Chapter 20
Rain
The pot I pulled out from the cabinet slipped out of my hands and clattered loudly onto the floor. I let out a nervous shout, trying to grab it before it made any more noise but I ended up dropping it again!
Footsteps from above caused me to freeze. Shit, did I wake some of them up? I wasn’t trying to wake anyone up!
“Rain, what the hell are you doing?” asked Colby who popped his head into the room.
I paled. “Shit, did I wake you up?”
“No, I came down to get some coffee so I was already awake. The more important question is why are you down here? You hate getting up early.”
“I’m making breakfast in bed for Lia,” I said proudly.
Colby paled. “You’re going to cook?”
“Yes.”
“Rain you, the man who has a toaster on fire trying to make toast, is going to make breakfast?”
I frowned. “Hey, I’m just making eggs!”
“I remember the one time you made eggs when we were on that Rugby retreat. Somehow they turned out to be runny and burnt at the same time. No one could figure out how you did something like that.”
“I was trying two things at once.”
“Rain, it still makes no sense.”
I shrugged. “Oh well, I’ve watched a lot of YouTube videos since then so I have the utmost confidence that I can make some great eggs.”
Colby started rummaging around through the kitchen, making me frown. He disappeared but reappeared with a fire extinguisher.
“Do you know how to use this?”
“Uh, of course I do. They taught us to use it during camp each year we went back. You know, just in case.”
Colby sighed. “Good then if there is a fire go ahead and use it. I’m going to pour myself some coffee and head back upstairs.”
“Hey, I’m not going to need it!” I argued, but Colby just shook his head.
My friends and family always underestimated me. Yes, I could be a bit of an airhead and a goofball, but the truth was I had my serious moments! Rugby was the thing I excelled best at, School was something that didn’t come as easily to me. Most of my grades were good. It just took me longer than most.
Cooking, however, was not one of those things I excelled at. I had the cooking skills of a newborn baby but had done my best to learn as much as I could over the past few hours.
It was romantic to break someone’s breakfast in bed so I was going to cook her some eggs, bring them upstairs, and hope that the two of us could talk for a
while.
Wait, maybe I should have found out if she was even awake or liked eggs in the first place.
Crap.
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What was I thinking?
I think that was the problem. There was no thinking being done but I suppose that it was too late now. Everything was all ready and set to be cooked.
Taking a deep breath, I grabbed the apron and prepared to cook. It started all right, but then I smelled something burning. Shouting in surprise, I grabbed the pan and moved it off the burner.
Shit.
The eggs were burnt. They were very black. I don’t think eggs were supposed to be so crispy.
That’s okay, I could do this! I just needed to try a new batch. Then I would be on my way to making breakfast for Lia.
Lia
The sound of the smoke alarm going off caused me to jerk out of bed. With the kitchen right below me, I heard it almost like it was right in my room! I threw a robe over my pajamas, rushed downstairs, and found a sight that shocked me to my very core.
Rain stood there, trying to run away the heavy black smoke coming from the stove. The food… or whatever it was, was pitch black and stuck to the pan. Oh, the pan.
It was ruined.
I started to laugh, not bothering to contain my laughter. The pan was nothing important. It was an old pan that my parents had.
“Uh, Lia… hi.”
“Hi Rain,” I greeted, giggling softly. “What were you trying to do here?”
“I was cooking.”
“That doesn’t look like food.”
His shoulders slumped. “I did try to make some eggs but I underestimated how tricky eggs can be to cook. Or it’s just me.”
