Half of their childhood was ripped from them. Taken at a young age they didn't know anything about the world they were brought into.
But at least they had each other
Nathaniel Walker and Everleigh Taylor were thrust into a dark world before their mi...
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Alexander Nathaniel Rozzi
The noise from the storm outside was deafening. We were all locked inside the Walker household. All the parents were locked down at their work so it was the Taylor twins, the quads plus Madison, Liam and I.
"Mom and dad can't get back, neither can Aunt Lilly or Uncle Nick." Madi tells us, having been on the phone with them. "And we can't order dinner either because the roads are all closed up so it looks like cereal for dinner."
"Why don't you cook something?" Ella asks, looking around the room but they all look at her with deadpan looks. "What? Can none of you cook?"
"It hasn't really been a priority of ours." Liam points out. "Mom normally cooks for all of us, and if she doesn't then Liv and Crew do."
"Okay, but what about when you move out and live on your own, then you're screwed?" Ella points out. "At least we know what we are doing tonight." She stands up and moves to the kitchen, the rest of us following her.
"And what's that?"
"Cooking lessons." She grins then looks at me. "You can take four and I'll take three."
"Sure." She got Ezra, Eli and Gray and I got Madi, Liam, Gabe and Emmeline. "What do you want to make?"
"What about homemade pizza? It isn't that hard and they have all the ingredients here. Then for dessert we can make cupcakes." Ella brainstorms and I agree with her. It's easy enough for a group activity and a fun dinner, something everyone here likes.
"I'll do the toppings and base, you can do the dough and the dessert?" I split the responsibilities and she agrees. Ella isn't the biggest fan of cooking but she likes baking, but for some reason she really likes making dough, pizza dough, bread, doughnuts anything she wants at that time. "Alright, all of you wash your hands, please."
I grab my four and move to the side of the kitchen with the stove. Eleanor's kitchen was pretty big so having all of us in here didn't really feel cramped, thankfully. Both Rory and I weren't the biggest fan of cramped spaces.
"We need to chop vegetables." I tell them, grabbing what I can find in the fridge, purposefully picking the vegetables that look like they would go bad in the next few days if they weren't used. In the end I ended up with zucchini, bell peppers, eggplant and tomatoes. I also grabbed a tin of sweetcorn from the pantry. "Okay, Em, Madi. I need you to chop all these vegetables into really small cubes, the smaller the better." I tell them demonstrating the ideal size, the smaller they are the less you would taste them but would still get the health benefits from them. "Gabe, can you grate these tomatoes for the sauce please? And Liam, you are helping me with the chicken."
I nod when I receive a round of affirmations, taking the bag of chicken breasts that Eleanor had already taken out to defrost for dinner.
"What do you need me to do?" Liam asks, watching me chop the chicken into small pieces.
"Can you find me spices, literally anything that would taste nice on meat, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt?"
"Got it." He salutes and goes to find what I asked for. Glancing over at Rory and she's already covered in flour unsurprisingly. The three boys are following her instruction. She gets Ezra using the hand whisk and Eli adds certain ingredients as needed for the cupcakes and then she and Grayson are making the dough.
