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[new_ophelia]

 "Ow, mother of God," Kate hisses as she swats hot cooking oil out of her face. Again. This cooking thing is ridiculous and she's only trying to sautee vegetables for God's sake. How the hell is she going to take care of a baby when she can't even feed herself? She eyes the pan of vegetables before looking again at the strips of raw meat. Crap,

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[legendarymadman]

Geoffrey still cringes a little bit when he thinks about the last conversation he had with Kate (other than the 'hi's and 'bye's and 'see you later's that dot their daily interaction), but he's not avoiding her, and so when he sees her in the kitchen on his way to grab something to eat he doesn't immediately find someplace else to be.

"I think there's a reason they usually have other people cooking meals," he says, eyeing her pan.

[new_ophelia]

"Shut up," she laughs, pushing the food around with her spatula. She turns around to give a small smile. "I'm going to be a mom Geoffrey, so I need to be able to cook for my kid." She hasn't really seen him since the whole truth incident, and just hopes he isn't still totally horrified.

[legendarymadman]

"I'm pretty sure there's going to be plenty of time for that, since the kid won't actually be eating anything you cook for quite a while after he's born," says Geoffrey, still eying the pan dubiously. "Also, I'm pretty sure the kid can eat the same way the rest of us do: whatever someone else decides to cook."

[new_ophelia]

"But I'm a mom and mom's are supposed to be able to make food," she insists, trying to decide what to do about the burning vegetables and half-raw meat. "And Jack shouldn't have to be running around trying to feed us all. But I think I did this wrong."

[legendarymadman]

"Someone should've told my mother that, then," says Geoffrey. "I would've starved if it hadn't been for the school cafeteria and the wonders of TV dinners. I don't see why you shouldn't make Jack cook. What, is he too busy with other things?"

[new_ophelia]

"Well, but my mom didn't cook either but I still think I should," she laments, poking sadly at some very questionable looking food. "What if Jack's not around sometime and my kid wants an actual meal? Maybe I shouldn't serve it this, though."

[legendarymadman]

"Well, I'm sure in some cultures that could be considered a delicacy," says Geoffrey. Not in this culture, but in some. The sort that ate raw things and stuff they scraped up from the ocean floor.

[new_ophelia]

Kate just shakes her head and tries to stifle a laugh. She really is terrible at this. "Well, shit Geoffrey. I can't just feed my kid sandwiches all the time. What can you cook?"

[legendarymadman]

"I'm smart enough to show up at mealtimes when someone else is cooking," says Geoffrey. Or to get Duck to cook, since he's about ten times better at it. "I'm also good at pasta and soup, in a pinch. But not at the same time."

[new_ophelia]

"Can you teach me to make soup?" she says, brightening up. "Please? Just one kind."

[legendarymadman]

"You want me to teach me how to make soup?" says Geoffrey dubiously. "Is this going to turn out like the time you asked me to teach you how to ski?"

[new_ophelia]

"Hey," she says, poking him in the chest. "You survived, I survived. C'mon, please. I really need to be able to feed my poor child."

[legendarymadman]

"If you're willing to take the chance on me, I guess I'm willing to take the chance on you," he says, giving her a crooked smile in return. "If it's just one soup then we'd better make it vegetable, or your kid's going to get rickets or something."

[new_ophelia]

"Thank you," Kate says, grabbing his arm to pull him over to the counter. She'd comment on the whole rickets thing, but he's most likely right. She takes the pan of unmentionables and puts it to the side. "Okay, I don't even know where to begin."

[legendarymadman]

"What, right now?" says Geoffrey, but apparently Kate is all ready to go on the spot. "Do you want the quick and dirty way, or do you want to learn how to make soup stock?" Actually, he's not even sure if they can do the quick and dirty way on the island.

[new_ophelia]

Kate just blinks at that. "You just spoke gibberish to me," she says, scratching her forehead. "What's soup stock?"