Spring Break(2)

Chapter 3: Dinner

After Travis ate his food you, him and Danny just lounged around the house playing videogames and talking about random things. Then suddenly it got to be around dinnertime and Travis asked you what you want. You think for a second and say the first thing that came to your mind, chicken stir fry. Travis looked at you and said, "Who do you think I am, Charles?" You just laughed and said, "I know how to make it, if you want it." So Travis replied, "OK, madame chef, I'll drive you to Publix."

At Publix you both ran all over the store, hand in hand, pushing the cart. On the way over you had texted your dad to find out what he used for the sauce that you cook the stir fry in since that's what he does because he at least has a general idea of what he's doing with that. The only ingredients that you know are in it are soy sauce and corn starch. So with the list of sauce ingredients in your phone and the other ingredients in your head, you quickly find everything you need, with Travis navigating the cart as you tell him what you need. You have everything you need after fifthteen minutes and go to check out.

Once you get back to the house you both bring everything into the kitchen and you wash your hands. Once your hands are clean you grab the package of chicken, a knife, and a cutting board and start slicing the chicken into strips while Travis mixes rice with water in a pot and puts it on the stove, occassionally stirring it. Once the chicken was cut you put it in a skillet and let it cook for a few minutes before adding the vegetables to the mix. As the chicken cooked you start mixing the sauce, putting all the ingredients into a measuring cup. Once it was mixed and you felt that it was about right, your dad never measures it either, you added the veggies into the skillet that the chicken was cooking in and then added the sauce. You would occassionally stir the stir fry mix to keep it from sticking to the pan and to make sure that everything cooked evenly, as you had done to the chicken while you were mixing the sauce. 

Finally the stir fry was done and you distributed the food between three plates, also mixing sugar into the tea that you had made and pouring it into coffee mugs. Everyone was eating happily and you were all talking and joking as if you had known each other forever and the atmosphere was light, merry, and comfortable.

After dinner you all decide to watch Where the Wild Things Are. After the movie ends Danny and Travis grab some blankets and a pillow from the hall closet and spread them on the sofa. While they're setting up the sofa for you, you're down the hall brushing your teeth and putting on your pajammas. When you get back into the room Danny and Travis have pretty much finished getting the sofa set up, so you tell them goodnight and finish putting the sheets on, then you grab your dolphin and turtle out of your backpack, turn off the lights, and almost instantly fall asleep, exhausted from your flight.