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[mm_batty]

Starla had class today which left Bill alone to sleep in and putter around. He managed to make it to the grocery store and back, something he's quite proud of, and is putting the finishing touches on dinner before she gets home

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[fit_to_survive]

She's juggling two bags of food -- gourmet burgers from Harry's, complete with fixings and sides (the baked potatoes as big as the burgers themselves), and cheesecake for dessert -- and an oversized tote filled with papers, folders and her laptop on one shoulder.

Getting the door open is a triumph; she lets the tote fall to the sofa in a graceless slide. She's heading for the kitchen when the smell of pork chops registers.

"Babe, you didn't have t'do -- "

She pauses by the counter, taking in the current disaster area, and swallows back a helpless chuckle.

"Oh, Bill."

[wheelsy_sheriff]

He's standing at the stove, a bag of flour in one hand, eyeing the gravy soup. He knows that somehow one will fix the other and he's trying to figure out how best to accomplish this when Starla's voice startles him.

On instinct he tries to hide what he's doing, quickly turning and putting the flour behind his back, then promptly dropping it.

"Starla! Hey, I -- shit."

He glances over his shoulder, looks at her, then turns and bends down to pick up the bag and gather the mess.

"I got it-- I'm sorry-- I was just tryin'-- you home early?"

He checks his watch and realizes he lost track of time.

[fit_to_survive]

Her eyes fall to the faint cloud of flour behind his ankles and she stifles another laugh -- she doesn't want him to think she's laughing at him instead of the situation.

"Here, lemme give you a hand."

She puts down the bags and crosses the tile to rescue the bubbling gravy from the stove.

[wheelsy_sheriff]

"I got it. Well, actually-- " He looks back and sees her taking care of the gravy. "Thanks. Can you check them chops in the oven, too? They outta be done. I'm gonna get the broom."

Standing with the bag he's glad to see it didn't bust, but there's still some flour sprinkling the tile, along with other little bits of everything including Shake N' Bake bits and potato flakes.