What girl can resist the Potter charm?

Chapter 4

Rose's pov.

"Hey, Rose." Melanie says. Were sitting at are table in potions. Waiting for the boys to arrive so we can pick are partners.

"yeah"

"I was thinking." Mel says quietly. " no offence to Scorpius, but he sucks at potions. Can I be with you?"

"what?" I ask

"you and Al are the best potion makers of the class and you're always partners it's unfair. I want an O in potions too." Mel says pleadingly. I've got an idea.

"Mel, I promise you will get one of the best potion makers of the class for you're partner." I say with a spark of mischief in my eyes.

"thanks so much Rose!" Mel says throwing her arms around me. She sits next to me and while we wait for the boys she start doodling in her book. I look over her shoulder and all I see is:

Mrs. Melanie Potter

I love Al Potter

Al Potter is HOT!

I LOVE YOU, Al

And it goes on and on and on. Wow that girl is in love… I sneeze, because of the dust in the potions classroom. I still don't understand why they had to put this classroom in the dungeons. It's so dark and murky in here.

"hey girls" I turn my head in the direction of the classroom door. Al and Scorp are striding towards us. Time to put my plan into action. Mel will never see this coming.

"hey Scorp, will you be my potions partner?" I ask sweetie. What surprises me is that Scorpius blushes.

"sure!" he says. Melanie gets up from the spot beside me and sits opposite me instead. Scorp then take the seat Mel just vacated. I wink at Scorpius and nod towards Al and Melanie. Al's blushing at trying to ask her something.

"Mel.. Will you…. Um…. I… if you ….. Maybe…" he starts fumbling for the right words.

" I think he's trying to ask her to be his partner." Scorp whispers to me chucking.

" he should just get on with it. She's going to say yes." I reply calmly.

"you sure?" Scorp ask. All the while Al's still mumbling a bunch of words trying to ask Mel to be his partner.

"I'm positive." I say. I grab Mel's potions book without her noticing. And show it to Scorpius. I open it to the page where she had doodled Al's name everywhere.

"No bloody way." Scorp breathes.

"yes way.' I whisper back excitedly. "but you can't tell Al, or else Mel will kill me."

"she won't kill you. Because if I tell Al she likes him back he'll."- "wait." I interrupt.

"are you telling me that Al like Melanie too?"

" yup, he can't stop talking about her. It's getting bloody annoying."

"I know the feeling."

"so, I'll tell Al that you told me that Mel fancies him. He'll ask her out and our jobs as best mates are complete, deal?"

"yes. Oh, and when he decides to ask her. Just tell me and I'll bring her there."

"thanks." he says. We look back at Mel and Al and he's still trying to ask her to be his partner.

"should we help him out?' I ask Scorp.

" I guess we could." he answers smirking.

"Mel." Scorp says, Al and Mel look at him quickly.

" I think Al's trying to ask you to be his potions partner." he says winking at Al.

"I thought you'd never asks," Mel says grabbing Al's hand and pushing him down beside her. They both smile warmly at each other and I feel happy that I'm helping both my favourite cousin and my best mate get together, they really will be a cute couple.

Professor Sinistra chooses that moment to enter the class and silences everyone.

" the person sitting next to you will be you're potions partner for the rest of the year." she say with a loud and demanding voice.

" today we will be brewing the draught of living death."

'The instructions are on the board…begin!"

"Rose, do you want me to go get the ingredients?" Scorp asks me.

"yes, that would be great" I say. He gets up to leave heading towards to shelf holing all the ingredients. I take a moment to stare at his butt. Wait! What? When did I start staring at Scorp's butt? I mean last year, he was my cute, funny, smart best mate. Now he's sexy and hot, STILL cute, funny and smart best mate but I mean, what the bloody hell? When did this happen and why wasn't I told of it? So maybe I like him. And maybe he could likes me back. He did blush when I asked him to be my partner. And Mel and Al like each other and it doesn't look like it's ruining there friendship. Maybe I should just go up to him and ask him out… Ha-ha...Right...

After saying goodbye to the boys we head to our next class. Herbology is outside in the greenhouses. So we take the familiar path down to greenhouse 3. I kick a stone out of my way and put my hands in my pockets protecting them from the cool September wind.

" that was the best potions class ever." Mel sighs.

"you're such a good friend." she also says throwing a friendly arm around me. I roll my eyes and lean closer to her. I love how Mel is always so warm and smells lightly of cherry blossoms. Her soft hair tickles my face as we laugh and skip down the path that leads to the greenhouse. We get in and see Professor Longbotton, our head of house and an old family friend, by the board writing names down. I see that we have this class with the Ravenclaw's. I see my cousin Louis Weasley sitting with a Lysander Scamander at a station. So I grab Mel's hand and haul her with me.

"I don't want to sit with Lysander, Rose. Please, you have to understand." Melanie whispers to me.

"oh, hush. You know Lysander won't care that you're in a fight with his brother." I shush her.

"hey guys!" I say as we near them.

"hey Rosie." Louis says to me. Mel waves hi and Lysander gives her a big hug.

"hi Melanie." he says to her, " don't worry I'm not mad at you. You and Albus would be a much better couple then you and my brother anyway."

"Ha-ha I have to agree." she say and her and Lysander start laughing.

"you just admitted you like Al." I say shocked. " in font of people." I add. She rolls her eyes and smiles real big.

"during potions, the way he was looking at me." She sighs, " I just know he likes me back."

"c'mon that's my cousin you're talking about." Louis says shielding his eyes. We both laugh and I pat him on the back.

"sorry Louis." Mel says with a chuckle. Just at that moment Lorcan comes up to us. He looks at Mel pleadingly but she ignores him.

" what's Professor Longbottom writhing on the board?" he asks his twin brother.

"Who you're partners are for experiments." Professor Longbottom's voice comes from right behind us. We turn around to see his smiling face.

"This year I decided to make the teams." he says, there are a lot of boos in the classroom, but with a motion of his hands everyone quiets down.

"but I'll be fair, if any of you really don't like you're team. I'll consider changing them, if you can give me one good reason okay?" He says with authority, everyone in the class nods there heads and we look at the board to see are teams.

Team 5: Alice Longbottom, Lorcan Scamander, Louis Weasley and Cassie Patil

Team 6: Melanie Summers, Rose Weasley, Adam Stark and Lysander Scamander

Team 7: Alex Patil, Toby Hemingway, Oliver Krum and Alison Wood

"get to work!' Professor Longbottoms voice rang out in greenhouse 3.