vanillajello | Overland Park, KS, An Afternoon in May [Friday Fandom Time]

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Overland Park, KS, An Afternoon in May [Friday Fandom Time]

Big surprise, Kate had run away from Fandom to Overland Park again. It was starting to become a thing with her, but she didn't care, sometimes it was good to be elsewherer. She'd been here since Wednesday night – or, they had, since Bod had come along with her, but right now he was on his class-and-diner trip back to Fandom. Or getting takeout, if you looked at it from the official OP standpoint that was oblivious to portals.

And Kate? Kate was glueing lace and fake gems and sequins to headbands, because Charmaine had decided that was going to be her new business. Making tiaras and selling them on Etsy. Generally, Kate might have mocked the idea (even if she was pretty sure it came from when she'd shown off her own prom queen tiara) but right now it was just kind of nice to be working with her hands.

And when she watched Charmaine and her big belly out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help thinking a little about Alice. Not that she got very far with those thoughts, because Char was in a chatty mood. "-- and I don't want you turning this place into a den of sin," she was saying. "With your James Bund of a gentleman caller."

Kate snorted. "What?"

"Well, you know," Charmaine said, with what Kate assumed to be her best trying-to-be-an-adult voice. "There's going to be a baby in the house in a few months. I don't want you corrupting her."

"The baby you got pregnant with while dating someone who wasn't the father?" Kate checked with an eyebrow raise. "Tell me you're joking."

Charmaine deflated. "Okay so I don't really give a rat's ass what you two get up to as long as it's in your room, I was just trying to be, y'know, assertive and and authoritative and motherly. How'd I do?"

Kate just snorted again and shook her head.

[ooc: NFB, but open for calls/texts, and that guy.]

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Bod was laden down with several bags of chicken stir fry, a few containers of chicken empanadas and a cherry cream cheese pie for dessert.

So, maybe he'd gone overboard but he knew her family enjoyed eating and there could just be leftovers. Of course, having his hands full meant Bod actually had to knock on the door with his elbow and hope someone heard that.

Kate heard it. It made her immediately drop her glue gun and bounce out of her seat so she could come open the door, and she grinned at him as she did.

"Ooh, food."

"Yes, quite a lot of it," he said, returning her smile with one of his own. "The staff at the diner was very helpful. It should all still be hot as well. There's two main dishes and a dessert."

"You're the greatest," Kate said, leaning in for a quick kiss on his cheek before stepping out of the way so he could go past her. "We can put it all in the kitchen."

"What did you bring, Bod?" Charmaine chimed in from further in the room, not bothering to turn around to glance at them for the question. She was huge, okay.

"Thank you," Bod said, giving Kate another smile before stepping inside, careful not to bump the bags into anything. He made sure everything was still in hand and not on the floor before he answered Kate's aunt.

"I've returned with chicken stir fry, chicken empanadas, and a cherry cream cheese pie," he responded, swinging the bags back and forth once he got closer to Charmaine. "Perhaps a bit overboard but I've found that I really can't resist American food."

"Well, why would you?" Charmaine asked and sadly, that was kind of an honest question from her. "I mean don't the English eat all kinds of weird crap?"

Kate rolled her eyes, breezing past Bod towards the kitchen. "Wow, way to be openminded towards other cultures, Charmaine."

"Oh, they do, indeed," Bod said, amused. "My family just tended to stay away from the more exotic foods. I lived off things like stews, pizza and hamburgers as a child. Perhaps not the healthiest way to go about it but I think I turned out all right."

He followed behind Kate, winding his way to the kitchen with the bags and bags of food. "Now that I'm mostly on my own, I've had a lot of fun experimenting with different, unusual foods."

Kate started getting them plates and glasses and stuff from the cupboards, while Charmaine was still getting up from her chair in the living room, leaving the tiara components behind.

"Different like chicken empanadas?" she questioned as she made her way into the kitchen as well. "Well, I can't say I disapprove..."

"We didn't have a lot of money so even chicken empanadas are different for me," he explained, settling the various bags on the counter and shaking out his arms and fingers. "And we lived in a small village so there was no access to the selection the cities here have. I like to try everything."

Charmaine raised her eyebrows at Kate who was just finishing up setting the table. "Hope you got handsome couple pictures at prom, it won't last," she teased.

Kate looked amused for all the wrong reasons. "Yeah, you just look at your babydaddy." It was enough for Charmaine to frown at her. "Shut up, Kate."

Kate rolled her eyes, but pulled out a chair for her aunt anyway on one side of the table, intending for herself and Bod to sit on the other side.

Bod kept quiet during that little exchange, hiding a smile while he got the containers out of the various bags and balling up the bags so they couldn't be in the way.

"I'm not the one with the insatiable sweet tooth," Bod put in, giving Kate a sweet smile. "I oftentimes end up sharing my breakfast with Kate because her sweet tooth cannot be contained."

"Aww, so you'll both be slobs together in no time at all," Charmaine cooed, giving Kate a teasing smile as she sat down, before glancing at the fridge. "Katie, can you grab me a Diet Coke?"

Kate shook her head, going to the fridge. "That's not hypocritical at all. Bod, what do you want to drink?"

"Just water, please," he answered, snickering a bit. "Should I put the pie in the refrigerator to keep cool until a bit later?"

"Yeah, go ahead," Kate nodded, grabbing a can of Diet Coke for her aunt and and a cherry one for herself before going to get him water. "There's room."

Nodding, Bod slid the pie into the refrigerator before closing it behind him. "Go sit down, Kate. I'll get you both your plates of food. I don't mind so go sit down and get settled."

"Okay," Kate replied, with a brief smile, and leaned in on a whim for another quick kiss on his cheek before going to take her seat at the table.

"You guys are sickening," Charmaine informed them, luckily not entirely serious.

"I've been called worse," he said, laughing and retrieving both Charmaine and Kate's plates. "Did you both want helpings of both the stir fry and the empanadas? Or one or the other? None at all and I should just go get a pizza?"

He hoped they didn't choose that last one.

Kate chuckled a bit, while Charmaine made a sweeping motion in the direction of the food. "Everything, everything," she said. "Eating for two, remember?"

"And I'm just hungry," Kate supplied with a little smile. "Both, thanks."

"Yes, ma'am," Bod said, carefully heaping both stir fry and several empanadas on both their plates before settling each plate in front of each woman again. He saved his own for last and made sure to give himself plenty as well.

Even with those big servings, there was still plenty left. Luke's Diner was very good to him. Bod carried his plate back and took his seat next to Kate.

"It smelled very good when I was retrieving it so I hope it tastes just as good when eating it."

"I'm sure it will," Kate replied, glancing over at him. "It usually does."

Charmaine was already digging in, so she had no comment.

"Eat, eat," he encouraged at Kate, starting in on his own food because he was fairly hungry too. "I won't even laugh at you if you get some on your shirt."

"I'm not gonna get any food on my shirt," Kate protested as she started in on her plateful too. "I spilled coffee on my shirt at work but that was a one-off accident."

"You're going to jinx yourself," Bod pointed out, just barely resisting flicking some chicken at her. That wouldn't be any good as a guest in her aunt's house. "And if that does happen, I didn't bring enough shirts for you to share."

"And you're not getting any of mine," Charmaine cut in from across the table. Kate rolled her eyes. "I didn't want any of yours anyway and besides, we're across the front lawn from the house that still holds the majority of my old clothes. I'm not exactly running out of shirts to wear here."

"If you go over there, don't mention the be -- " Bod stopped himself right there, unable to believe that he'd indirectly admitted something in front of a relative of hers even if her aunt wasn't her father.

His cheeks reddened and he covered his face with his hand, unable to do anything but laugh into his hand about that faux pas.

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