Chapter 2

Ross returned a few minutes later his hands full. He placed down a huge pie clearly meant for more than 2 people, some bread and a mixture of home grown vegtables in a broth. He placed all these on the table in and then doubled back to grab a bottle of Brady wine and some plates and cutlery.

He gave Demelza a plate and a spoon and sat down next to her.

'What pie?' Demelza asked looking at the huge thing in front of her.

'Fish' Ross replied taking a knife and cutting a big slice for his wife and one for himself, he then insisted on tearing her some bread and loading some Vegtable broth onto her plate. At last he poured her some wine before doing the same for himself.

'Eat' he said and picked up his own fork and digged in.

'Mmmm, 'tis so nice' Demelza said in between mouthfuls. Seeing her eat made Ross smile, for weeks now she had been off her food and now at last she was eating like Demelza eat again, nothing like a lady, but it was nice to see her enjoying it again. He helped himself to some more bread and they eat in silence for a while.

'You cook good' she said once finished her silce of the pie. She then proceeded to dig into her broth, dipping her bread into it and helping herself to wine.

'I'm glad you like it' he said and smiled to himself. He had never been a cook, never really had too so he did't get much practice at it. Although to be honest he did have to enlist the help of Jinny and Prudie for the pudding, even he wasn't that good.

'Don't eat too much, I've made pudding too' Ross said as a joke. Demelza looked up, mouth full of food. She quickly swallowed everything so she could talk. 'You tell me now, when all the food is gone?' she asked, He laughed at her and then gave her a smile.

'Do you think you can eat some pudding too? We can always save it for tomorrow?' he asked

'No, you've cooked pudding, I can't miss a thing like that' she said and pulled him into a quick kiss. He stood up and took the empty bowls and plates and took them out into the next room, he then came back moments later with a fruit pie and custard.

'Wow Ross' Demelza said when she saw the beautiful pie in front of her. He could see Demelzas eyes literally begging him to allow her to start, he laughed to himself she certainly did have an appitite.

'Go on then' he said and saw his wife pick up a spoon and pile a huge helping of it into her bowl a long with half the custard. Ross waited intill she had dug in, to help himself to a considtrably smaller slice without the custard. He could't quite believe a small, skinny girl could eat so much, but 'I suppose she is eating for two' He whispered beneath his breath, which put another smile on his face.

They talked in between eating about their day. Demelza had gone into town that day with Verity, they had bought some fabric and had an order for a new cloak, which would be ready in a few days, Verity had had a dress fitting for something she had order some weeks ago, they had had a brady wine at the Red Lion and then they come home. Ross however had been in the kitchen all day making everything perfect for his wife.

After they had both eaten most of the fruit pie, Demelza wanting to save a silce for Jinny and Prudie thanking them for helping (Ross might have mentioned all the help they had givien him) , Ross took the leftovers and custard jug back to the kitchen.

'What are we to do now?' Demelza asked when Ross walked back into the room. He sat back down and reached over to the other side of the table where the brown packages laid.

'These are for you' he said and handed her both of them.

'Ross, no, you give me too much, I dont need no more, I mean I only just went and brought a cloak today with your money, I can't take no more' she whispered and tried to give them back to him. Ross wasn't having any of it. He pushed them back into her hands and held his own over hers.

'You are my wife, and I love you, You do so much for me, please let me treat you, I Like treating you, I Love seeing you happy, let me' he said and kissed her squarly on her mouth, adding some tongue in, making her moan into his mouth. Before anything got to deep he pulled away.

Abit gidly after the mind blowing kiss, Demelza shook her head and brought the presents to her lap. She felt them both trying to gage what was in them. Ross watch her admiring the gifts in till he got impatient, he wanted to see her reaction.

'Open them'