shifted

chapter 55- sixth year

  "y/n!" i hear daphne scream from behind me.

slowly i turn back to look at her. she has her bag in her hands and she's running up to me.

"did you hear we are doing amortentia in potions today?" she asks as she reaches me.

"uhm, no." i respond, walking into potions class and taking a seat with her.

"i already know i'll smell luna." she whispers dreamily.

i nod pulling out my books.

"blaise sit over here! bring draco!" daphne shouts at blaise and draco who were sitting across the room.

blaise smiles and walks over to us. the desk sits four so it's perfect. draco reluctantly gets up and sits beside blaise, across from me.

"we all have to tell each other what we smell okay?" daphne says, smiling excitedly.

i gulp, followed by a slow nod. draco's eyes meet mine for a second before he looks away.

just then slughorn ushers the class out of our seats and up to the front of the class. as he begins to talk about some boring ingredients harry and ron burst through the door.

all the attention goes to them.

"ah harry my boy i was beginning to worry. brought someone with i see." slughorn says turning to them.

"ron weasley sir, im dead awful at potions. a menace actually so im probably just gonna-"

"nonsense we'll taught you out. any friend of Harry is a friend of mine- get your books out." slughorn speaks cutting ron off.

"sorry sir, i haven't actually got my book yet. i know i was wrong." harry responds.

"can they just leave already?" blaise mutters, i expect draco to laugh or something but he doesn't. he just stares forward looking at nothing.

"not to worry, get what you want from the cupboard. as i was saying- i prepared some concoctions this morning. any ideas of what these might be?"

i look at the pots before us, only knowing that one of them is amortentia.

hermione answers the question, and i notice ron and harry fighting for a book in the back. i cough a laugh as i see ron get the prized book.

"amortentia, the most powerful love potion in the world. it's rumored to smell differently to each person to what attracts them."

"let's have- hmmm, miss. y/l/n try it out." slughorn says pointing to me.

my face tints red and i push past some students to the front.

mint, green apples, and rain.

that's what i smell.

i cough and turn to the class, "uhm, i smell uh- mint, green apples, and rain. i think it was." i say, my eyes flicker to draco who's staring intensely at me. i flush and look at my feet.

slughorn waves me back to my spot in the crowd.

"oooo someones in love." daphne sings, nudging me in the ribs as i get back to my spot.

"yeah.." blaise says quietly, his eyes i notice, are looking from me to draco.

shit.

"probably just my parents or something." i mumble. with that draco stops staring at me.

but i know it wasn't my parents i smell. it was someone else.

"sir you haven't told us what's it that one." a girl at the front of the crowd says, nodding to a small vial.