Stuck With You

Disclaimer, etc...: see previous chapters--I\'m too lazy!

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Stuck With You

Chapte \"I \"I have to...go!\"

The potion\'s master marchedhis his office. The students had to trot to keep up with Professor Snape\'s long strides.

\"You\'re in for it now, Potter,\" Draco hissed in Harry\'s ear.

Harry tried to ignore Draco\'s warm breath blowing in his ear. \"Shut up, Malfoy. This is all *your* falt.\"

Draco noted with satisfaction that Harry shivered slightly when his breath touched his ear. \"Actually, this is Weasley\'s fault. That idiot should have had his wand replaced long ago--oh, that\'s right, his family can\'t *afford* a new wand can they.\" Draco sneered at Ron. Fortunately, Ron was not aware of Draco\'s taunting. Harry gave Draco a quick jab in the ribs with his elbow just as they were entering Snape\'s office.

\"Ow! Sir!\" Draco stared at his Head of House with a look of mock shock on his face, holding onto his side. \"He just hit me!\"

Snape stood behind his large, imposing desk. \"Potter, are you trying to set a record for being awarded the most detentions in a single day?\" Snape asked. \"I believe Fred and George Weasley currently hold that title,\" he added looking in Ron\'s direction.

Harry was now very annoyed. He wanted this whole thing over with. He noticed a distant dripping sound coming from somewhere in Snape\'s private laboratory and it reminded him that he\'d have to use the facilities very soon--with or without Malfoy. The muscles of Harry\'s strong thighs spasamed with the effort of holding back three goblets worth of pumpkin juice.

\"Let\'s just fix this,\" Harry said holding his arm out towards Snape.

Professor Snape leaned forward to inspect the gold rope that bound the Gryffindor\'s wrist to the Slytherin\'s. \"How you managed this, Mr Weasley, is beyond me,\" Snape said.

Ron\'s cheeks went red. \"I guess I should have done *expelliarmus* instead. Sorry, Harry,\" Ron mumbled.

\"I\'m glad you didn\'t, Weasly. Our arms would have been blown off with that disgrace of a wand and your wizarding \'skill\',\" Draco said.

Ron clenched his fists and opened his mouth to retort but changed his mind; there was some truth to what Draco had said.

\"Let me see your wand, Mr. Weasley,\" Snape commanded. Ron handed it over. The tip of Ron\'s wand was hanging on by just a few fibres of wood. The core was exposed and unidentifiable because it was badly burned and shriveled.

Snape dropped Ron\'s wand into the wastebasket and drew his own wand his his pocket. Snape tried several spells to remove the bind. He tried a lubrication charm in the hope of sliding the rope off. Draco almost sighed audibly at the feel of his and Harry\'s suddenly slick skin sliding together slightly yet still tightly bound. Harry stole a sideways glance at Draco. *He can\'t actually be enjoying this!* Harry thought. Snape tried to shrink the boys\' hands, but the rope would shrink also. Nothing seemed to work.

\"Bloody Merlin!\" the professor cursed.

Hermione had been silently twitching while Snape worked on the bind. She could hold her tongue no longer. \"Sir, might I suggest...\" she began.

\"No, you may not, Miss Granger!\" Snape growled. He was furious that he couldn\'t undo a spell cast by a Weasley. \"It appears that this spell will have to be revd byd by the wand and wizard that cast it.\"

Everyone turned slowly to stare at the wastebasket next to Snape\'s desk. If a pin were dropped, the sound would have been deafening.

Hermione broke the silence, \"Perhaps the Headmaster could...\"

\"The Headmaster is away for two weeks. I will not call him back here to handle a childish prank.\" Snape fished Ron\'s wand out of the wastebasket. \"I\'ll send this to Mr. Ollivander\'s for repair--*resurrection*, rather,\" Snape said dryly raising an eyebrow in Ron\'s direction. Ron looked down at his feet.

\"And until then? What am I supposed to do?\" Harry asked.

\"I\'m going to confer with the other professors for ideas.\"

\"But what am I supposed to *do*...in the meantime?\" Harry was almost shouting.

Snape frowned. \"Lower your voice, Mr. Potter. You\'ll just go about your normal business until this is resolved.\"

Harry and Draco looked at each other in disbelief. \"Sir, I can\'t go around attached to *him*!\" the boys said together.

A small chuckle escaped Ron. Harry turned on his friend with a growl. \"Sorry, mate,\" Ron said sheepishly, taking a step back.

Snape walked over to Neville. \"Mr. Longbottom, the wands.\" Neville handed Harry\'s and Draco\'s wands over to Professor Snape. \"I\'ll be keeping these for now.\"

\"Professor! I\'ll need my wand for protection against him.\" Harry and Draco again said together, pointing at each other.

Ron laughed outright; he couldn\'t help himself.

Professor Snape suddenly felt very tired. \"Everyone out! Go to your next class. I\'ll deal with your punishments later. OUT!\"

The students stumbled out of the Potions Master\'s office in a confused clump. The hem of Neville\'s robes barely cleared the door jamb before the door was slammed shut.

\"Snape can\'t give *us* detentions for this,\" Hermione began, clearly not including Malfoy in *us*. \"We didndo ado anything wrong!\"

\"What d-do we do now?\" Neville asked.

\"We\'ll have to do just what Snape said,\" Herm ans answered. \"We\'ll just go about our business for now.\" She shrugged and threw her bag over her shoulder.

Harry stood limply staring at Hermione. He noticed he had quite a headache now. \"Hermione,\" Harry said quietly. \"I...uh...have a problem.\"

\"You mean another problem *besides* being tied to Malfoy?\" Hermione asked, tilting her head to one side.

\"I...have to...go...,\" Harry croaked.

\"Go where?\" Neville asked.

Hermione\'s eyes went wide with realization. \"No. You don\'t mean...\"

Harry nodded slowly. \"Yes.\"

Ron was confused. \"What?\"

Draco suddenly realized why Harry had been so squirmy. \"Gods, Potter! You have to take a piss, don\'t you!\"

To be continued...

A/N: I\'m aka \"Pansy\"--I was having some probs with \"trulymad\" but Ayla fixed most of them. Thanks, Ayla! The only prob left is that I can\'t put up a profile for \"trulymad\"--oh well ;)