They were going to be making Pizza?

Well that was definitely something she'd never gotten the chance to do with Ella last term. But a part of her was wishing that she could have asked Ella to teach her that, so that she wouldn't be feeling as panicked as she was now. But thankfully, Professor Hadley said that they could work in pairs. BUT first, she had to go & wash her wands, as directed. Dirty hands probably weren't the best thing when it came to cooking, right? Right.

Walking over to the sink, she turned on the faucet as she washed her hands with clean soap & warm water. After that she walked by Professor Hadley where she was keeping the aprons & quickly took one in her tiny hands. Walking back towards her work station, beside that boy who'd waved & smiled at her before, she took a moment to put the apron on. Then took another few seconds to tie her hair up, because she definitely knew she didn't want any Josie hair in her pizza.

She took her seat beside the boy again & looked at all of the cooking supplies in front of her. Then at the boy from before. She cleared her throat & spoke in a rather soft tone, "S-So..U-Um...W-Would you want to partner up?" But then the babbling came about, "B-But you don't have to...I-I mean, I-I'm sure..I could a-always ask someone else.." She wouldn't blame him, she was babbling like someone had cast some Babbling Charm on her or something.

Y’know, growing boy is hungry, and if he starts right away then maybe he’ll get to have his pizza sooner, yeah? With or without a part—

Ohwait. Hold on. Ethan caught sight of Josette as she got herself an apron and sat beside him. He knew that it was wrong to stare, but the Slytherin couldn’t help it. “What in Hades’ lair is going on?” Ethan thought as he closed his gaping mouth and looked away immediately. Did he just watch her don her apron and tie her hair? Ethan felt his ears go red in embarrassment and swallowed the bile in his mouth. Simultaneously, he looked for Simon. Where is he? Cutty? Grayson? Guys?

What.Is.Going.On.

The Slytherin blinked a couple of times when Josette started talking. She was actually talking to him? Did she just ask him to be her partner? FOR REAL? Ethan, for the first time, didn’t know what to say. He felt like his brain was running on a 128mb RAM, and hated it. Why can’t he talk?

Wait. She’s not gonna go and find another partner, yeah? “No! I mean...uh. Yeah, I’d love to partner up with you.” Ethan paused and grinned as soon as he got his momentum back. MERLIN. Hopefully he wasn’t blushing. That’s the last thing he needed that moment. The Slytherin bit his lip to prevent himself from smiling, then gestured Josette to look at the board. “Are we ready to give it a go?” he asked. “Uh...I’m not really a kitchen person. I...only eat, so...” Ethan shrugged as he tried his best to start a conversation. “I’ll help of course! Just...uhm...tell me what to do.” Yup, he was giving her the lead this time.

"Oh, for Merlin's sake, Mordaunt. Stop staring!"

While she was in the middle of following the Professor's instructions; putting on the apron & tying her hair up, she couldn't help but get some form of a very strange vibe. Why she was getting the vibe, she hadn't the slightest clue, but it was something she was having difficulty ignoring. But no matte-

........

Was he... staring at her?

..Was he staring at her the whole time? Did she put her apron on wrong? Or maybe her hair had been tied in some funny way? After checking both her apron & her hair, she was a bit confused as to why he might have been staring. But what she did notice next was that his..ears were turning red & he seemed to be looling around frantically for..something? Perhaps, he wasn't feeling well & needed to go the Hospital Wing? ..Or maybe he really didn't want to be partnered up with her. "A-Are you alright?"

...

Now it was he who was being the silent one. Guess his silence said it all, that he didn't want to partner up, again she didn't blame him, she was a bit of a nervous wreck when it came to meeting new faces & socializing in general. Oh wait, it looks like he did want to partner up with her, or in his words, he'd love to. A tiny smile formed on her lips feeling happy to not be doing this entirely alone. But as he'd asked her, was she ready to give it a go? She gave a slight shrug, followed by an unslightly sure, "I-I..think so?"

Just as she getting ready to reach for the bowl, he'd stopped her when he started speaking. Apparently he wasn't a kitchen person, so he didn't really cook either. Well at least they had that in common. "I-I've..only helped baked cookies once...M-My father's never really allowed to..c-cook back home.." But Professor Hadley would be nearby if she needed her, so that was alright & safe, right? Right. So where to start. Looking up at the board she took a moment to read over the board before processing what had to be done. Taking a second to clean their bowl, she looked over at the sugar & yeast before looking back at Ethan. "U-Um..W-Would you mind p-pouring the yeast into the bowl, after I add the water & sugar?" Before waiting for an answer, she reached for the water & the sugar pouring the required amount into the bowl. Her blue eyes traveled in his direction as she waited for him to help out. "T-Then after that..W-We'll have to wait around ten minutes or so.."

What’s not to like? She’s beautiful!

Not that he’d say that out loud of course, he will definitely scare his new friend, yeah? Right. But...did she really see how uneasy he is right now? Warning bells rang in the boy’s head and commanded himself to stay calm...and cool. It’s not like something embarrassing was going to happen right? “I’m fIne.” Oh, good Merlin. Why did his voice have to make those squeaky sounds when she’s around? Ethan felt his blood rise up to his face. “I’m Okay.” Ahem. “Just looking for my friends. I don’t trust their cooking and they might set the kitchen on fire.” Lies of course. His Slytherin brethren were simply the best. He just had to play the cool card, so...sorry boys! But his voice though. MERLIN. “Sorry about this. Voice break.” He said as he pointed at his throat. No, he decided not to be ashamed of it. His voice breaking meant that he was maturing.

Hopefully.

Ethan can’t help but grin upon seeing his partner give him a small smile. See? Another reason for him to look at her. Her smile’s precious and all! The Slytherin looked away still grinning as he clapped his hands and looked at their workstation. Josette gave him his first instruction and got hold of the yeast. As soon as she added the water and sugar into their empty bowl, he added the tablespoon of yeast to the mixture. “One tablespoon of yeast, added.” Ethan grinned at his partner and waited with her for ten minutes.

Ten minutes. That’s a long time.

For Ethan at least. The Slytherin removed his wrist watch and placed it on top of their workstation so that he and Josette could keep track of the time. Well, time is important, no? Professor Cosgrach taught them that. “Well, at least you have experience in the kitchen somehow.” The Slytherin beamed at his partner. As long as his partner spent some time in the kitchen, histheir pizza is safe. Mhm. Anyway, she did mention about her father, and that he’s not allowed to cook back in their place? “You mentioned your dad. Why is he not allowed cooking?” And why is it her dad? Where is her mother? Ethan asked as he crossed his arms over their workstation and eyed their bowl of water, sugar, and yeast. Not bubbly yet.

Oh, they could work with partners? Hayden glanced around to see if anyone she knew was there. Sure, she recognized a couple but she didn't seek them out as partners. Though if they wanted to be partners with her she sure wouldn't decline. For now, however, she washed her hands and put on a yellow apron. Luckily her hair was already pulled back in a ponytail.

Hayden still didn't know the spell for water, so she had to go back to the sink to get her one and a half cups of warm water. She brought her bowl with her so when she filled the measuring cup she could pour it right in. She filled it halfway full, and poured that in as well. No need getting two measuring cups dirty, right? Back at her station, Hayden got a tablespoon of sugar and added that to the bowl, and then did the same with yeast. Now it was time to wait.

Oh yes. Adi had heard of sugar being used in dough but he had never thought too much about it. He glanced towards AJ with a grin when Hadley mentioned hair. His hair wasn't long enough to be pulled back and tied but he brushed it back none the less. Then he put on an apron (not liking it one bit) and scrubbed his hands clean.

Adi decided he'd fly solo on this one so he grabbed a bowl and added water, sugar and yeast after carefully measuring them out. He waited out ten minutes, occasionally checking to see if the yeast was all bubbly as it said on the blackboard. Sure enough, then minutes later it was sure was.

Salt went in next then Adi got some stirring done. Half a cup of flour was added afterwards followed by more mixing as he slowly more. He had added four cups in total when the dough began to pull away from the bowl sides. So far so good!

Hayden!
 

Selecting a bright pink apron that clashed horribly with her hair, Norah looked around the room in search of someone to be her partner. Hmm. She spotted a girl in Hufflepuff robes who looked about her age, so she made her way over to her station and extended a freshly-washed hand to greet her. "Hi, I'm Norah. Do you have a partner?" she asked brightly, because YAY NEW FRIENDS. The girl had already set up the yeast in the bowl, and Norah had baked enough times to know they had two wait for the yeast to get all happy and bubbly before they moved on. But ten minutes was ages and she wanted some of that pizza!

Lottie and Grayson hiiii
 

Hell to the freakin' YEAH. FOOD. They were getting FOOD in MUGGLE STUDIES. It was just like it used to be 'cept for the fact it wasn't already made and waiting and hahahahha Hadley wanted them doing it themselves?? HAHAHAHA. Ohmerlin.

Whoever thought putting Lex back in a kitchen was a good idea...wasn't thinking very clearly and seeing as she liked this placed and would be back for a snack later, she chose to surround herself with people she knew knew what they were going hence her walking over to the table her bestie was at--Lottie made good sandwiches and good pizza, this all made sense--and Grayson because she definitely knew he knew his way around a kitchen too.

Lex made good choices sometimes.

She looked between the two, grin firmly in place before asking the most important question. "So, who's making my pizza for me?" The grin might have gotten wider too. Desperation maybe? Chances were they'd have to EAT these after and well.......she kinda wanted to be able to enjoy hers......and...after that Muggle Studies OWL it didn't seem possible unless she had no part in it.

"I mean you guys don't have to but I reckon I'd just end up enjoying some of your pizza instead." At the very least help would be liked. Mhm.

He crossed out olive oil on his notes. Right. No olive oil. Gotcha captain. Salute. Except Simon didn't salute the Professor cause that would have been pretty strange. Instead, Simon rubbed his hands together. It was time to start the work. He washed his hands with soap and water, making sure that his hands were perfectly clean then he slipped a green apron over his head and tied the back. He gathered all of the ingredients (water, sugar, yeast, salt, and flour). He then wrote the recipe that they would be working from in his notebook and the steps that followed.

Hmm.. He'd prefer to do this lesson with a partner. He glanced around the room, looking for either Ethan and Cutty. He couldn't find Cutty but he found Ethan speaking to a girl (Josette). A GIRL!?!? :whaa: A pretty girl too. He raised his eyebrows and made a note to make sure to tease his friend about it later. Heh. It'd be fun.

He still needed to find a partner so he glanced about the room again and saw a young girl (Candice) who also was looking around the kitchen. Well it was time to make new friends, he figured and he approached the girl with a friendly smile on his face. "Hey! I'm Simon. Want to team up and make this pizza together?"

If she had enough of a nerve, she would have gone on to ask him not to stare so since it was making her feel very uncomfortable. From what she could remember, no boy has ever stared at her like he had been before, so it was new to her. All she could think was if there was something on her face still. It had to be the only reason she could come up with. Josie looked at him surprised when she'd heard his voice...squeak as he'd answered her question from before if he was alright or not. As she was ready to say something more, he'd spoken & his voice had squeaked once more. She could see that he was embarrassed by it, since he was turning a very bright red. Apparently he was just looking for his friends in his state of looking ill & panic-stricken, for what reason she was very curious. She couldn't help but look around with him & ask softly, "A-Are they..here?"
He was apologizing once more, but now for his voice breaking. From the looks of it, it didn't seem like it was his fault that it had happened, so why apologize for it? But still she couldn't help but say in a questionable tone, "...I-It's alright?"

She couldn't help but smile again as he clapped his hands together grabbing hold of the yeast after she'd asked him. Very happy that he was going to help her, mainly. She could use all of the help she could get. Josette moved out of his way, allowing him to pour the tablespoon of yeast into the bowl & so that she didn't make him trip or anything. He smiled at her once more & her lips turned upward in a small smile as well as they began to wait for those long ten minutes to go by.

As she waited for those ten minutes to go by she made little marks in her parchment just to keep track of their progress so far. Just as she'd finished making her little marks, Ethan was removing his wrist watch & placing it atop their workstation. Well that would definitely be a lot easier for the both of them to keep track of the time. And from the looks of it, 3 minutes had already gone by. He spoke again & her attention looking towards him again. "Only o-once though...But most of i-involved watching someone else do the baking mainly...I-I just added some chocolate c-chips..Don't know if it could r-really count as...experience.." Or maybe it could. Oh, drats, she'd messed up her wording. She shook her head quickly, "-Sorry..I-I mean..My father..doesn't allow me to cook or bake..." That's what she meant. Mhm. Yes. Her blue eyes upon the yeast as she waited for it to rise, & then glanced at his wrist watch. "F-Five minutes..

lux and mentions of grayson.
 

Food in classes.. Bay could faint… this was just beyond amazing. spotting Grayson he gave his new prankster friend a thumbs up and a wink… they were talking about sneaking food into class.. now the Professor was sneaking class in with the food. he he he. Turning his attention back to Lux he said " how about I hold the bowl and mix everything that you put in it?" he flexed his muscle to get his point across..

he could use his muscles to mix the dough really well and Lux could totally make sure that they were using the correct measurements. Everything was right in front of him anyways but he loved doing anything with her.

Sugar in pizza dough? How had she not known that when sugar and pizza were both amazing? Shaking her head at her silliness, Lux went to get an apron. Hers would have to be blue because it was her favourite colour. After tying it around her waist and putting her hair up, she washed her hands. This Puff was ready to make pizza with Bay.

RWAR. She wiggled her brows as he flexed for her. "Sounds good to me." hahaha They were so silly sometimes and she loved it. Looking over at the board, she saw that the first step called for water, sugar and yeast. She carefully measuring out the right amount of water as she poured it from her wand. After the water was warmed up, she put it in the bowl before adding the right amount of sugar and yeast. Now it was time to play the waiting game until the yeast got all bubbly.

step 1
 

Its Candice *ahem*
 

Candice was about to get her bowl when someone was approaching her. A boy, an older Slytherin dude asking her to partner up? Ohh. Cool. She didn't have to do this alone then. "Nice to meet you, Simon, I'm Candice. And sure we can totally partner up." Two heads better than one. And beside the guy, Simon' face was kinda easy on the eyes. Ahem.

Okay back to making pizza dough. But before they start, she need to know something. "Have you ever made pizza before?" Or cooked?

GAH. My bad XD lol.
 

He nodded his head. "Nice to meet you too, Candice. Sweet!" he replied with a warm grin. Yes, he didn't have to work alone! Now, they had to make the pizza dough. Before he could start measuring out ingredients, Candice had asked him a question.

He raised his eyebrows briefly and then nodded reassuringly. "I've helped my mum out a lot of times and have made it a couple of times by myself." He wondered whether or not she had made it before. If she hadn't that was a-okay because they were here learning how to make it now. "What about you? Have you made it before?" He began to order the ingredients for the first step that they'd need as he waited to hear her response.

If he had attracted another bouncy, happy-go-lucky loony, he was walking out.

............. Or. Well. Maybe not.

Still. He jumped and looked over at the girl, a startled expression spread across his face. His natural instinct would have been to ask her who she was and what she wanted with him. "Helloooooooo," New person (Lottie). Pretty person, too. Hello, indeed. Smiles for you. "'Course, I do! It's pizza. Pizza's amazing!" And besides, what kind of idiot didn't like it. He was sure some people didn't but really, they were wrong.

Oh! "Looks like we're getting started!" FREAKING. YES. Grayson shot the girl a smirk before moving to go and wash his hands thoroughly and then don an apron. And not just any coloured apron. A GREEN apron. Green looked good on him, didn't it? Matched his tie and the inner lining of his robes.

The fourteen year old headed back to his workstation, winking over at Bay and giving him a thumbs up too as he went. Hellooooo new prankster friend. And helloooooooo Lex, who was all too insistent on having someone make the pizza for her. If he wasn't one of the people she had been asking, he would have been proud about this question. Never do anything unless you can get someone to do it for you. Uh huh. "Quite the sweet talking Prefect, you are." Snort. "If you want a taste, you're gonna have to help out too." Wink.

He was not going to have the first bite of their pizza, by the way.

And yes. We see you, Simon. Ethan gave his friend a shrug and watched him ask another student if they could work together. The Slytherin felt proud and all that, because in just a few days, Simon seemed to be more outgoing now. Of course, he’d credit himself for that—what with talking non-stop and all in the Tree House, yeah? He won’t admit it out loud though. Hehe.

Ethan unintentionally locked eyes with her when she suddenly turned around to look at him. The Slytherin had to purse his lips in embarrassment. Whyyyyyy did he have to squeak that day? It doesn’t happen when he talks to Simon…or Cutty…or Grayson? Ethan started to chew on his lip and gave Josette side glances. He was sooooooo tempted to do a head desk right then and there. MERLIN. The Ravenclaw started to look around too, and Ethan decided to point at where Simon was standing. “That’s my friend, Simon over there.” And yes, they are sooooooo going to talk about this in their dorm room. He will be needing lots of assurance after this. “I haven’t seen Cutty or Grayson, though.” He said as he stole a glance at her.

He can’t help it, okay? MERLIN. He needs to ask Mordred about this…or his dad…or WHOEVER. Why can’t he stop looking at her? Hnnnngh.

Ethan had no words for that. He just grinned and nodded at her. Maybe he should just stop talking so that he will save himself from further embarrassment. But then, she was talking! So he must reply somehow! Merlin, this is hard.

Then there’s her smile again. JAHSDFLKDJFHKSFHALDSKHLAFSF.

Ethan caught himself gaping, but ended up smiling with her. Josie’s smile was something really. “Keep it together, Mordaunt. Act cool.” The Slytherin rolled his sleeves up to his elbows and took a peek at Josette’s parchment. Hmm. The steps are pretty basic…maybe later on they could experiment on it? Like…add spices to it and whatnot? That could also mean that he will be able to spend more time with her that way. He took a mental note, and immediately questioned it. “Would she even consider working with me again in the kitchen after this? That’s the question, Mordaunt.” His stream of thought was interrupted when his partner started talking again. So she did help somebody before! “I can’t even stay long in a kitchen, so you win.” No, he wasn’t exactly praising her, but simply stating the truth. He’d love to hang around inside a kitchen because there’s food but actual cooking? Maybe not. But…how come his father doesn’t allow her to bake? “Why? I mean, my mom used to force me to help her in the kitchen because she told me that I need to learn how to prepare my own food…” Which now makes sense. Oh and hey! No squeaks!

Ethan glanced at the board then to his watch on the table. “Ten minutes is up. I’ll add the salt and stir it. Then you can add the flour after. I’ll keep stirring and you can check if the consistency is okay.” Teamwork, yeah? The third year offered her another grin and proceeded with the next step.

Salt, and stir.

He had helped his mom a lot? Jackpot. She got herself a jackpot. Hehehe. "Nope. This is my first time." She's glad that at least one of them know what to do.

They should probably start the first step. Candice looked over the board to read the first step. They need to mix the water, sugar, and yeast. After the Gryffindor made sure that the bowl was cleaned, she filled half of the cup with water using Aguamenti. Since the sink was too far from her workstation. And she poured the water into the bowl. Do you mind to add the other ingredients into the bowl?" Because she was not confident with her mixing ability. Beside Simon said he already done that before, yes?

Angel was totally confused she had no idea what she was supposed to be doing and worst of all it seemed her sister was busy already, why was cooking or baking harder than looking after flowers. Angel really wished that she had someone to work with so that she could have some help.

"Professor!!" Angel raised her hand. "Can't we make something really easy like a ready-meal?" Angel was totally sure she could make that because she couldn't make anything else, especially not Pizza, maybe there was a spell to make someone an Italian so she was really good at it, could she look in her book?

"No worries. It's pretty easy to pick up," he added with a reassuring grin. Pizza dough had always been fun to make. Kneading it was the best part. As Candice prepared the bowl, Simon began measuring out the ingredients that they needed.

"Course, no worries!" As he went down the list he began putting them into the bowl containing the warm water. 1 tablespoon of sugar? Check 1 tablespoon of yeast? Check. Alright, all they needed to do now was mix it and let the mixture stand for at least ten minutes. He thoroughly mixed up the ingredients and then stopped to let it sit for a bit.

He looked up briefly again and saw Ethan pointing over towards him. Wait.. Wait. :whaa: Why was Ethan pointing? And why was he blushing? Hmmm.. Odd.. He gave the two of them a friendly wave and then went back to his business. Hmm.. Another thing he would have to investigate later.

"So what year are you in? I'm a third year but this is my first year here," he said. He couldn't imagine the girl being much older than a second year. She looked quite little and sort of reminded him of Allison, his own little sister.

Josie watched him do something strange with his lips not too long after his voice had squeaked. It was clear that the boy was really embarrassed, there was no hiding it. It was all becoming a bit awkward between the two of them & it was making the second year feel nervous once again. Before she knew it, the subject was changed & Ethan was pointing out to her where one of his friends were. His name was Simon & by the looks of the green robes, it looked like he was from the same house as Ethan, being a Slytherin. But then he'd brought up a few more names she wasn't too familiar with. "H-Hm..Maybe they're around here...s-somewhere.."

He was still looking at her in side glances..

All of a sudden she found herself giving him some side glances as well, more so to see when/if he was looking at her.

She felt her heart quicken a little bit when he had given her an odd look at first, but then she'd relaxed (slightly) when he ended up smiling with her. Out of panic, she looked down at her notes again as he was rolling up his sleeves. But in the corner of her eye, she'd noticed that he was looking at her notes too. 'Is there something wrong with her notes? Can he read them? Did her hand writing look sloppy?' She lifted her head to look at him as he'd told her she'd won for experience of being in a kitchen. Josette smiled again as he told her how he couldn't even stay in the kitchen long, which made her question this. "W-Why?" While waiting for an answer he asked her why her father never allowed her to bake. It was simple. "H-He says it's too dangerous..And M-Merlin forbid I accidentally set the h-house up in flames...S-So he cooks.." Maybe when she gets a little older he might allow her to cook or bake? Right?

Following his eyes towards his wrist watch, she had realized the ten minutes had been up. Oh and the yeast bubbling! That was good! And Ethan was taking the initiative to add the salt & stir, which was their next step! Which meant to add the flour, which she was already reaching for as he was finishing his sentence. After Ethan added the salt & was in the middle of stirring, Josie took the opportunity to add the first 1/2 cup of flour into the bowl. She allowed him to stir it before adding the next 1/2 cup. There was one cup so far. Josie peaked a glance into the bowl as she started to watch the dough beginning to change little bit. Then she added two more half cups of flour so that it was now 2 cups. It was certainly beginning to thicken & pull away from the sides of the bowl like Professor Hadley's directions had stated on the board. But NO more than 3-4 1/2 cups of dough. So to be safe, she added two more PRECISE half cups of flour so that there would be 3 cups of flour in the bowl. Hopefully she was doing this right, Professor Hadley?

"I-It's pulling away from t-the sides..L-Like Professor Hadley's directions said...T-That must be good..right?"

Step 1
 

Yes. Excellent. Tag had answered correctly, and first. If his dad were here he should've been smiling, we hoped, maybe, who knew. But at least Tag had answered correctly and that's all that mattered.

Why was Lottie's hand on Bird Boy's shoulder? And why was he giving her smiles? Ugh. Slytherin boys. Tag sorta wanted to work with Lottie, but Lex was already asking for help. He should've figured Lex wanted to work with her. Tag possibly could do this on his own. The boy was decent at pizza making. Decent.

Anyway, before they actually got down to the work Tag did as Hadley had asked, went to go wash his hands and put on his apron. Always wash the hands when making food, yeah? Always. He glanced up at the board and read the measurements first before reading the actual instructions and getting what was necessary.

"Combine the water, sugar and yeast into one bowl." Tag repeated to himself. He grabbed one measuring cup, checked the numbers on its side and dipped his wand into it and said "Aguamenti." And watched it fill up. First he'd do a cup of water, then he'd do it again with a half. He usually had to break it down like that just to be extra sure. Then he measured one tablespoon of yeast, poured that into the bowl, then measured another tablespoon of sugar into the bowl, and lastly poured the water in.

Now he'd just have to wait about 10 minutes, as the instructions said so.