"Come on... Please...please....help me...," Bambam rubbed his palms together in front of his face, begging you incessantly. "I swear I'll return the favor and help you with the Veritaserum potion that you failed last time."
"Are you even sure that you can get it right?" you raised an eyebrow at him, quite doubtful that he could return your favor.
"Of course, I can," he seemed crossed. "I'm from Slytherin, of course I can do it. What do you take me for? So, are you in?"
You chewed the inside of your cheek, thinking of your options. Yeah sure, the head of Slytherin house is the Master of Potion, but that didn't guarantee that all his pupils were going to ace in Potion as well. You weren't sure that he could keep his end of the bargain.
"Come on... Just say yes, pleaseee????" he tried his best to put up the puppy face and you couldn't help but chuckle at his expression.
"Okay fine," you rolled your eyes. "But where can we practice? It's not like we can practice Defense Against Dark Arts in the hallway," you pointed out.
"Don't worry," he wiggled his eyebrows. "I know just the place. I've heard from Gryffindor boys that Harry used this place to train the others once."
"You mean the 'Room of Requirement'?" you asked. "But do you know where is it?"
"Yeah, roughly. We'll just need to proof the rumour. Let's meet up here, at 7PM? I think it's enough time to practice before the curfew," he decided and you agreed.
You two faced the wall in front of you, nervous that the room wouldn't show up. The hallway was practically deserted so it was just the two of you. No one else in sight.
"Remember, we have to imagine whatever we want in the room in our head," he warned you as if you didn't know it yet, "So, we want a spacious space where we can practice defense. It'd be better if we imagine mannequins or other stuff that we need to be there as well."
You nodded again, "Okay. On the count of three?" You faced him and he nodded. You focused your mind, imagining the space with the equipments that you needed to practice defence with him and after the count of three, suddenly the wall trembled. You stepped backward as you saw the wall shifted to the side and a big door appeared in the middle. You gulped and tilted your head, ordering Bambam to open the door while you walked behind him. You heard him exhaled and then pulled the door open, and you felt a tug on your wrist, pulling you inside the room.
The room was dark so it took you a few seconds to adjust to the darkness. Once your eyes could see clearly, you were relieved to see that the rumour was true. You two managed to open the Room of Requirement and it provided everything that you needed.
"Okay," you tapped his shoulder. "I guess we can start practicing now. Start from the beginning?"
He nodded, "Yeah. Please be gentle," he begged as the first charm to practice was Expelliarmus, basic but effective. You two faced each other within certain distance and you counted to three before both of you screamed Expeliarmus! You were a tad quicker than him so he was sent flying backward until his body dropped back on the floor.
"Ouch," he rubbed his shoulder, "geez. .. you're quick. Any tips?" You shrugged but proceeded to show him what you usually did and he copied your gesture. He tried using the charm against the mannequins a few times before asking you to be his opponent once again. This time, both of you reacted at the same time, thus sending both of you flying and landing on the floor. Since he was able to master the first one, you taught him another charm. And that was what you were doing for an hour before you ended the session. You were cleaning up, getting ready to leave when you spotted something weird.
