What did they know that I didn’t?
Before I could open my mouth to ask, Lila nodded, “Okay. Time to check on the cookies. You always want them to be lightly brown and a little soft in the middle. That’s when they’re just right.”
Madalyn moved from my side to check on the cookies.
Cole winked at me, then moved like he was inspecting them.
Then, quick as a flash, he snapped up two of them, all the while Madalyn called out, “Hey!”
I grinned as I took one and popped it in my mouth.
Was it hot? Fuck yes.
But the best time to eat a cookie was when it came fresh out of the oven.
And it had the right ratio of chocolate chips.
Cole did the same, then a beat later he said, “We had to check it for poison.”
Lila looked at Madalyn, “That’s okay, sweetheart. Cause they did that, they are banned from eating what I’m making.
Cole and I both looked at her, and like it was choreographed, we both asked, “What?”
A mischievous glint hit her eyes, “Oh, something I know for a fact that three of you like.”
I narrowed my eyes at her, “You’re making your honey chicken. Aren’t you?”
She grinned wickedly, “Yes, sir.”
I groaned, as did Cole, “That’s not fair.”
Madalyn held her hand up to high-five Lila.
Lila smirked.
See, one day after practice, a hellacious storm had hit, and water was standing badly in the roads. Lila stayed at my place with Cole and Madalyn.
And since I had driven my bike to the gym, I had been stuck there until the storm calmed down.
She cooked that honey chicken, and when I got home, Cole was moaning in the chair, saying he was in a food coma with Madalyn.
I had also taken a bite, and then forgot where I was, and went in for another bite, but pouted when there was nothing left on my plate.
Yes, I had pouted because I wanted more of it.
Shit was like pure crack.
So now, there Cole and I sat wanting some of it.
I didn’t know what he was thinking.
But I was thinking about what I could do so I could have some of it.
As if she could read my mind, Lila called out as she was cooking, “Don’t think for a second either of you can be sneaky.”
“That’s not fair,” Cole grumbled.
Lila turned her head and winked, “Them’s the consequences for stealing Madalyn’s cookies.”
