āGet out! Youāre just making it vorse!ā
āShut up! Iām trying my hardest!ā
āHow do you even mess this up, guys? Thereās a recipe right in front of you.ā
āRecipes are for dorks!ā
āChase!ā Schneep points a butter knife at his brother, āYou go make ze noodles. Jackie, make sure he follows ze instructions.ā
He turns his attention to Marvin, who is pushing the beef around the pan, āVat are you doing?ā
āItās stir-fry, right? Iām stirring.ā
āZis ez my nightmare,ā Schneep huffs.
āGuysā¦ā Robbie comes into the kitchen, āWhat areā¦ You doing?ā
āWeāre cooking,ā Chase says, furiously stirring sauce in a bowl, āCanāt you tell?ā
āWe wanted to cook for Jamie since heās not been feeling well,ā Marvin explains, āDo you want to help?ā
Robbie sighs and nods, āTurn thatā¦ pan downā¦ Youāllā¦ burn down the houseā¦ā Marvin turns it too far, almost off. āNoā¦ idiotā¦ Turn it on mediumā¦ā
They all stare at Robbie, and then exchange looks, āRobbie? How do you know how to cook?ā
Robbie shrugs, āIāve knownā¦ as long asā¦ I can rememberā¦ā Ā He takes the package of noodles from Chase, who is about to dump the uncooked noodles into the sauce, āYou have toā¦ boil them firstā¦ā
They watch as Robbie moves around the kitchen, carefully doing the tasks they were struggling with. He tells them to sit down and watch, so they do. Itās the most confident theyāve ever seen their undead brother.
Chase leans over to Schneep, āDoes it ever bother you we donāt know anything about Robbie?ā He asks quietly.
Schneep shrugs, āIn his defense, he doesnāt know zat much about himself eizer.ā
Jackieboy nudges Chase, āRemember what we found when he came, though? Maybe we donāt want to know.ā
They stared in silence at the back of Robbieās head, and wondered again what about their brother they didnāt know. Too much, they were afraid.
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