"MITTENS NO!"

He grabbed the cat out of the air, blushing furiously as his brother laughed.

"See, this is why I'm not taking any more requests."

"Come on man, help your brother out. You know I would do it for you." Ugh, he always used this card on me, and it always worked. Being the only wizard in our family, they always came to me asking for help with magic. The thing is, I'm not exactly the best wizard in the field. At all. Only one spell has ever gone without any mishaps, and I said the wrong word when I casted it. My brother started talking again.

"Listen, I know you're not the best, but she's the prettiest girl in the kingdom and one, ONE, love potion could really help me out."

"Ugh, fine, but you know there's a very large chance of this going wrong."

"A risk I'm willing to take."

Creating the potion, I really, really tried to make it perfectly. I added all of the pumpernickel spice, exactly 6 rose petals, and one lock of his hair. I knew that it had to be perfect, and I was pretty sure that it was.

Pouring the potion into a small glass vial, I was ready to use it on this girl my brother was so infatuated with. I went into the marketplace, and after learning that her father was the local blacksmith, I went over to their tent to find her.

"Um, hello, is Gayle here?" Her father shot me a look.

"Yeah, can I help you son?" This was what I was worried about. I didn't want this guy to think that I wanted to date his daughter, he could kill me with his bare hands.

"I have a delivery from my brother for her." He eyed me, probably decided I wasn't worth terrifying, with my skinny frame and thick spectacles, and pointed to the back of the tent.

"Thank you, sir!"

She was sitting, doing some embroidery on the ground. She looked up, and suddenly I realized why my brother had been so desperate for this potion. She had long blonde hair, and green eyes. Her skin was perfectly tanned, and she had a dusting of freckles across her nose.

"Hey-y you must be Gayle?"

"That's me. You're Marcus's brother, right?"

"Yeah, I'm Otis."

"You don't look much like him." It was true, Marcus was tall and broad and handsome, while I was skinny, partially blind, and freckly.

"Yeah, well, he wanted me to give you this drink." Marcus was well known for his concoctions, always a favorite at balls and parties for his "delectable" drinks. I had put the potion with some mango fruit juice into one of his bottles to give to her.

"Ooh okay! I'll taste test!" She downed the bottle.

"Tastes like that mango juice." Oh stars, I seriously hoped she wouldn't find out that she was being tricked.

"Yeah, I think he used some in the drink."

"It's pretty overpowering, but otherwise good."

I bid her goodbye and left, thinking that if Marcus hadn't liked her so much, I would want to be with her.

~Three days later~

"Otis you bonehead!!"

"What did I do now?!?" Marcus's face was red with anger.

"You messed up your magic, AGAIN!!" I put my head in my hands.

"Oh no, what happened this time?" It could really be anything, one time I turned someone into a rabbit. I said a quick prayer that that hadn't happened again.

"I went over there after you gave her the potion, and all I heard was her talking about you!! You gave her a love potion, FOR YOURSELF!!!" This was not what I had been expecting at all.

"W-wait what?!? She's in love with me??? There's no way, I used your hair, look it right he- oh." Macus's hair was sitting on the table. "I messed up."

"Yes bonehead, you messed up big time!!"

"Oh, stars Marcus, I am so, so sorry. I know how much you loved her." He stopped.

"Oh, I didn't love her, I just wanted to get back at Luke because I knew he liked her, and he backstabbed me in training." I was shocked.

"Marcus, YOU'RE THE BONEHEAD! I went through all this trouble just so you could have a petty revenge moment on Luke!! Now she's in love with me! Me!!"

I would have kept yelling at him, but a knock at the door stopped me.

"You wait here stupid; I have to go answer the door."

I opened the mahogany door, and to my surprise saw Gayle standing there. She smiled when she saw me, a weird look in her eye.

"Hello gorgeous." I was about to explain that I had made a mistake, and I was incredibly sorry and would make a potion right now to reverse it, when I was cut off. Gayle threw her arms around my neck and gave me a long kiss. I was frozen in shock, until after about ten seconds when I pushed her off of me.

"What are you doing!?!?"

She smirked, turned around and ran away, leaving me standing in the doorway, shocked and beet red.

"Heh, who's the bonehead now?" Marcus was standing behind me.

"Shut up."