MCA #2 | Thursday Afternoon

[long_memory]

Silver and Rey were going to try cooking lessons again. Well, they were moving on to baking this time. He thought it ended well the last time but when it came down to it he actually hadn't learned anything about cooking. Hopefully this time will end up better on the learning front.

How hard could it be to bake some chocolate chip cookies, really. Children do it on TV commercials all the time.

"There's a lot of measurements on here."

[For the girl!]

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[thatwaslucky]

"It kind of is, I think," Rey said. "But with specific instructions maybe you'll like it more?"

Or not. Her optimism got the better of her sometimes.

[long_memory]

"Or I'll feel really stupid if I screw it up," he joked. "But at least we'll get cookie dough out of it. If anything TV has taught me that's what you eat when you've failed at something."

[thatwaslucky]

"Exactly! It was maybe the best part of making these before that Christmas party," Rey admitted.

[long_memory]

"I'm glad I'm with a seasoned baker," he teased. "Where should we start?"

[thatwaslucky]

"First we preheat the oven," Rey said, and had to ask, "Have you used the oven before?"

[long_memory]

"Once or twice. With frozen pizzas," he said. "I always thought preheating was more of a suggestion."

[thatwaslucky]

It should be.

"I think," she said slowly, unsure, "it heats it up so you get cookies faster."

No, but okay. She was not an expert.

[long_memory]

"Oh. That makes sense," he said. "Also explains why my frozen pizzas are sometimes raw in the middle."

[thatwaslucky]

Rey frowned at him. "How long are you leaving them in there?"

Because raw didn't seem great.

[long_memory]

"Not long enough evidently." He got hungry, okay?

[thatwaslucky]

"Okay, well for this, we're going to go by what the recipe says," Rey decided. "And we set the oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper?"

She did not have parchment paper. What.

[long_memory]

"I do not have that," he said, frowning. "Why would I want paper on my cookies?"

[thatwaslucky]

"It might keep it from sticking? But I think cooking spray works for that," Rey shrugged.

[long_memory]

"And you do have that, correct?" Again, he did not.

[thatwaslucky]

"I came prepared," she said, picking up the can and handing it to him. "Shake it and spray the sheet."

[long_memory]

"That I can manage," he said, taking the can. "I couldn't help but notice these cookies don't have fun sprinkles."

[thatwaslucky]

"Did you want fun sprinkles?" Rey smiled.

[long_memory]

"Would it ruin everything if we added some?" he asked.

[thatwaslucky]

"I don't think it'd be possible to ruin anything with sprinkles," Rey told him. "I do have to get them from my pantry, though."

[long_memory]

"Good thing it's not that far away," he said, leaning in for a kiss. "I can use the cooking spray without adult supervision."

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm trusting you," she teased, giving him another kiss. "Back in a minute."

[long_memory]

"I'll be waiting." Silver did managed to grease the pan without starting a fire, though he might have gone a little light on the spray. Oh well, they'd figure that out later when the cookies got stuck.

[thatwaslucky]

When Rey returned a couple minutes later, she was holding two bottles of sprinkles. "I only have red and green. I hope it's okay if they look like Christmas."

[long_memory]

"Sprinkles are sprinkles as far as I'm concerned." He made a dramatic flourish at the newly greased pans. "Ta-da. No fires."

[thatwaslucky]

"I'm so proud," Rey laughed. "From here on out, everything's easy."

Liiiiies.