Yeah,
People I'm so tired, I'm trying to keep my updates at least a little constant. And I know I'm failing miserably so just be patient please, that's all I ask I don't want to stop writing my fics but it's getting hard to keep up, I'm so sorry.
Dedication: I'm dedicating this chapter to Samuraigurl1213 because I promised you that I would get this chapter out soon but it took me way longer than I expected so I am eternally sorry :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans and most of the plot is based off of the novela Amor Real
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Sara and Bee looked at each.
"And what do want us to do about it?" Said Bee, kneading a huge ball of dough into the shape of a loaf for bread.
Starfire's once raised arms fell to the side and she slumped her shoulders "Well, I want you to teach me." She said softly a little sadly.
"Master Richard would kill us." Said Sara.
"But-"
"Not to mention Babs." Murmured Bee, interrupting Starfire.
"But I want to learn how to cook for Richard." Starfire explained to Sara, then turned to Bee "And since when do you care about what Babs thinks?" She asked.
Bee raised an eyebrow at Starfire and opened her mouth like she was going to answer back but before she said anything she closed it and looked over at Sara who gave her a serious look. "Let's do this." Said Bee.
Starfire shrieked in delight and clapped her hands a couple of times while jumping.
"This is a bad idea, I'm telling you the Lady of the house should never do such things." Warned Sara.
"The Lady of the house gets what the Lady of the house wants." Said Bee and earned herself a delighted smile from Starfire.
"I'll have no part in this." Said Sara as she covered her ears and began to leave the room "I didn't hear or see anything." The door closed behind her.
"Figures." Mumbled Bee.
Starfire scooted towards Bee until she was at her side and gave her a smile.
"What." Said Bee.
"Well...aren't you going to show me how to cook?" Asked Starfire.
"Ohhhh...right." Said Bee slowly "The thing about that is...I'm not that good of a cook." Added Bee.
"But you just-"
"I know I know." Bee raised a hand in the air to cut Starfire's sentence "But really, how hard can it be?"
3 hours later...
"Oh my God!" Bee was panting "We finally killed them!"
Starfire followed Bee into the kitchen from the outside door, she herself was tired and they hadn't even begun the cooking process "Yes, after hours of chasing these chickens we finally caught three!" She breathed, a little relieved.
Sara had done the honor of beheading the chickens, now they only had to pluck the feathers off and cook...while adding spices? The only spice she knew of was salt and Bee hadn't exactly been the best teacher; saying she barely knew how to cook and that the head cook was Sara but she obviously wasn't going to help. Not to mention that she hadn't explained what they were going to do to the chickens, or how they were going to cook them.
So they sat there, plucking evry single feather off the poor defenseless headless chickens, to be truthfull Starfire didn't like the feeling of a dead bird in her hands, it was so...stiff. And the only thing that made her feel less guilty was the fact that she literally didn't kill it, not that catching it was much better either.
By the time the chickens were done being plucked Starfire was sweating profusely, they had started burning wood to make the fire for cooking but before they could start heating the chicken they had to season it first, Starfire looked at Bee and she had her thinking face on.
"Now what?" She asked nicely, not wanting to interrupt an important idea.
"I'm trying to remember what we're supposed to stuff it with." Answered Bee.
"Stuff it? I thought you just rubbed them on." Said Starfire.
"No, I'm pretty sure you stuff it." Bee sounded like she was talking to her own self.
Isn't that for Thanksgiving? Thought Starfire.
"Salt and pepper." Said Bee brightly.
"That is it?" Asked Starfire innocently, not believing that such a great taste can come from two simple ingredients.
"Of course that's it." Bee sounded offended as she passed by Starfire and towards the pantry.
Starfire watched her go and then come back with two jars in her arms. "Here." Bee handed them over to Starfire.
Starfire looked at her blankly "Wh-why do I need these?" Fear made Starfire's voice stutter shakely.
"So you can season the chicken." Answered Bee.
"Why don't you do it?" Asked Starfire, she really didn't want to mess this up, although she had a feeling this wasn't going to be the worst part of the meal.
"You have better judgement than I do." Bee blurted out, in reality, she had no idea what she was doing so any excuse was okay with her. There was no way she was going to give up on something as easy as cooking, especially if the idea of Star cooking ticked Babs off.
"I think you should do it." Starfire held the jars back out towards her.
"You said you wanted to learn how to cook, so you do it." Bee pushed the jars away.
"But-"
"No excuses, hurry we don't have much time so just season them and we can move on." Bee reasoned.
"Okay." Starfire set the jars on the counter and lifted the lids, she poured a bit of each into a bowl and mixed it then rubbed the stuff over the skin of the chicken "Like this?" She asked.
"Perfect." Said Bee. "Put some inside." She instructioned.
"No!" Starfire immediately exclaimed.
"Why not?" Said Bee.
"I will not stick my hand inside of a chicken." Starfire stated.
"Not even for Richard?" Pleaded Bee and Starfire gave her a small glare.
"Not even for Richard." Repeated Starfire.
"You did say that you were learning to cook for him. Weren't those your exact words?"
"Yes, but there's a limit to wha-"
"Unless you're a liar." Bee had gotten into the habit of cutting Starfire off for no reason.
"I do not lie." Defended Starfire.
"Fine then, I'll do it." Bee sighed and grabbed for the chicken in Starfire's hands but before she could even reach it Starfire moved it out of the way.
"No, I will do it." Said Starfire.
Bee grabbed another chicken and started to rub the mix on it like Starfire had, waiting to see if she would really do it. After about a minute of watching Starfire Bee decided she would do it first and stuck her hand into the chicken. From the corner of her eye she saw Starfire watching her and turned to face her.
When Starfire saw Bee's face she was horrified. She had an expression of pure horror painetd on her countenance, out of nowhere, Bee pulled her hand out of the chicken with a scream. Red blood was oozing down Bee's hand.
In return Starfire shrieked in panic and stumbled backwards, tripping over one of her legs and landing on her butt to only scramble on all fours to try and get away leaving Bee crying tears of laughter.
Starfire poked her head out from behind the counter glaring "That was not funny." She stated seriously when she heard Bee's exploding laughter.
"Whatever..you...say." Said Bee inbetween laughs, grabbing her sides.
"Let's just get this done." Starfire hoped this would turn out fine, she hated failing, especially since this whole idea was hers and she wanted so badly to impress Richard. Consuela had told her that the way to a man's heart was through his stomach. That's when a bright idea passed through Starfire's head, she should have asked Consuela to help her cook. Not Bee.
Not that it would help now though, Consuela was away for the rest of the day a little treat Starfire had given her. On a trip out towards the town, visiting friends and family. Starfire kind of wanted to tag along but she knew that she had no business out of the ranch and she didn't want to make Consuela nervous about taking her with her so she couldn't even bring herself to ask.
"I think they're ready." She heard Bee saying not waiting on her to answer and, grabbing the chickens, started to arrange them in a clay pan. Starfire watched silently as she pushed the pan into the built in oven in the side of the wall.
"Now it's time for the side dish." Bee clapped her hands together, looking confident.
It wasn't until they were fixing the plates did they notice what a horrible job they had done.
"Taste it." Advised Bee from behind Starfire's shoulder.
"No thank you." What had happened? Everything had gone well, what could they have done wrong?
That's when Consuela walked into the kitchen "What did you two do!" She exclaimed looking at how sweaty and covered with salt and pepper they were. She ran up to Starfire and looked at her hands, some of the skin was pealing.
"Starfire what are you- how did you- why are you in here?" She asked, this might be the last little vacation she ever took.
"She wanted to learn how to cook." Answered Bee.
"But you don't know how to cook." Consuela sounded confused.
"Why does everyone say that!" Bee was getting angry, this was all such a huge disaster.
"Because it's true." Consuela responded. "Look what kind of food you made!" She pointed at the watery beans, the sloppy looking rice, and the cooked-on-the-outside but cold-on-the-inside chicken.
"Oh my God, what are we going to do." Starfire started to panic, this was all her fault.
"Oh honey don't worry, this isn't your fault." Consuela shot a small glare at Bee and all Bee could do was stare back incredulously.
"It's too late to make something else, we'll just have to serve what you made. Besides, it doesn't look that bad." Consuela tried to sound meaningful.
"You're kidding right?" Was all Bee could say.
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After taking a quick shower and changing Starfire made her way downstairs and into the dining area where she joined Richard, Victor and Babs again. A light blush formed on her cheeks before they even looked her way, this was going to be a horrible horrible night. Like the gentlemen they were Richard and Victor stood when she entered the room and sat back down after she was situated in her seat.
Starfire avoided eye contact, when were they going to bring out the food? Had they done anything to make it better? The wait was making her stomach churn, when she heard the kitchen door open her heart started beating twice as fast and she looked up to see Bee and Consuela setting the plates in front of them, Consuela winked at her as she set her plate down and Starfire felt a little more positive.
Victor and Richard made more conversation and then they were eating.
"The new administrator should be here soon, in the next couple of days or so." She had heard Richard mention.
From the corner of her eyes she could see that they were glancing at Babs, she remembered Richard telling her that Babs' late father was the old administator and that he had needed to be replaced but she really never considered what Babs' feelings on the subject might be. She also remembered that Richard had been mentioning this topic for the past couple of days and wondered why he was so excited about it. Did they need an administrator that bad around the ranch? Or was it because Gar had said so many great things about this man?
Whatever it was it would have to wait because right after Babs had taken the first bite of her food she had started coughing and her eyes teared up, Starfire sunk in her chair. Maybe things hadn't gone as well as she thought they had.
"Are you okay?" Asked Richard.
"Who made this!" Croaked Babs.
Before anyone had a chance to even think it was her Starfire began to blush again.
"It's horrible!" Continued Babs.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Victor "The food is fine." He took in a mouthful of chicken.
Richard looked over at Starfire and noticed her strange behavior, then something mentally clicked.
"Stafire? Did you make this?" Richard's voice was obviously astonished.
Starfire looked away, hiding the blush "Do you like it?" She asked instead of answering his embarrassing question, she saw that Victor's gaze was upon them.
Richard looked down at his plate and then looked back up at her "Of course I do." She wasn't entirely sure but to her he sounded almost honest.
Starfire turned to face him "Really?" She asked, her eyes threatening to tear up.
Richard smiled "Yes."
"Well, Bee and the other cooks helped me." Starfire's mouth spoke for itself, it wasn't her intention to tell Richard the truth but it just came out on its own.
Babs' consistent coughing interrupted the sweet scene "Richard you actually like this! It's disgusting!" She pushed her plate away.
"That's enough Babs, there's nothing wrong with the food." Richard's voice was strained. He wasn't going to let Babs ruin the night Starfire had actually cooked for him.
"It's so salty!" She complained.
"No it's not." It was taking more than usual to withstand Babs' bickering.
"Yes, it is." She argued.
"In my study, now." Richard got up without excusing himself and left the room, Babs followed.
"Well, thanks for the food Mrs. Grayson." Victor stood.
At first Starfire didn't know he was speaking to her Mrs. Grayson? She repeated the words in her mind, she had never been called that. It kind of had a nice ring to it.
"Uh no problem." She answered after a short blonde moment and smiled.
"I'll see ya'll later." He mentioned towards Bee, Consuela, and Starfire.
"Dear Lord, I was about to burst when Babs didn't like her food" Consuela said when it was only them three left.
"I know! My heart was pounding a mile a minute." Confessed Starfire and she began to help Bee and Consuela pick up the dishes.
"Oh, we were supposed to fix her food to?" Said Bee innocently.
Starfire and Consuela stared at her.
"My bad." Bee smiled slyly.
"Bee! You are unbelievable!" Yelled Starfire as they entered the kitchen and the door closed.
About 5 minutes later...
Starfire had just been pushed out of the kitchen by both Bee and Consuela, they had complained that her hands were in no condition to help with the cleaning, how did they expect her to be a better wife for Richard if they didn't give her a chance?
She had just finished climbing the stairs when she heard someone yell from below.
"She doesn't even want to be here!"
She turned around and started descending the stairs, the yell was coming from Richard's study and when she put her ear to the door she heard his response.
"That doesn't matter." He muttered.
"Yes it does! How could you want someone who doesn't want you?" The voice, who clearly belonged to Babs, sounded demanding.
She heard a loud thump and backed away from the door but she could still hear Richard's angry voice.
"Dammit Babs! Quit it! I'll never love you! Just get it through your head already!"
After a long silence she heard Babs' hurt voice speak again.
"But why?" She asked, the pain in her voice was almost unbearable for Starfire to hear.
In fact, that was all she could hear, she knew what he would say next and she couldn't take hearing it again. It would be the second time she heard Richard say that he loved her without actually looking her in the face, without waiting for her response and without him even asking if she loved him back. And in a way she was glad because if he did it would be too painful to tell him no.
Slowly, she made her way back upstairs before she heard anymore of their private conversation. A couple of tears trickled as she closed the door to her bedroom. What could she do? She really believed that he loved her, but she didn't want to love him. She had told herself over and over by now that he was a good man and that she would give him a chance, but it didn't work.
Everyday she thought of what the future would bring and the only answer that would come was nothing. The same would happen every day, he would leave in the morning came back in time for dinner and then they would go to sleep. Maybe she would have to say that she loved him, just to make him happy. She wouldn't be able to take him saying that he loved her everyday and her not answering, soon he would start to ask if she would ever love him and she didn't know if she could take that.
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Last night Starfire had gone to sleep before Richard entered the room and when she awoke the next morning he was already gone. She was late this morning and she knew that again Consuela hadn't woken her up because she probably looked tired while she was sleeping. That was her excuse all the time, she quickly dressed and headed out of her bedroom door.
Once out the door she looked for a familiar face, but she didn't find any. Everyone was gone, she made her way to the kitchen and it was empty too, she headed out the back door and was again welcomed by silence. She walked through the side of the house and made it to the front, once there, she saw that all of the servants were crowded around something. She lifted her dress a little and ran towards them.
As she made her way through the small crowd the people parted once they saw and recognized her. When she was at the front Richard pulled her closer to him.
"Starfire I want you to meet someone." He said.
She didn't say anything, only waited for him to speak again. He moved aside and she saw the back of a man with brown hair, talking to Victor.
"I want you to meet Matthew Cunningham. He's the new administrator." Explained Richard.
At the mention of his name the man turned around and her eyes widened.
She felt her heart stop and then her knees gave out from beneath her. The last thing she heard was someone screaming her name and then she was out like a light. Whether it was Speedy or Richard she didn't know.
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I had no freakin idea about what they should make you guys! LoL So I just started thinking about what people used to eat back in the day and chickens popped up...and them catching them the old fashioned way LoL which is pretty funny if you think about it so it just happened like that I just kept typing and yeah so I'll see ya'll Later and again, I'm very sorry about the late update.
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