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To the guest who reviewed – thanks for your review! Padma's feistiness comes from her anger about her Dad cheating on her mum and Cormac treating her like a piece of meat – this didn't happen until after the Yule Ball.

Chapter Five: Detention

Fred burst into a fit of laughter after George had recounted how Padma had acted in Professor McGonagall's office. "And she refused to apologise to you? In front of McGonagall?"

George glared at his twin as he added mint leaves to their latest concoction.

"Man, this girl has balls of steel! It's always the quiet ones eh? So why haven't you asked her out already?!"

George chose to ignore him. "Pass me the salamander eyes would you?"

Fred rolled his eyes but dropped the subject.

Meanwhile Padma was in the library again, this time sitting at the front tables where there were more students around. She was pouring over her copy of The Healer's Helpmate by . It was not a school textbook. She was reading it because she was interested. For the last few years it had been dawning on her that she wanted to be a Healer.

She joined the DA because she understood that the need to fight and defend was approaching fast. But her heart lay in healing and the hope that came with it.

She truly believed that "You Know Who" was back and that war was on its way. She just didn't let her mind go to the dark place of wondering whether she would survive or not. She knew that with the pain that was coming, if it was inevitable and couldn't be stopped, she wanted to help lessen it.

Parvati entered the library, spotted her sister and plonked herself down in the chair next to her.

"You have something to tell me!" Parvati accused.

"I do?" questioned the Ravenclaw as she looked up.

Parvati raised her eyebrows.

Padma looked puzzled.

Parvati sighed in frustration. "Apparently George Weasley declared in front of everyone that he wants to have hot sex with you and you rejected him!"

"That's not exactly true."

"Wait, you didn't reject him?"

Padma clucked her tongue in annoyance. "Parvati!"

"Well then, what happened?"

Padma put her copy of The Healer's Helpmate into her book bag. This conversation was going to take a while.

Padma told her twin everything that had happened between her and George Weasley and at the end Parvati had come to the conclusion that he had a crush on Padma.

"No way Pav, he's just a cocky sleaze looking for entertainment," came Padma's response to that theory.

Parvati ignored her. "And I can't believe you told him that he couldn't make you scream if he tried! Do you kiss our mother with that filthy mouth of yours Paddy-cakes?"

Padma rolled her eyes but had to stifle a giggle. Parvati was clearly proud of her for sticking up for herself and if she was being honest with herself, she felt a little thrill every time she thought of George's face when he had no response to her comeback.

This feeling didn't last for long though because she knew that the next day she would be alone with him serving out her detention doing Merlin knows what. She just hoped she didn't have to clean out the Potions stockroom. As much as she loved examining the ingredients whenever she was there, she did not fancy cleaning the jars of the ingredients that had expired.

The next evening Parvati walked her sister to her detention. She knew that Padma was nervous about it not only because she would be alone with George Weasley but because she hadn't received a detention since second year when she punched Pansy Parkinson in the face.

They arrived at Professor McGonagall's office at 6.55pm and waited outside the doors. Padma felt more comfortable being early. Parvati hugged her sister and told her she would be fine, but disappeared before McGonagall could arrive and ask her about her overdue Transfiguration homework.

While she waited Padma pulled her copy of The Healer's Helpmate out of her pocket and enlarged it. She had previously shrunk it down to fit in her pocket so she could take it with her everywhere. She sat on the floor cross-legged and began to read a section on treating burn wounds. She found that it was helping to calm her nerves. That was until George Weasley announced his presence.

He sat down beside her and peered over her shoulder.

"How to heal first degree dragon fire burns," he read aloud. She immediately shut the book and muttered the spell to shrink it.

"Hmm, I have to admit I'm a little disappointed. You were reading it so intensely that I thought it must be one of those naughty chick books where the stable boy rides his great big stallion into the innocent princess'-"

He was cut off by Padma jumping up hastily. She was not going to listen to this.

"What's the matter my princess? Don't be embarrassed if you are imagining me as a stable boy!" he smirked as he stood up to join her.

Padma was quick to catch on to the fact that he had called her princess to imply that he wanted to corrupt her apparent innocence. She rolled her eyes and looked at her watch. 7.04pm. Professor McGonagall was late. Since when did that ever happen?

"Embarrassed that I may have stumbled onto the truth regarding your reading habits princess?" He emphasised the last word and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

"You know it's interesting that you would equate yourself to a simple stable boy in this delusion Weasley. I didn't think you thought so low of yourself compared to me." She was tempted to say something about how it fit with his family's financial situation but she didn't. No matter how much she hated him she wouldn't be so cruel. She just wished she could knock him down a few pegs - just enough so that he would leave her alone.

A wide grin spread across his face. He let his hand lean against the wall behind her and bent down to whisper in her ear.

"I can go as low as you wish princess."

Padma had to stop herself from shivering from excitement as his warm breath tickled her skin. Instead she clucked her tongue in frustration. How could he make everything dirty? Thank Merlin McGonagall came around the corner and he stepped away.

"Ok you two, follow me," she instructed and walked past them.

Padma forced her breathing to slow as they followed McGonagall into a room where there were stacks of parchment and envelopes.

"You will fold the letters, put them in the envelopes and seal them. There are over 800 that need to be sent out this week so obviously you will not finish this task today. You will come back tomorrow and every week day after that until it is complete after which I will set you a new task. Obviously you cannot use magic so you will surrender your wands and I will be back to collect you in an hour."

Once McGonagall had taken her wand Padma felt unsafe. What if Weasley tried something on her and she couldn't defend herself?

Once they were alone George leaned his back against the desk with his hands in his pockets and smirked at her.

"Now where were we?"

Padma couldn't figure out why she liked that his legs were stretched out in front of him. Could legs really be that sexy? And his arm muscles, while they were not obvious, she could see them flex as he put his hands in his pockets. She silently wished she could run her hands along his arms. Not that she would ever let her desires show.

"We were about to figure out a way to make these detentions go away. Yesterday Professor McGonagall said that they would end when we got along and while I detest you I think I could pretend to not find you a pathetic excuse for a male - sort of."

"Ouch," answered George without the slightest indication that he was hurt.

Padma sighed. "I'll fold them and put them into envelopes and you can seal them and then we'll switch in half an hour," she ordered.

George raised his eyebrows at her suggestively for the second time in ten minutes.

"I like a woman who takes charge."

"Then why don't you hit on McGonagall?" Padma quipped. "No wait, poor McGonagall, I wouldn't wish that on anyone."

"Wow, you sure know how to take a hit at a guys ego princess. You know, maybe you should take a chance on me, you may like it."

"I doubt it," she answered appearing disinterested though her entire body was alert simply because of his presence. She sat down at the closest desk and started to fold the letters and put them in envelopes.

George looking smug, sat down opposite her to seal them.

"How would you know until you try it?"

"I told you, I've tried Weasley before. Never again!"

Padma didn't notice George's nostrils flare at this.

"My brother hardly knows anything about women, you need someone more experienced," his playful, flirtatious tone had left his voice but again, she didn't notice.

"Your brother has a broad chest, well defined muscles and isn't arrogant in any way," came her retort.

Even though she didn't really like Ron for the way he treated her at the Yule Ball she wanted George to believe that she would choose Ron over him in a split second. Maybe that would set him down a few notches.

George was silent for a moment which she was not expecting but she didn't think much of it. She didn't realise the length of his jealousy and he was surprised by it himself.

"I could vomit," he said without much energy and to Padma's surprise they fell into an uncomfortable silence for most of the hour. They even remained silent when they switched tasks.

Padma briefly wondered if his being quiet was due to his caring about what she said. But she dismissed it. He's so full of himself. He wouldn't be insecure about me implying that Ron was a better choice than him.

How wrong she was. George spent the whole hour trying to stop himself from imagining Padma and Ron together. Padma dancing with him at the Yule Ball. Padma running her hands over Ron's broad chest. Padma squeezing Ron's muscles. Padma and Ron kissing.

George couldn't wait until he could leave this detention to go bash the crap out of his little brother.

They stayed silent until George heard Padma hiss from the pain of accidently burning her hand on the sealing wax burner.

He went over to her, leant his back against the desk so he was facing her and reached for her hand but she pulled away.

"Show me," he requested.

"I'm fine, go back to folding." Padma couldn't think straight because he was so close. She could smell his cologne. It was intoxicating.

He ignored her. "Show me," he said again this time with a bit more force.

She looked up into his eyes, surprised to see that there was no hint of laughter. He was serious. She bit her bottom lip unsurely and stood up so that she was closer to his height level – not that that was really possible since he was so tall.

He reached out for her hand again and this time she let him. A jolt of electricity passed through her as he held her hand gently in both of his to examine the burn. She looked up into his face and watched him as he focused on the burn. Her eyes then moved to notice a cluster of freckles trailing down his neck and she realised that she was tempted to run her finger along them to connect the dots and then see where they led under his shirt.

At that moment they heard the door open. Padma snatched her hand away just in time before Professor McGonagall could see them in such a position.

As soon as she returned their wands and dismissed them Padma was out the door and on her way to Ravenclaw tower but George followed her.

She was mentally thinking about the ingredients she had in her trunk so that she could make a simple healing mixture for her burn when he caught up to her.

"Wait," he commanded as he stepped in front of her to stop her. He then pulled her into an empty classroom nearby and closed the door.

"I have something that will help it heal," he explained before she could yell at him.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. He opened it to reveal many miniature products he and Fred had invented. He pulled out the one he was looking for, closed the box and put it back into his pocket.

"What is it?" Padma couldn't help but be curious. Though she would never tell him, she was more than impressed with the products he and Fred had invented. She watched as he enlarged the unrecognisable tiny product into a small hand sized jar of yellow paste.

"It's bruise removal paste," he answered. "Fred and I made it. It should work on low level burns as well."

"If you think I'm going to trust something you've made - "

But he cut her off. "It works, I've used it many times myself."

"Well what's in it? If it doesn't have rose oil in it, it won't work on burns."

"It does have rose oil and crushed porcupine quills, honey and diced mandrake root."

Padma blinked in surprise. She thought about how those ingredients would work together to heal her burn quite nicely. But how did he get the mandrake to mix with the porcupine quills without exploding?

"How did you get the mandrake and quills to mix properly?" she asked.

George smirked and opened the lid of the jar. He passed it to Padma to hold. He dipped two fingers into the paste and used his other hand to reach for Padma's hand.

Padma shivered slightly as he lightly grazed his thumb over the top of her hand where the burn was. Her skin tingled.

He held her arm with one hand to keep it steady and then smoothed the paste over the burn with his two fingers of the other hand. Padma instantly felt a coolness surround the burn. She couldn't believe that she could already feel it working.

"It should be fine in about two hours. If it were a bruise it would only taken one hour.

Padma didn't notice that he was still holding her arm.

"That's amazing," Padma said in quiet awe as she looked at the yellow paste on her burn.

George grinned cockily. "Most ladies say that when I'm touching them."

Padma snatched her arm away and looked up at him. He was back. She could tell by his expression that any part of him that she could admire had vanished.

"Goodnight princess," he said smoothly and before she could tell him not to call her that he was gone.

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