Outcasted

7- Potions

Willows POV

It's been over a week since the kiss. I've none stop thought about it. I've been distracted from lessons because of it. During the past week Fred asked me to be his Girlfriend and i said yes. I wonder if he will ask me to the ball.

It's the last lesson of the day. Potions. Potions isn't to bad except from my cauldrons next to Zabini's. Zabini had broken his wrist from quidditch practice so he's not in the best of moods.

I walk into potions and towards my cauldron. Zabini is already there. He locks eye contact with me and i wait for him to say some stupid comment but he doesn't. Instead he quickly looks away. I shrug if off because it's probably to do with him not being able to play quidditch. I only then just realised Slughorn wasn't there and Snape was covering the lesson.

"Today you will be brewing the Draught of Living Death potion!" Snape announces to the class "You will find the recipe on page 173 of your books, follow it carefully" Snap says eyeing down Neville Longbottom as he says the last part. "Professor, i can't cut Asphodel roots because of my wrist" Zabini said. "Lovegood cut Zabini's roots" Proffesor Snape said without looking in their direction. I say nothing and grab his roots. I begin to cut them. "Do it neatly" Zabini remarked. "I am." I finish cutting his roots and place them next to his cauldron. Before he could ask i picked up the bottle of Infusion of Wormwood and placed it i front of him. "Thank you Lovegood" Zabini says. I paused for a second and looked up at him he refused to look at me. Did he just say thank you? What ever medicine Madam Pomfrey is giving him for his wrist is getting to his head.

"5 minuets left" Proffesor Snape says without any emotion. I carefully stir my potion 7 times anti-clockwise. I then poor it into a beaker and place it onto a holder. I see Zabini's potion is done too so i pour his into a beaker for him too. Snape brings over a slug to each person. He comes around one bye one pouring their potion onto the slug. Nobodies had worked until he walked up to mine. He pours the green steamy solution onto the slug. The slug starts fidgeting and lets out a small squeal indicating that the potion worked. "Well done miss Lovegood" Snape said with a straight face. He then moves over to Zabini's potion. Zabini's slug lets out a squeal too. Both our potions worked. "10 points to Slytherin for Miss Lovegood's and Mr Zabini's potions. Class dismissed" he says again with a straight face.

I turn to walk out of the door but Zabini stops me. "Thanks again Lovegood" He says with a smile and walks away. Now i know im not going crazy. He said thank you twice and smiled!?