Draco’s New Lover
Chapter 11: Trouble in Potions
Draco made his way towards the potion classroom smiling. He thought that there was nothing that could burst his bubble. That was until he saw Pansy. He had completely forgot that she was in this class. She gave him a dirty look and walked into the classroom. “Don’t mind her Draco” Draco almost jumped but laughed instead. “How the hell do you do that? I didn’t even notice you!” He said looking at her. She smiled “I have a few tricks that no one knows about. Unfortunately I’m not the only one who has them but still” She shrugged. Snape saw the couple and smiled. It wasn’t often he did this. But seeing the two of them happy was good. It was good to know that maybe they’d make it through this. They’d be different for sure but maybe just maybe their lives wouldn’t be completely ruined.
Draco saw Snape approaching and moved towards the classroom. Melissa walked in and straight away recognized the presence of someone who wasn’t meant to be here. She looked around trying to find her. But she couldn’t lock on to it. Before she knew it, the presence was gone. She sat down next to Draco just in time for Snape to walk in. “Today we will be taking notes on how to brew the draught of the living dead. Can anyone tell me, what this potion does?” Melissa put her hand up; she was surprised that she was the only one that knew. “Melissa?” Snape said but he really didn’t need to. “The draught of the living dead is a sleep potion so powerful that the person cannot be awakened. Hence the name draught of the living dead. Despite it’s name the person who drinks it is completely safe as long as it had been properly brewed. How long the person sleeps is determined by how much of the potion they take” The whole class looked at her wondering how she knew so much. But she wasn’t done. “If the potion is brewed incorrectly, if one of the ingredients was off even if only by a millimeter, the results could be fatal. A girl at my school brewed it for a joke but she didn’t pay enough attention. She was asleep for almost a year before we came up with something that would cure her. There are very few things that can cure an improperly brewed draught of the living dead.” Snape looked at her. “I’m done now” Draco smiled. “Good, very good, all of that was correct” He looked at the rest of the class. “Why aren’t you copying this?” Everyone grabbed their parchment and quill and started writing down what Melissa had said.
Snape started to write ingredients and instructions on the board for the class to copy. When they had finished copying it down Draco went to get the ingredients. Unfortunately Pansy was also getting her ingredients. “I’m not going to forget what you said last night, but I don’t believe it’s true. What did she do to you Draco? You’ve never acted like this before” She pushed herself up against him and did something she probably shouldn’t have done. She kissed him. He tried to push her away but she clung on. It was one of the most horrible things that had ever happened to him. Thankfully Melissa already knew what was going on and arrived seconds later. She transformed herself into Snape (She had already asked if it were okay on her way out) and tapped on Pansy’s shoulder. Pansy got a right scare when she saw Snape looking at her with a very disapproving look in his eye.
“Professor, it’s not what it looks like! He tried to do things to me!” Draco stared at her. “I tried to do things to you? You tried to” Melissa cut them off. “Enough. She turned herself back into well herself. Pansy and Draco both stared at her. She smiled at Pansy and turned to Draco. “Get the stuff you need and go back inside. Me and Pansy are going to have a little chat.” Pansy looked terrified. And for a good reason, Melissa looked as if she were going to tear out her throat.
Draco nodded finished getting the ingredients before going back in. Melissa turned to face Pansy ho already had her wand out. Melissa just looked at her as if to say ‘really? Is that really necessary?’ Pansy didn’t put her wand away. “You’re not going to need that, honestly, I mean what I said. We’re just going to have a little chat.” Pansy looked skeptical. “Fine. All I wanted to say is” She turned on Pansy face completely serious. “If you touch him again like that, you can be assured that we will be having a lot more than a talk. Remember actually no, I’m not going to tell you. You can guess” Melissa turned around and walked off. Oh she was going to pay she was, Pansy was sick of being pushed around by her. She finished collecting the potions and hurried back into class.
