"Hey Trip!" said Skye as she slid into the seat next to him in potions class.

He looked up from his book, which he was only pretending to read, "hey girl, what's up?"

"Nothin much what's up with you?" she said as she smiled and knocked her shoulder against his.

"Just waiting for Snape to get here."

Skye stuck her tongue out, Snape was definitely not her favorite teacher.

Trip laughed, "I know how you feel. But he says that he's got a surprise today."

"Ooh! What is it?"

Trip shrugged, "he didn't say, but you could probably go ask your boyfriend over there, he tells everything to the Slytherin house."

Skye looked over her shoulder to where Trip was pointing, "who? Grant? Why is he suddenly my boyfriend?"

Trip raised and eyebrow and smirked as he returned to doodling in his book.

The door to the dungeon was opened and quickly slammed shut with a loud 'thud' as Professor Snape entered.

"Open to page 297."

Everyone started at him, but no one moved, "open to page 297, don't make me repeat myself."

Everyone quickly looked down at their books and flipped to the correct page.

"Was that you?" Skye whispered to Trip.

Trip smiled at her and she smiled back, she knew it.

"How'd you do it?"

Trip was about to explain when Snape interrupted them, "no talking in class. 5 points from Gryffindor."

Skye sighed and returned to the assigned reading, "amortentia potion,"

"We'll be making this today and telling everyone what you think it smells like. Got it?"

The whole class nodded, trying not to laugh.

____________

Both houses gathered around the cauldron and smelled the potion.

"Mr. War-"

Snape was cut off as Ward went up to him and whispered something in his ear. Snape's eyes flashed if anger as he wiped the ink off his nose. The whole class laughed. Trip fist bumped Skye as she giggled at the ink heart that was on Snape's nose.

"Who's responsible for this?" Snape asked, angrily.

No one answered, "very well, 10 points from both Slytherin and Gryffindor. Now as I was saying, Mr. Ward, go first. What do you smell? And why do you smell different things than other people?"

Ward stepped up to the cauldron, and smelled it, "it smells like gun powder, pumpkin pancakes, and... something else, I can't quite tell... oh! I know what it is! Fresh parchment. I smell different things from other people because amortentia potion smells like whatever the person likes the most. For example I like going to the gun range back in the muggle world, I like pumpkin pancakes, and I like to read, which is why I smell the parchment."

Snape nodded, "very good. Next, Antoine Triplett."

Trip stepped up and took a whiff, "I smell gun powder as well, but I also smell butter beer, and wood, like my broomstick."

"Kara Palamas, you're next."

Kara stepped up and stood for a moment, trying to think of what amortentia smelled like to her, "I smell pumpkin pancakes, my mother's shampoo, and freshly sharpened pencils."

"Good, Skye Coulson, you next."

Skye stepped up and sniffed the cauldron. She thought about what she was smelling, "let's see, I smell a new box of crayons, wood from my broomstick, and..." her eyes widened, that smelled like Ward. She looked at him and quickly looked away, she quickly thought of a lie, "uh... butter beer."

"Good, next!"

She went back to her seat like all the other kids had and she looked at Ward. He was writing in his notebook, she quickly looked away before he noticed her. She put her head in her hands, "why did I smell him? What the heck?" she thought.