Riley was scared what was she going to do to Evelyn! He wanted to get up and protect his friend from the Dragon-lady but he was far too afraid she would poison him or curse him into next week. Instead of doing anything the Gryffindor just stared, wide-eyed at the Slytherin girl and the Professor.

He slowly raised his hand and said what he had HOPED the potion was, at least not a dangerous one. "Is it Verictiserum?" If he was wrong wasshe going to poison him!

WHY SO MUCH POISONING?!

Eyes wide, hands slightly shaking, Helena was simply watching the... scene. She studied the vial professor Lafay was holding, then raised her hand. "Veritaserum?" She suggested, but it came out almost as a whisper.

Yes, she was scared.

Simon watched as Lafay seemed to not believe Evelyn's answer of not using a potion to control Josh's feelings for her. The quidditch captain wasn't sure which way to think seeing as he didn't think the girl was the type to have stooped so low but it certainly wouldn explain his best friend's complete infatuation. As the professor took out a vial of potion, asking if anyone had any idea what it was, he couldn't help but raise his hand in answer, reconizing the description.

"Veritserum, professor."

The Slytherin girl didn't know what was worse: Being accused of using a love potion or this complete silence at the moment. She would have almost preferred Lafay to yell then to be silent. There were all these thoughts that formed in her mind when it was quiet. She didn't like it.

Gripping her seat as Lafay came nearer, Evelyn stared at the vial on her desk for a moment, still confused as all get out, before looking up to the Professor as she started speaking. Colorless, odorless, and...tasteless...

Her face was starting to become colorless as well after each word was spoken before it burned red in embarrassment; and tad bit of anger. She knew what potion it was, but it only made it worse once a MILLION PEOPLE told what it was. Lafay hadn't believed her. For once, she sooooo wished with all her heart that Jake was right, and that it was water. "Professor." she said wide eyed, gaze flickering back to the vial. "You...you can't be serious. I'm telling the truth!"

Didn't someone say it was illegal to use on students?!

Riley's leg began to shake quickly on the gorund as he sat in his seat amongst the tension that was the Potion Classroom at the moment. Lafay was about to use a potion on Evelyn for...yes possibly using a love potion...but so what?! She was her friend and that was not fair to do this in front of the whole class.

He raised his hand after the Slytherin asked if the Professor was serious and he spoke scared out of his mind.

"Professor isn't this a theoretical lesson?"

and he sunk in his chair as soon as the words left his mouth. He closed his eyes waiting for the cruciatus or the bottle on the desk for that matter to hit him square in the face.

....

Sabel nearly jumped at Josh's antics. At first, he found the sentiment, while poorly placed during class and Lafay's class nonetheless, sweet. It was also somewhat true, the statement about being 'poisoned by love' true, though to a lesser degree. But Lafay seemed to either take things a completely different way.

Amusement faded to confusion as he blinked back and forth between the Professor, Evelyn and Josh. Wasn't he just being...Josh? Why did Lafay think he had taken a love potion? Would he be stating love as a poison if he was under a potion. Befuddled, he spared a glance over at Arya, eyebrow quirked in confusion.

It was when Lafay drew out the clear potion that he straightened in his seat a little, blinking. Truth serum? Would Evelyn lie about this? And was it so serious to have to use the serum on her? Or was it more of a threat? Despite the questions running through his head, there was a calm knowing that Lafay wouldn't hurt any of her students, no matter how cruel she presented herself. But Evelyn looked down right scared, and he didn't really blame her.

Lexi smirked and sat back in her seat beside her boyfriend watching the scene unfold. How else would someone love that freak girl? Love Potion. HA. How pathetic of Evelyn. Hahah.

Lexi mentally chanted DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!! Give her the serum and ask her THINGS. DO IT!! Oh Lafay was quickly becoming her FAVE professor.

"Now why in the world would Professor Lafay carry water in her potions cabinet? Don't you people ever bloody think? She gave the potion to the girl not just to scare her, which has effectivly been done, but also to prove a point. Just take a sip and see if it's water or the truth telling serum. I'll bet you 5 galleons it's the latter of the two." Benjamin was still in the dark corner relaxed. He looked from the girl to the professor, an smirked. Lafays teaching methods may be a little eccentric, but her effectiveness worked perfectly.

Since he was still watching the Slytherin girl and her reaction to his little piece of art, Josh did not pay any attention to what Lafay was doing until he felt the woman's presence close to him. Lafay that close! It meant danger! A fatal one. Perhaps, she had come to strangle him to death or poison him with another cookie or something much more evil and painful that the boy could not even imagine.

Meh...

She could do whatever she wanted, he was done after all. He had done what he wanted to do and the rest did not bother him. If Lafay wanted to use him as a guinea pig for the poisons class, so be it. If he somehow managed to prove Evelyn that he really loved her, everything did worth it. He could even spend rest of his school years in the detention place after being used as a Potions Class Material for a year or more.

Huh? There it was happening. She was giving him something to eat. Staring first at the stone in her hand then at the professor suspiciously, the boy picked up the bezoar and examined it some. ''Why?'' Yes, he asked the question though the Potions Mistress' tone sounded like 'don't do it and you cannot even imagine the result' to him ''It does not look delicious''. Hah. He was not going to bring it near his mouth until she explained what it was.

However when he had seen the look or, to be more exact, glare that the woman shot at Evelyn and heard with what she accused the Slytherin girl, Josh's eyed widened, a deeply worried expression appearing on his face. ''Professor!'' so he exclaimed quickly putting the stone in his mouth and swallowing it down. ''I did what you wanted me to do. I did it. I ate the stone.'' but nothing seemed to happen anyway ''There's no love potion professor. She doesn't need magic to make me love her. She does not need anything for that at all. She did nothing!''

Stopping again the Gryffindor thought Lafay might pay attention to his words yet when she seemed to pick up a potion thing (or was it POISON?!) and placed it on the girl's desk, Josh quickly figured that no good thing was going to happen to her. And it was because of him! Because of HIM! No way! There was no way he could let this happen. Lafay or whomever else. No one could hurt his love while he was alive.

''NO!'' so he rushed towards Evelyn and Lafay but tripped on the way and fell down. ''Ow!'' his nose did hurt A LOT. Holding the nose and ignoring the pain, the lion boy quickly jumped on his feet again and placed himself as a shield between Evelyn and the evil Mistress. ''Don't do it. I did what you want me to do. She has not done anything. She is innocent. Do not do it. Punish me instead! PUNISH ME!''

Pffft sometimes he hated that robes. It was making him sweat under it.

Oh shut up, kid.

That was what Jake thought as he heard that bloody first year pipe up. Fancy talking to a group of people like that.

No.

Nuhnuhnuhnuhnoooooo.

"When I was younger, third year or so," Jake said, keeping his temper as he set his quill down, and looking up at Evelyn. "Professor Kazimeriz thought I was lying about something. He let me think I was slipped a truth serum, as a kind of placebo. I was already telling the truth, but his method, I'm familiar with. It works."

And then he went back to his drawing after a glance at Lafay... but then... REALLY JOSH?!

STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE.

Kurumi knew she didn't like Cookie!Hater and the fact that she had given Josh a love potion made that point even clearer. Flicking her gaze on the girl for a moment, Kurumi wondered if the Potion Mistress was really going to use Veritaserum on her. Hoped the girl was skilled in Occlumency.

But, they were talking about poisons, right? Was Veritaserum a poison? Kurumi supposed if it wasn't brewed properly it could be.

Raising her hand, Kurumi decided to offer another answer that her classmates hadn't already suggested. "Professor, botulin is also orderless and tasteless."

Sabel's eyes grew a little wider as Josh suddenly seemed to come back alive. And then, despite the desperation in the boy's eyes, the fear on Evelyn's face and the dead serious line of Lafay's lips, it was a great deal of effort to keep from laughing. It would be rude to laugh, yes? Yes.

Slouching a little in his chair, he raised his hand to cover his mouth, focusing his attention for a moment on the grain of the desk to try and calm himself. It was like they were in a Shakespearean acting class and the walls were falling down. He wanted to tell Josh to calm down when he chanced a glance back over at the trio, that Lafay wouldn't hurt Evelyn, but there was a lesson in this and he was learning how to keep his mouth shut when it wasn't appropriate to speak. May as well make the effort now.

He did however glance over at Jake, a slight frown covering his amusement for a moment at the more serious tale of truth. Needless to say, potions was not a dull subject.

Jaina was totally confused as to what was going on. Was there such a thing as a love potion?? Why would someone use one? It all seemed silly to her. Especially the Gryffindor making a complete and udder fool of himself. She couldn't believe Ben wanted the poor girl to drink the potion. Though she didn't know what it was to begin with. This was by far the most interesting potions class ever!

There was...entirely too much going on at once. As a matter of fact, Sierra wasn't even sure why she was even bothering to answer. Could the professor even hear her at this point? With her hand halfheartedly raised into the air, she said, "Veritaserum." Then with a quick glance toward Jake Morgan, she added, "...or water." He was right--the two were almost indistinguishable.

Oh for the love of Merlin!

Sierra glanced at the Gryffindor boy out of the corner of her eyes and then promptly rolled her eyes at him. "I agree," she mumbled, "I have absolutely no problem with him getting punished..." After all, it'd do wonders for the points board. Knowing this, Sierra lounged back in her seat and watched with a smirk as the nonsense continued. Maybe if she somehow provoked him, he'd keep up the show and dig the Lions' grave deeper and deeper.

Heh.

...and somehow, throughout all this, Hollingberry of course managed to provide one of her textbook-perfect answers, earning her a narrowing of the eyes from Sierra.

Gryffindors...

Septimus crossed his arms on his desk and put his chin on them. He daren’t say a word. He often didn’t do anything in any of his classes until someone gave him a physical display of the new spell or whatever. Yes, he was definitely a visual learner. But the wheels in his mind were turning. What was this love potion nonsense? Love was supposed to be earned by showing your true feelings for the one you fancy. Not by some dumb potion. “Professor, what is the point of using a love potion? If there is a point?” He couldn’t help it. It really was an honest question.

Scribble...scribble...scribble....

Salander was studiously staring at his parchment, pretending that all the drama hilarity discussion on THAT SIDE of the room was normal for Potions class. Which given that its Hogwarts, is perfectly true.

He could feel Lexi rest against him and quickly swung his arm and rested them on her shoulders. Yes drama, drama, drama... oh a question! He looked at the vial the Professor showed the class then replied "Uhm... if we're still in the discussion of poisons-- Arsenic is also known to be colorless and odorless... tasteless too I think? Anyway there were plenty of cases that was said to be done by Arsenic poisoning because of how readily available it is. "

Seriously this had gone way to far, and Lafay was letting it happen! Josh was out of control, and because of it, Evelyn was about to be drugged because of it.

"Professor, pardon my interruption, if the vial in your hand is Veritaserum, the use of it on a student requires Ministry Approval first!" he would know his brother was MLE, "And besides, I can personally vouch for Evelyn, she didn't drug Mr Carter, this is very much his own personal will talking."

The boy was prepared for the blast that he would recieve from Lafay, however noone else seemd to be standing in Evelyn defense, and in a round about way Josh was his reponsiblity, as the Gryffindor Prefect. The Prefect that would be having a chat with the certain lion later on!

Emily was surprised with the turn the lesson was taking.
Had the Slytherin girl used a love potion?... it was possible. No doubt Lafay wanted to get to the bottom of the issue.
Emily raised her hand. "Is it Veritaserum?"

Oh, how Dianna loved this quick detour on their lesson. She had her eyes and ears open for anything funny that might happen. When the Professor opened the cupboard and brought out a vial filled with some clear liquid and she said it was tasteless and had no smell what immediately popped in her head was...water. Of course some students thought outside of the box...

Might as well say Draught of the Living Death but she'll just cause to much trouble.

Elle looked back to see some Slytherin girls and students with anxious faces. They were almost as white as paper, their lips so pale like they were zombies.

She breathed in and out, pitying them. What poor luck..., she thought.

The redhead thought about the vial Professor Lafay was holding, but could not discern what it was, so she just kept quiet and waited for the other students to answer.

If this was answering session for her class and not for her, then it would be Jotting Down Notes Session.

Witsy went quiet from doodling on her parchment to slightly gasping at the change in atmosphere. What exactly is going on, she thought to herself, is she really gonna do something with this potion? She could feel the tension around the class.

After hearing another student question if it was illegal she looked back at the professor and nodded as if insinuating a point.

"Professor, just what are you planning on doing with this potion? ...Unless it is, in fact, water..." she said mumbling. She choked on the last word slightly frightened gripping her quill.

Before she even got a chance to answer, many students has already given the answer she'd come up with.
"I agree; the most likely substance would be Veritaserum."

She nudged Jaina. "Are you all right? This is pretty heavy stuff."

Jaina looked at Charley, "Yeah, I'm good. This is just....wow. You know....wow." It's all Jaina could muster. She had no clue of any of the stuff they were now talking about, yet everyone else seemed to know what everything is, but her.

Charley giggled. "Well, if you're able to articulate any of those wows, I'll be more than happy to help explain."

Jaina felt like she was going to explode with tons of questions. She knew that if she started spouting off, it would definitely mean trouble for her and Charley because something was telling her that Professor Lafay was so not in a good mood. "The wows will difinitely be articulated after class," Jaina whispered back, afraid to take her eyes off of the scene at hand.