Day 59

"Do you really have to do that?" Beth slurred as Erin and Gros danced wildly around the cauldron they had set up in the living room. Gros scowled.
"We're doing this for you, y'know. You could be a little more appreciative," she said.
"No... I mean... I'm happy you're trying to make me better, but... the dancing. Can you... not?"replied Beth, pressing her face into the couch and moaning.
"You can't NOT dance when you're making a potion, Beth," Gros said sternly.
"Watching you spin is making me nauseous... too many colors."
"Oh," said Erin, looking concerned, "do you want us to stop? It helps with the magic, but we don't need to do it if it's making you feel worse. Should I go make you some juice or a panini or something? How about something to put on that terrible rash? I've got some stuff in our room if you --"
"Naw... s'okay... woah..." Beth said, suddenly seeming far more distant than she had a moment ago."I think I can... hear the colors... they sound like... Michael Boulton... "
"It should only be a few more minutes. It just needs a chunk of your hair and then to sit for a little bit... If we did it right it ought to be enough to cure you of your rocket fever." Said Gros, ignoring the oddity of Beth's statement and leaning over the pot to stir it.
"Here, take it." Beth said, sitting up, grabbing the scissors from the table, and hacking her entire ponytail off. She brandished it at Gros and Erin who exchanged worried glances.
"Hurry it up... I think we're losing her," muttered Erin. Beth laughed loudly, shaking her head so that her now short hair whipped around her face. Erin took the ponytail from her and gently pushed Beth back down and told her to close her eyes. Beth continued to giggle, but obliged. Gros shrugged, taking the ponytail from Erin and dropping the entire thing into the cauldron....

Suddenly, before the story could come to any sort of real conclusion. Erin passed out from exhaustion, leaving Gros standing in the living room with a cauldron, an unconscious roommate, and a roommate who was out of her mind with rocket fever.
"Well..." she said aloud to herself, nudging Erin's inert form with her toe. "I can't wait to see how this one turns out."