"Well?" Col. Tavington hissed impatiently.
"Fine." Jae replied shortly and took a piece of the roast, cut it up as best as she could. Then, she took a small piece of meat and stuck it in her mouth.
Crunch, crunch, crunch!
Jae gave the colonel a forced smile.
"Delicious..."
Col. Tavington rolled his eyes.
"Liar."
"Oh really, why don't you try it then, Mr. Ego." Jae shot.
The colonel bristled.
"Go on, try it."
"No." Col. Tavington replied disgustedly.
"What? Is your rep too big for some burnt roast?"
Glaring daggers at her, Col. Tavington grabbed a slab of burnt roast, cut it up, and put a piece of meat in his mouth.
CRUNCH!
Jae watched the colonel chew the roast, an odd look on his face as if he were about to spit it out; but he didn't. Gulping it down, he gave her his trademark smirk.
"Shut up." Jae whispered, and then took another bite of burnt roast, swallowing it down with some difficulty.
Then, she glanced over at the colonel and smiled. By now, several soldiers, including Gen. O'Hara, had caught on to what they were doing and had started watching, eagerly waiting to see who would win this little battle.
Col. Tavington rolled his eyes, reaching for an even bigger piece of roast than the one he had eaten before and stuck it in his mouth, chewed quickly and swallowed.
"Your turn.."
"Thanks..."
Jae grabbed a slice of roast, slightly smaller than the colonel's and stuck it in her mouth, nearly choking on the size and taste, but managed to get it down. Then, before he could, she grabbed another piece, stuck it in her mouth, half-chewed it and swallowed.
"Mmmmm..."
"Oh no you don't..."
Col. Tavington grabbed the plate with the roast, reaching for a new slab of burnt meat and ate the whole thing, swallowing it down easily without the aid of any drink.
Jae snorted, grabbing another slab of meat as well, and shoved it in her mouth, swallowing quickly.
Col. Tavington nodded; then spying an enormously large sized slab, he reached for it but was nearly thwarted by Jae, who also reached for the same slab, sticking her fork in it at the same time he did.
"Don't even think about it.." he warned.
"Too late, my fork's in, dude."
Grabbing his knife, Col. Tavington stuck it into the slab and pulled, freeing the slab, and wolfed it down.
"Jerk." Jae mumbled, grabbing a smaller slab and stuffed it in her mouth.
Then, while Col. Tavington was still chewing on the large slab of roast, she quickly started to finish the pieces of roast already on her plate, while waiting for him to finish his large slab. He did, and was just about the start on the pieces of roast still on his plate when a female voice from behind whispered harshly, "William, do stop eating that! It's burnt, and your stomach will have a war with you if you continue."
Jae and Col. Tavington looked behind them to see Mary standing just inches away from them, her mouth in a scowl and her hands on her hips.
"You too Jae, spit the meat out.."
Great, there goes the fun...
Turning to face Col. Tavington again, Jae noticed that he was smirking at her. He had swallowed his meat.
"Jae, spit it out, now." Mary said sternly.
Grudgingly, Jae spit her meat out into her table linen.
"That's better.." said Lady Tavington, taking a seat at the table.
Jae looked down at her plate as her stomach gurgled.
Damn it! He won... I don't feel so good..