I Will Always Come Home to You (Ally and Stevie)

11. She set my kitchen on fire (Stevie said)

I woke up to the alarm of my smoke detector. Realizing Ally was not in bed with me, I panicked and ran out of the bedroom, naked. She could have been hurt and needed my help.

I saw her in the kitchen turning off the alarm. "Are you alright? What happened?" I asked.

"Good morning, Stevie," Ally greeted as she handed me a towel to cover myself. "I'm fine. I'm sorry you woke up to this mess."

"No harm done. The important thing is you're okay. Do you need any help?"

"Nah. Why don't you return to bed and pretend that I did not set your kitchen on fire because of burnt pancakes?" she suggested and princess carried me back to the bedroom.

"Okay. It's obvious I don't have a choice," I yielded. Ally laid me down in bed and smiled. She gave me a confident smack as if we have been doing this for a long time.

After a few minutes, Ally arrived with a breakfast tray.

"Breakfast in bed!" she said. "The pancakes were such a bad idea so I just took out whatever I could get from your fridge and kitchen pantry." 

You could give her bonus points for presentation. She served me yogurt with berries, cream cheese toast with jam and a cup of coffee, accented by a post-it that says 'You are more beautiful than the morning.'

"Thank you, Ally. You are the sweetest," I said, really appreciative. "Care to join me?" I asked and she sat beside.

"I am really sorry."

"It's okay." I said and kissed her shoulder, assuring her it really was okay."Was it your first time to cook?"

"Yes. But I watched a million Master Chefs do it. I even checked out Youtube earlier." She responded as she finished a toast.

"Ha-ha. I will teach you if you like."

"That will be great!"

I told her about my kitchen nightmare when I actually started a fire. I also told her some cooking tricks and described my  specialty dishes. Meanwhile, she talked about her role as her mom's food taster, her favorite food other than pizza and cheeseburger, and the restaurants she is planning to explore.

"I will take you with me," she proposed.

"You wish,"I teased.

Ally's mom called her and reminded her of the scheduled lunch with her grandparents. She insisted on tidying up everything in the kitchen before she said goodbye. I heard her starting the car but I was surprised that she did not immediately leave. I found her coming back, running to my bedroom.

"Did you forget something?" I wondered.

"This," she answered, devouring me with a longer, lingering kiss. "And you still owe me a bath," she recapped as she gave me her best seductive wink.

We exchanged text messages the whole time. She pretended to be a food critique of the restaurant they were at. She assisted me with my backlogged storyboards with her ridiculous ideas that may actually work. She gave me small reminders that I had to eat, rest and pee.   

"I will not trade chaotic mornings with you for peaceful but boring drive-throughs at Starbucks." was the last text I sent Ally before dozing off.