The Cookie Crumbles
"Varian, we want your help." Kiera demanded as she banged on his door.
Varian opened the door a crack."I'm not going to be an alibi." Varian replied breezily.
"Like we'd trust you for that." scoffed Kiera.
"But we have been here since six in the morning." Catalina insisted, opening the door the rest of the way.
Varian sighed. "What do you need?" he asked.
"We need you to help us make something for Lance." Kiera said.
"Aw, a Schnitz family gift." Varian smiled.
"Don't call it that." Kiera snarled. "I'm Kiera Warriosa Strongbow."
"And I'm Catalina Beastina Strongbow." Catalina added.
"As long as I don't get an embarrassing middle name." Varian allowed.
"You don't even have a last name!" Kiera mocked.
"Yes I do. It's-" Varian began.
"No time for that." Kiera shoved her way inside. "You're gonna help us now."
Varian shrugged. He might as well, it didn't seem like the girls would be leaving anytime soon, and he knew how troublesome they could be when they didn't get their way.
"Okay girls, what's the plan?" Varian asked.
"We're gonna make cookies!" Kiera exclaimed.
"Couldn't you ask Attila for that?" Varian wondered.
"Pfft. He's just mad because we egged his store." Kiera replied nonchalantly.
"And you don't think he has a right to close his business after that?" Varian was incredulous.
"We wouldn't have egged it if he just gave us free samples!" Catalina protested.
"So you stole some eggs, threw them at his store, and expected he'd change his mind?!" Varian detailed.
"See, you get it." Kiera said. "Toldya he was pretty smart for a nerd." she whispered to Catalina.
"All nerds are smart." Varian clarified. "...And I'm not a nerd."
"How many books have you read today?" Catalina questioned.
"...Three." Varian admitted. "But only 2 were chemistry textbooks!"
"Was the other one a Flynn Rider adventure?" Kiera jeered.
"No. It was a biography of Demanitus." Varian said, sticking his tongue out.
"Nerd." Kiera and Catalina agreed.
Varian frowned. "Well nerds have some cooking rules. 1. Stop calling them nerds. And 2. Put on an apron." he instructed.
"Oh yeah, that's much cooler." Kiera quipped. Catalina laughed.
But the baking went well, despite that. The girls actually listened as Varian explained how much milk, butter, eggs, and chocolate the recipe called for. And he didn't even get mad when Kiera asked him when the truth serum got added. Varian knew he'd done bad things in the past, but so had the girls, and they were comfortable ribbing each other. And when the mixture was done and poured into the baking pan, he allowed the girls to like the leftover batter off of spoons.
"Thanks, V." Kiera said, her face sticky with cookie batter.
"Yeah, thanks." echoed Catalina, equally sticky.
"No problem girls." Varian helped himself to the last of the batter. "The cookies will be done in a few minutes, then you can take them to Lance- your dad." Varian qualified.
"Dads are the best." Kiera exclaimed, her eyes full of new understanding for Varian.
"They really are." he agreed.
THE END
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