Forbidden Love ~ Harry Potter Fanfiction

Chapter 5

"Miss Greengrass, what brings you into the Hospital Wing today?" Madam Pomfrey asked, leading me to the nearest bed. 

"Well, my stomach has been acting up, and my thoughts too." I began. 

"What do you mean?" She sat down beside me. 

"I don't know how to explain it, like... Fluttering in my stomach. Very unsettling if I'm being honest. And I don't know, my thoughts do their own thing now." I tried explaining. 

"And have you started to hang around with new people, like boys for example?" She had a small smile on her face. 

"What? You think I have an STD?" I cried. 

"No,  no. I think you're in love." My eyes popped out of my sockets. 

"No! We only just met, and it's... Potter for Merlin's sake!" I felt like I was going to hyperventilate. "I can't- no! How do I fix this? Can you have Professor Snape brew me up a potion of some sort? My parents would literally kill me. Bloody hell, if Draco doesn't kill me first-" 

"Slow down. He can't brew a potion for you to stop loving Mr. Potter, dear. That's not how that works." I sighed. 

"Well, what do you suppose I do?" I looked down at my hands. 

"Well, you could tell him you love him and work it out together. That's the only advice I can think of. But don't bottle up your feelings too much, once they come out, it's like a waterfall. Here's a tonic to clear your head in the meantime." She handed me a small vile, and I quickly drowned the whole thing. 

"Thanks, Madam Pomfrey. You're the best." I smiled at her and walked out of the Hospital Wing. 

"Sophia Greengrass! Sophia Greengrass?" I heard someone call out through the corridors. My eyebrows furrowed when my eyes landed on a First-Year Slytherin named Brandon. 

"What do you need?" I asked and he quickly turned around, his eyes wide. 

"Professor Snape needs to see you in his office immediately." Brandon said, and I quickly bolted towards the dungeons. Shit! I forgot the meeting! 

"Sorry!" I shouted after running into a Ravenclaw and her friends. "Not really."

I ran down a ton of stairs into the dungeons and finally arrived in front of Snape's office. Oh, I'm definitely going to be chewed out. I knocked loudly on the door and waited for my doom. 

"Enter." I heard and slowly opened the door. 

"Before you say anything, I was at the Hospital Wing. I... haven't been feeling well." I trailed off. 

"I understand, Miss Greengrass. Madam Pomfrey sent a letter-" I cut him off. 

"Did she tell you what we talked about?" I cried, almost horrified. 

"No, that sort of information is confidential to her." He drawled, and I sighed in relief. "Unfortunately for you, that meeting was very important, and since you missed yours, which was inevitably the last Slytherin meeting... You have no choice but to join the Gryffindor's at 3 o'clock." Snape explained, and I let out a fake groan of annoyance. 

"Bloody hell." I choked out. 

"Have fun!" He called out, an evil smirk on his face. 

"Dick." I mumbled after his office door closed. I glanced at my watch and saw that it was 2:55, and quickly made my way to the Great Hall for this stupid meeting. I took a seat in the back, closest to the door on the girl's side.