||*HERMIONE*|| "Keep an eye on the soup, and once it thickens, turn off the stove and wait for me to come back. Do you understand?" The head cook asked as he removed the lid of the pot, setting it aside to stir the soup once more. "Yes I do." "Good, grab a stool to sit. What are the things you mustn't do?" He asked, and I bit the inside of my cheek in annoyance. I don't understand why we have to go over this every fu.cking time he leaves me alone in the kitchen. I've been told these same rules from the very first day I was assigned to the kitchen and he makes me recite the words like it's a fu.cking self-healing mantra. "I am not to stir the soup or add anything to it in your absence." I replied, and he nodded, motioning his hand for me to go on. " Under no circumstances, am I allo