Searching For Serenity

Chapter 11

I opened the door as Alec went inside and put all the things we bought on the kitchen counter. I closed the door behind me as I went and stood in front of the kitchen with my hands on my waist—just looking lost.

"Now what?" I asked referring to all the things.

Alec pulled the ingredients out of the bag as he gave me a smile, "Now we cook. We are going to follow the instructions just as the video says."

"Okayyy. That's sounds like an idea."

He handed me his phone asking me to watch the first step to our recipe. The person took three types of cheeses- cheddar, gruyere and mozzarella.

Alec rubbed his hands together getting himself ready, "Tell me what do I need to do?"

"Take the three cheeses."

"Quantity?"

"One cup of cheddar. Three by fourth cup of gruyere. And..." I stopped when I saw Alec holding up his hand. I raised my eyebrows in a questioning way as he held the gruyere cheese in his hands.

"How much is three by fourth cup again?" He asked guiltily.

When I said that I didn't have a good feeling about two people who don't know how to cook, this is what I meant. We can't even tell the quantity right. How are we supposed to cook the whole thing without any mistakes?

"Uh." I looked at the video again, "it also says eighty five grams in a bracket, if that helps?"

He had a blank face as he blinked at me continually, "It might have if I was a balance machine used to measure stuff."

I gave him a fake laugh before giving a deadpanned expression. We continued to give each other the same expression before it hit me,

"Three by fourth cup. Oh my god, how dumb can we be?" I felt like face palming myself while Alec looked at me confused now, "It should be just a little less than one full cup." I sat on one of the stools which was in front of the counter.

"I don't know what you mean. But I trust you, we'll go with it." He said nodding his head.

I groaned a little before going and taking all the three different cheese from him, "You should go and boil the macaroni."

I haven't cooked before either. But looking at Alec right now, I can tell that I will be so much better than him in this.

Alec didn't budge from his place. I sighed and looked at him as I saw his sky blue eyes looking at me confused.

"The macaroni is boiled beforehand?" If anything he looked surprised.

At this point I had lost all my hopes. The guy doesn't even know that the macaroni is boiled beforehand. EVEN I KNOW THAT.

"It's my first time cooking." He smiled sheepishly.

IT IS MY FIRST TIME TOO! But still I knew this. Remind me why did he suggest to cook?

Oh yeah, no reason.

It was like he was reading my mind because he said, "Mrs Brown always cooked me food and I rarely had to go to the kitchen."

"Then why are you standing here." I muttered in a low voice so that he couldn't hear it. But he did because I heard him chuckle softly.

"Because I didn't want you to be alone."

As soon as I heard him I couldn't think of anything. It was like my thinking process was paused. I could hear the video still going on while Alec struggled with the packet of macaroni and boiling it now—totally unaware.