[HP] Astringent

When Vanessa got up from her bed, her consciousness was still a little hazy, and her severe headache made her want to crash to death on the pillow.She couldn't remember how she got back last night, and she didn't know what time it was.She rushed to the bathroom, and couldn't believe that she had been wearing makeup that looked like a ghost for a whole night.

She took off her alcohol-smelling clothes, and with the smell of potion on them, she vaguely recalled what she did the day before.She couldn't help but feel even more worried, because she searched the room and found no trace of the love potion.

Vanessa hurried down the stairs and into the Great Hall in a panic, Hermione and Ginny were just as haggard as she was, no make-up, red and swollen eyes were very obvious.It was already lunch time, and there were still not many people at the table. They were eating their lunch numbly, their heads almost falling into the plate.

"Good morning." She moved closer to the two of them. "Any hangover potions?"

"We went to Madam Pomfrey to ask for it. She said she had finished sending it out long ago. She couldn't do so much by herself, and Professor Snape refused to help." Ginny yawned big, put down and ate half of it. Chicken legs, "I just want to throw up now."

"Me too." Hermione raised her hand in agreement.

"Let's not talk about that for now." Vanessa pulled their heads over and said in a low voice, "Is the love potion in your place?"

"What did you say!"

"Not with us!"

Ginny and Hermione howled, and the three looked at each other.

"Let's think about yesterday, where did we go when we came out of the classroom?"

Hermione looked uncertain and said, "When we go back to Gryffindor Tower, stop by Sirius to find Ron and Harry..."

Before she could finish speaking, Harry and Ron's shouts interrupted the silence, and a figure rushed over at an incredible speed and hugged Vanessa.

"Do not--"

"Vanessa, I love you so much, I don't want to leave you for a second." Blake hugged Vanessa, strangling her so hard to breathe.

"Let go, let go first..."

A white light flashed, and Black was hung upside down.Behind them, Snape held his wand up and looked at them icily, and the auditorium fell silent.Only Black was not disturbed at all due to the effect of the love potion, and he still looked at Vanessa obsessively.

"You put him down first... I can handle it," Vanessa said.

"Are you so eager to be Potter's godmother?" Snape said contemptuously, "I was wrong, you enjoy being sought after at all times. Why, Black hasn't proposed to you yet, You can't wait to do it yourself?"

Vanessa closed her eyes, bit her lip, and trembled with anger.

"You shut up!" Harry defended Vanessa without hesitation.

"Disrespect professor, ten points from Gryffindor." Snape rolled his eyes in Harry's direction, "Someone broke into my private potion collection yesterday...Let me figure out whose idea it was ?”

Vanessa could no longer be silent: "I did it." The students onlookers exclaimed, but she was fearless, "Why is Professor Snape deducting points from me?" This is tantamount to contradicting in public Snape, Snape's face suddenly became ugly.

"Potter, Weasley, Granger, twenty points each."

Anger lit up in Vanessa's brown eyes, and she waved her wand: "The golden clock has landed." Black fell, "Help me send him back to the dormitory, for your help, each will add [-] points. "

However, Vanessa was so busy venting her anger on Snape that she completely forgot that Black would not obey them now.Blake didn't pounce this time, but walked up to Vanessa.His voice was softly abnormal, and it was all due to the effect of the potion.He was still wearing yesterday's tuxedo, with the tie ripped off and his shirt two buttons unbuttoned.All this does not make him look sloppy, but highlights his bohemian.

"Vanessa." He called softly, then knelt down on one knee, and held up a ring—it was transformed from a bottle cap, and there was still a whiskey label pattern on the ring, "Will you marry me?" ?"

Vanessa blushed, embarrassed and remorseful: "You get up first."

"If you don't agree, I won't get up!"

Seamus whistled loudly, and Snape gave him a gouging look.

"Sirius, follow Harry and the others back to the dormitory, I'll look for you later."

"No, wherever Vanessa goes, I'll..."

"Tongue and throat," Snape growled furiously, "I thought you'd rather listen a little longer."

"Yeah, although I can't do as well as Harry's mother, I can still be a good godmother if I work hard." Vanessa retorted back without showing any weakness, she was already a little out of choice.

The two of them just stared angrily, and neither of them wanted to let go first.Slowly, Snape's eyes relaxed, and he hesitated how to speak.

Mag separated a circle of students: "Severus, Vanessa, what are you doing standing here?"

"I got into trouble." Vanessa forced a smile, "Children, take Sirius home first, and I'll go to Madam Pomfrey to get the antidote."

Vanessa hesitated and walked to the door of the potion office, and knocked lightly on the door.It took a long time for the door to be opened, and Snape frowned when he saw her.

"Madam Pomfrey doesn't have any antidote, I need to cook it myself." Vanessa explained, "I want to borrow some from you first, and then return it to you together with last night's."

Snape squirmed his lower lip, seemed to curse something in a low voice, summoned a glass bottle from the storage shelf, and threw it into Vanessa's hands. It was a bottle of love potion antidote that was still warm.

"It's an honor for the new godmother of the Savior to steal from me. Besides, I don't need things bought with the money of the Black or Potter families."

Vanessa avoids his stare, she should apologize anyway, but can't.That's when she saw a bottle of coconut sorbet on Snape's desk.

"You..." She pointed.Snape's face changed unnaturally.

Vanessa grabbed the antidote, and the warm touch warmed her palm.

How did this man get himself here?He always inadvertently revealed deep tenderness when he should be unfeeling.He could obviously ignore her, but every time he got angry, he would silently prepare everything for her.Maybe it's just the way he treats his friends.He never dared to say a serious word to Lily, and buried all the edges and corners deeply.And Vanessa always made him jump, but he never really left her.But this is the most profound cruelty to Vanessa.

Seeing that she didn't move, Snape said mockingly: "If it's okay, go back and appease your fiancé, I don't want to see him in the cellar."

Vanessa bit her lower lip: "I drank too much yesterday... I don't even remember where I put the love potion." She sighed softly, "Severus..."

It had been so long since Vanessa called his name, Snape frowned, but what she said next killed all his hopes.Vanessa said, "Severus, I really can't kid myself to be friends with you anymore."

"Just because of Sirius Black?" Snape said, grinning.

"It has nothing to do with him." Vanessa said softly, "If you really can't accept it, you shouldn't be so nice to me."

"I never..."

"Don't rush to deny it. Did you give me that box of candies?" Snape didn't answer, but Vanessa continued, "When everyone was outside the castle to welcome the arrival of the other two schools, it was you who gave me A spell, right? And this bottle of potion you just brewed..." Her face was obviously sad.In the past, she enjoyed ambiguity the most, and she never knew that ambiguity was so painful.

"I just don't want to waste any more time making healing potions for you or helping you out of trouble."

"Explain it whatever you want." Vanessa said lightly, "but I can't accept it with peace of mind. I'm greedy and want more, so it's better not to want anything from the very beginning."

She closed the door, and the office went back into darkness.

Vanessa had been afraid to face her for days since Blake had returned to normal.As a teacher, as an elder, she got into so much trouble, and made Blake embarrassing in public.Blake didn't seem to care.On the last day of the vacation, Blake found Vanessa: "If you want me to say, you really don't have to worry about it." He said so when Vanessa apologized for the tenth time.

Vanessa is still very guilty, and this guilt makes her act very flattering to Blake.This made Blake uncomfortable.He thought for a while and took out the fake ring from his pocket: "Vanessa, since you feel sorry for me so much, why don't you marry me?"

"What did you say?" She opened her mouth wide in surprise.

"I mean, it was a good idea when I thought about it," Blake said analytically. "Molly keeps telling me Harry needs a home, the normal kind. I think we love Harry as much, and Harry does too." Like us. While I can't say I love you as much as James loves Lily, I think it would be nice to start a family."

Vanessa was stunned, this was the second time she had been proposed.The reason Blake gave her was that he hoped to form a family with her.This condition was too tempting for her. After her parents left her, it became something she longed for—this is why she agreed to John White without hesitation.

Home means that the carpet in the living room may not match the tablecloth in the dining room, which comes from the different aesthetics of the two people; a wardrobe will be filled with things from two people, their styles are different, but the details are inextricably linked; The house will become smaller and smaller as we live in it, and it is all small and odd things that the two of us bought together...

But what's the use of it? In the end, it's like moths to a flame, seeking that unreachable thought.

"Listen, marriage shouldn't be so hasty." Vanessa tapped the edge of the ring with the tip of her stick, and it returned to its original shape.