Lovely Madness // h.s. au

4. Noodle Sauce

We got back to my apartment around noon. Simone forced Harry and I to watch Beauty and the Beast and Mulan with her. Then she made us color some pages from one of her millions of coloring books. By then it was around four. So I took a shower and threw on some sweatpants and a tank top.

"Noodle sauce now?" Simone asked as I made my way into the kitchen.

"Yes ma'am. And guess what, Harry has some special sauce that he's gonna make us," I said picking her up.

"You can make sauce?" She asked. I walked over next to Harry so Simone could talk to him.

"That's the only way to eat it. Let me guess, Riley gets her sauce out of a big jar doesn't she?" He asked.

Simone nodded.

"I'm from San Diego, not Europe," I defended myself.

"You can help her with the noodles and I'll do this okay?"

"Okay," she smiled at him.

For the next twenty minutes Simone and I boiled the noodles, Harry made the sauce, and we all sang along to the Little Mermaid soundtrack that blasted through my speakers.

"Simone, will you get some plates for me, love?" Harry asked.

"Can't reach em," she said defeated. "C'mere then."

He opened his arms and she ran into them. He scooped her up and raised her to the level of the cabinet. She opened it and grabbed three plates. He brought her back down to the ground and she handed the plates to him. He set them out on the island and I filled each plate with noodles and he added sauce to each one.

"Noodle sauce! Noodle sauce!" Simone chanted.

I lifted her up into her seat and slid her plate in front of her. I handed her a fork and an opened bottle of fruit punch.

"Juice!" She yelled.

"Hmm, you're already hyper. Maybe you don't need anymore sugar before Jenny's house," I said.

"Jenny's mom will give me more," she shrugged.

I laughed at her and walked over to the fridge.

"Do you want a drink?" I asked Harry.

"What do you have?"

"I mean a real drink. I have some big kid juice," I glanced at him over my shoulder.

"Oh. Yeah, sure."

He grabbed two wine glasses off of the counter and set them down. I filled each glass and started making my way over to Simone's side of the island.

"No! Sit by Harry!" She stuck her hand out forcing me to stop.

"Woah there, alright," I slowly backed away.

I slid onto the stool next to Harry and watched as Simone slurped the noodles into her mouth.

"How do you like the sauce?" He asked Simone.

"Yummy!" Her smile was so big and bright that I couldn't help but smile back.

"And you?" Harry looked at me. I stared down at my empty plate.

"Delicious as always," I gave him a small smile.

Jenny's mom was on her way to pick Simone up when I realized I hadn't packed her a bag yet. I set my dishes in the sink and hurried back to her room. After throwing in clothes and shoes and her toothbrush, I couldn't find her good jacket. I went down the hallway and was about to ask her where it was when my heart stopped.