Ian handed Caleb his antidote and noticed there might not quite be one for him. He left the calming draught with Caleb and headed over to Cully's desk to get his feel better juice. His stomach was still rumbly and he hoped the antidote would make him feel better. Perhaps he would stop by the kitchen on the way out and grab some ginger ale.

He grabbed the antidote for common poisons and swigged it down. He waited by his desk for a bit to see if it would help him while he placed his things in his satchel. He also avoided eye contact with AJ and Adi.

The liquid that Angel gave her was sliding down her throat and her first thought was that this was NOT her favorite drink. "What are you playing at?" This stuff didn't taste good at all. Maybe it was a good thing that Angel didn't bring Ian a drink... he most likely wouldn't have likes this garbage either.

A few minutes ticked by and suddenly out of nowhere, realization dawned on her. No, no, NO. It was all a dream. AJ fell asleep in class and had a nightmare... that was a more accurate description. Ian, her and love floated around in her head. What?

AJ rubbed her eyes and looked around the room. Maybe she was still sleeping. Somebody pinch her, please. A glance in Ian's direction confirmed her absolute worst fear. It was real. This really happened. She rounded on her sister. "How could you let me do that?" Oh yes, AJ remembered quite clearly that her sister was too busy with Benny to care about her.

And.... And... And.


"IAN!!!"

"You...you..."

Words weren't forming. AJ had about a million different emotions fighting their way to the top. Sure, it technically wasn't Ian's fault, but AJ was absolutely not seeing reason right now. It was ALWAYS his fault. Bad things always happened when Ian was involved.

"I feel sick." She was going to throw up right here on the floor. No, she was going to KILL Ian. That would make all of this better... as better as it could be.

"I need a shower RIGHT NOW!" How could Cully do this to her? What kind of sick joke was this? He was one of her absolute favorite professors, but she was not at all happy with him at the moment. "What are you playing at? Having us take love potions. I fell in love with a GIT!" There would be no erasing that out of her memory.

Or....

"I need a memory modification, professor. A potion, a spell..." She didn't care. AJ was even willing to fall out of a tree and hit her head if that's what it took. Desperate times called for desperate measures.

Oh no... Adi.

Her eyes searched the room until the landed on him, and she could tell that he was hurt. AJ's heart literally hurt for him. She had to make it right, and quick because he was already making his escape. "Adi, wait up." AJ ran over to him not even caring that she was still in class. "I'm so sorry. I... I didn't mean any of it. You know that, right?" Please don't be mad at her.

Angel was still staring at Benny-Boo. "I'm sooooooo sorry Handsome... your not a failure." Angel went over to Benny and hugged him. "PROFESSOR You can't fail Benny... He's awesome and He's Handsome and he's so smart... it was all that headaches fault... come on Professor give him full marks." Angel tried to give her best puppy dog eyes... "Please Professor... he deserves the best marks going.

Angel then heard her sister... well at least she had been given an antidote... she loved Benny but boy if she had to start this much love for her guy everyday she would go mad... had her sister forgotten about her... didn't she care about her anymore. "I tried to stop you sister but you won't listen." Angel sighed. "Plus I did give you the potion." Angel was going to get that in there.

Ian knew the antidote had been provided to AJ. He wished he could pack more quickly, but alas, it wasn't quite time to go. He watched the sand, willing it to go into the glass faster. It needed to be time to go...like RIGHT NOW!

As he finished putting his potions gear in it's cubby he heard it. His name was being yelled, NAY, his name was being shrieked by a very, very unhappy AJ. There it was. The moment he had dreaded since AJ fixed her eyes on him when she drank the potion. He looked over at her and tried to think of an appropriate response. There really wasn't one, he didn't think but he couldn't just sit there. So, he said what he was thinking. You were under the infuence of what muggles would call drugs and I didn't do anything to start it. You just had the misfortune of looking at me first.

When she said she needed a shower, he nodded. I hope it makes you feel better. Really all he had for her. He was just sitting there when she got all lovey on him. He didn't encourage it, he even tried to get her to go back to Adi, her real one true love. She wasn't having any of it under the influence of the potion. Then she started on Professor Culloden. She did have a point there. The professor really should have considered the consequences and damaged he could have been causing exposing CHILDREN to dangerous substances that may or may not have altered their consciences. He didn't feel like he needed to pile on though because he had in fact successfully brewed an antidote. Perhaps the pressure and constraint of being under the influence of a poison had spurred him to greater focus.

Ian then watched as AJ went after Adi. He really hoped Adi understood this was just something that happened because of the potion. It wasn't a conscious decision made with full faculties. Ian trusted that the nicest guy at the school would understand that and not hold it against AJ. And hopefully soon, it was time to be to the kitchen. Ian's belly was rather empty.

Benny hadn't registered the antidote that Adi had placed before him, yet he did hear his friend speak up beside him, mention leaving and seeming better and worse than he had under the effects of his potion. Was he better? Had he missed something? The Gryffindor was still trying to piece things together from the mess he had apparently made of things. Unfortunately a yelling AJ broke through the fuzz and caused him to wince in pain at the loudness.

Guess she had been healed.

The next thing he knew he was being hugged by Angel, the girl trying one moment to cheer him up apparently still under the love potion. And then the next practically begging Professor Culloden to be nice to him about the grade. "I...I could have done it...should have done it," he said not sure of being released from his guilt. "Others did it..." Shoot Angel had managed to push back the lovey dovey feelings for him enough to heal her sister.

What did he do?

...fail his best friend.

Adi froze when he heard AJ's voice. She as obviously back to normal. In spite of himself, he smiled a bit. Yeah, it wasn't her fault but still...he was feeling hurt. And he was going to give her a hard time about it. Benny too. BETRAYED, he had been by those two. Hmph.

He snuck a look in AJ's direction. Ian was watching him and AJ was now coming in his direction. Maybe he should make a break for his common room or something? But before he could leave, he caught sight of Benny. His poor bestie looked...broken.

Adi could feel himself feeling sorry for the guy. But he was still annoyed. Oh yeah. AJ had caught up with him by now. "Yeah, I know. Doesn't stop me from feeling hurt though, does it?''

Marigold's potion had a mistake? Huuuuuh? Well, aw man! The Gryffindor totally PRETENDED to look disappointed, except he could hardly even manage a pretend frown because he was just way to happy!! So instead he quickly broke out into a smile as he rocked back and forth waiting for Culloden to look at his potion. Man, this was great!

When the Professor finally got over to him-- Wait a minute? Was Culloden laughing?! "Did you take the happy potion too, Professor? Isn't it GREAT!?" BEEEAAAAAAAM. "An 'O'?!" Was it possible for the smile to grow even bigger? Because oh great Merlin, it did! His mouth was going to be so sore after all this muscle stretching face thingy going on here. HEHEHE. He didn't just smile at Culloden, he BEAMED.

"Gee, Professor THANKS SO MUCH!!! Potions is like the best thing ever!!!" Was he allowed to go in for the hug?

Eh, he went for it anyways!! Giving the Potion's man a big squeeze, he gently looked up at him-- still hugging, all the while-- "Amazing lesson, Professor!! 'Cept.... Do I have to take the potion? This is the best I've felt all year!!" And release.

Potions is just soooooo awesome!

"Okay class, you are dismissed!" he announced once he made sure EVERYONE (except happiness draught people) took an antidote. That and love potion would gradually wear off, but he didn't want to take any chances with the others.

Once everyone moved out, he exited too and locked the door.