[TD NOCO] Barks And Bites

7

"In one week he's learned so much..." Courtney said, impressed with Scott.

"I still think he's not right for this place..." Gwen complained.

"We can't hire people based on if we like them or not. That's hardly the way to run a business. He was able to learn, that's a good skill." Courtney said.

"Learning isn't a skill..." Gwen muttered.

Suddenly Scott came out of the kitchen with something so fresh, steam was still coming out of it. "I made a pizza!" He announced.

"Why..?" Gwen asked in annoyance.

"We have ingredients for pizza?" Courtney wondered.

"Well, I wanted to thank you guys for being patient with me and teaching me everything i needed to learn so i bought some ingredients and made this pizza to show my gratitude."

"That's really nice, Scott." Courtney smiled and took a piece to try it.

"I make it so good. I add creamy garlic to the crust and it's to die for." Scott said proudly.

Gwen reluctantly grabbed a piece.

"Oh... I think Noah's allergic to garlic..." Courtney said in thought.

"He is..?" Gwen asked.

"Oh, shit..." Scott said quietly.

"Well he said he doesn't have an epipen or anything so I guess it's not serious..."

"Good because the garlic stunk up the entire kitchen." Scott said in relief.

Just then Noah and Cody walked in, back from their break.

Noah suddenly started coughing and his face reddened.

"Oh shit, oh fuck!" Scott started panicking.

"Scott made a pizza with garlic..." Courtney told Noah.

Noah quickly walked outside, coughing in fits.

"What's going on..?" Cody worried.

"Noah's allergic to garlic... so now we need to air out the store..." Courtney said, going to the windows.

"Noah's... what? Why didn't you say anything ??" Cody asked.

"Well, like... confidentiality..?" Courtney shrugged. "It's not like we make anything with garlic so it never came up."

Scott looked around worriedly. "Am I gonna get fired?"

"Not unless you make something with eucalyptus or fire ants... then you will be responsible for a death." Courtney said half-jokingly.

Cody looked outside and saw Noah still coughing hysterically. "What about Noah?"

"He doesn't have an epipen. So it's probably not serious." Courtney shrugged.

Cody frowned and went outside after Noah. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah... I just need some air..." Noah said between coughs.

"That stupid idiot..." Cody complained.

"It's fine... as long as I'm not near it, I'm fine..."

Cody put a supportive hand on Noah's back.

"How can you be so stupid??" Gwen was yelling at Scott. "This is a pastry shop! You can't just bring whatever ingredients you want and make something that's not on the menu! Especially not without asking Courtney first!"

"Gwen, stop... he had good intentions." Courtney said, spraying some air freshner.

"We're just lucky his allergy isn't that bad! He could have died!" Gwen yelled angrily.