What If - Jessica's Cooking Adventure ^-^V

What If – Side Story (click for refresher LOL)

A figure plopped herself onto the couch and turned on her laptop while taking a sip of her drink with her free hand. While waiting for her computer to start up, her eyes travelled across the space she was in, her apartment. She glanced at the dimly lit kitchen and sighed. She continued day dreaming until some beeping sound from her computer broke her trance.

*Theo is requesting a video call*

Without hesitation she moused over to the green accept button and her lover’s face appeared on the screen soon after.

“Hey Jess!”

“Don’t you hey me, you jerk.”

“Jess, I told you about it weeks ago….”

“I don’t care..”

“aw..it’s only for a month. If my boss trust me enough to send me over here, means I’m going to get a promotion soon. Aren’t you happy for me?” Theo pouted and Jessica rolled her eyes at him.

“Whatever…what am I suppose to do for a whole month?!! It’s so boring being home alone..”

“What about Tiff? You two can go for a girls’ day out.”

“Did that yesterday and she has her life too..”

“ooo so you’re the only one without a life?”

“Oi!”

“I’m just sayin…hehehe”

“you are so lucky to be so far away that I can’t whack you, Theo”

“aw…I miss you too honey..haha”

The conversation between the two went on and on until Jessica’s stomach started to growl. It was loud enough for Theo to hear it over the mike.

“wow somebody hasn’t eaten her lunch yet! Why don’t you go make something to eat first then we’ll talk again later?” he teased his wife, knowing very well of her cooking ‘skills’.

Jessica scoffed at his remark

“very funny, Theo.”

“aw..Sergeant is angry. Haha anyway, I have to go now, dear. Having a meeting soon. I’ll talk with you soon ok? Oh, by the way, there’s a package for you on the counter top in case you haven’t noticed. Keke byebye princess! Love you”

*Theo-bear is currently offline*

Jessica’s face scrunched up upon hearing about the package. There wasn’t one at the counter top, or at least, none that she had noticed so far. Getting up, she went towards the kitchen counter top and saw a decent sized packaged wrapped in brown paper.

Never noticed this before.

She unwrapped it and was greeted by three brightly coloured words “COOKING FOR DUMMIES”.

‘Dummy?!!!’ she rolled her eyes before opening it book. Inside was a message .

Hey princess, I know you can’t cook well so just follow instructions alright? Hehe you can start with the recipe on page 9. Remember, follow instructions. ^-^V

Love, Theo

Jessica turned to the said page and saw that it was a recipe for a simple pasta dish and also a sticky note.

Good girl, now read the recipe carefully and then go get the pots & pans etc ready. After reading the recipe, open the cabinet that’s directly above the hot plates. ^-^V

Jessica couldn’t help but smile at her husband’s antics. She hasn’t stepped into the kitchen ever since her husband left for a business trip 2days ago and since she’s such an ‘awesome’ cook, Theo banned her from the kitchen ever since they got married.

The sticky note on the cabinet door read open me and inside were more notes, each stuck onto a different pot with different labels.

Jessica read each note properly before taking out one with the note pot for recipe pg9 stuck on it.

She placed the pot in the sink and began to fill it up with water while holding the book with her left hand, reading the recipe over and over again as not to mess up her lunch.

When she looked up at the wall behind the tap, she saw another note.

That’s my princess, now go to the fridge and pantry and take out the ingredients then do as the book says. ^-^V

Jessica took out all the ingredients. She had no trouble picking them out since Theo had already labeled everything, down to the last bottle of seasoning spice.

When she was about to exit the pantry, she saw a note stuck on the back of the door

Easy isn’t it? I think I should let you cook more often from now on. Now all there’s left to do is to cook everything. Just do things one step at a time and it’ll be fine. Don’t forget to take a picture, I want to see the finish product. ^-^V

Jessica then set everything out on the kitchen table and rolled up her sleeves. She wasn’t the best cook in the world but Theo had definitely labeled her as one of the worst ever since their younger days. Her best dish is tuna sandwich but making sandwiches isn’t really counted as cooking, so as to say.

About 30minutes later, the aroma of freshly made pasta seeped through every corner of the apartment and even the chef herself was amazed by her first successful attempt at cooking. She was about to get her camera when she saw another note on the dining table.

Enjoying your meal, Jess? Haha don’t be afraid to try out any recipes you like from that book and it’s even better if you wanna try new ones from other books. Just don’t forget to snap a picture before you chow down cz I wanna see your creations. Love you dear, I’ll see you soon.

p/s: you’re officially unbanned from the kitchen, at least till I get back ^-^V

love, Theo.

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End.

A/N: ok, i know i said it wouldn't take long and that was like weeks ago. i'm really sorry bout that, you can blame my midterms and assignments for me being late. LOL. so i actually wrote this under 2hours i think? it's roughly 1000words (less than that) about 2pages+ on MS Word (which explains the shortness of this).

comment please =] even if it is crap-tastic. and thank you for reading