Amortentia

Chapter Twelve – Electricity

"So what are you brewing." Teddy said peering into the cauldron that Victoire held. "Or at least attempting to brew." He amended.

Victoire hurried away with the cauldron and poured it down the special sinks laughing nervously.

"Well, with our O.W.L's this year I wanted to brew an advanced potion to really show I was amazing."

She was avoiding the question as Teddy moved towards her, he took the cauldron off her and put it away in the cupboard with a quick cleaning spell.

"So what potion is it?" He persisted, Victoire grabbed hold of the left over ingrediants and muttered quietly a name Teddy didn't catch.

"Sorry, which one?" he asked again.

"Amortentia alright! Amortentia the strongest love potion that causes infatuation and obsession. There now I told you."

Her tone rang with finality and Teddy laughed. Victoire stared on dumbstruck.

"What is so funny?"

Teddy stopped laughing and composed his face to look at Victoire, her green eyes blazed.

"Nothing, it's just that potion was blue."

Victoire blushed hard.

"I didn't say I was very good at making it though did I Teddy? Could you do any better?"

Was Victoire challenging him? He smirked and moved closer to her, right up until he could smell her sweet perfume and feel her gentle breath on his skin.

"I doubt it. But I could try."

Now he was challenging her. Victoire smirked too and then punched his arm playfully.

"Ok, we'll work on it together…" Victoire stopped mid sentence, her eyes growing large in alarm.

Then Teddy heard it too.

There were soft footsteps coming down the steps to the room they were in, if they were caught out of bed this late after curfew both would be in trouble.

Teddy grabbed a package out of the inside of his robe pocket thankful he'd packed a gift off Harry earlier that day.

"Get under it." He hissed wrapping the cloak around themselves as Victoire stared at him like he was insane.

"What are we doing? Don't you think Professor Maritime is going to notice a floating cloak in the middle of her classroom?" Victoire whispered panicking and huddling close to Teddy. Teddy was leant over the girl as he had to bend low due to his height.

For once he cursed his Dad for giving him the height gene, or just the fact that he was a growing young wizard was to blame. The awkward stance he held made moving difficult.

The door they had both entered earlier creaked open and in walked the potions master, Professor Maritime herself. Both held their breath waiting to see if they were detected as they quietly moved towards the door.

Victoire's grip on Teddy's hand was becoming sweaty as both of them fought to cling to each other. Her small hand felt so soft amongst his paws. He stroked her hand softly - reassuring.

The Professor seemed to suspect nothing as she bustles towards her desk, settling down and shuffling papers. Her glasses stayed perched on her ski jump nose as she bent over parchment poised with her quill.

Teddy silently thanked Harry for the lending of his invisibility cloak which was going to keep him and Victoire out of detention as they continued to move away. They kept walking slowly, a gentle pace, so close Teddy could feel Victoire's body pressed against him, and he knew Victoire could feel the same thing that he was feeling – little sparks seemed to be flying everywhere, the air electrified between them making Teddy's palms tingle.

Before they knew it, both were running down the corridor laughing at their brush with detention, as they rounded the final corridor by the prefects bathroom they stopped running; both out of breath. Panting, Victoire clung to Teddy her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"That was fun." She laughed breathlessly.

"I'll have you know Victoire, you almost ruined my squeaky clean reputation!" Teddy joked just as breathlessly. For a Quidditch player, Teddy felt most unfit at this moment in time and made a mental note to start training as soon as possible.

"What clean record! You have had more detentions than our family put together, I hope you know you won't get head boy being like that."

Teddy pulled her close into his arms and both suddenly stopped laughing as if they both realized how close they were. They same electric vibe started up again and in turn, their breathing rates also sped up.

She's beautiful.

Teddy's thought hit quickly and he leaned into without thinking, his lips centimeters from Victoire's.

"Teddy…" was all she had chance to whisper before their lips touched, softly at first then it was as if they'd been kissing forever.