At the end of his shift, Steven came home to Lizzie and Ben playing a game of cards on the living room floor, Gabriella and Troy nowhere in sight. All of a sudden he heard a loud beeping noise coming from the kitchen, indicating that there was a fire. He rushed in there to see Troy struggling with a pot of soup and Gabriella laughing insanely. There was smoke everywhere.
"You're such a dork." Gabriella giggled and stood up to help him out. He sarcastically laughed and picked her up to spin her around. Neither of them caring about the smoke alarm or the presence of Steve.
Steven coughed loudly to catch the attention of the two teens flirting and having fun together. Gabriella blushed insanely and grabbed one of the dish towels that was sitting on the counter. She started to wave air up towards the smoke alarm, trying to get it to shut up. Troy just stood there trying to figure out whether to say something or to just continue cooking.
"What are you two trying to make?"
"Well Troy is trying to make soup." Gabriella said after she finally got the smoke alarm to stop sounding.
"OK then. Continue." Steve said as he pushed open the kitchen door and walked back into the living room. He remembered when Troy's mom had tried to teach him how to cook. It was the most fun either of them had with one another. Steven had actually started a fire though, but they distinguished it with water. Since both of them had already gotten wet and the kitchen was a mess, they decided to have a food fight. Looking back on it brought a smile to Steve's face so he left the two kids alone to make their own memories.
"That was awkward." Troy finally spoke as he went to sit on one of the bar stools. Gabriella sat next to him and just stared at him, not knowing what to say. They both sat there in silence for a while just enjoying each other's company. The alarm went off again and Troy stood up quickly and turned around to face the stove.
Gabriella sat their laughing her head off as Troy ran to the oven to turn it off. Troy sighed in relief as the alarm stopped once again. Gabriella was still laughing and in an effort to look cool and calm Troy leaned back on his hands and felt a surge of pain run through his body.
"Can I play?" Steve asked his children as he entered the living room from the kitchen.
"Yeah. We're playing Go Fish." Lizzie replied and gave him three cards.
"How come I only get three cards and you guys get 7?"
"Because your older than us." Lizzie justified. Steve smiled and nodded in understanding. He jumped when the alarm sounded again and looked at his two children who were as calm as ever.
"Why are you two just sitting there? I always taught you that when that sound goes off, you have to run outside."
"We did. But after the 4th time, we got bored of running outside." Ben spoke up. Steven laughed. "Got any threes?"
Steven was amazed at how calm his kids were with the annoying sound coming from the kitchen. Having a three, Steve handed it over to his son. With the alarm sounding, Steve was starting to get a head ache. He got up to try and help them turn it off but they seemed to have managed on their own, so he sat back down.
"Daddy, do you have any fours?" Lizzie asked but was drowned out by the sound of Troy's scream coming from the kitchen. Steve shot up and ran into the kitchen to reveal Troy holding his hand in pain and Gabriella standing over him trying to get a peek of what happened.