@glacierfront said: a watched pancake never boils.
Alice is not a bad cook. She’s never gonna compete on live television, or anything, but she’s decent. Even when she gets distracted and doesn’t completely get her measurements right, it usually turns out all right in the end.
Pancakes are not supposed to be hard. She’s made them dozens of times, actually. What the fuck.
When Julie comes up to the counter beside her and peers into the lumpy batter bowl, Alice almost jabs her back with her elbow. She doesn’t, but she thinks about it.
“I know you’re hanging around here hoping I’ll give up so we can go out to eat. And I know you’re secretly gunning for IHOP.” Not so secretly. “And I’m really trying not to find it hurtful.”