New Look [Addie]

"Later tonight sounds fine," Benji smiled as he checked the water and found it close to boiling. He dug through the pile of tools on the bench pulling out  a large wooden spoon and placing it beside the cauldron.  " But do you really trust me to cast spells in your dorm room?" Benji knew all to well how dangerous he was while casting spells. Just that morning he had almost broken his frog tank while trying to cast incarcerous at his desk chair. He must have done something really wrong because instead of ropes flying out of his wand, Benji's desk chair took flight and smashed into the frog enclosure cracking the glass. Luckily, Benjamin was able to fix it with a quick reparo spell before Eddie noticed the break.  

He couldn't help but smile at the relief she express in finishing the herbs. Benji stood back and watched as Adeline started to measure the liquid. She looked so focused yet really nervous. He held in a laugh as she narrowly missed adding an extra drop of the first bottle, It really wouldn't have hurt the potion too much but Benji wasn't about to tell Addie that. As the girl started to measure the second liquid, Benji took the first bottle and put it away. He didn't want any confusion when it came time to add the third and final liquid. "You're getting good at that," he joked as Addie narrowly missed adding an extra drop of the second liquid, landing the drop almost directly on top of the first one. He grabbed a cloth and wiped the spill. "This stuff stains real bad, wouldn't want to get it on your cloths." Laughing a little he gave her a smile, "Cooking and potions are a very particular, but  the more you do, the more of a feel you get for them.  As you get better, the recipes become more like guidelines... just don't tell Slughorn that." Putting a hand on her shoulder he gave her a grin, "It will get easier, I promise."

Looking at the bowl of herbs and liquids Benji smiled, "Almost ready to dump it in. We just need to mix it a little so that the herbs absorb the liquid. We are trying to get it to look like a paste." As he spoke Benjamin pulled a desert fork out of his bag, "Use this to gently mix the herbs around" Handing the utensil to Addie he glanced at the cauldron again. "This step isn't terribly important, I just find that the potion mixes better this way. The water is ready, so as soon as you're finished mixing you can scrape it into the cauldron." Benji backed away a little to give Addie more room and a clear path to the boiling water.

He enjoyed watching her work. She was so calculated in everything she did.  When she had helped him with his patronus, it had made a huge difference. He only hoped that he was as good a teacher as she was. While Addie started to mix the herbs, Benji crossed to the other side of the bench and filled a baster with the third liquid and set it beside the spoon.