Blackwood Grove- Monday afternoon

[thatwaslucky]

Unsurprisingly, Rey loved having the girls around. It was one of the rare weekends like this that wasn't weird or kind of traumatic. Instead, it was just nice. There would definutely be things to think about, and the timing was definitely awkward for when they were supposed to go to Beltane, but... nice.

Also Hanna could maybe be a little more forthcoming about some of the Jedi stuff in her universe but whatever.

And knowing that their time together was coming to an end, that felt like a good excuse to sugar them up on cookies before send them off. Sorry, AU future Reys and Adrians.

"How many chocolate chips should they have?" Rey asked, kind of knowing the answer.


[For them and all the SP.]

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[thatwaswitchy]

"All of them!" Beck cheered. "The more the yummier!"

...Close enough.

[witchoftheflesh]

"All of them?" Adrian repeated, feigning shock. "But surely that would be too many chips!"

[thatwaswitchy]

"Dad," Hannah said patiently. "There's no such thing."

[witchoftheflesh]

"I dunno, Hanna," Adrian said. "I think it'd be more chip than cookie, really. I'd worry about the structural integrity of our baked goods!"

[thatwaswitchy]

"That's what spoons are for!"

The quickness with which she said that. She wanted those chips.

[witchoftheflesh]

Adrian exchanged amused glances with Rey. "You seem to have this all figured out," he told Hanna. "And I take it you agree?"

Becks nodded hard, hair flying everywhere.

"We might have to give in to these demands, Rey," he sighed. "They've got watertight arguments."

[thatwaslucky]

"I think we have to. I can't argue against it," Rey agreed. And added, "And I'm kind of curious about how this goes."

[thatwaswitchy]

"Can I lick the spoon?" Becks asked, eagerly

[thatwaslucky]

"Why not?" Rey asked.

And then found out why not like a half a second later when Hanna said, "Can I lick the spoon, too?"

[witchoftheflesh]

"I asked first!"

Oh, they were learning so many things today.

"There will be two spoons to lick," Adrian declared. "But no licking until we're done with them, okay? We'll let you know when it's Spoon-Licking o'clock."

Surely, surely this will head off all arguments!

[thatwaswitchy]

"Okay," Hanna said, looking disappointed.

And then, "What time is Spoon-Licking o'clock, though?"

[witchoftheflesh]

"Half past We're All Done Stirring," Adrian told her.

Listen, he thought it was clever.

[thatwaslucky]

Stop being cute with the kids, Adrian. Stop it. And just ignore her expression while she was watching him.

"Patience," Rey said, teasingly. "Consider this an exercise. With cookies at the end."

[thatwaswitchy]

"What's so great about patience anyway?" Becks asked. "It's all grownups talk about, but I don't think anybody likes it."

"It makes it easier to wait for things," Adrian offered.

"Orrrr we could just get things faster!" It made sense to her, okay?

[thatwaslucky]

"It makes you appreciate something more when you finally get it," Rey told her. "Like when you put hard work into something."

[thatwaswitchy]

Becks continued to look dubious. "I think I would like licking the spoon just as much right now as I would in awhile," she said.

[thatwaslucky]

"Let's put that to the test, shall we?"

It'd probably backfire, but sometimes you had to take the opportunity when it was presented.

[thatwaswitchy]

"Yeah!" Becks cheered. "We get a spoon to lick now and then one to lick later and see which one is better!"

Adrian tried not to laugh and failed. Just absolutely failed. "I mean..." he said.

[thatwaslucky]

Yep, backfired!

"That wasn't what I meant," Rey said, but Hanna was already chanting, "Two spoons! Two spoons!"