That Saturday morning started regularly, Jaqulin was up before her cousin and had coerced a Jack-bot to help her cook breakfast. Finally starting to be unaffected by the deadly machine wearing a frilly pink apron, she cracked a few eggs to begin scrambling.
"If pancakes don't work we can always try French toast. What do you think?" she asked the bot; glancing to the side, she saw the machine give a thumbs up.
Footsteps echoed on the kitchen tile; a chair scraped out and a small "thump" on the table signaled Jack had finally arisen out of the Chop Shop.
"G'morning!" Jaqulin chirped as she handed the bowl of eggs over to the bot. "How did you sleep?"
His reply was somewhere between "ugh" and a mumble, so she assumed he didn't. Shaking her head, she turned on the coffee pot.
"Are you going to be alright?"
"Yea... I'm just really tired," he grumbled.
"Well, at least it's not a repeat of the Heylin Comet, eh?"
"Thank god it's not. I didn't sleep for two days out of fear that I'd wake up to Wuya's face again."
The two shared a laugh before Jack yawned. His cousin frowned; had he really not slept well? Normally he was up before even she was, filled with boyish vigor and usually working on some sort of gadget or doo-dad that was destined for destruction in some way or another. However today was the opposite; she was awake and he was dog tired.
"… Is that one of my jackboots?"
"Yes. He's helping me. Got a problem with that?"
"As long as it's not wearing that stupid apron again," There was a pause, "it's wearing the apron isn't it?" Jaqulin couldn't turn around or he'd see the childish expression she was making. She was trying not to laugh again but was failing.
"Jaqulin…"
"Oh come on, it was the only clean one! And besides, I think it looks rather nice on him," to the robot, "don't you agree?"
A/N: So, I know I've only got my 2nd chapter out after 4 years but I want y'all to know I'm coming back! I love you people who've stuck with me despite being absent for so long.