A/n: Here's, the fourth chapter ,enjoy.
-Pessi . Rom
Thanks to: didi6 for reviewing the previous chapter, I appreciate it and hope you enjoy the new chapter.
Chapter Four : Lex Bradford Meade; Little Chef
"Mama?" Lex said rubbing his eyes as he walked into the kitchen.
"Hey, there, sleepy head." Betty said facing her son,who'd just awoken from his afternoon nap.
"Where's Daddy and Mina?" Lex asked.
"They went to the store." Betty said as she stirred the pot of sauce cooking on the stove.
"Oh. " Lex said sadly.
" Do you wanna help me with dinner?" Betty asked seeing that her son missed his sister.
"Un,huh." Lex said excitedly nodding his head,he loved to help his mom, or dad, cook, he was quite the little helper, and chef, at three and a half.
"Here, you can stir the seasoning for the garlic bread." Betty said handing him a bowl and whisk, after he put on his special apron.
"I think it needs more garlic,Mama." Lex said tasting the seasoning.
"I think , you're right,little chef." Betty said tasting it, and calling him what she always called him,when they cooked together.
"That's,betta." Lex said after tasting it. Betty just smiled at her son, he was very intuitive when it came to cooking food.
Lex continued to stir the seasoning, then Betty cut up pieces of french bread and placed them on a baking tray.
"Ok, little chef, I'm ready for the seasoning." Betty said. Lex then he spread the seasoning on the pieces of cut bread.
"All done, Mama." Lex said, once he finished spreading the seasoning on the bread.
"Good job,little chef. Now I'll put these in the oven and they should be ready in fifteen minutes." Betty said.
"They're gonna be really yummy." Lex said excited.
"Yep." Betty said then turned the heat down on the sauce.
"Is it time to make the pasta?" Lex asked, having made this particular meal with his mother before.
"Yep, you break the pasta, the waters almost boiled." Betty said handing her son a handful of spaghetti and a bowl.
"Ok." Lex said breaking the spaghetti and placing the pieces in the bowl.
"Here, Mama, I'm done." Lex said five minutes later as he handed his mother the bowl.
"Thanks , little chef." Betty said smiling at her son as she took the bowl and poured the spaghetti into the boiling pot of water.
"You're welcome." Lex said smiling back at his mother, with his inherited Meade charm.
"When you're Daddy gets back from the store, you can help me make the salad." Betty said.
"What kinda salad?" Lex asked.
"Caesar." Betty said.
"Really, that's my fwavortite." Lex said excited.
"I know." Betty said.
" Can I help with dinner, tomorrow, too." Lex asked, he always got so excited about cooking.
"Yep, and tomorrow Daddy's cooking mac and cheese." Betty said, knowing it was one of his and Marina's favorites.
"Yes!" Lex said exited.
"I think Daddy and Mari, are back." Betty said when she heard the front door open. Daniel and Marina then entered the house with groceries.
"Mama, Lex, look what Daddy bought." Marina said walking into the kitchen carrying the flowers they'd bought for Betty.
"Are those for me?" Betty asked smiling at her energetic daughter.
"Un huh, from Daddy, I picked them." Marina said proudly.
"Thanks,baby girl." Betty said.
"You're welcome. Come on Lex, we got you rice crwipses cereal." Marina said speaking to her mom ,and then to her brother.
"Really?" Lex said as he walked off with his sister toward where , Daniel had placed the groceries.
" And , thank you,these are beautiful ." Betty said as Daniel walked toward her.
"Not, as beautiful as you." Daniel said kissing her sweetly on the mouth.
"Is that so?" Betty said smiling at him.
"Mmhmm." Daniel said leaning in and kissing her again. Then they heard giggling.
"Are you two laughing at us." Daniel said breaking the kiss and turning to look at the twins, who started giggling more.
"Yes." Marina said between giggles.
"The food smells delicious." Daniel said turning back to Betty.
"Thats, the garlic bread, made by me and little chef." Betty said.
"Is that so?" Daniel said turning to look at his son.
"Un huh, Daddy,I stirred and put the seasoning on the bread." Lex said proudly.
"Good job,little chef." Daniel said giving his son a high five.
"Everything's about ready, why don't you two set the table, while little chef and I make the salad." Betty said.
"Sure, thing, beautiful." Daniel said kissing her on the check.
"Come, on princess, time to set the table." Daniel said scooping up Marina and heading over to where they kept the plates and other cutlery.
" Here's the lettuce, Mama." Lex said handing his mother the bag of lettuce.
"Thanks, now all we need is the tomato's, Parmesan and croutons." Betty said pulling out the ingredients as she listed them.
"I'll rip the lettuce." Lex said then began to break pieces from the washed lettuce.
"And, I'll cut the tomato." Betty said, then began to chop the tomato's. A few minutes later the salad was done and ready to eat.
"Good job, little chef." Betty said.
"Thanks Mama." Lex said.
A/n: Thanks for reading, sorry I didn't get this posted till now,but I went out of town for the weekend,so I didn't have time to write and post this, lol, this my last chapter written as a 20 year old ,in less than hours I'll be 21 ,crazy how fast time goes by, anywho a review/construct criticism is greatly appreciated,thanks again for reading, I'll have another chapt up next week, cause I've got a pretty busy week and celebrating on the weekend.
-Pessi . Rom