A/N: In which Tori buys and brings home an absurd amount of bananas (but they get put to a very good use);
"Tori—"
"Before you say anything, I have a good excuse," Tori said, having practiced in the car on the way home from the store. Jade crossed her arms, waiting for her girlfriend's excuse.
"Babe, I bought 23 bananas because they were single," Tori said. Jade raised an eyebrow, and Tori continued. "There was a basket of single bananas, you know, ones that had fallen off their bunches. And so instead of buying a bunch of them, I just bought all the single ones. It's a better bang for our buck."
Jade continued staring at Tori, who finally sighed.
"Okay fine, I felt bad for them, okay?" Tori broke down. "They were single, Jade! It was so sad."
Jade was torn, but opened her arms and Tori immediately wrapped herself up in Jade's embrace.
"There, there," Jade said, biting back as much of her sarcasm as possible. "You rescued them and they're not single anymore." She couldn't believe she was comforting her girlfriend over this, but at the same time, it was such a Tori thing that she couldn't even be mad.
"I'm sorry," Tori said into Jade's chest. "It's probably getting close to that time which is why I was probably so sensitive."
"I understand, it's okay," Jade said. She was, slowly, getting over it; it wasn't like Tori had done something illegal like steal the bananas or anything, but she had no idea how they would use that many bananas before they went bad. And then, something suddenly hit her.
"Hang on..." She unceremoniously broke the hug, going over to the cabinet. Tori sniffed and followed Jade, curious to what she was doing. Jade only had to search for a few moments before she pulled out a cookbook that Tori had seen numerous times, but had never cracked open herself. Tori watched as Jade flipped through it, landing on a page that had clearly been the most used page from the whole book. It was a banana bread recipe.
"Do not laugh," Jade said slowly, as she reread the recipe she knew by heart. "But...this was my mom's favorite banana bread recipe. I barely remember, but we used to make it together when I was young. I used to try to make it after she left, but I could never make it taste like hers. I kept the cookbook but haven't tried the recipe in years. Maybe...we could try it with some of those bananas you got." She said the last part in a rush, as if she'd maybe felt the idea bad halfway through saying it, but still wanted to get it out.
"Of course," Tori said immediately with a grin. She'd never heard the banana bread story from Jade before, but suddenly felt okay about buying all the bananas if it meant she'd get a childhood story and a new special memory to potentially make with her girlfriend.
"I'll gather all the ingredients and you peel four bananas," Jade said. Tori nodded. Jade quickly collected the needed ingredients and threw them all together into a bowl (Tori started to ask if that was okay, but Jade just shushed her, and Tori grew silent to watch).
"Bananas last," Jade said, inviting Tori to throw them in on top of the mix. Tori broke them in half before adding them, watching as Jade nodded.
"Okay good, and now..." She turned the stand mixer on, and the pair watched as it did its job to stir everything together. By the time it was finished and everything was mixed, both had forgotten (and forgiven) Tori's banana buying.
"Now, we need to put it in the oven for an hour and some change," Jade said, after she'd distributed the mix into a bread pan. Tori allowed her to do so, and Jade set the oven. She paced the kitchen floor anxiously the whole time it was in the oven, even dismissing the funny short videos Tori had tried to show her as distractions. Finally, the timer went off, and Jade eagerly opened the oven to check on their creation. She slowly pulled the pan out of the oven, placing it on the stovetop.
"Jade?" Tori asked, but was shushed again as Jade stuck a toothpick into the top of the loaf. It came out clean; that was good, it was at least cooked through. Tori watched as Jade carefully tipped the pan over and let the loaf slip out onto a cutting board. It smelled heavenly; Tori was eager to try, furiously hoping it met Jade's expectations.
Jade carefully cut the loaf in half, and the delicious smell hit them both even more; Tori's stomach rumbled. She hadn't realized she'd been hungry (or at least how good the dessert smelled) until now.
Jade cut a small slice for herself and one for Tori. Silence hung over the kitchen as Tori watched Jade, who after a very long moment smiled ear to ear.
"It's...it tastes just like how she used to make it," she said. Tori could swear she saw tears in Jade's eyes, but forgot about that as she tasted her own piece. It was the best slice of banana bread she'd ever tasted (not that she had others to compare to; she didn't think her mother had ever made banana bread before. Chocolate chip cookies maybe a time or two when she and Trina had been younger, but never banana bread).
"It's perfect," Jade continued. "I don't know why or how it happened, but it's perfect." She smiled at Tori. "You did good buying all those bananas. I think that's why it tastes so good."
Tori's heart swelled. "Best guilt buy ever."
The banana bread was gone by the end of that day, from both girls picking at it. Luckily, they had more opportunities to make more loaves.
A/N: This started as a snap chat to my girlfriend (a picture of the single bananas at the store) and ended as another thing I wrote when I was hungry. Thanks for reading! c: