Fourth Floor Common Room [evening]

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Given how many of her conversations that afternoon had turned to food, Sookie had found herself kind of homesick in spite of herself, especially after facing the prospect of eating what she found in the common room.

So, she took it upon herself to run out and grab some fresh ingredients, and returned back to the common room to boil some rice and throw everything moddable that she'd bought and found that looked good into the pot to make some jambalaya.

She'd taken a little more care and put together a berry cobbler, admittedly using frozen berries. Her gran had always said it tasted the same anyway, so long as you used enough butter.

She kept the TV on while she cooked and familiarized herself with the kitchen, and tried to adjust to the technology and appliances that were ten years ahead of her time. It was fairly easy to figure out, even if some of the commercials threw her for a loop.

[open as common rooms tend to be! look, the big posts were scaring me.]

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Jambalaya?" she offered. "It's a Cajun dish. Not really my strongest dish, but it's easy and there's no exact recipe."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Cool," Hurley said. "So, like, you're a cook?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Not by trade or anything," she said, shaking her head. "But I grew up in my grandmother's kitchen. I was bound to pick up some things, right?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Right," Hurley said. "Grandparents are awesome like that."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"What about you?" she asked. "Do you cook at all?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"A bit," Hurley said. "I'm learning more and more at the school."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, they have cooking classes here?" Sookie asked eagerly. That sounded fun.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "I learned a lot in the ones I took first term."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"So you like the classes here?" she asked.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"I love it here," Hurley said. "This school is the best thing ever."