PALE FIRE

Pasta La Vista

I was feeling like taking risks today a bit adventurous and the first thing on my agenda was cooking. Lillian always took care of the cooking for Ryan and me but she had to go visit her family for a month so I'm doing this on my own and after long contemplation, I'm making pasta. I've seen my grandma make it countless times when I was little so it should naturally come to me like second nature right?
I put my hair into a messy bun and wore my favorite apron that I got for myself for days like this, Ryan left for the gym and Leroy went jogging so it was just me and to be on the safer side I pulled up my parent's cookbook and I followed the recipe step by step even pulled up videos on YouTube honestly I was crushing this whole cooking thing with some pop song playing while having the time of my life as I swayed from side to side yelling the words of the song stirring my pasta the ringing of my phone distracted me and it was Taylor
"Hey Tay, what's up" I hummed while looking over my shoulder trying to focus on the food
"Hey Sky, how are you" her cherry voice filled my ears
"I'm okay, cooking actually"I proudly stated with a shit-eating grin plastered on my face
"Cooking? You haven't cooked before except the time we made cookies and that time doesn't count" she said with a snort her chuckles wiped the smile from my face and with a gasp I placed my hand over my chest
"How dare you everyone ate my cookies and they were amazing"I whined making her giggle louder with an eye roll I mumbled a quick "Shut up, I'm an amazing chef"
"Okay babydoll whatever you say" she chuckled
"Was there any specific reason you called" I muttered my eyes narrowing when I heard her cough awkwardly "I'm going on a date with Damian he called and said he's ready for us to officially start going out" she squeaked "That's a good thing right?" I asked coughing a bit as something smelled funny "It is but when he asked me out at first we didn't take it seriously but now he's serious sky and I'm nervous because he's coming here and staying for two days before leaving" she rushed out her voice was shaky "calm down Tay just go on this one date and if it is going just call me and I'll get you out of there in no time"I confidently spoke as she took a deep breath calming down she ended the call and the sight that greeted me when I turned back to my dish was horrendous "shit... shit...shit " I groaned anxiously the pasta had burnt and the air was filled was smoke rushing to turn off the burner and put the pot in the sink I forgot to wear mittens hissing at the pain of sudden contact with the hot pot my fingers turning an angry shade of red as they throbbed I grabbed the mittens and gently threw the pasta in the trash placing my fingers under the tap shutting my eyes "what happened here" a deep voice said forcing my eyes open as I turned the tap off hiding my fingers behind me "nothing happened here" I uttered my eyes as wide as saucers Leroy eyed me warily as he coughed because of the smoke "sky..."he drawled narrowing his eyes at me he was just wearing sweats with no shirt on "I was making pasta and got a little distracted so this happened" I squeaked the stinging from my fingers causing me to wince at the pain he took long strides and stood in front towering above me grabbing my hand he examined my fingers quietly and in a second he picked me up placing me on the marble kitchen counter the cold surface caused goosebumps to rise on my skin I squeaked at the sudden action as he opened the freezer holding an ice pack his back muscles flexed at every movement my cheeks became hot at the thought "I'll do the cooking from now on I'm more concerned that something else would have happened"his eyes flashed with worry  "that happens all the time, it won't be this bad next time so yeah I'm not going to stop trying"I whined  "I'm not asking sky I'm telling"he grunted putting the ice pack on my fingers "that hurts a bit"my eyes closing at the impact his hand that wasn't holding the ice pack was suddenly on my thigh my eyes shot open at the feeling only to see he was so focused on my fingers his forehead furrowed the dimples on his cheeks deepened "I know you don't like being touched but we don't really have an option now do we" he snickered trying to hide his smile I coughed as my cheeks flushed "are you okay? Do you need water?" He said watching me intently his eyes softening as they met mine I nodded quietly "I'm okay" I croaked the air around us getting hot "Your eyes are pretty up close" he muttered under his breath it was almost like it wasn't meant to be heard his brown eyes gleamed and held emotions I couldn't decipher "why do you do this to me Sky" he whispered his hand tucked my stray curls behind my ear my heart racing as my breathing sped up there was something about the way my body responded to little contact like I was starved and how it made me feel I didn't like losing control and this is one of those times.

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Hope you enjoyed this one...