It was Charlotte's turn to flush, her face nearly matching her hair.  "I don't know how to do this assignment!"  She threw her hands up in exasperation.  "I mean, we have all year but... all she did was talk about what curses were, we have no idea how to even do them!  How am I supposed to invent a new thing when I don't know any of the old ones?"

She saw Layla's little double take to some guy that was also leaving the class.  She didn't know what to make of it, but noted the boy's face and kept quiet.