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"Ms Lopez, I would kindly appreciate you not waving your wand like a baboon brandishing a stick!" Flitwick cried out. Santana sighed and put the wand down. It's cool, she had mastered this spell anyways.

But clearly the Hufflepuff sitting across the room hadn't.

She was having a lot of trouble with this simple spell. Well, simple was a strong word. Santana was getting an O in Charms, so really she couldn't complain. She racked her brain for the blonde's name, remembering that it was Brittany, and made sure Flitwick wasn't looking. She snuck over to the other side of the classroom and prodded the blonde with her wand in her shoulder. The girl gave a small squeal and turned around, frowning at Santana.

"That hurt!"

"Calm down! I didn't Unforgivably Curse you or anything!" She plonked herself on the empty chair next to her and smiled wickedly. "Are you really having trouble with this spell?"

Brittany blushed and lowered her head, her bangs falling in front of her face and hiding the red creeping on her face. "I'm not good at Charms. I'm better at Herbology. It's easier."

Santana grabbed the blonde's hand that was already grasping the wand and moved it in the motion Flitwick had taught them. "It's just a simple twist, a circle and a flick. Nothing to it! Are you saying the spell right?"

Brittany nodded, and Santana leaned back on her chair. "Right then, let's see you do it!"

Brittany nodded and gave the wand, a twist, a circular motion, and a flick, all the while calling out 'Impervius!' As she did, the little piece of glass with spots of water she had been working on became suddenly dry as the drops of water were pushed off. Brittany grinned, her smile splitting her face from ear to ear. Santana smiled and nodded her head, in a 'bitch, I'm good at this!' way. Brittany turned to her and gave her a quick hug before saying "You're very nice for a Slytherin."

"Thanks?" she answered uncertainly. Flitwick was telling them all that class was over, and as she got up, she tugged at her tie, grumbling to herself about how crooked it always seemed to be.

"Your tie…" Brittany pointed out timidly as they exited through the door, reaching a hand out to rub her hand across Santana's neck. "Lemme."

Santana stopped dead in her tracks as the taller girl stood in front of her, her hands working over the knot and untying it, quickly tying it again and arranging it neatly on Santana's uniform.

"Uh…thanks…"

"You're welcome!" Brittany chirped, apparently completely oblivious of the blush coloring Santana's cheeks. "I'll see you next time!" She hopped off, joining the Hufflepuff Keeper Finn Hudson and one of the Ravenclaw Prefects Quinn Fabray. Santana kept staring after her, and didn't hear Rachel calling at her from the other side of the corridor, or Puck pounding his way over to her. Her senses were all zeroed in on the blonde walking away into the courtyard.

Her fingers are just so LONG! And thing…and she smelt really nice. And she wears the uniform really well! And her hair…god what does she use to get it to stay like that? And that laugh…it's so cute…

"Lopez!" she was stunned out of her thoughts by a clap on her back and turned to look at Puck, who was grinning obvliously at her. "Come on, we've got Potions with the Gryffindors!"

Santana followed him and Rachel, and as both of them talked over her head, her thoughts tried to wonder back to the blonde. She stopped herself, knowing that getting distracted now, in Snape's class, would just get her killed. Squaring her shoulders before walking into the dungeon room, she let her mind take one last mental glimpse at the Hufflepuff walking into the courtyard.

Brittany, huh? Well…Charms was definitely going to be interesting from now on…