Apparently not doing anything wrong doesn't stop him from feeling terribly guilty.

Eventually the witch arrives. "What exactly is going on here?" she asks from under her white hooded capelet.

"Hi Professor," croaks the girl.

"Bella, hello."

"After breakfast I noticed somebody'd slipped me a love potion. He says he had no idea."

Lucien nods and tries not to look guilty on account of how he isn't guilty and thus this shouldn't be hard even though he feels terribly guilty about it anyways.

The witch pulls out her wand and points it at Bella, nods, and then points it at Lucien. "Your word on the matter, young man."

"I didn't do anything, have no idea how this happened to her, and um. Feel really terrible that it happened. And I haven't misrepresented anything or been misleading about anything."

Security pipes up, "Did you let on to anybody else that you might like her?"

"I don't know her - I think she's in the EU287 with me but that's a big lecture class and I don't think I've talked to her at all or anything. I don't know why anyone would do this at all."

The witch puts her wand away and nods. Security goes on, "Do you know who might have had access to any of your hair?"

"-I got a haircut a week ago? And I have a roommate."

"Who's your roommate?"

"Dmitry Krustev."

Security is going to go round up Dmitry now.

Dmitry has about as much knowledge of what's going on as Lucien.

Security is pretty stumped. "We'll go over the security footage, Bella," says one of them, "but we're running out of possible motivated suspects, here."

"Yeah-huh," she grouses.

"We're pretty sure you're on the 'Grenadine', uh, 'Kisses', recipe, which'll wear off in a week."

"A week," she repeats, rubbing her eye.

"Is um. There anything I can... do."

"Just be aware she's not in her right mind if she -" Security waves vaguely.

"I mean, she's not drunk, it's not legally intoxication for purposes of -" begins the other Security.

"Yes, yes, but - know it's a potion, know it's only a week."

"Okay."

"We'll look over the footage but there's no point tying either of you up here while we do that."

"Okay," sighs Bella.

Once they are no longer being stared at by security guards Lucien... attempts to say some words.

"Um. Is there anything I can do to help or would you like to avoid me for a week or. Um. Sorry I really don't know what to do about um. Any of this."

"Me either! I don't have a living will to consult about what to do if I'm accidentally love potioned for some guy!"

Nod nod.

"I - did not think people did that and I really hope they find whoever did."

"Thanks."

"-I am not sure if dosing myself with something to make it reciprocal would make this easier or harder for you..."

"- why in the world would you want to do that," she says, stopping in her tracks.

"Because um. I imagine it's horrible to be in your shoes and I imagine that at least some part of that is it not being reciprocated?"