Anthony followed Irish fromthe common room. " your winter clothes. planning a trip?" he couldnt help but feel slightly disappointed the idea of her leaving. wait why would he be disappointed that didnt make sense. He shook that thought and walked with her through the dungeons

"I can't say." Irish said. Tom spared no mercy on people who didn't keep his secrets. She didn't turn to look at him as she kept walking downthe hallways heading toward the Potions classroom.

Irish walked down the hallway and saw Lydia standing there looking like a deer caught in the headlights. She glared at her, "Why are you lurking in the corridors?" She demanded.

She noticed a large red welt on Lydia's shoulder. "Who did that to you?"

She looked hard at her, "If Bellatrix had wanted to hurt you worse than this she would have." She barked. It was easy to dole out the pain, but it was a hard pill to swallow when you had to take it.

Her face softened, she had been on the receiving end of Bellatrix's wand on more than one occasion. Bella held no punches. Irish reached into her robes and pulled out a jar of ointment. "Here, this will help. That little hex is a special modification of Bellatrix's. It will only get worse and become infected. They had to send a second year to St. Mungos when she finally worked out how to do it." Her and Bellatrix were hard on them, but if Tom had to discipline them it would be a lot worse.

"Rub that on there." She continued walking down the corridor with Anthony on her tail.

Anthony arched his and looked at lydia when she mumbled. " have you ever known any of us to play fair? Fair on't get you anywhere." he said

She smirked at his comment and continued down the corridor. They finally reached the Potions classroom. She took out her keys and opened the door. She walked down the center of the classroom back to the storage room. Again she opened the door with her keys. "Get what you need." She told him.

Anthony looked at Irish a second before he looked into the cabinet and pulled out a vial of liquid he slipped it into the pocket of his robe and turned towards irish. he smirked at her. " well what ever it is Tom has you doing becareful I can't pester Bella the way I can you. " his smrik turned to a grin.

"I am always careful." She told him. She looked at him, then jumped up on the counter and sat down. "So why do you pest me?" She asked him staring at him in the dimly lit storage room.

He arched his brow slightly " I can't help it really." there was a hint of flirtiness in his tone. " You make it easy for me too," he looked at her staring at him her gae sent a shiver up his neck it wasnt a shiver of fear like most this was something else .

She raised her eyebrows at him as he looked at her. This look wasn't the same look that he usually gave her when they were bickering. "How easy would I have to make it for you to kiss me?" She asked wondering if hw would be bold enough to do it.

anthony stepped closer to her. " would yoube inviting me to kiss you ireland?" he drew even closer. " because if you are thats about as easy as i need." he was now just inches from her.

Her heart beat a little faster as he stepped closer to her. She could feel the heat their bodies were giving off. "I wouldn't try to stop you." she whispered not taking her eyes off of him.

Anthony gave her a lopsided smirk. " That works for me." He closed the distance between them and touched her cheek as his lips met hers.

She closed her eyes as he kissed her. His lips were softer than she thought they would be. She pulled him in closer and wrapped her arms around his neck. She had been secretly thinking about this moment for a while, and it was better than she thought it would be.

Irish pulled back from Anthony and glared at Liz. She was so mad at Liz, it was the middle of the night why was she here? She knew Professor Slughorn wasn't in his office and didn't like students to drop off any homework when he wasn't there. "You say a word and it will take you a hundred years to find your tongue." She told her, she was always meddling in something. This was the first time she had been brave enough to say anything to Anthony other than a snide remark and Liz had to ruin it. She pushed herself off the counter and walked up to Liz, looking at her the whole time.

"I guess Tom was right. Never have any friends." She told her before storming out of the Potions classroom and heading back to the Slytherin common room.