Blaise watched as his friend scrawled frantically in her notebook, stopping every few seconds to splutter with laughter.

"What are you suggesting, Pans?" he asked with a confused smile.

She looked around to check that Draco was engrossed in his book on the other side of the room, and then wordlessly held up the ink-spattered parchment. A matching smile of glee spread across Blaise's face as he read what she'd written.

"Do you think that would work?" he whispered, mind racing.

"Oh, yes," she grinned. "Oblivious Potter is going to fall like a stone for this one! Can you think of anything I've missed?"

Blaise scanned the sheet again, reading quietly as he did so. "Dior Sauvage cologne.... green apple .... cherrywood broom polish .... fresh linen .... spearmint.... hair gel .... Nope, I think you've got it! Although, let me just -"

He raised his voice to a normal speaking level and turned to their friend, who'd been successfully drowning them out thus far. "Draco, can you come here for a second?"

The blonde frowned, unhappy to have been taken away from his book. "Is it not enough that you both insist on whispering and giggling like children while I'm trying to read? Must you involve me too?"

"Just come here, you brat," Blaise grinned, and when Draco reluctantly obliged, he took a deep sniff of him from his hair down to his shoulders.

"Blaise, ugh, what the fuck are you doing?" Draco yelped, withdrawing like he'd been physically shocked.

"Just checking!" Blaise replied, bouncing back with a smirk. "Add vanilla," he mouthed over Draco's shoulder to Pansy, and she winked, scribbling it down eagerly.

"What the fuck are you two playing at?" Draco demanded, rubbing his hands over his head as if to purify himself from Blaise's touch.

His friends considered telling him for a second, then decided against it.

"Nothing," said Pansy sweetly. "Just about to watch the world burn."

"Well, could you do it quietly?" Draco huffed. "You've successfully ruined any chance I had of finishing this book in here, so I'm going up to bed. And I would prefer not to be disturbed by your moronic laughter again. Whatever you're plotting, leave me out of it."

"Whatever you say, Draco, dearest," nodded Pansy, but he was already stomping out of the Common Room. He let the portrait bang hard behind him.

"He'll soon cheer up when he sees what we have in store for him tomorrow," laughed Blaise. "He's going to love this trick. Bloody Potter. Can't think of a better way to fuck with him, actually. You're a genius, Pansy."

"I know, I know," Pansy preened. "Now, come on. We'd better get all that stuff together. We've got some Draco to brew!"

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The next morning, as the Sixth year Slytherins and Gryffindors lined up outside Snape's dungeon, Pansy and Blaise were unable to keep still or quiet, much to Draco's irritation.

They'd dropped hints to him that morning on what they were planning to do, but he was apparently wilfully refusing to understand them; still in a bad mood from the night before.

"God, Draco, lighten up," Pansy had chuckled after he sent her a particularly crushing glare.

"I wont," he sulked. "I feel like being in a bad mood, so I am going to be in a bad mood."

It was at this point that Pansy and Blaise decided it would be far funnier just not to tell Draco at all for now, and let him be just as surprised as Potter. It's what he gets for being a miserable old git, Pansy thought.

So, while the other students set about collecting Ashwinder egg, rose thorn, peppermint, powdered moonstone, and pearl dust, Pansy and Blaise were subtly unloading their own ingredients under their work station.

A small vial of Draco's cologne ("He has plenty, he won't even know!" said Blaise), some of his unreasonably expensive hair gel and broom polish, a green apple to be crushed, a vanilla pod from the kitchen, a tiny extract of the fabric softener used on Draco's clothes and sheets, and some fresh spearmint from the castle gardens.

They'd been very busy that morning, for sure.

Pansy grabbed some rosewater and pearl dust from the counter just to give colour and sparkle to the potion, and then set about secretly sliding the ingredients into the cauldron. The plan, meanwhile, was that Blaise would chop the actual Amortentia ingredients so as not to draw Snape's attention, and Pansy prayed for the entire lesson that he wouldn't come over.

Luckily, he seemed more interested in Longbottom's cauldron, which was smoking violently for some reason no matter what he did to it - Neville had never been very good at Potions - and this kept the professor's beady eyes thankfully about as far away from Blaise and Pansy's station as it was possible to be.

Pansy was delighted to find, as she slipped in the 'Draco Ingredients', that the concoction was bubbling away exactly as it was supposed to. A glance into Draco's cauldron in front of them (because of course he'd have it perfectly made, even with Goyle to contend with) confirmed that Blaise and Pansy's mix looked just like the real thing. It even glittered the same way, and was the same fetching shade of pink.

And it smelled - no, reeked - of Draco Malfoy. Every last drop of it. And Pansy was delighted.

Towards the end of the lesson, Snape wandered round and placed a little heart-shaped glass bottle on everyone's work station, to contain what little potion they had made, and everyone got to emptying their cauldrons precariously into the neck.

While Draco inadvertently played the perfect part in distracting Potter with insults, it was not at all difficult for Pansy to slip down the front and deftly swap the sparkling pink liquid in Potter's vial for a replacement bottle of her own - identical in looks, but obviously very different in smell.

She loosened the cap on Potter and Granger's bottle for a little sniff as she crept back to her own desk, and smiled. It was heavenly: sweet but not cloying, with notes of roasting coffee and dark chocolate. This was good shit!

"And now it's time for the show," Blaise whispered eagerly as she took her place beside him once more, his eyes never leaving the dark-haired Gryffindor two rows away from them.

Pansy stared too, transfixed, as Potter's hand reached for the heart-shaped bottle, and he began to unscrew the lid.

Snape had warned everybody not to sniff their potions while it was in the cauldron, in order to let the potency reach its full potential in the little bottle, but now it was time for the moment of truth.

The suspense burnt through Pansy's body like a live wire, even causing her to shake slightly. Potter had it in his hand, the lid was off, his eyes were closed as he raised it to his nose -

There was a loud gasp, and the bottle was shattered, dropped from the height onto the flagstone floor. Pink liquid spattered the floor and walls all around Potter, but he didn't even seem to notice. His eyes were wide with shock and he looked like he might really be sick.

Pansy fought the urge to scream in triumph - it had worked!! But instead, she skipped forwards and performed a token Cleaning Charm - she didn't want anyone else unexpectedly smelling Malfoy and ruining the fun. And what fun it was!

"Thank you, Parkinson," drawled Snape. "At least someone has brains around here. 50 points from Gryffindor for your carelessness, Mr. Potter."

Potter didn't even blink; still staring into space with that dazed expression. "I think I ought to leave, professor, I feel quite unwell," he murmured, and then left without even waiting for Snape's response.

Blaise's hand found Pansy's under the desk for a quick high-five, and they shared a secret grin. Draco, meanwhile, was bemused. "What the fuck is wrong with Potter?" he hissed.

"Let's just say he might have smelt something interesting in his Amortentia," Blaise winked, and as usual Draco didn't get the hint.

"Interesting?"

Pansy sighed, and pulled Draco to one side by the arm. "You're so oblivious, Draco. When the class is dismissed, we're going to follow Granger and Weasley, and then you'll see. This is going to be a good meltdown."

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a/n: thanks for reading! i wanted to get to the good bit haha i hate writing the buildup of these things but it has happened now and i hope you enjoyed it!

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~ paradisedraco