Ella smiled as Sophie sat down next to her but didn't dare speak as she wasn't sure when the lesson was going to begin. Instead, she wiggled her finger at her friend in greeting. Yup, finger wiggling was the new "Hi"...

And then they were getting started. Woah. No wasting time in this lesson...Ella looked down at the plimpy in front of her, then at Soph, then back at the plimpy. This was going to be gross. She just knew it. Picking up her wand, she cleaned the knife, knowing how Professor Lafay felt about clean instruments. She set the wand down once again when she was finished, picking up the knife now. *GULP*

Pressing down as hard as she dared, the second year began cutting up the plimpy, starting at the base of the tail and moving up the stomach. She did her best to pretend she was a doctor...that this was like a life or death emergency and she was doing this to save a patient. It was actually kind of helping...kind of.

When she got up towards the top, Ella cut all around as Lafay had showed them to, letting out a small gasp as the plimpy flopped open in front of her. YUCK. But at least she'd cut it correctly...bright side? Placing the knife back down, she looked anywhere but at the plimpy that was lying open in front of her. She was so ready to get the next step over with...