"No problem and no its not the one that Prof: droo told us to make. I didn't really care for it." Elizabeth told the boy.

"With the smell,I can tell that you are making the Hate potion.I have no idea why you need that but I ask you to not to use it on anyone 'cause I've seen how it works.
And careful,if Prof;Droo saw you making this,you'll receive
D E T E N S I O N........

Elizabeth rolled her eyes again, "Why do you care i get in troubl???" She really wanted to know the answer because people other the Slytherins usually dont care if the snakes get in trouble.

Jory watched as Gwen stirred her potion. When she tried to explain about the Pepsi, she sounded a bit angry. Jory was sorry he mentioned anything about the drink. "I know you're a pureblood born witch,'' he said patiently knowing quite well that Gwen would like to shout at him.

"Does she always have to seem so impatient and rude?'' Jory wondered as he continued to make notes in his book. Glancing at his potion, he saw that the moonstone had completely dissolved and faint wisps of white smoke were coming off the surface of the potion. "Just as the instructions said,'' he thought, a bit pleased with himself. He scribbled the description of the smoke down in his book.

"Don't worry kid." Hecate said and looked up from her papers. "If you fall asleep I will zap you awake."

Yeah...

"And you can always find a willing victi-Partner... just let me approve the potion first." She said going back to her papers.

"Thank you professor I'm adding my last ingredient now." Minerva went back to her potion she checked all the ingredients to make sure she did not miss anything.
Water: Check
crushed lavender: Check
crushed chamomile: Check
pinch of purslane: not needed
pinch of ginger
Minerva reached for the ginger and put a pinch into her potion. She stirred five times counter clockwise. Well that should do it then. Minerva hoped it worked she was tired of not being able to sleep. "Professor Lafay I am finished with my sleeping potion now. When you have a chance could you approve it for me?" Minerva started cleaning up all her materials and tools while she waited.

"Actually,It would help us to win the house trophy but,I don't like to see anyone get in to trouble.Besides If you give this to some one...oh poor one.."
Sam said carelessly.

She looked over, "Consistency is right, color is passable." She touched it and tapped it between forefinger and thumb... "Yeah, I'll approve it."

Yes, he was so up for it. Of course he was...since it was another opportunity to show that there was nothing he could not do that girls did. Nothing was easier than proving that point. He survived the heels and this one seemed to be way easier and safer anyway. Hehe.

Walking into the Potions Laboratory, Josh looked around to spot the she-snake however she was not there...yet. *groan* Was not she already living down here in the dungeons? How could she be late to an activity on the same floor? Girls were hard to understand sometimes.

Oh, Evelyn was there. In fact, she was there quite early, however, the Slytherin girl was currently on the ground, picking up her notes that apparently decided to just fall off the table on their own, and ruin her life. Just thank Merlin there wasn't a puddle of water there already like last time this happened.

Standing up after making them in a neat and orderly stack like she had them before, the girl placed them on the table before looking up, eyebrows raising in surprise. "Oh, Josh. You're here." Hehe. Yes...he...was.

"Ready to do this thing?" HMMM!? Because she did in fact bring a camera, and she was pretty sure she wasn't going to have points deducted since this was not a class.

"Well don't get your hopes up. Slytherin is in the lead and I have never been caught before so I don't plan on changing that today. Plus people usually stay away from me...Most people are scared and same with the teachers and those are the smart ones." Elizabeth informed him.

Wait...

That was her voice, right? So, he had been wrong. Of course! How could he think that way? He very well knew his Evelyn was no ordinary girl however...she was still hard to understand sometimes. Not right now though. Right now, Josh felt nothing but pleasure upon seeing her.

''My love.'' he said quickly approaching her then giving her a quick kiss on the lips and a warm hug. ''You have no idea how much i missed you.''

But it looked like she had a question.

''Sure. Always. What are the ingredients?''

Of course, as usual, he had no notebook with himself.

Smiling from the quick kiss, she hugged him back, though was a bit confused on the 'missing her' part. Didn't he just see her like...

Nevermind.

"I've got the list here..." Here...which was...somewhere. Perhaps she should've re-organized her notes like she had them before instead of making them just neat and ordinarly. "Aha! Here. Along with the instructions."



Beeswax. Ouch.

Trying to hide her amused smirk, while failing TERRIBLY at it, Evelyn held her arms behind her back and rocked on her feet slightly. Why in the world he agreed to this was beyond her, but she found it extremely entertaining in both visual and tormenting aspects of the situation.

His eyes widening with curiosity, Josh eyed the notes in her hands really curious to know what this thing was going to take to brew. So once she had found it, he quickly moved forward and read them all. ''Just 4 ingredients. Even the steps are few.'' looking back at the girl, he smiled ''This is an easy one.''

However when he looked at the ingredients part again, it did not take much of his time to realise that using it was not going to be as easy as brewing it since it involved beeswax. ''This is going to be a little bit sticky, huh?''

Anyway, he had better go and get the ingredients...but...''Why are you smirking like that?''

This time the boy's eyes got narrowed. He preferred to think that this was going to be simple and easy. Her smirk, nevertheless, suggested otherwise.

Hmm yes, it was an easy one. Probably one of the easiest things in the world to make besides toast. Chuckling somewhat, she nodded and turned back to her notes. "Yea, it probably is." She agreed with the sticky part though, like always, she had come prepared. Dragonhide gloves of course. There was no way she was going to get that stuff on her bare hands.

Yet with that accusation...

Looking up to him, her smirk faded just a bit as she shook her head. "Smirking?" she asked, shrugging her shoulders and turning her attention to the cauldron she stood in front of. "I don't know what you're talking about." Meh. She wasn't smirking. Anymore that is. Well, no, that was a lie. Her smirk widened.

While he got the ingredients, she'd clean up the station and make sure the cauldron was ready to use.

"Thank you Professor" Minerva looked at the potion, ok I guess I just drink some now and then head back to the common room. Minerva picked up the potion and placed it in a container. She took a drink of it and then put the lid on. "Have a good rest of the day Professor. I am looking forward to our next class." Minerva said as she headed out of the lab.

What did she agree with exactly?

And...

Why was she still smirking? And she was denying it. Why? Did not she know that he could figure it out when there was something out of ordinary after so many years together? Nevertheless, he did not say anything and walked away to get the ingredients after glancing at the notes to remind himself what they were.

Beeswax, okay. 5 flobberworms. Hmmm...those things looked to be still alive. The juice had to be freshly squeezed anyway so he took that jar taking it under his arm so he could get the little veil of calendula oil and the shrivelfig in one hand.

''Ingredients are here.'' he said with a smile once he placed them all on the station. ''Do you know what it means there? It says 'add calendula oil after cooled and before application'. What application?''

Cleaning the cauldron and the surrounding area including all of the stirrers and whatnot they could be using, Evelyn was just going to re-holster her wand when Josh to come back with the ingredients. Bleh. Flobberworms. At least this wasn't something that one...

"Application." she repeated as if that would help him understand. No? Well then, let's try again. "You think you're going to drink this? Merlin, you wouldn't be able to get the beeswax past your throat."

Farewell to those who even tried.

Looking at the instructions, she lit a fire underneath the cauldron and....looked over to Josh. "Do you want to squeeze the flobberworms?" Because she didn't. At all.

Application?

Yeah. That was what sounded confusing to the Gryffindor boy. What application was this directions talking about? He had no idea. And he was not sure if consuming it would be called applying it so...there Evelyn had confirmed it as well. This potion was not to be consumed. But forget making things clear, that even confused him more.

''Seriously?'' he said looking at her with questioning eyes. She was telling the truth, though. There was no way one could drink something with beeswax. Then eat it maybe? ''Then...how am i supposed to apply it?'' Good question huh?

Watching her doing the rest of the arrangements like lighting the fire under the cauldron, he picked up the beeswax. The first direction was to melt it, right? And handed it to her.

Squeeze the flobberworms? ''Well...i am not going to enjoy it but if you don't want to. Yeah, i am up for it.''

Hmm yes, she didn't stutter. Laughed maybe, but didn't stutter.

"Think about it Josh." Really, just...think about it. What did 'to apply' mean?

Laughing quietly as she slightly shook her head, the Slytherin took the beeswax and measured out the two tablespoons of the stuff before dumping it into the heating cauldron. Or tried to. There was a lot of scraping on the side of the cauldron to try to get all the stuff off the measuring tool, until she got all the beeswax into the cauldron. Merlin.

"Yea, if you could. I'm not a fan of...squeezing flobberworms..." Ew. "Use gloves!" Otherwise, don't touch her. Ever again.

Whaaaaaaat!!

Think? Why was she asking him to think? Was not it, 'the application', simple? ''Seriously, Rose, is it that difficult just to explain it?'' Yeaa, why did not she just explain it if she already knew it. He was sure that she knew it very well and probably it was a girl thing again but that was no reason to avoid making everything simple and just...explain it.

Anyway...probably she needed him to focus back on the job they were doing otherwise the ingredients would run to waste and Lafay would go all RAWR on them. RAWR as in a bad mood, not Gryffindor RAWR, obviously. Nodding at the pretty she-snake, he carefully wore the dragon-hide gloves that randomly rested on the station since she ordered him to do so and he did not want to think of what would happen if he had not obeyed so and picked up three flobberworms. Two in the palm of the left hand and one between his wingers of his right hand.

''Ready? Has the beeswax melted yet?''

Oh for the love of Merlin...

"Josh. Really. To apply. To put, lay, or spread on...to apply." Did he get it? Staring at him, Evelyn sighed before continuing. "You put it on your skin. Like a lotion or soap or something."

Eying him, her smirk reappeared slightly as she slowly turned her gaze away from him and to the melting beeswax. Yup, finally melting. Though was it ready? She never made this stuff before. Was it supposed to melt allllll the way, or just enough to where it was easy to stir? ........."Yea, it's ready." she nodded, taking a small step away from the flobberworms.

Those were insanely gross. How Destiny carried one around was beyond her.

Put it on his skin?

Then; after spending a few minutes just staring at the she-snake and thinking over her words, hands full of flobberworm thing, it finally occured to him. ''I am supposed to put the sticky thing on my leg and...''

O_O!

Oh, Merlin!!! Seriously?

''...this will hurt, right?'' he completed his sentence with a rather defeated tone. He should have known from the expression she got the moment he had agreed to this thing. Taking a deep sigh anyway, he nodded and walked forward stopping before the cauldron once she said the beeswax was ready.

Yes, maybe he was squeezing the flobberworm stuff into the cauldron one by one right now, but his mind was so busy with what was going to happen once they finished brewing this, he did not mind how gross what he was doing was. His expression, of course, reflected the very fact that he was thinking about it over and over and over again.

There was also another important matter. Was Evelyn going to love him with hairless legs?

''I think...i am done with this.''

O___________________________________o

From where did he know I’m a pureblood?!? Did I use this excuse some other time too? Probably… the second year thought, still looking a bit puzzled. Then, she decided to continue brewing the potion. Adding the ounce of powdered bicorn horn to her cauldron, Gwendolyn stared at Jory. How come he’s always that patient?, she wondered, really willing to ask him that. Maybe some other time, though.

Sitting very close to her cauldron, Gwen made a few more notes. Starting to smell some vinegar odor around, she realized the potion was fine. When adding the unicorn horn, the smell became more and more powerful. Meh, it’s supposed to be like this.

‘How’s your potion?’, she finally asked Jory, not even looking at his cauldron.

Jory finished writing all his notes in his book and took a look at the others in the lab. Everyone seemed to be working hard. His eyes fell back on Gwen as she continued brewing her potion. She was staring at him as if she had something on her mind. "You wanna ask something?'' Jory asked sure he had interpreted her expression correctly.

"Its done,'' Jory replied noting Gwen hadn't even looked over at the cauldron which still had steam rising from it. "Its just got to cool now. Do you have lots more to do?'' Jory thought he'd might wait on Gwen until she was done.