The Death to an Outlaw and a Beginning to a Love.

Chapter Two: Cooking Lessons

By:

The Bride Of Vegeta

Disclaimer: I do not own Outlaw Star at all. I'm just borrowing the characters for a while and I promise to give them back when I'm done. Don't sue; I'm just a teenager with absolutely no money at all.

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Gene had awoken hungrily wondering what he was gonna eat for breakfast, when he remembered that they didn't have any money and none of them could cook. Well, him and Jim could cook, but it wasn't edible type of stuff. His stomach grumbled a reminder about being fed. He decided to get out of bed and see if there was anything he could possibly make edible. He walked into the kitchen to find Melfina there sitting on a stool looking out the window at the world that was passing her by as she looked. He smiled at how innocent she looked while she did this, but then noticed how she was crying. "Melfina, what's wrong?" She jumped when he spoke to her. 'I guess she wasn't expecting anyone to be up.' Gene thought. He thought about leaving her to herself so she could collect her mood, when she spoke to him quietly. "Gene' she said softly, 'Why was I created? And who am I?" Gene didn't know how to answer her question. She started to cry even more when he didn't respond. 'Oh damnit what have I done now to make her cry?' Without thinking he put his arms around Melfina and hugged her. She cried all she could out on Gene's shoulder. When it seemed that she had finished, Gene started to take his arms down from her, but found that she wouldn't let him go. He didn't want to upset her anymore, so he continued to hug her while questioning what he was going to do. It seemed logical to him to comfort her, but it didn't seem that he was the only thing to give her comfort. It confused and baffled him. Yet he enjoyed how good it felt to be in her arms again like the night before. He started to rub her back to get her to calm down even more. He found that he liked to do this. ' Maybe, I can fall for her. But what about Hilda, I still love her. But she's dead and there's nothing I can do about it. Well, maybe there is but I'm too hungry to think about it anymore.' Gene thought as he cursed his stomach for growling while hugging Melfina.

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Melfina had been staring out the window, when she heard Gene's voice. She had so many questions going through her mind she didn't know which to pick first. She decided to pick the only two logical ones she might get an answer to. She thought the Gene didn't care about what she asked and all of her emotions from the last couple of days just came flooding out. Without any notice she felt Gene's arms around her, trying to comfort her. She felt her emotions begin to cool down as soon as he did this, but then they started back up when Gene tried to break the hug. The feeling she had inside her grew as she was in Gene's arms. She felt like she'd never be the same after this. She felt needed by him, but she didn't know how to fitful his needs. She knew that he missed Hilda, but it didn't seem that the fact that Hilda was gone was the source of need. She wanted so badly to try out what she had seen a young couple doing while she was looking out the window. She heard Gene's stomach grumble. She herself was hungry too, but she didn't know how to cook. Suddenly an idea popped into her mind. "Gene, do you know how to cook?" Melfina asked curiously. "Yeah, I guess I can cook, Melfina. But it never turns out edible." Gene said surprised by her question. She decided to ask another daring question. "Gene, do you think you can teach me?" Melfina said almost challengingly, with a light smile. She heard Gene giggle as responded. " I guess I can try to, Melfina. But I warn you I'm not the greatest teacher." She didn't care as long as her and Gene were doing something together. She waited patiently for instructions on her first lesson of the day.

Gene was surprised by Melfina's willingness to learn how to cook. It made him wonder what made her suddenly want to learn and why from him. He put all thoughts and questions at the back of his mind to figure out later in the day. For now he had to think of a meal to teach Melfina to cook for breakfast. This was going to be hard considering he wasn't the greatest cook or teacher in the galaxy. 'Hmm, what would be the easiest to make without making a huge mess? I got it pancakes. I'll teach her how to make pancakes. Maybe she'll get good enough to make them with fruit in them.' Gene thought happily at the thought. "Okay, Melfina. We're going to make pancakes since it's the easiest thing to do. We're going to need some pancake mix, water, a spoon, a mixing bowl, a pan and a spatula. Do you think you can find some of these things?" Gene began to tell Melfina. He tried helping her find some of the things. They both at the same time went for the pancake mix on the shelf. Their hands collided together as they reached for the mix. Gene pulled his hand back so Melfina could get it. He noticed the slight frown on her face when he did this. 'Another thing to wonder about later.' He thought. Soon they had gathered all the materials and had started to mix the mixture. Gene noticed how cute Melfina looked as she worked. Dirty thoughts had started to enter his mind on what he could do with the pancake mix and Melfina, but just as soon as they appeared in his head they disappeared. Gene demonstrated how to cook the first pancake. " Now, Melfina you don't want to burn the pancakes. Wait until they have a golden hue to them.' Gene said sniffing the air slightly, 'Oh course, mine never seem to turn to that color. The only color they turn for me is black." He quickly discarded the pancake in the trash. "Okay, now it's your turn. Hopefully yours won't turn out as bad as mine." Gene said thoughtfully.

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Melfina had seen what Gene had done to the pancake and knew that in order to please Gene she shouldn't get hers that color. She started on hers, turning it when the side on it began to bubble. She noticed how that after she flipped it, it was a nice gold color. She waited a minute longer to take the pancake off. Both sides were golden like Gene had said for them to be. "You did a great job, Melfina. Maybe you can try to make a couple of more of those for breakfast. I'll try to get you a cook book so you can learn how to do more stuff, other than pancakes, cause you can't live off them alone." Gene said proudly. Melfina was so excited about how happy she made Gene she hugged him and gave him a light kiss on the lips without realizing what she did. After she had done that she quickly came to her senses, decided to make more pancakes and act like nothing happened. It wasn't long before Jim woke up. He seemed slightly upset at Gene. " I thought I told you we didn't have any money to order out Gene!" Jim said angrily. Gene looked at him calmly, began to respond to Jim's ranting and raving. "Jim, I didn't spend any money. I just taught Melfina how to make pancakes and she did the rest." Jim looked confused, but happily ate some of the pancakes. Melfina saw Gene get up from the table and wondered where he was going, but decided to stay since Jim was asking for more pancakes.

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Gene walked into his room thinking about what had happened in the kitchen with Melfina. She had kissed him without a reason. He thought back to the cause of the reason. She had been celebrating her success at making a pancake. He was still shocked about what had happened. It was too much for him to handle. ' What am I going to do about this? I wished Hilda was still here, than this wouldn't be so hard.' He had to admit he did like spending time with Melfina. She wasn't so headstrong as Jim could be sometimes. He sighed as he continued to think about what happened.

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Melfina was exhausted from all the excitement and cooking she had done earlier. She touched her lips as if trying to remember how Gene's lips felt on hers. She knew that it was going to be a long time till she could tell Gene the truth about how she felt. But she was willing to wait for the time being.

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AN: Okay, that was chapter two of this fic. I must say that is the longest chapter I've ever written. Don't think I'm ending this fic so soon, I'm still on a roll. There's a lot more to come. If you would like to be alerted about updates on this fic or others, please email me at Brattgrrl6578@aol.com or leave your address in one of your reviews. I love input whether it be good or bad, because without where would I be to correct or make up for some things I write? Oh well, I'd better get started on the next chapter.