To Dote on Someone

"Children! What on earth do you think you are doing?"

The three young male teens instantly said, in reflex, "Oh no..."

They turned around to find a very tired and bad-tempered Professor McGonagall who glared at each individual.

Draco visibly paled and pushed with all of his power to get Hermione off, but of course, love overrules all, including the attempt the break Hermione's embrace.

Before anyone could make another comment Hermione said, "Professor, there are no excuses for the feelings in my heart. I am not ashamed to say that, I love Draco Malfoy." Draco cringed under her grip but kept his mouth shut, not wanting to get in additional trouble, especially under these circumstances.

"Hermione, dear, have you gone daft?" The professor asked with concern.

"No, I've never felt better or more alive in my whole life." The three boys made some sort of a choking noise.

"All of you, in my office, now!" McGonagall ordered, deciding this wasn't the most appropriate place to have this conversation.

They all walked (except for Draco who was dragging Hermione along with great difficulty) behind the professor and then into her office. Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Ron sat down but Draco absolutely refused to sit down unless Hermione got off him some how.

"Mr. Malfoy, how did this ever happen?" the professor sternly asked.

"I wouldn't know that professor. I was on the watch for tonight since I am a prefect and then I saw Granger walking down the halls. I knew she wasn't supposed to be wandering down the corridors because she's not on my shift for night patrol. When she saw me she pounced on me professor. I tried to get to the headmaster's office but I then bumped into Potter and Weasel, uh...-ly." Draco tried very hard indeed trying not to say the word 'mudblood' during his explanation.

"I see, Harry, Ron, what is your story?"

Harry decided to speak because Ron was still quite upset for his face was almost as red as his hair, "We were, umm, looking for Hermione because she said that she wanted, to.. a... go to the library, yes, because she forgot a.. um... book. She was taking longer than we thought, so Ron and I went looking for her. Draco ran into us and told us she was very, v-very, different. Hermione came after him and jumped on him and that is why she is like this now. We couldn't get her off him."

"She says she's in love with him professor!" Ron managed to squeak out.

Professor McGonagall paced back in forth behind her desk, trying to put the pieces together one by one. She looked at the scene set before her. There were two male Gryffindor students glaring daggers at the 'couple' which consisted of an angry and annoyed Slytherin and a lovesick girl who was literally attached to him with a dreamy smile, glued onto her face. It was very odd indeed.

"In love you say, Mr. Weasley?" the professor questioned suspiciously.

"Y-yes Professor McGonagall," Ron stuttered. "Almost as if she was under a..." Ron's eyes widened with realization, "You don't think professor..." Harry and Draco stared at each other in confusion, but then realized what they were doing so they glared at each other instead.

McGonagall nodded her head slowly, "That is precisely what I think Mr. Weasley. Someone must have given Hermione a love potion."

"What!?" Harry and Draco screamed.

"You heard me boys."

"I think the person responsible should be punished..." Ron started.

"Yes, and so should you for wandering outside the Gryffindor tower, in the castle after curfew." McGonagall glanced at Harry and Ron (who were in a state of shock) and at Hermione (who was currently trying to comb her hand through Draco's hair but Draco kept on slapping her hand out of the way).

"Fifty points off Gryffindor and detentions for all of you," Professor McGonagall announced.

"Professor, why does Gryffindor get fifty points off while Slytherin gets none off at all?" Harry questioned, with his annoyance obviously showing.

"It's because I wasn't drifting around the castle without permission after curfew, scar head. And why do I get a detention, professor? I did nothing wrong!" Draco sneered, with Hermione saying "My hero..." afterwards, causing Draco to forget his moment of triumph, and have it replaced with the harsh harsh truth of reality, buggar...

"That is quite enough Draco Malfoy! You better behave yourself or else Slytherin will lose more than a mere fifty points," the female professor threatened. "You also are on detention because I am not quite sure who is responsible for the potion. Since the Weasley twins have graduated it could be anyone and you are on the top of my list of suspects Mr. Malfoy."

"Why would I ever want a mudblo- I mean Granger, out of all girls, to fall in love with me!? I, Draco Malfoy, does not need a potion to get a girl to love me!" Draco yelled. Ron and Harry laughed at his last comment.

"Oh yes, you don't need a potion for me, my love," Hermione cooed, Draco shook with anticipation to beat this girl senseless, so did Harry and Ron.

"Harry, Ronald, you may leave now. I must talk to Mr. Malfoy for a moment."

Harry and Ron reluctantly left with a last few glares at Draco.

"Mr. Malfoy I imagine that you want Hermione off you, am I right?" Draco nodded.

"And you also want her to go back to normal again."

"Yes professor."

"Well then, I will get Professor Snape to work on the antidote as soon as possible. It should be ready by your Potions lesson tomorrow."

"But Professor, that's at the end of the day!" Draco protested, not wanting to have an infatuated Hermione, clinging onto him for a whole day.

"You will either get the potion by your lesson tomorrow or you will not get it at all, it is as simple as that."

"I will not tolerate this! If my father..."

"Your father isn't here Draco!" McGonagall snapped. "So you will wait." Minerva thought this would be a good time to change the subject, "I imagine you want to go to bed."

Draco was furious but realized actually how tired he was and nodded.

"Professor," Draco asked, but he had to continually remind himself not to kill McGonagall, "How am I going to go to sleep like this." He pointed to Hermione who was still attached to Draco and was humming muggle love songs for him.

"Yes, I have thought of a way to fix that up," Professor McGonagall revealed.

"Could you fix it up now?" asked Draco, getting very impatient.

"Yes, I will. This may hurt a little Mr. Malfoy," she warned.

Professor McGonagall took out her wand, aimed at Draco and said, "STUPIFY!"

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