Storms Ahead

|Chapter twenty one : Too Dumb?|

"Because you never look like you're going to finish it"

"But you could always just take-"

"I know but I'm hungry" he told me as I watched the grin spread across his face as I looked at him amused

"Are you wanting any?"

"It's a bit late, you've finished it"

"You weren't meant to see that" he mumbled as the two of us shared a laugh

"So what have you got first?"

"Double potions"

"That sucks-"

"No it doesn't!"

"Oh yes, I forgot, you're a Slytherin and not a Hufflepuff. So that's your favourite-"

"Stop making me feel bad"

"Why can't you be in my house Lia?" He asked, sounding like a whine as I smiled at him, glancing between his robes and mine as he passed me something

"Here, it's about as good as it's going to get"

"A quidditch jumper?"

"Yep, now I've only got two"

"Thank you Ced" I grinned as I hugged the yellow and black striped jumper towards me before tucking it away into my bag as I wrapped my arm around him

"People think we're dating"

"Really?"

"Yeah, a few of my friends do. They keep asking"

"Hufflepuffs can be so nosy"

"Hey, that goes for you too-"

"I'm a Slytherin, Cedric-"

"Not in my eyes you're not. Anyway, I suppose you have a class to get to"

"So do you, Herbology?"

"Transfiguration" he corrected me, an amused grin on his face as the two of us stood up and I grabbed Blaise's bag as we left the hall

"Well this is where I leave you Cedric, I hope to see you again. I bid you farewell" I grinned from where I stood at the top of the stairs that led to the dungeons as he let out a laugh

"I'll see you later Lia" he told me as we waved each other off and I walked down to the potions classroom, finding the others leaning against the wall

"Daphne, describe living in three words-"

"Blaise, catch" I told him as I chucked him his bag as I squeezed between him and Pansy as she looked at Daphne expectantly

"Live, laugh, love"

"Die, scream, hate"

"Life"

"Death"

"Laughter"

"Slaughter"

"Love"

"Despise"

"Happy"

"Depressed"

"Heaven"

"Eternal hell"

"Angel"

"Satan"

"Feelings"

"Emotionless bitch"

"Barbie"

"Annabelle"

"Why are you like this?"

"Because I'm not an optimist like you" I told Daphne with a shrug as the rest of the class appeared just as the classroom door opened and I followed the others in as they tried to stop laughing. Reaching the door a book was held out to me as I stopped in my tracks and took it warily, looking at the peeling cover of the 'Advanced Potion-Making' before glancing up confused

"Page 27, everything you need you'll find on your desk" Snape told me as I nodded before walking in, flicking through the pages until I came to it, looking at the instructions for the Dreamless Sleep Potion as the book was snatched from me and I whipped my head up

"What do you want, Malfoy?"

"What's this?"

"A book, can you not see that?" I asked him with raised eyebrows as a scowl grew on his face before I yanked it back from him

"That's a N.E.W.T level potion-"

"So?"

"So you're too dumb to make anything in there"

"Oh, I'm too dumb am I? We'll see how this turns out then won't we? Now clear off and get out of my sight, my eyes are getting sore from looking at you" I snarled at him as his lip curled and he stalked away from me and to the table behind the one I was at as I glanced at the others before starting

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"Just the way it should be, I'll send it to Madame Pomfrey. Thirty points to Slytherin" Snape told me while glancing at the purple potion as a smug grin grew on my face as everything disappeared as they stared at me with dropped jaws before I turned around, looking to Malfoy as I flicked him the middle finger, the look on his face growing more stupid still as he glared at me and I turned back

"Who's too dumb now, bitch?"

*Published ~ 10/08/20*