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[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[Have a Handy humming to himself in the kitchen as he goes about getting ingredients out of pantries and the refrigerator.  After speaking with Ray and Chris earlier, he is almost certain he knows how to make pancakes.  He has never actually done this, however.  He figures now would be as good a time as any to distract himself by testing out this assumption]

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[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[he might be starting to realize they're a package deal] I suppose free food is reason enough to be in a good mood, isn't it?

[gotitwrong]

[Good job, Handy. Ray takes a bite out of his sandwich.] Guess so. Saves money, anyway.

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Chris decides to be blunt because he's hungry.] Don't suppose you're up for sharing what you're making?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

Better to have money to spend on things you can't get for free somewhere else.

[looks at Chris]

Yeah, sure. [thinks for a moment, and Chris' bluntness earns him a plea for help, because at least he's not assuming Handy is going to burn down the Plane like everyone else] Actually, you said your mum made you cook, yeah? I thought I'd know how to do this once I started, but I think I'm pretty lost. You have any idea, or should I just settle for a sandwich instead?

[gotitwrong]

[Ray has decided he gets to have a free show, so for now he looks at Chris and tilts his head Handy's way; you know that sort of indication that is basically a 'go ahead, do it' thing. Otherwise he's content to eat his sandwich and see if the two of them manage to create a huge mess of the kitchen.]

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Chris suddenly feels like he's ten and in his mum's kitchen again. He's not really sure how he feels about this.] Uh, yeah, I can help. [He grabs a fresh bowl and starts getting the mix back together.] There's, uh, a certain way the batter should be. Before you start. Shouldn't be runny or lumpy.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

If you don't want to, I'll be happy with a sandwich. [he watches Chris getting stuff together] So how do you make it not runny or lumpy?

[gotitwrong]

[Ray is holding back a snicker here, and leans against a counter.] Yeah, dyin' to hear how it's done. [He isn't, but still. He's amusing himself and he's not being mean, anyway.]

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Chris is so trying not to embarrass himself here.] Uh, dry first, yeah? Mix that together, then the wet. But you gotta mix the wet together in a little bowl before you add'em together. 'S how mum always does it.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

What does it matter, if it's all going together anyway? Seems sort of a waste to mix all that separately when it's all going to go together anyway.

[gotitwrong]

[Ray shrugs from his spot. He doesn't know a damn thing about stuff like that. He probably would have just tossed it all together.] Ain't like it's gonna explode if you don't, yeah? [Ray goes back to sandwich after tossing that out. He will participate in conversation when he likes.]

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

It uh...sorta, the mix it does... [Chris gives a helpless shrug.] I dunno, really. Just works better. And the pan has to be hot. Really hot. Then it cooks right.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[get a look] Well I assumed it needed to be hot, seeing that it's cooking.

[and cue a little bit of guilt now but it's been a long day of people insisting he'd be fail at this before he even tried]

Sorry. That wasn't fair, you're just trying to help.

[looks at Ray's sandwich]

Honestly, I'm just as fine with making myself a sandwich, too.

[gotitwrong]

Maybe you shoulda thought of that 'fore you got Chris started, eh?

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Half sheepish, half embarrassed.] Mum always said it had to be extra hot, 's all. But uh, this part's easy, only takes a minute, you know?

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[and now he's feeling a third sheepish, a third embarrassed and a third guilty] I'm sure that's right then.

[sighs]

Sorry, again. Don't mean to be testy. It's just this entire cooking business. An outrageous amount of people seemed to emerge from the woodwork insisting I'd burn down the entire place. [thoughtful] One of them was a mate of yours, I think.

[gotitwrong]

Don't worry 'bout it. Even if you were gonna burn it down, wouldn't matter. With us, anyway. I'd probably burn it down meself, and Chris... [Ray trails off and lets the silence speak for him.]

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

Probably were boss. [Then he pouts at Ray.] I'm not gonna burn it! Here, watch. [Now watch the ~MAGIC~ of Chris making pancakes.]

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[sheepish look at Ray] Well, at least I'm not the only one that'll burn the place down.

[and back to Chris] Is he the one that looks a bit like - [mental note, mentioning the Master around them probably wouldn't be good, judging from Sam and Gene's attitude towards the Master] - he's got that leather jacket, yeah? Sam, right?

[and everything is forgotten with the ~MAGIC~ of pancake making. Handy is totally mesmerized and impressed]

You're a bit good at that, aren't you?

[gotitwrong]

[Ray smirks.] 's 'cause he's a girl, that's why he's good at it.

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Chris nods.] Yeah, Sam is our boss...

[But Ray totally ruins everything, mid-flip too, as Chris hits the pancake down too hard on the pan.] I am not! ...Oh bloody hell. [He pokes at it, sighing.]

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[Handy frowns, coming over to look at the pancake] What happened? It's not beyond repair, is it?

[gotitwrong]

[Ray just laughs in response, because this is funny.] You need to learn to tune out distractions, I think.

[knowswheregodis.livejournal.com]

[Chris sends him a pout-glare. Ray knows these well.] You were distracting me! [He slides it onto a plate and starts over.] Could probably eat it. I would. But uhm, this one will be better.

[handysparehand.livejournal.com]

[Handy will still eat this one as you make another. He grabs some syrup and sits on the counter eating and watching Chris try again]

Not bad.