Well last chapter has drawn in a lot of people. In these last 3 days I've had about 450 hits (that's a lot for me :D) I dunno, it makes me feel special. But really, thanks for the support all!
This chapter goes to:
Mr. Smee27- for sounding like a 'priceless' commercial
And Mieko-chan12- because I made her fall off her chair and look like an idiot... oops! XD
"Malfoy, you ignorant prat! Just work on your antidote and leave me alone!"
"But why?" he whined, "Why do I need to make this stupid antidote to prove my love? I really do adore you, Hermione! You have to trust that!"
"I have a hard time believing that," I muttered under my breath. Was it not just yesterday that he made absolutely sure that I knew he detested me?
"If you want some confirmation—"
"None needed, thank you very much!" I rushed toward the opposite direction where Ron was stationed. "Ron—"
But he was too busy half-heartedly dodging the advances of Sally-Anne Perks. Less than half-heartedly; in fact, it almost looked as if he wanted to be caught. Looking around the room, it seemed as if nearly every boy was doing the same. The only girls that had administered the potion were Parvati Patil and I. But she looked outright horrified at her lovey-dovey partner. Whenever he came near, she would wave a wooden spoon around his face, as if trying to ward him off. Not that I could blame her, however; it takes a special type of girl to accept the advances of Neville Longbottom.
"Parvati, how are you holding up under these... circumstances?" I asked cautiously.
"Hermione, thank God!" she breathed harshly, "I don't know if I can take it any longer! I just want him to brew his stupid potion so I can get some breathing room!"
While Neville donned a big, watery-eyed puppy dog face, I replied, "I know exactly what you mean, Parvati. I mean Malfoy is... well... he's being Malfoy." I realized how stupid that sounded and started laughing, as did she, "Shocker, hunh?"
"Of course. But everyone knows how he gets sometimes."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, when he likes someone, he transforms into 'Draco the Sex God of Hogwarts' and starts chasing the person around and attempting to get in their pants," We both started laughing, "I can't believe you didn't know that! I mean, it's pretty funny that you guys got paired up."
"Funny how? Because my only enemy is now deeply obsessed with me?" I thought about it for a moment, "Yeah, I guess that's pretty odd."
"Not really..." she trailed off, hesitating, "Really, the truth is, it looks as if you guys would make a pretty good couple. You know," she tried to recover from the embarrassing statement, "I mean, if you weren't part of the Golden Trio and all."
"And if he wasn't such a prick!" I laughed, not taking her statement seriously at all.
"I don't know, Hermione," she finished skeptically.
"Well, I should probably go make sure he's making it right so I don't have to endure this any longer than absolutely necessary. See you in the common room."
"Good luck," she added as I was walking away. That was why I didn't really enjoy spending time with the girls in my grade. They constantly spewed so much nonsense. And they all thought they were matchmakers. Were muggle girls like this all the time too? I highly doubted it.
When I got back to my table, I was genuinely surprised. There was a little vial of a clear substance held in his hand.
"Hey, 'Mione, I finished the potion. Do I deserve a little... reward?" I looked at him, completely disgusted, "I mean, I don't want to pressure you or anything, but, I mean, because you said..."
"Sure, Malfoy. I'll give you a little reward. But..." I needed a way to get into Slughorn's office without alerting Malfoy to my lie, "It's going to be a big one. Do me a little favour and close your eyes while I go get ready," I said as sexily as a nerd could (not very at all). Malfoy didn't seem to mind the complete change of character and shut his eyes. I snuck into Slughorn's office before he could notice.
"Professor, my partner made the counterserum. Do you want to come grade it now?" I asked. But he was too busy in his book and just held up a finger to tell me to wait.
A few seconds passed by before he responded, "Just have him drink it and bring him back to me—hopefully out of love—for your grade."
"Thanks, Professor," I said before rushing out of the room to fix my partner.
"I'm back, but keep your eyes shut. You ready for your surprise?" I asked him. He responded with a vigorous nod of his head, pursing his lips. "Oh, you're going to have to open your mouth if you want a big, sloppy one." My words even grossed myself out. The last line I had said almost made me gag as I picked up the finished vial of the liquid he had presented to me earlier. As soon as he opened his mouth a bit, I splashed the counterserum in.
He coughed and sputtered, obviously not expecting the drink. "You back, Malfoy?" I asked toughly, relishing the chance to rub his actions in his face. Well, under the influence of Amortentia still counts as an action, right? But to my surprise, he bounced right up with a smile on his face.
"That's why I love you, 'Mione!" he laughed, "You're so unconventional! Now get ready for another kiss!"
"No, Malfoy, that's most definitely not what I'm asking for!"
"Then what are you asking for? A little... more?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"Dammit, Malfoy!" I cursed as he started heading toward me, "Why can't you just brew a freaking serum?"
"Well someone sure gets sexy when they're mad," he thought for a moment, "You know, the word of the day is legs. Why don't you come over here so we can 'spread the word'?"
With that, I hightailed it to Slughorn's office to escape the obsessive boy. I opened the door, ran in and slammed it shut. I leaned against the door, heaving, with fear still on my face.
Obviously amused, Slughorn looked up from his book. "So, I take it his counterserum didn't work, then?" I shook my head slowly, "Well in that case, you still have an A, Granger. Congratulations."
I slumped to a sitting position against the door. The counterserum didn't work... I thought sadly. The next few weeks were surely going to be some of the hardest in my life.
I kept sitting still against the door, fearing any moment that Malfoy would come in. "Granger? You may leave now."
"Actually, I think I'll just stay in here a while if it's not a problem with you," I rushed. Slughorn just chuckled, sighed and went back to his book.
So this chapter was mostly plot setup, which explains the slightly smaller amount of the humour element (I think). But next chapter... is pretty much humour all the way across the sky.
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