Potions was easy for her because she literally just needed to follow directions. Now, some people might argue that she wasn't very good at following directions, but she totally could... when she wanted to. Starting a potion over didn't sound like a fun time to her even though she actually really enjoyed this lesson. Best to get it right the first time. AJ really wanted full marks too. She was a seventh year now which meant no goofing off. Orrrr keeping the goofing off to a minimum at the very least. Yeah, the latter sounded better. No need to completely lose yourself just because you were going to be better motivated.

Glancing at her notes, she saw the hairy fungus was the first thing up. Awesome. AJ chanced a quick glance to her right, and then to her left. Everybody seemed to be caught up in their own thing so....

SNIFF. SNIFF.

What? A girl couldn't help it. With her clean mortar and pestle, she got right on smashing. Smash, smash, smash. The consistency was pretty uniform and that was exactly what the professor was looking for so AJ was happy with her mashed hairy fungus.

Tortoise shell was up. This was not going to mash nearly as easily as the fungus, but this Valentine was always up for a challenge. She cleaned her equipment again just to be EXTRA sure, and started to mash the tortoise shell. Once she reached the desired result - powdered tortoise shell - the brunette glanced back to her notes.