"Who wants snacks?" Barbara called out to the rest of the Team. It was one of their first nights without a mission, and they were all taking advantage of it, deciding to watch a movie all together and have 'team-bonding'. The final person had arrived—Jaime—and the rest of the Team was already seated on the couch, save Barbara who had gotten up to get anyone snacks or drinks or whatever. Garfield hopped up as well to help her carry things and wandered into the kitchen after the girl after asking everyone what they wanted. "So, Gar, what are the orders?" the red-head asked.
"Nightwing, Robin, and Conner want buttered popcorn, Mal and Karen both just want a cola, M'gann and La'gaan said they don't want anything, Bart has his own snack, and Jaime said he'll have whatever Cassie's having—which is some chocolate chip cookies M'gann made this morning. I want some cheese puffs, and then there's you." Barbara nodded, walking around the kitchen and retrieving the items the green boy mentioned. She grabbed the unopened bag of cheese puffs after putting the popcorn in the microwave and threw it at her helper.
Garfield caught the bag and opened it at once, shoving his hand in the sack and pulling out a fistful of the orange treats, inhaling the scent of cheesy goodness. He popped all the little spheres in his mouth and sighed happily, enjoying the taste. Then, a thought struck the boy. "Hey, Barbara?" he asked.
"Yeah?" she replied, pulling out the cookies from the fridge and removing the lid from the Tupperware container they were in.
"What's even in cheese puffs?" he questioned, eyeing the package suspiciously.
"How should I know? Look at the ingredients."
"Duh. Why didn't I think of that? I knew there was a reason we kept you around…" Barbara rolled her eyes as the boy proceeded to examine the ingredient list.
"So, what's in it?" the now curious teen asked.
"Uh…" Garfield paused. "Enriched corn meal, vegetable oil, cheese seasoning, canola oil, malto… dex… trin…? Salt, whey protein concentrate, monosodium, glut—a—mate, natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, citric acid, artificial color, and salt again. There's also a bunch of acids and weird words I can't pronounce. Huh." He looked up at Barbara who was smiling after shoving another mouthful of the snack in his mouth. "What?"
"Nothing. I just thought you'd be a little more… cautious since you read a label that just laid out all the ingredients in your food."
"Nope," he said, continuing to pile the treat in. "Nothing can stand between me and my cheese puffs."
Author's Note: I like to think Garfield has an affinity for cheesy things. I dunno.
Have a good day!
Cordially,
LadyFrederic