"Oh okay!"
He says as he gets a stool. She was short, which was adorable, but if she wanted to help, she would have to be able to his the cabinets.
"So let's look at some recipes, you pick a our we can make."
He says sliding a recipe book to her, flipping the page to the pies.
She smiled shyly when he got the stool, but she stood on it immediately. On top of the stool, she was about the same height as Elijah. Stepping down from the stool to look at the recipe book, she tripped a little, but she managed to stop herself from falling.
Getting ready to catch her from falling, but she stopped herself, which he was still glad she didn't fall.
shes so adorable
He thinks to himself as he looks at her and her little actions.
She smiles while looking through the recipes. "Hmm, what's your favorite type of pie?" She asks as she looks up at Elijah.
"Apple cinnamon"
He smiles at her at he looks around for apples.
"Oo! Sounds delicious! So, what can I do?" She said as she looked through the recipe.
"Do you know how to roll dough? I can cut and peel the apples."
He said getting a bag of apples, setting them out on the counter.
"Yeah, I believe so." She moved the stool to an empty section of the counter and got on the stool.
Looking at her, surprised to be the same height as her. Getting out the flower, eggs and milk (and whatever you get to make the dough, I don't know how to cook lol)
"You know how to mix everything?"
He asks her, setting the ingredients down in front of her.
"Yes I do, I'm remembering that I would sometimes help my grandma make deserts, specifically pie. So, I can make the crust." She smiled, now able to easily look at him instead of looking up.
"How cute"
He said to himself, not realizing that he said it out loud.
Stepping over to the apples, he became to peel them and slice them into cute little moon shaped slices.
"Did you make pie a lot?"
He says glancing over to her with a smile.
She turned toward the counter to hide the light pink slightly filling her cheeks while smiling. "Uh, yeah I did, it was kinda like my family's signature dessert."
"That's so sweet!"
He said accidentally cutting the tip off his finger while cutting the apples.
"Yeah, it is!" She smiled looking over her shoulder at Elijah. Her eyes widened and she jumped off the stool. "Elijah! Are you ok?!" She looked all around the kitchen for paper towels. Once she found them, she took a few and held them to his finger, applying pressure to stop the bleeding.
A little flustered a shocked by her sudden reaction, his cheeks turning a little red,
"Ah, I'm fine"
He said softly with a little laugh. Suddenly ruffling her hair with his free hand, smiling
"You are just so adorable you know that?"
He said referring to how short she is, but also by how much she freaked out over a little cut.
"Are you sure you're okay?" She looked up at him with a smile. Oh he ruffled my hair again… I love that so much.
Penelope smiled immediately following Elijah's comment, melting a little in shyness.
With her still holding her finger, he laced his fingers into her, kissing her forehead, straightening her hair one he messed it up.
"I'm fine, now let's make a pie."
He said softly with a smile, turning back to the apples, trying not to blush. He usually was a flirt, but this was no flirting and apparently, they were soulmates, so why the heck not.
She looked up at him with a huge smile and red cheeks, then quickly down to their hands. She didn't want to unlace her hand from his, but they needed to make their pie. Hesitantly, she took her hand out of his and went back over to the stool to make the dough.
"Sorry- i…. My body acted before I could think… I won't do that again."
He said immediately feeling bad about it.
"No no, I uh… I liked that… Don't worry about it, and maybe we could hold hands more often, maybe…" Penelope instantly blushed saying that. She made sure she was looking at the bowl trying to hide the blushing.
Furiously blushing at her statement, he started cutting the apples faster and faster, he wanted to get done with this so he could talk to her more. But for now, he was going to make a pie with her, for her.
"y-yes, I would… yes."
Is all he managed to get out of his throat, he was to flustered for this.
She finished putting all the ingredients into the bowl and she was mixing it. That definitely helped her keep her mind off of what just happened. Thinking about what she said and what he did made her blush, so it was better to keep busy.
Having the apples, now in the bowl with (whatever you put with the apples in apple pie lol)
"are you ready to put the dough in the pan?"
He asks her looking over to the girl, who no longer looked small. (the stool lol)
Penelope looked over her shoulder at Elijah, then back to the dough. "Just about! I need to roll it out, but that won't take long… where's your rolling pin?" She asked, hopping off the stool to look around for it.
Smiling, then reaching over the counter, to a big vase looking jar, with a whole bunch of cooking utensils in it, grabbing it from right in front of where she was standing, handing it to her with a half-smile, looking as if he's holding one in,
"it was right in front of you"
He laughs, waiting for her to realize that it was.