Christine looked up from her knitting and sighed.
Erik was working at his latest composition and extremely focused. Christine stood up and went into the kitchen. She pulled out flour, sugar, vanilla and chocolate chips. She hummed as she mixed the batter together.
She scooped the batter into little balls and placed then on the cookie sheet.
"What are you doing?" A voice said behind her.
Christine turned around mildly surprised to see Erik, " I'm making cookies" she said with a smile.
"Cookies?" Erik asked.
"Yes chocolate chip cookies to be exact."
"Why?" Erik asked confused
Christine giggled, " well I was bored and I've been craving some. There." She said putting the last tray in the oven, "that's the last one." She watched Erik stare at her in bewilderment as she gathered all of the the dirty bowls and spoons.
"Have you ever had a cookie?" She asked. Erik shook his head. "Well", Christine said, " If you help me with the dishes I'll share some with you."
Erik hesitated, "Alright"
With two people working the dishes were soon done. Erik put the last bowl away as the timer for the cookies went off.
"Yay!" Christine said "they're are done!" She pulled the trays out and carefully scooped the cookies off the tray with a spatula.
She handed one to Erik, " be careful. It may still be hot."
Erik inspected the cookie the nibbled at it. Christine watched his expression as he went from curiosity to surprise. "It's sweet!" He said.
"Well.. yes. It's a cookie. It's full of sugar."
" it's good. I like it."
"I'm glad." Christine smiled.
Erik finished his cookie. To Christine's amusement he had some chocolate on the corner of his mouth. " You have some chocolate right there." She said wiping it off. He smiled back at her and cautiously brushed his hands against her cheek. The contact caused her to inhale slightly. She reached up to touched the porcelain mask that covered the right side of his face. He sighed quietly and she slowly moved to him. For a second Erik made no response. But slowly he responded to her kiss. Starting meek and unassuming but quickly turned heated and passionate. His hands got tangled in her curls and wandered across her back and waist. He pushed her against the counter and broke the kiss, "Christine? " he whispered
She nodded slightly granting him permission. As he moved in for another kiss Christine smiled to herself, who would have thought cookies could be so sweet?