Hey guys, thanks so much for the reads!
This is just a cute little chapter. I wanted to get something up before I leave for vacation. I'll be gone for most of July so I really wouldn't expect something until August. I miiiight be able to put something up but don't keep your hopes up.
Happy Independence day to all my American readers and have a good month!
You don't jump up immediately when you hear the smoke alarm. Well, you jump, but only in surprise. You don't actually leave your room until you finish your conversation with Jade.
"Dad?" you call out as you shuffle down the stairs. There's a light cloud of smoke that veils the kitchen door. When you push your way through, you find a fire in the oven. Your Dad is hovering over it, trying to wave the fire away, to no avail. Those dastardly cookies!
You rush to the cabinet under the kitchen sink and reach for the fire extinguisher, only to find that it isn't there. "Where's the fire extinguisher?" You yell over the alarm. He shrugs in answer and continues waving away at the burning cookies with a dish towel.
You slap your hand to your face in frustration. Why would the fire extinguisher be missing, and how will you clean up this mess without it?
It suddenly occurs to you to do the windy thing. You have no idea what that means.
You are wasting time.
Instead, you rummage through the kitchen cabinets, knocking dozens and dozens of cookies off of the counter top as you do so. When you don't find it, you decide the best course of action would be to check the garage for the spare one. You run through the house and into the garage, finding the extinguisher easily. You have a sudden urge to check the mail, but no, that would be a silly waste of time.
Instead, you run back to the kitchen, pull the pin, aim the nozzle, and squeeze the lever, sweeping from side to side. Your Dad laments his ruined cookies as you put the fire extinguisher down, slightly out of breath. And then he turns to you.
"I am so, so proud of you, son."
He then wraps you in a manly, fatherly hug.
You feel like you haven't been hugged by your father in ages, so you enjoy the moment without any question.