Aubrey handed the jar to him with a smile. She found another pot and filled it with water, setting it on the stove to boil. As she waited for it to do so, she turned to Liam.
"Do you want meat in your sauce? Or none?" she asked.
“Do I even have any in the house?” He asked, looking in the fridge, “There’s minced beef?”
"If it's in the fridge, then it's obviously here!" Aubrey laughed. "Does that mean that you do?"
“Yes, I do.” He said, pulling the beef out the fridge, “Here.” He placed it on the counter and opened the packaging.
"Thanks," Aubrey said, pulling a pan out. She dropped the meat into it and turned the burner on. "How are you doing so far?"
He smiled a little, “Just because I can’t remember much, doesn’t mean I don’t know anything at all. He said, throwing a few spices into the sauce.
Aubrey smiled at him. "Well, yeah, I know that. I just meant, like, how're you doing with all this, like, emotionally…"
“Oh, a little better then before. I’ve remembered a few things which is a start, I guess it’ll take time…” He said, turning on another burner on the stove and placing the sauce on top.
"Good. That's good," Aubrey said softly, nodding.
Is that all you can say now? "Good"?
Liam stirred the pot before another question appeared in his mind, "What are we studying at university?" He asked.
"I'm in Pre-vet, you're going for astronomy," Aubrey reminded Liam, pouring the noodles into the now-boiling pot of water.
"Astronomy… yeah, yeah I am." He smiled when the memory came back to him.
Aubrey looked over and smiled at Liam. "Yeah. You've loved the stars for as long as I can remember. So have I…" she trailed off, her voice growing quieter as she did so. She went back to making the food.
"If you loved the stars as much as me, why didn't you go into astronomy too?" He asked, tasting the sauce.
"Because I've always wanted to become a veterinarian. Ever since I was little," Aubrey explained, continuing to cook the food without looking at Liam.
Liam smiled a little, "When we were younger, didn't you try to "help" your toys? As if they were real animals?"
Aubrey's head snapped up and she grinned at Liam. "Yeah. Yeah I did," she giggled. "I was obsessed with them."
"Yes, you were." He laughed a little.
Aubrey grinned up at him for a moment before the sound of water boiling over reached her ears. She jumped and quickly turned back to the food, yanking the cover off the pot and stirring it rapidly.
Liam chuckled, "Are the noodles nearly ready? As the sauce is just about done."
"Here, try one. Let me know if you think they are," Aubrey said, pulling a noodle she scooped out from the pot and handing it to Liam.
He took it and tasted it, almost burning his tongue, "Yeah, they're done and hot."
Aubrey smiled and turned the stove off. "Good. Toss the meat in the sauce, and we'll be good to go."
Liam did as she said and stirred the meat round the sauce, it cook fairly quickly and soon he had the pot off the stove.
Aubrey grabbed a couple of plates from the cupboard and placed them on the table. She put cups and silverware down as well before setting the noodles out.