Take it to the Limit

Summary: A/U, O/C; I was looking for a way to be accepted as a True Slytherin before Graduation. It started out as a bet. A simple bet to prove I was better at catching a guy than Bridget was. Of course, everything is different when the guy you are betting on is Draco Malfoy.

Disclaimer: I own Lexis, Bridget, Brooke, and everyone you don’t recognize, the rest are JK Rowling’s

Chapter Six: Let the Fun Begin

Potions class started extremely too early for me the next day. Although it was the same time as always, the night before was such torture, I got zero sleep, that it made getting up a living hell. My head hit the table in front of me before my arse touched the chair. Brooke had been up and gone to breakfast before I had even stirred this morning. Unfortunately, as I’ve been making a habit of, I missed breakfast. So I hadn’t seen Brooke since last night during our little conversation. I desperately needed to talk to her about it. I was beginning to regret the whole thing.

I heard the chair next to me scrap the floor as someone pulled it out. Thinking it was Brooke, I lifted my head to talk to her. All the words left my mouth as I saw it was Draco Malfoy sitting next to me instead of my best friend. Through out our 6 ½ years at Hogwarts, not one time did Draco Malfoy voluntarily sit next to me. I was thrown off track. Something was up. Could this be the work of the potion?

“Hey.” He mumbled pulling out his books to finish up some homework from last class that I suddenly remembered I forgot to do. Oh well, I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on it now.

With a sudden bang the door to the classroom slam shut and Snape made his way down the aisle. I turned around scanning the people behind us. Draco and I had been sitting on the second row so there were many people located behind us.

I quickly spotted Brooke Doster sitting three tables behind us next to one of Bridget’s whores. She noticed me staring and shrugged helplessly as if to answer why she wasn’t the one sitting next to me.

Luckily for me, that day just happened to be one of Snape’s lecture days in which we wouldn’t have to interact with our partners sitting next to us. Of course, that didn’t by any means make it comfortable. I kept shifting as if I couldn’t get situated correctly.

Every time I moved my chair would squeak and I would wince. I was positive Malfoy could tell how uncomfortable I was, but his eyes remained on Snape. So I desperately fought to keep mine on him too. It was a losing battle.

“Your bloody potion didn’t work, Anderson.” The sudden feel of his breath on my ear made my whole body tense despite me not wanting it too. I turned and looked at him slowly to see a mocking smirk on his face.

His sentence only confirmed my thoughts. He took the potion, and his smirk instead of anger signaled it was working. Oh Merlin, I was in for it now. I really needed to learn to think things through before acting on them.

“Did you hear me?” He whispered. His voice didn’t sound angry like I had expected it to after finding out his potion didn’t work; one he paid good money for. I probably had the love potion to thank for that.

“Yes.” I hissed, my eyes never leaving Professor Snape. He was still lecturing on and on about using the right amount of cricket’s blood and the dangers of using too much. I pretend I was beyond interested in his every word. Draco shifted in his chair. He was leaning closer to me. I didn’t even have to look over at him to know. He was so close I could feel his body heat.

“I won’t demand a refund.” He whispered. I could actually feel his breath on my ear. A blush crept up my cheeks at the thought of people noticing Draco sitting so close to me. Suddenly the corners of my mouth tugged upwards into a semi-smile at the thought of Bridget sitting a mere two seats behind us seeing everything.

I tried to appear relaxed as if it was no surprise Draco was giving me this much attention. I turned my head slightly to face him. I gave him one breath taking smile. His eyebrows rose, and he gave me a look of surprise. I rarely gave that smile to anyone especially not to Draco Malfoy. I decided to keep the conversation going so he wouldn’t pull away.

I mouthed, “Why not?”

Then he smirked almost ruining the whole moment. His smirks do that to me. He leaned towards my ear and whispered, “I want something else.”

There was almost a sexy drawl to his voice that sent chills down my spine, and I did not like the feeling. That was definitely not an answer I was expecting. I opened my mouth praying for words to come out and make a cool collected sentence, but they never got the chance.

A loud bang rang through the classroom making all the students whence. My attention jumped a crossed as Draco casually leaned back out of my personal space. I let out a breath I didn’t even know I had been holding. A crossed the room, Professor Snape was standing over stupid Potter and Weasley’s desk hold a piece of parchment that obviously held an ugly picture of Snape himself. Relief flowed through my body as the bells rang immediately afterwards. Class was over, and I could finally escape Draco Malfoy for another few hours.

I spent the rest of the afternoon hiding out in the library. Ok, call me a chicken. Call me whatever you want...I don’t care. I just needed time to think a little more about my plan. And now that I’ve done that I am refreshed and ready to take on a certain Mr. Draco Malfoy.

I figured I shouldn’t stress so much about this. I knew what was going to happen with that lust potion. There’s no doubt in my mind that I can’t handle a horny teenage boy. I’m a girl...it’s not like I haven’t done it before.

As soon as I walked through the Slytherin common room entrance all my confidence flew from my body. The sitting area was full with 7 year boys. Including Draco. My eyes had landed on him first. His blonde hair was tossed about as if he had just woken up, but even I had to admit it still looked good. His tie was untied and hanging freely from his neck while his shirt was half way unbuttoned. I didn’t recognize many of the other boys. Fat Crabbe and Ugly Goyle were present.

A loud whistle rang through the air and I earned everyone of those boys’s attention. I resisted the urge to groan as I realized Blaise Zabini was standing right next to me and a little too close for comfort. He wiggled his eye brows up and down. “Is it just me or do you look even sexier today?”

“It’s just you.” I mumbled hoping he would believe it and go away, but I had to stop and ask myself ‘Has that ever really worked with Zabini?’ The answer was no, and apparently it wasn’t going to work this time. He put his arm around my shoulder and I pushed it off. For some reason all the boys were still watching us.

“Come on, babe. Let’s go back to my dorm a while.” He grinned and leaned forward to kiss me. Before he got the chance I walked away and sat on the couch next to Malfoy. He gave me a nod instead of his usual insult. I smiled. The potion seemed to be working slowly but surely.

“Hello, Draco.” I smiled sweetly. Maybe I could help push this potion along. It obviously couldn’t hurt to try

He lifted his eyes to mine then they dropped downward. Normally this would bother me and I would cuss him out, but since he is the boy I am supposed to be seducing, I guessed I could let it slide. Just this once. “You do look good today.” He mumbled before picking up a copy of Quidditch Weekly off the table. My hands immediately flew to my hair and I began running them through it and straightening my outfit to fit better.

Draco looked back at me amused, “I said you looked good. Why are you trying to fix everything?”

“I-uh-I just...habit?” He shrugged at my answer before going back to the magazine.

“Come on, Doll.” For the first time I noticed Blaise had moved to sit on the other side of me. I shifted awkwardly leaning away from him and unfortunately closer to Draco. Draco must have noticed my sneering at the boy because he seemed highly amused. Not getting the clue Blaise leaned closer to me, “Let’s go play in my dorm.”

I clenched my jaw, “I will not now nor ever be entering your dorm, Zabini.”

He raised his eyebrows up and down trying to look attractive, but just came off as stupid, “You say that now, but tomorrow night you’ll be begging for me to open the door. Don’t worry, love, I’ll open it.”

I sneered, “You bastard. I wouldn’t go into your dorm if your life depended on it. Hell, I wouldn’t go if my life depended on it.”

The smile was off his face for a mere second before he asked, “Well, how about going to Hogsmeade with me this Saturday?” Obviously my turning him down was having very little affect on him. I was just about ready to let him have it when a voice spoke up for me.

“She can’t. She’s going with me.” I turned completely around to face the owner of the voice. Draco Malfoy.

“Where have you been all day! I’ve been looking every where for you. After Potions it seems you just disappeared off the face of the earth!” Brooke immediately bombarded me with questions as I entered our dorm for the first time since this morning, and it was already past 8 o’clock.

“You know me...just here and there.” I jumped onto my bed burying my face into my pillow.

I heard Brooke sigh and the creaking of my bed signaling she sat down next to me, “You were at the library all day again, weren’t you? I swear you should have been a Ravenclaw as much time as you spend in the library.”

I lifted my head to give her a hard glare. I did not need my best friend thinking I shouldn’t be in Slytherin either. I had to have someone on my side. “Don’t tell me you’re turning against me being a true Slytherin too.”

“What? No! You know that’s not what I meant. I was only joking. You’re so sensitive about it.”

“Well you would be too!” I yelled turning my back to her.

I heard her sigh yet again, “Don’t you dare go into that bloody ‘nobody gets how mistreated I am’ mood. You’re no different than any other person in this school.”

I looked up at her a little shocked at her sudden streak of anger. I knew she had a short temper and I had seen her get mad at others tons of times, but this was the first time she had actually broke out and yelled at me. Quite frankly, I wasn’t sure how to handle it. After a few more seconds of us just staring at each other we broke out into a random fit of giggles.

“Wow.” I said between laughter.

Brooke nodded trying to catch her breath, “Never again.”

I nodded in agreement, “Promise.”

A/n: Wow. I do believe that this is the longest I’ve ever been without updating. I’ve missed it so much. Things have just been coming up left and right, and school work...blah blah blah...same old same old excuses. Don’t kill me! Just review!