"I heard you talking last night."
Buttercup rests the Professor's "No. 1 Dad" black coffee cup on a smiley face coaster provided by Bubbles on the kitchen's white marble island. She's sat, strong legs spread wide apart in blue jean shorts and a black sports bra beside her sister, with a plate of cooked food for breakfast infront of her. Her favorite, liver with onions.
"That's Professor's?"
"Stop ignoring my questions. It's getting a bit annoying after three days."
Bubbles rose petals for lips are stuck in a pout as she whisks a yellow batter in a blue bowl infront of the old stove. Buttercup smiles.
"You're cute."
There's an awkward silence interrupted by the sizzling of vegetable oil, the bubble and spit of batter on a hot pan, and the flip and flop of cooking pancakes as she continues to make breakfast.. Not a word is exchanged until Bubbles serves her her customary stack of 'super happy monkey pancakes' and is forced into engaging in direct eye contact.
Blue into green, green into blue.
"Blossom's coming over today."