Lily Potter and the Potions Professor
AN: Thanks for continuing to read. I know the first few chapters are short and this one is pretty short too but they will eventually get longer once we get into the story a bit more. Hope you enjoy this one and please review. :)
Chapter 5: Falling for the Potions Professor
"Oh I can't stand that Malfoy creep!" Rose was irate to say the least.
"Which one?" asked Albus, from across the table as he, Rose and Lily sat eating breakfast together.
"Professor Malfoy," replied Rose angrily as Albus chuckled. "It's not funny! He's given me detention every night for the next two weeks."
"I wish he'd give me detention," mumbled Lily.
"What?" asked Rose, as if she had only just noticed that Lily was there.
"Nothing..." Lily covered, unaware that her cousin had actually been listening. "I've got Care of Magical Creatures now so I better get down to Hagrid's."
Albus and Rose watched as Lily got up and hurried across the Great Hall.
"What's up with her?" asked Albus frowning.
"I don't know," replied Rose. "She's been acting a bit weird all term. I mean weirder than usual," she added at Albus' raised eyebrows.
Lily strolled slowly across the grounds day dreaming. She was off in her own world completely when suddenly she slammed into something...or someone. She stumbled backwards and fell to the ground.
"Watch it there, Potter," came a quiet voice that she recognised immediately.
"Oh...I...sorry," she mumbled as she blushed. How embarrassing! she thought. Please let me die now.
"Well are you going to get up or just sit in the wet grass all day?" Malfoy asked extending his hand out to her.
She looked up into his eyes and they stared at each other for a long interval before she finally took his offered hand. As they touched her heart beat quickened and she blushed even more.
"Thank you," she mumbled as she steadied herself, trying to hide her face.
He frowned slightly but she could not read his expression. "You'd better hurry along, class starts soon," he said as he began his walk back to the castle.
Lily watched him leave, her heart rate slowing only when he disappeared through the front doors.