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He patted his shirt "Fa cakes, and Ielse"

"That's kind ofcute My o see your movies?"

"Not after the first one She screa my mouth God, it was so nice to talk to someone, even if it en "So what kind of pastries do youhere That catering was a joke"

I arched an eyebrow "That sounds like a challenge toto have to insist that you show off your culinary skills?"

"I don't know You going to let me read those script notes of yours?"

I looked down at arbean? Walls? Train? Yeah No way I was showing that to anyone It looked like the ras of a psychopath "Okay, fine You win"

"That's what I thought," Owen said sly, but there was a sh coffee in the coffee pot for two people That was er I grabbed one of the stale donuts fro room, and wrote on my notepad I had a character or two sketched out by the ti, but at leastnowhere

"Morning," Owen said as he headed down the stairs

"Hey there," I said, keeping my voice pleasant "There's coffee in the pot"

He grunted and headed for the kitchen area I watched him pour himself a cup of coffee, sipped it, and then rubbed his face He sat down at the breakfast bar and then looked over at me with hooded, sleepy eyes

I felt a shiver in my belly

"You want French toast?"

I tilted my head, interested "French toast? Fro pastry chef? That seehed "Stuffed French toast hipped creaot up fro room and joined him in the kitchen

I had to adredients out of the overstuffed fridge and began to co on the burner with another Me, I wasn't good at , so it was nifty to watch him work He was all suave confidence, and when he cut a thickly sliced piece of ho When had he made the bread?

By the time he put the plate in front of me, wild horses couldn't have keptcreation I took the fork he offered od That is incredible"

He blinked his eyes at rinned "So you approve?"

"I've never tasted anything better," I ade bite "I fully ado is fully repaired now that Luna thinks I ah, then sat down to eat his own breakfast

The rooh lee over each delicious bite) and thought Maybe I shouldn't have said Oas incredible Maybe just 'good' would have been enough for his ego 'Incredible' had s odd

Owen toyed with a bite of his food and glanced at the massive s on the far side of the room "Is that a snowstorness out of rinned over at nificent aleeful that the others are trapped out in this while we're not?"

"Yup," I repeated

He laughed "They won't let them freeze I mean, we had blankets and fire and someone came by to help us finish the shelter after you left They just want us to look miserable for the calyfor Patty"

"Me too," he said

That surprisedfor Clarissa?"

Owen shook his head "Who do you think ousted th wasn't doing us any favors, so she kept the people she felt she could control the s"

I scraped the last bite fros? You bet I do" He looked at the s "Let it snow all it wants I hope we get a fucking blizzard"

I raised my coffee cup into the air "To a blizzard!"

He clinked hisused to living with each other, Owen and I spent a fair aether Kitty had stopped by with soroceries, and to oods included

"I thought I ht as well bake for the cree're stuck here," Owen said "Kind of as an apology for dicking over the exec's bigup so they'll let us into the lodge with the others?" I guessed

Owen gave redients "So what are we ?"

"I happen to be the world's best cookie maker," he told me

I snorted "Please Anyone can make cookies"

"I bet I can make them better than you"

"Oh, is that so?" I told him "You wanna make a bet?"

He rested a hand on the counter next to me and leaned in "What kind of bet?"

I considered it for a moment "Loser has to do all the dishes"

"That's not e if you ask me"

"Loser also forfeits all of the hot water in the house" The hot water was still a sore point between the two of us The lodge y, and there was usually only enough heated water for one shower

"Now that sounds like a deal Who's going to judge?"

I shrugged "We can have Kitty judge when she coht?"