June 20th, 2011

Sinead Starling looked at her watch, and scowled. Two more hours until she could leave this big-happy-family reunion.

And it wasn't even the Cahill side of her family, that was what annoyed her. If it was an Ekat meeting, she could have counted on something interesting happening.

But nooo, her mom's side of the family was decidedly un-Cahill, leaving Sinead completely bored.

Ted and Ned didn't seem so despondent. Or perhaps they were, seeing that they were tussling about, play-fighting in a whirlwind of testosterone.

Sinead sank further into her chair, and scraped the frosting off a discarded piece of cake dropped in front of her. She brought the plastic fork to her mouth, then, just as quickly, put it back down. Gross.

She went off in search of something else to eat. Hmmm… she walked into the kitchen, and… jackpot. A spread of hors d'oeuvres lay on the granite counter.

Sinead picked up a plain cracker, and spread hummus on it. She laid a piece of basil on the top, placed three capers on top of the leaf, daubed jalapeno jelly on the top, and popped the whole thing in her mouth.

Then she repeated the dance—cracker, hummus, basil, three capers, jalapeno jelly, eat.

So… bored… Sinead had to stop herself from moaning in agony. Nothing… to… do…

Ned and Ted ran into the kitchen, and threw open the refrigerator door.

"Sinny, will you make me something to eat?" Ted yelled.

Sinead put one hand on her hip. "No. Make yourself something! Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I should cook. God."

"No," Ned agreed, "but you're a good cook, so you should."

"No."

"Please?"

Sinead blew a stream of air out of her pursed lips, then relented. "Fine."

Hmmm… she observed the spread of food in front of her.

Sinead pulled a plate off the top of the stack, and got to work. A cracker, a dab of cream cheese, and some chives… a cracker, cream cheese, and caviar… asparagus with peanut sauce…

She was on a roll now, mixing and spreading and flambéing.

Finally, she finished. And then she stepped back in shock.

She had made a lot of food. Wow. The entire counter was filled with it.

Sinead hoped they could eat it all, so she yelled, "Ted! Ned! Get in here!"

The two ran back in, and stopped short.

"Wow, Sinead," they said, warily.

Ted reached forward and grabbed a cracker, and pushed it into his mouth. Ned followed suit.

"Mm," he swallowed with difficulty. "Good, sis."

Neither of them reached for another, but Ned reached out and sucker-punched his brother in the arm.

"Hey!" Ted was up in a flash, chasing him off.

Sinead was about to get mad, but she just shook her head, pulled out a chair, and wondered if they realize that all they did was run in circles all day.

I love the Starlings

Please review. Do they seem OOC?