"I'm sorry, they cook?" Tina asked, Brittany nodded continuing to stretch "Like every night?" Brittany nodded again "Wow." Tina blinked, Mike chuckled.
"They said dinner's at 7 unless you want to help cook then come at 6." Brittany said before getting to her feet.
"They do know we can't cook right?"
"Hey." Mike looked up from his stretching.
"Okay, I can't cook." Tina amended.
"They enjoy cooking." Brittany shrugged heading for her studio. "Morning Jake." she chirped.
"Morning Brittany." he smiled.
"How are you doing today?"
"Good." he nodded "Mike very loudly explained to the parents that I was a sixteen but still a very talented teacher."
It was Brittany's turn to nod explaining "They flirt with him so I bet he wanted to stop them from coming after you, you look very mature for your age."
"So I've been told." he nodded. "Hey thanks for the breakroom." Brittany shrugged "You didn't need to add things just for us."
"It's just a bean bag and toys, my Mom said it helps with..." Brittany paused struggling to find the word " .."
"Inspiration?" Jake asked.
"Yes." Brittany nodded "My mom's all about that," lowering her voice she added "she's a muse."
"Oh." he'd heard the dance studio would understand their unique needs and now he knew why.
Puck watched his sister, she was having fun and actually behaving like a child instead of a spoiled god, not that she ever acted like a spoiled brat, but if she'd have stayed with their mom there was the chance of no supervision and his sister being just as wild as their parents. He'd had to take care of himself and had quite the wild phase, but his mohawk had changed to a high and tight to look professional. Matt had given him cards to all the different clothes shops to get work related clothes, he'd decided to change up his wardrobe, he wasn't going to lose his leather jacket but he knew he needed more than just jeans and tee shirts.
He was ignoring the woman by his side that kept smiling at him he wasn't looking for a companion he was focused on raising his sister and keeping his brother out of trouble. So far Jake was staying out of trouble, he was doing on line school and the school was accepting his teaching dance as a PE credit, when he wasn't teaching he was in the breakroom doing his school work with their sister. "Which one's your little girl?" when he didn't respond the woman poked his thigh.
"Sister, that one." he gruffed hoping she would leave him alone, it didn't work.
They showed up at 6, Mike wanted to see what they were making and if he could actually help or if he would be under foot like the girls. "You actually have some knife skills so you're with me." Quinn dragged Mike away to her side of the kitchen, "We're cutting potatoes for home fries, San is making the burger patties."
Santana had already gathered her ingredients, the spices and the meat "We make the patties by hand," Tina looked at the scale "we go by weight but I've been doing this so long I don't need the scale, but since you're learning," Santana gestured to it. "4 ounces, nothing too much."
Music going they started food prep, Quinn and Mike washing potatoes while Santana explained to the others about how much of each spice went into the hamburger.
"Brittany said you cook?" Quinn asked as she and Mike dried the potatoes.
"My grandmother taught me," he nodded explaining. "I stayed with her when my parents went to work, and when we moved in together I couldn't keep eating mac and cheese and take out."
Quinn chuckled offering "We have a recipe lap top if you'd like to look through it for something new."
"Thanks."
"Specific section for meals San and I thought would be great for date nights." Quinn said as they started cutting the potatoes.
"I thought you'd have one of those French fry cutters." Mike said honestly.
"Nah," Quinn shook her head "we like to do things by hand, that's why we don't buy pre-made things, unless it's tater tots, we enjoy a good chili cheese tater tot."
"Yes." Santana called on her way to the patio before telling Brittany and Tina. "Wheezy makes the best ones." Santana had her table set with her trays with the uncooked burgers and an empty one for the cooked burgers.
"She does, she makes them when she visits." Quinn said pulling out the air fryer and then a large bowl, her spices were already on the counter ready for her. They each settled into making their part of dinner, Quinn tossing the cut potatoes in the bowl with the oil and spices while Mike watched "So what is Brittany's favorite thing that you make?"
He chuckled "As much as she loves Pierce's and the different things my grandmother taught me, it's my spaghetti and garlic bread that I learned from a friend's dad."
"She's going to enjoy the trips San takes her on, for us it was about the food."
"Are you going to take your... soon to be boyfriend?" Mike asked trying not to sound as confused as he was about what to refer to Quinn's soul mate as.
"If he has matured as much as Matty has said I don't think over night trips will be a thing, he'll want to stay with his sister." Quinn explained handing the bowl over to Mike so he could put them in the air fryer.
"Brittany told me that he was fending off one of the Cougars in her class." Mike offered.
"If she only knew he was older, that would have turned her off." Quinn couldn't help but chuckle, Mike did too. "Should have seen the one woman when she asked San which one was hers, I bet she was just waiting to tear whatever kid that San pointed to down, she was speechless when San told her the blonde in the front of the class was hers." Mike grinned, before turning serious.
"He's always asking how his brother's doing, checking on his sister and, I guess you could call her step mom?" Mike said questioningly, Quinn shrugged she wasn't sure either.
"Has he set her up in school yet?"
"On line both her and Jake, we told him they could use our breakroom so his sister wasn't stuck with someone she didn't know."
"Bean bag and toys." Quinn nodded, Brittany had mentioned it.
Once the air fryer was going they went to the living room to check on the movies, just something to pass the time while they cooked, Mike picked 'Princess Bride', Quinn said they'd start it over once everything was finished.
Quinn, Santana and Brittany sat on the couch while Mike and Tina shared the large chair. "So we're set for Breadstix first and then the next weekend the meet and greet."
"So for the actual party the food is going to be pot luck."
"I thought we were going to cater?" Quinn asked.
"Miss Millie said no," Santana shook her head. "and Pierce said he'd love to cook for the party."
"And you couldn't stand up to two mortals?" Quinn teased her sister.
"No I could not," Santana shook her head "Miss Millie used the voice on me and Pierce has those damn puppy eyes." she muttered before taking a bite of her burger.
"Santana Diabla, daughter of Ares, war goddess, defeated by a mom voice and puppy eyes." Quinn laughed causing the other to join in.
"I hate you all, except Brittany." she grumbled kicking at her sister's ankle.
