102 CROSSROADS OF EMOTIONS
ARIEL’S POV
“And what are you doing here?” I aksed Luke, raising an eyebrow.
“I just came to help you out,” he answered, looking around. “I thought you might need a hand.”
“Thanks, but I’m good. You can leave now.” I turned back to the ingredients, to focus on the preparation of the food.
“If I can remember, this is my house.”
“Fine. Stay then.” I said nonchalantly.
As I was about to chop, Luke moved closer to me and grabbed a tomato from the table, observing it.
“What are you doing?” I asked. He didn’t give me a reply. Instead, he took a carrot from the table as well.
“Luke….”
He hushed me, placing his fingers on my lips, looking into my eyes. And as he stirred closer, I began to move backward, all these done in silence, until I found myself leaning against the wall.
“You love complaining.” Luke said softly. “Why?”
I didn’t say a thing as I kept staring at him. I didn’t know if my lips were sealed at the moment, but the power to speak, was not there.
After a gaze that seemed like eternity, Luke moved backwards, laughing silently. He budged nigher to the ingredients, and started doing only God knows what.
“Luke!” I shrieked at him. At this point, my voice came back.
“What?!” He yelled back. But kept on carrying out his nonsense.
“I’m trying to cook here. Stop doing shit with those ingredients!” I bawled at him
He shook his head, with a grin. “But Ariel, you know I’m just enhancing the flavor with my expert tossing skills.”
“Tossing skills? This isn’t a salad, Luke! Get your hands off that tomato!”
“What’s the worst that can happen? A little veggie rain never hurt anyone.” Luke threw a carrot at me.
dodged the carrot, and gaped at him immediately.
gone nuts?”
rude now, Ariel.” He smirked,
landed on the
staring at the part of the wall which had been
-
up.
turned to Luke and moved closer to him.
look like
a war zone. Can we please save the food
“And since when did
cook most of the times around here. So
even bother to let me have a taste of your
a weird face.
I found
hands promptly. “Like I’ve said, save this food fight for another time. Not now Mr.”
handful of flour. “But where’s the fun in that? Let’s make this a cooking show like no
him a bewildered face.
seriously, what had gotten into this guy
to do shit with the flour, but I stopped
my eyes down. “Luke, if you
off, throwing the flour all over the air. And
we have a magical, flour–filled kitchen. Isn’t it
beautiful, all right.
“I wish.”
“Say what now?”
you up.” Luke moved extremely close to me.
worry, sir.
look like a mess.”
because you made me a mess!”
ean
up this mess,
“No, you don’t have to….”
him. Before I knew it, I was pressed against his chest, the sticky flour from my body coating
at this point, I felt a surge of butterflies in
idea what was wrong with this man. He was definitely
nothing but hatred. Then on another hand, he would begin these actions, making it look like there was some passion for
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