Chapter 9: Frying Pans and Marriage
"Is it just me." Kika whispered to Xia, while Jia was helping Po with dinner, "Or is there some serious chemistry between those two?"
After Jia offered to help Po with preparing dinner, and Po accepted, Xia and Kika had to stay in the kitchen with them so Alexis could supervise them. It had been only half an hour and Po and Jia's innocent blushes and glances and giggles at each other were as obvious as an elephant among sheep.
"What?" Xia asked, flicking through a magazine, "You only just realise that now? They've been at it the whole morning."
"Yeah, but seriously, they should just get a room already."
"Hey," Monkey greeted the two gossipers as he entered the room. "Where's Tigress."
"Dunno." Kika said.
"I think Shifu wanted to speak to her something." Xia added.
Monkey's attention was caught by the Po and Jia's giggles.
"Oh, don't tell me they're still flirting." He whined.
"Yup." The girls said in unison.
"Yo, Po." Monkey shouted catching the cook's attention as he took a chair next to Xia, "When do you think you and your girlfriend will have dinner ready by?"
Po and Jia both blushed at the comment.
"W-w-we're not dating." Po stuttered nervously.
"Yet." Kika extended.
"Just wait till you see Jia in a tight cocktail dress. " Xia then addressed Jia, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively at her, "Maybe we should get Mum to lend you 'The Baby Dress', eh?"
"Shut up, Xia!"
"What's the Baby Dress?" Monkey asked.
"Well basically," Jia started. "Our mother had three pregnancies, and every night she got pregnant, she wore this short pink dress, which we now have dubbed, 'The Baby Dress'. So what do you think Jia, you want me to ask Mama if –"
"Hiya!" Jia screamed as she slammed a frying pan in Kika's face.
"What the hell Jia!"
"Oh, the good old Frying Pan! Mama would be proud." Xia mused as she started to make some tea. She asked the others if they would like some. They all said yes. Well, except Jia who was too busy chasing Kika around the kitchen, trying to beat her with the frying pan, so she made some tea for them as well.
"So, you said that your mother had three pregnancies." Monkey said, trying to make conversation as Xia was handing out the tea, "Does that mean you have more siblings?"
"Yeah, four more actually."
"Wow, you really have a big family."
"Yeah," Kika stopped running for a moment, "Why do you think we're so energetic? We had four cute little hyper siblings to look after."
Jia gave her one last smack on the head. "I'm done now" Jia put the frying pan on the table and went back to cooking with Po. While Kika mumbled "Thank God" under her breath as she flopped on a chair.
Alexis entered the room, her face pale and her eyes wide. All in all she seemed somewhat disturbed.
"Yo, T, What's wrong?" Kika asked as she sipped her tea.
"What did Master Shifu say?" Po asked, just as worried as the others.
"Well", she started, "Shifu just wanted to inform me that I'm getting married to the Prince of China in ten days."
Kika spit out her tea.