Third Floor Common Room [Monday evening]

[weldedtomyspine]

After a week of vacation, Jaime felt like he needed to do something. And since he also wanted to be at least a little bit social, that meant the common room. And that meant cooking.

So there he was, slaving over a hot stove. Well, standing nearby and watching a big pot of chili cook. That was sort of like slaving. Except for the part where he kept stealing bites and frowning. "This is so not spicy enough," he complained to no one in particular.

He started rummaging around in the cupboards looking for something to remedy that. But so far all he'd found were corn chips. Which... well, those were good too.

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[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, that smells awesome," Hurley said, wandering in. "You need any help?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You don't happen to know if there's any chili powder in here anywhere, do you?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"In this one?" Hurley said. "Third floor isn't my specialty. I'm more of a fifth floor guy. So... no clue, sorry."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh well," Jaime shrugged. "I'm sure I'll dig up something."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "If anything, we can go dig something up upstairs."

[weldedtomyspine]

"But that would require climbing all those stairs," Jaime mock-whined. "Besides, I think I found it."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, heaven forbid we have to put in some effort," Hurley said, before chuckling. "But awesome, dude. Old family recipe?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Yeah. It's super secret." No it wasn't. "So if you tell anyone you saw any of the ingredients, I'll have to kill you." No he wouldn't.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Dude, harsh," Hurley said. "You just have to honor my empanadas with the same respect."

[heromaniac]

Mmmmm foooooooood.

"Hiiii! I smell something good!" Momoko happily popped her head into the common room. "People! Enough to share? Food, I mean, not people, but hi people! I missed you!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"If it isn't my favorite hero-slash-helicopter pilot!" Jaime exclaimed. "There's not enough for everyone," he lied, "but there's definitely enough for you!"

[heromaniac]

"It is, it is! Hi Jaime! Welcome back! It was boooring last week!" Momoko moved to peer over his shoulder. "Mmmmmm! Looks and smells much better than mine did! Chili, right? Did you make it?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You should have gone on the trip," Jaime scolded her. "There was rafting and swimming and video games and it was awesome and you would have had fun!"

"And, yep, chili, which I just made with my secret recipe." Which he might have found on the internet.

[heromaniac]

It sounded like fun now, sure. Momoko blew a breath and pouted. "But it sounded boring before, so I didn't want to spend my break being bored and in the woods like it was summer all over again."

She looked about for a spoon to taste with. "I made vegetarian chili the other day; it's nice to eat on a cool day!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Awww... but it would have been fun to have you along."

"Did you use enough chili powder?" Jaime asked. "Because I bet you didn't."

[heromaniac]

"Of course it would have been funner if I was there! I'm super fun to be around!" She reached out to poke at him and laughed. "Not enough chili powder? You know? I was trying to follow the recipe that Mr Durden gave us, and to not burn any more of the tofu, cause I was almost out so I probably didn't. I've only made it once before, and that was in class. Is there a way to tell? I don't know chili very well."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, you'll know," Jaime laughed, poking her right back in the ribs. "Here, try some of this," he held out a spoonful for her to taste the rather spicy chili.

[heromaniac]

Momoko took the taste and chewed slowly. She was tasting all the different combinations of flavours. "Mmm. This is good!" Yes, she sounded surprised. Sorry. She wasn't used to boys being able to cook. "What peppers do you have in here? It's totally spicy, but in a good way! that's not because of the chili powder, is it? If so, I totally messed it up."

And yes she liked spicy foods.

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"People missed you too," Hurley replied, chuckling.

[heromaniac]

"I knew it! I was sneezing all week!" Momoko grinned madly. "Welcome back, Hurley!! Did you have fun? Was it better than the cabins? Did you see any bears?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Sorta, not really, and no bears," Hurley said, firing off his answers. "What did you do all break?"

[heromaniac]

"No bears? I thought all the woods in America had bears?!" Momoko blinked. "It was totally totally quiet here! I was booooored with all of you gone. I read some manga, declared myself queen, phoned some people, and other normal stuff. How come you only sorta had fun? Because there were no bears?"

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Uhhh, cause... Penelope kinda... left for home?" Hurley said. "And not just for break."

[heromaniac]

"Ah? I didn't hear that! She seemed really really nice! I hope everything's okay!" Momoko was trying to decide if Hurley's pauses meant he needed a hug. She was good for hugs! "A few people went home, it seems. My roommate left, too! That didn't help with the boring week."

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Hurley said. "I just... yeah." He frowned some more. "I'm gonna miss her, you know?"