh, this is the best part—if the second partner doesn't make the counterserum correctly, they're stuck in obsession with the other until it wears off."

"That's just ridiculous! He has to know what he's doing!"

"That's the problem," I started, "He does. He knows perfectly well what he's doing and he's doing it anyway."

"Well I guess we're going to have to live with that how it is then," Harry sighed. "By the way, who did you get paired up with?" At the sight of me hesitating, he added more to the embarrassment, "Is it Ron?" Harry nudged me with a shoulder, "Time for a bit of 'how's your father?' is it?"

"Harry!" I yelled, turning red in the face.

"Well then it isn't him?" he clarified. At the shake of my head he kept going on, "Well since it can't be better than that, it must be really dreadful... Is it Neville?" I shook my head vigorously, "Stewart Ackerly? Michael Corner? Pansy? Crookshanks? Buckbeak?" Now desperate, searching for an answer, he just knit his eyebrows.

"Let me describe his better qualities: Slytherin, playboy, foul-stenched ferret-boy, feeble minded pure-blooded dimwit?" Harry gave me a worried look, catching on, "Why, it could be none other than your very own Draco Malfoy!"

The incredulous look on his face was priceless, changing to angry and then amused within the next few seconds. It wasn't long before he was laughing extremely hard. "Well good luck with that!" he choked out through the laughter.

With the obvious fact that he was only going to laugh more—and not sympathize like Ginny would—I retired to my room for the night. Tomorrow was going to be... something that words could not describe.

"Now, I'm going to come inspect each group of partners taking the potion. Your reactions alone will tell me if it was correctly made or not." Pansy's hand shot up. "In the event that it is not correct," Slughorn added, glaring at the girl, "the second person can still get full credit, they will just be forced to take the potion brewed by another group.

By the time he got to our group, the classroom was in almost complete disarray. There were chases, screams and the occasional case of a newfound couple snogging. One of the latter cases was the pair of Blaise and Pansy. In fact, not even being hit by Malfoy could stop them. Needless to say, Blaise had brewed the potion quite effectively.

"Let's see what you've got Granger. Malfoy, if you would, please." Slughorn said, uninterested.

"Just in case I don't make it out with my pride: Granger, I fully detest you, Potter and Weasel," he said before downing the potion.

And let me say this: I did pretty freaking awesome. Almost instantly, Malfoy had a little "change of heart."

"Hermione... did I really just say that?" He truly seemed shocked at his words, "I don't care who your friends are! Not as long as you're the Hermione I've fallen in love with!"

"Oh, shove it Malfoy," I started, "Stop while you still have your pride."

"Hermione, love, please call me Draco."

The sheer admiration in his words completely caught me off guard, "Well then, Malfoy, I never would have thought you of all people would be a romantic!" He looked a bit hurt when I started to laugh at his antics.

"I could change if you'd like!" He flipped his hair a bit and leaned toward me. "Hey, Hermione, is that a mirror in your pocket?" Slughorn and I looked at each other with odd faces, "Because I see myself in your pants."

I covered my mouth with both hands, turning bright red to keep myself from dying of laughter. Slughorn just looked traumatized and walked to the front of the class. Malfoy was still giving me quite the suggestive look, however.

"Alright class! Despite the recent happenings, I expect you all to stay on task! Remember, you have a project to do that can only be done today." He paused and looked at Blaise and Pansy, still snogging on the desk, "Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson! Would you please stop snogging in my class!" He then turned to Michael Corner and his partner, "And under the table groping is not allowed in this school, Corner." Slughorn then proceeded to take the mixing spoon out of his cauldron and smack it against the wall to get his class' attention. "Now I suggest you take this seriously, students! Your grades—and possibly lives—depend on it."

"That means you, Malfoy," I said, pushing the far-too-close boy toward his cauldron.

"But, Pet, how can I mix any of this without being distracted by your beautiful smile? You know that Desaugeo hex I cast on you in third year? Well I'm proud to have put that beautiful smile on your face."

I laughed to myself, not taking a word of what he said seriously (although I have to say, his hex did make me not need to get braces). "You cannot fathom how much I wish I had a video camera right now."

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