It had been a complete accident, putting an extra beetle eye into Miss Goshawk's potion. But in Sisse's defense Miss Goshawk had been watching Sisse's potion like a hawk the entire class and had been copying her every move. So when Sisse had stood up to get additional beetle eyes for her own potion, talking with Sloane about the fact that the potion looked a little too green, she hadn't even realized she had stopped the bench before her own and put the beetle eye in an equally too green potion. The fact that Miss Goshawk had then put additional beetle eyes into the potion hadn't been Sisse's fault, nor the fact that it had begun to smoke after that. Sisse had apologized when she discovered the accident, but apparently Miss Goshawk wasn't willing to leave it at that, storming up to them at dinner at making a scene like this.

Sisse's cheeks turned red as she realized everyone around them was listening in and she indignantly bit back a retort that she hadn't been gossiping! Instead she lost her temper. "Well perhaps it wouldn't have happened if you weren't copying my potion!" Sisse retorted, attempting to make it sound rather more logical than a petulant child.