A/N: Hey, there guys! It's me, MBAV fan66!
So, yeah. Not much really happening in this chapter. Just some more Ethan/Sarah bonding time, again. Sorry to disappoint. :(
But I'm sure that you all will still finding it really adorable and give you the feels, though! :)
And who doesn't love a good feel, huh? Lol! ;)
Anyways, in the last chapter we learned about the royal mystery that seems to of baffled an entire kingdom! And now we get to see another talent that the young fare maiden, Sarah Fox possesses. As well, as a...not so good habit that Ethan seems to of developed over the years, in his life of loneliness.
Shout outs:
TiredOfBeingNice- Sorry fanfic buddy, but the famous royal dinner scene isn't happening in this chapter, sadly. Just a more...simpler and basic one, instead. But you'll get your royal dinner scene! Just you wait, fanfic buddy! It's coming up real soon! Lol! ;) Sorry, no Rory in this story. Hey! I just made a rhyme! Lol! But, yeah. I decided to give old Rory a break for a bit. But maybe he'll make an appearance in the next tale? Who know?! :) Well, be prepared for some more adorableness from Ethan! Just in a different more kind of way. Lol! You'll see! ;)
Story: Beauty And The Beast Part 4
Chapter 13: Dinner For Two
Main Pairing: Sarah/Ethan
Moments later in the dining room, Sarah sat patiently as she awaited for Ethan to finish preparing their meal. Mintues later, he had re-entered the room with two plates in hand. When he set her dish down in front of her on the table, Sarah sort of grimaced at the sight of it.
What laid on the plate didn't look all too appetizing to her. If anything it looked more like slop really.
"Sorry, if it doesn't look to appealing or doesn't taste like a five star meal. I'm not that good of a chef obviously." he pointed out apologetically, as he sat down at his place at the table. "But it's enough to keep me alive at least." he added, trying to make it not seem as bad.
He then started to eat, while Sarah just sat there staring at it questionably. She then carefully took her spoon and scooped some of it onto it and placed the questionable looking food into her mouth. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. If anything is was more bland than anything, really.
Not wanting to be rude, Sarah bravely continued to eat Ethan's dish, all the while not realizing the grossed out face that she was making while eating it. From across the table he could clearly see that she wasn't really enjoying it all that well.
"You know. You don't have to continue eating it if it's that bad, you know?" chuckled Ethan, looking at her.
Sarah placed her spoon down and sighed out in relief, but then quickly covered her mouth once she realized what she just did. Ethan just laughed at her expression. "It's ok! I don't blame you if it does taste a little bit off. I'm sure that I can find something else in the ktichen to satisfy you." he replied kindly with a smile.
Sarah smiled back, but then stood up as she picked up her plate, as well as Ethan's. He looked at her confusedly, as to what she was doing until she had answered his questioning glare.
"Why don't you let me cook dinner for the night. I'm a pretty good chef, if I do say so myself." she offered, boasting a bit about her cooking skills.
"But I can't let you do that, Sarah! It wouldn't be very good manners for the host to let his guest do the cooking!" he objected strongly, but earnestly.
But Sarah wouldn't have it. "It fine, trust me! I don't mind really. It's the least that I can do after you saved me from a pack of hungry wolves." she declared reasurringly with a kind and gentle smile.
The warm smile made Ethan want to smile too, as he gave her a nod for the go ahead. With that she begin to make her way to the kitchen, but was then stopped as she heard Ethan speak out to her.
"Wait!" shouted out Ethan, getting up from his chair abruptly and leaning over the table with a hand on the table to brace himself and the other reaching out to her. When she turned back around with a confused expression, he told her what he had to say.
"There's not really that much ingredients in the kitchen to work with, I'm afraid because of well...of how I can't enter town without being spotted and hunted down. So, what's in there is pretty much from what I've been able to grow or find in the woods." he warned her, honestly. "There's also a few meats in there as well, from some of the local forest critters that I've managed to hunt down and capture on my own." he added in as well.
Sarah didn't seem too phased by this, as she just flashed him a gentle smile. "It's ok! I'm used to working with very little ingredients, anyways." replied Sarah cockingly, as she winked at him from over her shoulder and continued her way to the kitchen.
Ethan just stood there for a second, as he blinked a couple of times at what just happened. Was it him or did she just...flirt with him? He felt his cheeks begin to burn, as if he was blushing. He continued to stare of into the direction that Sarah had just went in with a very confused and dazed look on his face, as he slowly sat down, again.
Minutes later, while he was waiting patiently, a very wonderful and delectable aroma had wafted across Ethan's nose, causing him to close his eyes as he inhaled the delightful smell.
'Mmm...It smells wonderful! I wonder if it will taste as good as it smells?' he wondered in thought, as he took another whiff of the smell coming from the kitchen.
And about ten minutes later, Sarah had emerged from the kitchen with two saucer bowls, that each sat upon their on little plate, in hand. She walked over to the table and placed Ethan's steaming bowl of soup down in front of him first, and then she walked back over to her seat and did the same. After setting her bowl down, she then proceed to take a seat.
Ethan leaned in over the bowl to take a long good whiff of it and smiled pleasantly at the wonderful smell. "Mmm...It smells really good, Sarah!" he praised happily.
Sarah smiled at the compliment. "Thanks! It's nothing special really. Just a bit of soup that I managed to whip up with some of the vegetables and a few spices and seasoning that I could find, is all." she said modestly, blushing a little.
"Still!" exclaimed Ethan, as he then spooned some of it into his mouth. As soon as Sarah's soup hit his taste buds, Ethan's eyes lit up with pure wonder and amazement at the taste. "And it even tastes good, too!" he added amazingly, spooning some more of it into his mouth greedily.
Sarah sat there with a shocked face as she watched him eat his soup like an animal basically, as some of it dribbled down his chin making his face a mess. She then started to laugh at how funny it was to see a will mannered guy like him, eat this way.
Hearing laughing, Ethan immediately stopped his messy eating and looked up at Sarah meekily. "Sorry, about that. I may have regular manners, but I guess my table manners still need some work, huh?" he joked apologetically, with a sheepish smile.
Sarah giggled at him. "It's fine! Really! It doesn't bother me one bit. I'm use to seeing guys eat like pigs everytime I go into the local pub in town." reassured Sarah sweetly to Ethan.
He gave her a strange look as to why she would ever visit a place like that. Seeing his look, she knew exactly what he was thinking. "I go there sometimes because that's where my father likes to go and drink sometimes. And sometimes he get's a little too tipsy to be able to make it back home on his own, so they call me to come escort him home safely." she answered truthfully.
Ethan made a 'oh' face and bobbed his head once that he understood. He then smiled embarrassingly again, as he scatched the back of his head nervously. "But still...I just feel as if I should have better table manners than that. It's not very gentlemen like, but after spending so much time by myself I guess I sort of just gave up on table manners, since it was only me here." he said disappointingly and with slight shame in his voice.
"Well, you can eat anyway you choose to and I won't judge you one bit." stated Sarah politely. "And besides, you don't have to have good table manners just to be a gentlemen. As long as you're kind, polite, caring, and have a good heart then that's all you need to be classified as a gentlemen." she said with a kind smile. "Well, in my eyes anyways." she then added in carelessly, with a small shrug.
The beastly Ethan smiled happily at her comment and then began back to his soup, but this time taking his time in eating it like a true gentlemen would. Sarah too, started back up eating her meal.
Once finished, Ethan had insisted on taking away the empty bowls and doing the dishes and cleaning up after Sarah's master cooking in the kitchen. Sarah did protest at first, but not wanting to be rude or to make him upset, she let him.
"You know, Sarah," he began as he scrubbed a bowl clean, "I think it's be best if you stayed here for the night." suggested Ethan, now rinsing the bowl and then handing it to Sarah, who he kindly agreed in letting her do the drying portion of the dishes.
Sarah looked at him curiously. "Why?" she asked. "This isn't some lame attempt in asking me into bed with you, is it?" she asked incredulously to him, with a weirded out look.
Ethan's eyes went wide as he quickly shook his head 'no'. "No! It isn't! I swear!" he defended rapidly. "I just thought that with it getting late out, that it wouldn't be a very good idea for you to be wondering around the woods at night, when you have no idea of how to get back to the main road, is all! The forest can be a dangerous place alone at night." explained Ethan honestly.
Sarah's glare soften when she realized that he was right and let out a sigh. "You're right." she confessed agreeing with him, as it came out as a sigh. "I suppose it is a good idea for me to stay here for the night." reasoned Sarah, taking him up on his offer.
"It sure beats being lost in the woods at night with a hungry pack of wolves roaming around, looking for their next meal." she joked sarcastically, making Ethan let out a small chuckle. "So, I accept!" replied Sarah cheerfully.
"Excellent! And tomorrow I can show you the way back to the main road, which will take you back into town!" beamed Ethan happily.
With a nod and a smile, Sarah agreed to it, as she dried the last dish and put it in it's proper place.
After that was done, Ethan showed her where she would be sleeping for the night, which was the exact same room that she was in when she had woken up from her slight concussion, earlier.
And with that they bid each other a goodnight for the evening, as Ethan left the room and Sarah took her place on the bed, getting comfy first before drifting off to sleep.
A/N: And that's Part 4! Lol! Sorry, for the shortness. I guess this one was more of a filler chapter, really. But I still hope you enjoyed it, though! :)
So, it seems like Sarah is pretty handy in the kitchen, eh? Lol! But I guess you sort of have to be if you were the one doing all the cooking for the family. Am I right? ;)
And Ethan's has some pretty bad table manners, too, huh? What do you expect when you've been the only one having dinner with yourself for 3 or 4 years now! *shrugs nonchalantly* Lol! :)
So, the next chapter will be filled with another Etharah bonding moment. Plus, the two characters who've only been mentioned so far will get to make their grand entrance! Ok! So, maybe it won't be all that grand, but they'll still be in it! And they get to meet the beast, as well! So, who's ready for that little meeting, huh? ;)
Until next chater, I'll be seeing you all around Fanfiction! Bye! :)
