"Stop playing with it with your fingers and put it in your mouth already." Dinah giggled.
"No." Helena replied suspiciously.
'Why not?"
"Cause it's (bleeping) jiggly."
"Well if you keep poking it, it's bound to jiggle."
"Don't you find that strange?"
"No."
"And why is it so (bleeping) squishy?"
Dinah laughed at her girlfriend. "Helena, really."
Helena just stared and poked it again with her finger. It jiggled once more. "See?" asked the black haired woman.
"Yes, sweetheart. I see it."
"And you want me to put it in my mouth?"
"That's usually how it's done."
"I can't Dinah." Helena scrunched her nose. "It doesn't seem right somehow."
"Don't you trust me?"
"Yes…" came the sketchy reply.
"Then put it in your mouth. I promise you will like it."
"Ummm….no."
"You're killing me Helena."
"Stop pressuring me. No means no. I don't want to." Helena whined like a petulant child.
"Babe, you said you wanted to try something different."
"This isn't exactly what I had in mind. In fact, this is VERY far from what I had in mind."
Dinah grinned. "What did you have in mind?"
Helena smiled, "You know it wasn't this."
Dinah laughed again. "Just put it in your mouth. If you hate it, then we can scratch it off of the list of things to try."
Dinah leaned over and sniffed it. "NO. It isn't normal."
"Helena, for goodness sakes, just do it."
"What are you going to say next to me? Everybody's doing it?"
"Several people have found it enjoyable, yes."
"All the cool kids are doing it?"
"Helena, love, a lot of people do it. And yes, they find it very delectable. And I am starting to get impatient with you. Just put it in your mouth and let's get this (bleeping) show on the road."
Helena stuck her tongue out hesitantly, and licked it, but quickly put her tongue back in her mouth. "No. I can do a lot of things, but this is pushing my boundaries."
"What (bleeping) boundaries? You have none. I can't believe how incredibly childish you are being about this."
"Dinah, I love you, but you are asking for too much. This isn't right." She poked it again with her finger. It jiggled again and Helena sat back eyeing it once more with suspicion.
"Fine, Helena. Will you feel better if I do it first?"
"Maybe…"
Dinah sighed. "Fine." She reached over and took a piece of tofu off of Helena's plate and popped it in her mouth. She chewed it, swallowed, and smiled. "See? There is nothing to it. Try it. It really is good."
"Was it squishy in your mouth? I don't trust the texture. And what exactly is it?"
Dinah laughed once more. "Helena, try the tofu. If you do, I will reward you. How does that sound?"
"What do I get?"
"What do you want?"
Helena grinned lasciviously. "I get to pick what the next new thing we try is."
Dinah rolled her eyes. "Fine, now put the (bleeping) tofu in your mouth."
Helena looked back at her plate. "I really want my reward, but this is…icky looking."
"This coming from the person who told me she used to eat chunky paste as a kid."
"That is entirely different. I was five, and it was really good!"
"It certainly explains a whole (bleep) of a lot."
Helena scowled at the tofu, and then picked it up. She pinched it a couple of times with her fingers and then popped it into her mouth. She began chewing it with obvious disgust on her face, and she was not chewing with her mouth closed. "This is gross. " She spit it out on her plate, and began scratching furiously on her tongue to get rid of the taste.
"How old are you?" Dinah laughed.
"Too old to be eating (bleep) I don't want to. When do I get my reward?"
Dinah laughed. "For what? You didn't swallow! I don't reward spitters! And that's a shame, because I was at Victoria's Secret earlier."
Helena's eyes went wide at the thought. She grabbed several pieces of tofu and shoved them in her mouth. She chewed quickly, making various distorted faces, and then swallowed the food.
Dinah leaned over and patted Helena's head. "Good girl."
"So vile…"
"Was it really that bad?"
"Yes. It offended my sensibilities completely."
"You want your reward now?"
Helena smirked, but then shook her head. "I can't. I have a (bleeping) stomach ache now."
Dinah sighed. "Really? Come on, let's go get you some Pepto."
"Ewww, gross. What is that stuff anyways? No. I can't put that in my mouth either."
"Guess you won't be putting anything else in your mouth tonight then hmmm?" Dinah laughed while cocking any eyebrow.
Helena opened her mouth to reply, but then closed it, smiling. "Funny. Do you think there is chunky paste somewhere on the Tower?"
"Why?"
"Because that is the something new we will be trying next. And no spitting…"
A/N: Chunky paste was really good when I was five. Too much on the tongue depressor I used to dip into it with would definitely not go over well though. Tofu or paste? Life is full of tough choices...
