bio_nerd (bio_nerd) wrote,
@ 2012-08-13 23:04:00

Fluff meme: Cooking is a science!
Cooking she could do, other people putting in all that effort and cooking for her? She couldn't do. Which was exactly why when Aleks proposed this dinner thing she'd already planned on coming early to help the moment she agreed.

Well, okay, she'd avoid having to cut any onions but she was still handy in the kitchen. Besides, regardless of what people said, cooking was a science. And she was a scientist.

"Hi. Now I know the fact I brought wine may be odd, considering I don't drink it, but I do own some. Fine, I use it only for cooking, but still. Classic guest-gift and it works with the whole cooking dinner thing you've got going," she rambles once he opens the door. Lena would admit to some slight nervousness. Not willingly, but still it had to count for something.

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	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I'm sure you'll make it interesting. I'm just interested in seeing what this newly revealed mischevious side of you comes up with. I just want to make sure you won't be too buried in work when the suitable time comes to return any favors." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 04:57 am UTC (link)
	"See, I make it a point to be buried in work around my birthday. Even if I have to make up work in order to do so. I like to think of it as...not making the job easy for anyone who wants me to celebrate my birthday." Nobody made it easy for her, this was just returning the favour. And she hated celebrating her own birthday, but that was a detail. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 05:04 am UTC (link)
	"Which is precisely the point in this case. Likewise, I tend to more or less disappear on mine. I'm willing to forgo habits if you're willing to do likewise, even if the mischief, whatever it is, is just between the two of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 05:09 am UTC (link)
	"Fine, how about this: you actually show up to work on your birthday and don't disappear, and in return I will not put my lab on lockdown for the week of mine. Although I suspect this will lead to other people wanting to get back at me for their birthdays so you'd better plan ahead. Shake on it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 05:13 am UTC (link)
	He offers a hand. "I'll do you one better. I'll show up to work and remain accessible, and meanwhile, I'll kidnap you off somewhere fun for your birthday, so while I'll be free to take suitable revenge, obviously, you get a paid vacation, and distance from anyone else's revenge attempts." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 05:23 am UTC (link)
	"Alright. But if it's a weekday, leave the kidnapping to the evening or weekend. I'm a square and don't like skipping work." She shook his hand. "Deal. Surprise me Mr. Childress." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 05:27 am UTC (link)
	"You have a deal. Feel free to lock yourself in the lab until the Friday evening closest to your birthday. I'll promise to have you back at work Monday morning. The rest of the weekend is mine to try and surprise you with." he agrees, shaking her hand. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 05:29 am UTC (link)
	"I have a feeling I have no idea what I've just gotten myself into," she laughs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 05:33 am UTC (link)
	"Me neither. But that's half the fun of it, isn't it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 05:37 am UTC (link)
	"Of course. Live a little as they say." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-17 05:41 am UTC (link)
	He picks his bottle back up to raise it in toast to that sentiment. "I'll drink to that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-17 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"Here here." She raises her own bottle. "Of course garlic, chicken and excellent company makes that a little easier." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-26 06:16 am UTC (link)
	"Definitely on the company. And from the smell of it, the chicken and garlic is coming along nicely. I'm definitely keeping these preferences in mind for future dinners too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-26 06:22 am UTC (link)
	"I feel like the minute I'm not looking you're going to make a list of preferences." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-26 06:26 am UTC (link)
	"I think I can remember chicken, garlic and more garlic without needing written notes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-26 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"Good memory, but I never specified this list was only food preferences. I do have a feeling it's going to be used to lure me away from work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-26 06:46 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure we'll discuss some of those other preferences over dinner. We've talked books before, some at least. So I'm working on it. As for luring you away from work - good guess." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-08-26 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I did also get to see some of your bookshelf, that tells me a lot. Keep working on it, I'll try and retain some semblance of mystery," she jokes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-08-26 10:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I love a good mystery." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Mun is a terribly forgetful person. Apologies) bio_nerd 2012-09-14 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"Can't let you solve it too quick. Ruins the fun." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: (I did the same to you earlier in the thread, all is good) heytheredelilah 2012-09-14 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Very true, half the fun is in the effort, after all. But I feel I'm off to a reasonable start." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-09-14 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"Very respectable progress Mr. Childress. Now if only you can maintain that pace..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-09-14 03:06 am UTC (link)
	"The food should be out of the oven soon. That may help or hurt my efforts, depending on if I included enough garlic in the stuffing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bio_nerd 2012-09-14 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"I like to follow the doctor's orders: the more garlic the better." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	heytheredelilah 2012-09-14 03:17 am UTC (link)
	He can't help but waggle a brow a little. "That so? All the more reason to hurry towards my doctorates then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)