“Ash, you fell asleep on the counter and knocked over the Bunsen burner. Our lab sheets got burned and you’re lucky that one of your eyebrows wasn’t singed off.”

“Well, we’re working with water, here, not fire.” the brunette smiled brightly.

Spencer blew the bangs from her forehead in a huff, “Just go fill this with hot water,” she said shoving one of the beakers at Ashley. “I’ll set up everything else.”

When Ashley returned with the hot water, Spencer had already corked the flask and put the proper tubes through it. She submerged the flask into the water, and threw in the thermometer.

“Ash, click the ‘collect’ button on the computer screen.”

The brunette did as she was told, “What next, Cap’n?”

“Well, we need to cool down the water to get to the next measurement mark,” the blonde said, pointing to the ice water in the other beaker, “I can do that, so we don’t over do it. What I need you to do is take this,” she handed the syringe to Ashley, “and suck out the hot water, so I can add the cold. We’ve already got a reading for 60 degrees C, and we’re going down by tens, so the next reading will be at 50. Understand?”

Ashley blinked, “Not at all,” she said with wide eyes.

The blonde put her hand to her forehead and sighed, “Well, it’s okay because I know what I’m doing. You just take the sucky thingie and take out the water when I tell you too, okay?”

“That I can do,” the brunette nodded.

“Huh, figures,” Spencer stated bluntly, looking at the computer screen.

“Excuse you, what’s that supposed to mean?” Ashley said, crossing her arms over her chest.

“Oh, I just figured that you’ve had plenty of practice is sucking.” the blonde stated bluntly.

“Spencer Carlin!” the brunette screeched, “That’s dirty!”

“Nah, really?”

“Okay, wow…” Ashley shook her head in amazement. “Anyways, shall we get on with it then?”

“The sucking? Okay.” Spencer smirked.

The brunette backhanded Spencer on the shoulder, “Cut that out! Only I’m allowed to make those comments!”

“Okay, okay,” the blonde threw her hands up, “Right, so, suck out some of the water.”