A/N- Aha! Another Chapter! I'm on a roll! ;)

Colin's POV

I looked over my schedule. DADA first with Professor Lupin. Everyone seems real excited about this guy. I swear, Hermione's over there about to cry. Kind of weird.

After that it's Herbology, lunch... Then Double Potions- YES! I must rejoice! Who's closest to me..?

"Hey Seamus! We have Double Potions with the Slytherins all year! Isn't that great?"

"Are you high or something…?"

"I only do that on Fridays, silly Seamus!" He looks freaked out.. Uh oh, bad.

"I kid, I kid. It's on Sundays." I wink and walk away. Poor guy, I think I scared him.

But I am pretty excited for that class. I get to bug my Dad, talk to Draco, and brew potions semi-correctly.

"Hey Colin." Hm?

"Oh, hiya Ginny!"

"Are you excited for your first day?" Um, no.. But I can't let her know that. That makes me less macho. And Colin Snape must always be macho.

"Excited? I'm terrified!" I didn't mean to tell her that. Seriously. I opened my mouth intending to say Me? Scared? I'm a Gryffindor! We're the brave ones. But I said something way different.. That's not macho in the slightest.

"Really?" Time to cover up.

"Yeah." No. What the heck is going on? "I mean, No. But I'm lying." What the?

"Okay, then.." And now I've scared her away. Brilliant. But something weird is up. And I don't like it one bit.

Okay, all day long I've been telling the truth. It is so damn annoying. Like today in DADA. After Class Professor Lupin called me to his desk.

"Colin, may I see you for a minute?"

"I didn't do it! I swear, whoever put that spider in your-"

"Clam down, Colin. You're not in trouble."

"Oh okay." Thank God. It really wasn't me.

"Did you have fun during the lesson?" Nope, but… I don't wanna get on this guy's bad side.

"Not really. The lesson was hands on, but the spell was common. Doxies, professor? Really? You know that already. What do you actually want to talk to me about, because that so wasn't it." Why? Why am I cursed with honesty today?

"Hm. Alright. I wanted to ask you how you were adjusting to Hogwarts."

"Not very well, actually. Everyone seems to hate me and I'm the only one with oddly colored hair. I thought you people were supposed to be strange! What a let down." He looks angry… That's not good.

"Thank you, Mr. Snape. You can go." Ouch, I just went from Colin to Mr. Snape in like two minutes..

And that's not even all of it. In Herbology I started ranting about how I wasn't even going to need to know this subject in the future when Professor Sprout asked me how I liked the lesson. Is that how all teachers open conversations these days? But something's bad if I'm being totally honest with people. I'm the master of half-truths and white lies! It's like someone's slipped me a damn truth serum.. What have I had to drink today?

Okay there was some water between my first and second class. That couldn't be it. What else?

"Ron, He's known Malfoy for years." Hermione says. Aw, I wanted to do it. Oh well. I take a big swig of pumpkin juice. Mmm, that stuff is good.

"Yeah. Crazy isn't it?" I say

"Oh, shi-"

"Colin!" I turned around to see Draco.

"'Sup, Dainty Lady. I've been seeing a lot of you today. What, are you stalking me?" I grin at him, but I'm kind of pissed. I can't believe it took me this long to realize I had a nice healthy dose of veritaserum. I'm so dumb.

"Haha, very funny. I was just on my way to lunch and I saw you here in the hallway looking incredibly angry. Just wanted to see what's going on?" He looks so genuinely concerned that I have to tell him. Well, I really don't have much choice.

"I drank a damn truth serum, that's what happened. Now the only two professors that I've had hate me because I've either insulted them or their subject! And I don't even know how it got into my morning pumpkin juice! It makes no sense. And even if I want to, I can't tell half truths or white lies! I think I'm gonna go crazy!"

He begins to grin evilly.

"What are you grinning at?" I ask.

"Well, you're just a lot dumber that I thought you were is all." And he's smirking like a jerk… And it clicks… Right after he pulls out a small vial of clear liquid that is.

"Does the truth serum you had in mind look anything like this?"

"You! WHY? WHEN?" I demand to know. Damn him. Damn him to hell.

"This morning. You don't think I'd honestly willingly walk over to talk to you at 7:00 AM, do you?"

"Well.. Yes. Yes I did. But why?" If he weren't my best friend, I'd kill him right now.

"Just a little 'Welcome to Hogwarts' present is all."

"How do I get rid of it?"

"You wait for it to wear off." That grin is pure evil. Evil I tell you.

"This sucks."

"Ain't that the truth." He says.

"Zing!" I mutter under my breath.

"Well, Colin, I'll see you at lunch. Kisses!" I can tell by the way he says it that he's mocking me from earlier.

"You would send me kisses, miss dainty ballerina legs!" I call out to him. He just laughs somewhere down the corridor.

So. I'm taking the advice Draco gave me earlier and I'm just waiting until this stupid potion wears off. I've also decided to keep my mouth shut, much to the pleasure of everyone around me. Jerks.

I'm actually on my way to Double Potions right now. The Hallways are so crowded, it's freaking me out. I'm not good with crowded places at all.

Well. I'm here. Reached the dungeon. This is a terrible place to put a classroom. It makes me feel like I've been bad, so my punishment is being stuck in the dungeons for two hours. Maybe that's why everyone hates potions.

I saunter in with a grin on my face. I'm not going to let bad locations ruin my favorite class. (1)

"Hey Colin! Come sit with us!" Hermione calls.

"Okay!" I do more sauntering to their table.

"So, are you guys ready for potions?" I'm practically hopping in my seat. Gah, I'm a potions nerd.

"Well, Hermione's excited for any learning. And I'll just be happy if Snape hasn't poisoned me by the end of the class." Hermione giggled a little, but abruptly stopped and looked over at me for "approval" I guess.

I just smiled.

"Yeah, he's been threatening me with that since I was twelve!"

"Alright, settle down, imbeciles." Speak of the Devil that is my Father.

"Today we will do a quick oral quiz. Nothing too serious, because I doubt you could handle it. Then you'll read the eleventh chapter in your books." Huh. It's funny. I thought seeing my Dad as a teacher, he would be all different, but nope. Still stone cold as ever.

"Malfoy, what are Chinese chomping cabbages used for?"

"They're often used in calming draughts, Sir." He looks over at me and smirks. Draco's a potion-eer too. When we were little, we'd brew simple ones together. Apparently hem still does and likes to slip them into people's drinks.

"Correct, 5 points to Slytherin." Snape replies.

"Ms. Granger, What is a key ingredient to a strengthening solution?"

"Salamander blood, Professor."

"Correct." Severus replies coldly.

"Ms. Parkinson, in what way would a sneezewort be used in-"

"Hey wait a second." I say loudly. Something's wrong here.

"You didn't give Hermione any points, Dad. She answered the question right. You gotta give her some points."

"Mr. Snape, you will address me as 'Professor' or 'Sir' while in class. As I was saying-"

"Uh, well, SIR, you still gotta hand over some points." What's his problem? Just give her the points.

"I'm not obligated to do anything, Mr. Snape." He curled his lip and gave me a look as if telling me to shut my mouth.

He obviously doesn't know me very well if he thinks I'm gonna shut up that easily.

"You should! You just gave Draco points for answering a question correctly. It's only fair that you give some to Hermione too."

"Colin, drop it. He never gives us any points." Harry whispers. I ignore him.

"I think you'll find, that lots of things aren't fair." Snape says.

"But it's just a couple of points, Dad! What's the big deal?"

"It's just a couple of points, Sir. My point exactly. So, if you don't mind, Mr. Snape, I would like to ask you to stop interrupting and we can continue our lesson." Bull. He can't tell me what to do. I stand up now.

"Well, Sir, I would like to ask you to stop being a bore and we can continue our argument because frankly, I'm having a right good time. Aren't you, my good man?" My Mom told me I'd make a good lawyer because I don't do what I'm told and I like to argue.

I'd have to agree.

"Mr. Snape! Calm down this instant." He narrows his eyes further than before.

"No! You can't not give us points! We are THE SHARKS, dammit!"

"Colin, stop it. And watch your language." He replies. Ah, I'm no longer Mr. Snape. I think I pushed a button.

"Severus, stop it." I mimic him.

"Colin." He hisses. Ooh, he sounds pissed.

"Severus. Give her the God damn points." Hehe, this is kind of fun.

"Language. What will it take to get you to shut your mouth?" He growls.

"Give the girl her points." I shrug and make eye contact with Draco across the room. He just rolls his eyes at me.

Dad just looks kind of resigned now. He rubs his face with his hand and sighs.

"Five points to Gryffindor." He says, clearly bemused.

"I win!" I stick my tongue out at him and sit down as if nothing happened. Then I look around and people are looking at me like I'm crazy. This is becoming quite a common occurrence. Oh well, nothing new.

"Mr. Snape, please see me after class." He says.

Uh oh.

"Sure thing, Pops." Hell, I'm already in trouble. Might as well do it right.

He glares at me, but the lesson continues normally except for the lack of questions he asks the students.. Hmm, wonder why.

"Class dismissed." Dad sounds tired.. And I almost feel guilty about harassing him earlier.

Almost.

"Hey, Snape!"

I turn around and see Seamus from earlier.

"Hey, what is-"

"Good job today. You know, getting Hermione her points an' all. We've been trying to get 'im to do that since first year and he hasn't budged!" He slaps me on the back.

And contrary to my macho-ness, that was kind of a hard slap. Ow…

"No problem." I say.

I continue to pack my bag, very slowly, trying to put off my certain doom for as long as I can. It doesn't help that I keep being reminded of it with pats on the back and congratulations from people I barely know. I mean, I'm glad they're warming up to me, but I'm afraid there might not be a me to warm up to at the end of this meeting!

A/N- Well! That was a long one, wasn't it? Very eventful. ;) I hope you liked it and expect longer chapters from now on because like I said before, I have SO MUCH planned! I think it might end up being like 15 chapters or something. I'm so excited!

On another note, I was kind of wondering if you guys would gimme a review? I like to know what you think! They make me wanna write more, knowing you're interested! So puh-lease keep me posted!

(1) Like Father Like Son, huh? (: