In the Mall - SubEvent

[Jalen Steele]

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Jalen's outfit

Jalen looked over the store she had decided would be her store. It wasn't a department store. It was a bath and body works-esque store. One that smelled lovely and had a small backroom with no windows and the backdoor chained tight. Also it was one of the few stores that had no dead bodies in it at all. She had managed to push the displays to one side and had organized them into smells and type. It was pretty and if she wanted apple scented soap she knew just what to grab it. What was better was that she got Jake to help her break down one of those sleep number beds, carry it to her store, and build it back up. She used a canopy type bed frame so her bed was blocked up and the back room had a bathroom so she now had a walk in bathroom. It was almost perfect. With Jake's help she had curtained off a small part of the store so she could dress and undress. Now it was perfect.

Jalen had changed out of her bloody clothes. Why couldn't you kill without getting blood on my designer clothes?! Jay didn't bother to answer Jalen. Jalen just sighed in frustration and decided since the threats was relatively low she could afford to dress down. She decided on a red trimmed black corset-ish shirt with the ties in the front; made by Dolce. She paired it with a pair of black pants and matching black heels. To finish the look she put on a black fedora. Looking at herself she deemed that was as dressed down as she could get and she was hungry.

Jalen emerged from the dressing area and stopped seeing Jake. She smiled. "Hey. You were really helpful to Jay...errr I and I thank you for everything." Jalen moved her arm to encompass the store. She picked up the pretty pink pistol and placed the gun at her back. Just in case. "I was thinking if you needed a place to crash the big is a king size and I have plenty of space."

Jalen and Jay both laughed at the expression on his face. She shook her head calming down and pulled Jake's arm toward the entrance of her store. "Come on. I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat at the food court. Okay?"

[hopeburnsbright]

Jake was sitting on the counter, his elbow resting on the cash register as he waited for Jalen to change. She had picked a good store, all things considered. it wasn't on the ground floor, it was big and the back room was particularly safe looking. also the bed store wasn't really far so carrying the damn thing hadn't really been a problem.
Jake would have picked a store full of food. but you know. that was him. And the really weird part was that not once did Jake point out that you couldn't eat soap, or that a smaller bed made more sense. Because every time he had thought of a joke, he had seen it was making Jalen happy and that shut him up each time. Jake had no idea why.
When he heard Jalens foot steps, Jake turned around (yes she had been behind a certian but he still wasn't going to stare at the direction a woman was changing in.) and immediately his eyes widened. "wow." Jake said without thinking. She looked incredible, those adverts she was in did far too much crap like make up and photo techniques to her. she was pretty enough that doing anything at all to her was hiding something about her.
That may have been the saddest, most love struck thing he had ever thought. Jake shook himself out of it and hoped to hell h wasn't blushing.
"hey yourself, you look really nice." Jake greeted. hey! he had complimented a girl and it didn't come off as shy or weird for once! maybe there was some hope for him after all. "ah no worries, it was nothing. "I'm always happy to help a friend, and it's not like i have anywhere better to be right?" Jake shrugged off her thanks, hearing her brief difficulty deciding what to say, he raised an eyebrow and just assumed she had meant 'you were really helpful today.' which made a lot more sense.
And then Jake did blush, his mouth hanging open in shock and his mind going blank. what just happened? did she really just say that..... oh she was laughing. it was a joke, that was almost certainly for the best because Jake had no idea what he would have said back to that of all things.
"heh. funny." Jake snickered, which it was actually. he let himself be pulled along with a small laugh, amused by her enthusiasm. "alright sure thing. i don't think I've eaten a proper meal in forever. so that sounds like a good plan to me Boss Lady."

[Jalen Steele]

Jalen looked back at Jake. "I wasn't being funny. I was being serious. There is more than enough room in that bed for you and me." She turned back to the front so he couldn't see her face as she smiled broadly. She stepped on the escalator and walked down the stairs heading towards the food court. Most of this place had been cleared out and the cameras confirmed it, but Jalen was still a little nervous going off by herself. What if they missed one? A shudder went down her back. No, her and Jay both agreed it would be best to keep some weapon on them. Also she wanted to get back into some sort of training. She didn't want to keep wasting ammo to get a walker and she needed better aim to take down a runner. She tended to lock up and Jay just kept spraying and praying which was not good with ammo at all. No, they both needed better training.

Jalen's feet touched the floor and she realized she had zoned out again. She wasn't sure if Jake had said anything and she glanced at him. Dammit, I need to focus better. Jalen couldn't stop chastising herself and the more she did it the more she realized she was zoning again. "Stop that!" Jalen paused. Did she say that out loud? She glanced at Jake and threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. "I like you. Even though you killed my phone." Her eyes went sad for a split second before they lit up.

She turned in a circle looking at all the restaurants. "We can have Japanese, Chinese, Chicken, Burger, Sandwiches, ... there's really alot. I think I want Panda Express." Jalen hopped the counter and stayed sitting on it. "She looked around the back and picked up a small cheat sheet on how to cook the food. It seemed easy enough. She really wanted orange chicken and some fried rice. She figured the chicken was probably some frozen over crap that she'll just have to put into some grease and she'll find another sheet on how to cook the rice. "I want orange chicken. Do you want some or something else?" She tilted her head looking up at him with a small smile on her face.

[hopeburnsbright]

Whelp. Jake couldn't say that he had seen that coming. Thinking it over as quickly as possible Jake gained a shy smile, "Well alrighty then." He agreed, because in all honesty an incredibly beautiful woman wanted to share a bed with him. How else was he going to react other then agreeing and giving himself a small pinch to make sure he wasn't dreaming?
And the small pain in his thigh convinced him that he was awake. Awesome, there was actually a silver lining to the end of the world!
plus, if anything was enough to convince someone who had no understanding of woman, like Jake, that she was actually interested in him. it was that. so he could stop wondering about it, that would save him a lot of stress.
Jake happily shoved his hands in the pockets of his jeans (he was really needing new clothes. that gave him an idea to suggest later) and followed after Jalen down the escalator. without thinking about it Jake was in a good enough mood to start humming out the rhythm of 'Dragula' loudly to himself "bow da na na na da BOW da da-" Jake started before cutting himself off sharply when he heard Jalen tell him to stop. oops.
"Heh. sorry, wasn't really meaning to-" Jake stopped again when Jalen hugged him. His eyes widened and it took him a moment to remember to hug her back, something he was more then happy to do. all the time making absolutely sure that his hands were nowhere even close to inappropriate. "Yeah?" Jake asked before blinking and grinning even more then before. "I mean. I really like you too." He agreed somewhat awkwardly, "Even if your taste in music is terrible." Jake teased with no negative emotion behind it at all, just being his way of trying to feel less awkward.
"Err Jalen? not for nothing, but the heck is Panda express?" Jake asked seriously, giving a soft "oh." of understanding when she sat herself at the counter of a place with the same name. "Huh. they don't have these places back home." He said, faintly amused at watching her start looking around for the stuff.
"That sounds pretty good to me." Jake said, looking over Jalen's shoulder at the sheet he smirked at her and playfully made a grab for the sheet. "tell you what? how's about I'll cook, and you can take it easy?" He offered, he had worked at a burger king once a few years back so as little fun as that was, he may have the beginnings of an idea where to start.
he could get the ovens and frier's to do what he wanted for sure, and all fast food ended up the same way anyway. "We'll call it the beginning of me trying to make up for the whole incident earlier!" he promised with a small wink. if he spent the next three weeks doing things like that for her, maybe he would stop feeling bad over the stupid phone. "We have a deal Baby girl?"

[Jalen Steele]

Jalen's eyes went big. She knew some places didn't have a Panda Express and before the world went to crap they were expanding, but she didn't know if she could live without her weekly guilty pleasure. "I love this stuff. As a model it's your job to stay thin. It kinda sucks, because we're exercising all the time and watching everything we eat. I'm a size 3 and weight 126 lbs which isn't really healthy for a 5'8 girl. I remember one week I was feeling lazy and I vegged out and didn't exercise. I had went up to 128 lbs. Not too bad, but my clothes were slightly tighter on me. I didn't realize in my contract that if I went up 3 lbs it was grounds for counseling and at 5 lbs termination. Can you believe that. I had to work twice as hard to get down to 125. Even then I insisted that one day a week I eat as much as I want of this stuff. My agent was pissed at first, but eventually he came around. I wasn't vegging out, I wasn't crying because I couldn't eat sweets, and I was a lot better temperament. It worked for me. I swear I'm addicted to this stuff."

Jalen eagerly gave Jake the sheet. "Fine by me. I'm an awful cook. Never learned the stuff. I was just about to ask you what all those dials meant on that machine over there. I'll just regale you with tales of the glamorous life and how much it sucked." She laughed. She loved her life, but in all honesty the end of the world was great timing. She stared at Jake. Before she probably wouldn't have given Jake a second thought. Not because he wasn't cute. He was, but because they didn't hang in the same circle and she could admit to herself; she was petty. She liked men with tons of money and she wasn't sure if Jake did, but he didn't have that ... swag for lack of a better word that said he did. He seemed kind of shy and sweet and a bit temperamental which was great, because so was she.

She blushed when he called her baby girl. It was sweet and something a manly man would say. In the past her boyfriends would call her beautiful or gorgeous; a constant reminder to her looks or her profession. She liked being called baby girl and for once it shut her up. She smiled happily at him and wished she had her phone so she could take a picture and capture this moment forever. She actually felt her pocket before she remembered it was gone for good. Oh well. "So should I call you Chef Jake?" She laughed and looked at her feet. "I think I need a new pair of shoes," she mused absentmindedly to herself.

[hopeburnsbright]

Jake looked at Jalen with a look of annoyance, not with her, but with the people she was talking about. "That's beyond fucked." He said as he started turning on the ovens and twisting the dials so that they would warm up faster. "I mean as little offense as possible to you, but i always hated that whole modeling culture. Just because of the way it treated people, i mean the amount of woman that drove themselves into anorexia because of expectations. even people who weren't even in the business! like this one girl in my school, she was a total bitch right? but i still felt terrible for her when we all knew she was making herself throw up because celebs were thin, and whoever else that was famous were thin." Jake snorted and left for a few moments as he went into the back of the store.
A few minutes later he came back with frozen chicken breasts and supplies of rice, thankfully the refrigerates hadn't broken down. "I mean look at you. You look way better then you ever did in the adds i saw you in once or twice. Because here you look real, alive." Jake smiled awkwardly as he realized he was ranting and shrugged. "I dunno. Sorry. just don't like the idea of anyone treating you, or any other woman like that." he explained, before going back to the cooking.
it wasn't hard, fast food couldn't be be hard to make for the simple reasons that they had to get it done and done fast. and that they weren't employing chefs here, so it couldn't be a complicated job.
"Give it five to ten minutes and we should be done." Jake grinned, pleased with himself. he turned to look at Jalen and his grin grew even further at the fact he saw her blush. At the name Jake burst out laughing, "Oh no. anything but that. i hated working in a fast food joint with a passion. So please any other nickname in the world would be better."
still laughing slightly, Jake grabbed two of the cans of coke on display and slid one along the counter to her, opening the other and draining most of it in one gulp.
"Oh i was meaning to ask," Jake began, sure that he would regret this. "My clothes are somewhat more blood stained then i would like, any chance you could help me pick out something later?" He asked, for some reason Jake was fairly confident that Jalen would be enthusiastic about the idea.

[Jalen Steele]

Jalen nodded to his ranting. "Yes. I agree that whole culture and expectations are harsh and it killed me when I found out girls were doing such things to themselves. A lot of our pictures are airbrushed. That's why I look more real in person than in the magazine. Hell, sometimes I look at myself in a photo and wish I really looked like that. And it worse when it's a full body spread." Jalen jumped down from the counter to stand up. "You see how curvy I am." She reached forward and put Jakes hands on her sides and then moved them down her body so he could feel how truly curvy she was. "In an ad they airbrush my curves out so in clothes they hang straight down instead of waves or if I'm doing a mini piece sometimes they exaggerate my waist so it's thinner and my hips so they're wider so it can be a more 'sexy' look." She put sexy in air quotes.

Jalen smiled as she realized Jake's hand were on her hips and she had to admit she liked the way his hands felt. She took a step back and sat down on the counter. She was used to people dressing and undressing her or seeing her naked sometimes she forgot about boundaries. Hell, when you're in a runway you had 5 or 6 people taking off your clothes, fixing your hair, fixing your makeup, putting on your clothes and sometimes those people helping you were guys. No, she wasn't embarrassed, but she knew that sometimes she just forgot about privacy.

She found herself blushing again when Jake pointed out he didn't like her being treated wrong. She wondered if he cared. Sure she was flirting with him, but so far he had just been nice to her. Than again she was the last woman on earth. Well, not really there were those other women in the mall, but she did ... uh ... well she ... Jalen frowned. She was here and that counted for something. Aside from that she had no other skills that would have Jake wanting her than any other girl. For the first time in over a decade Jalen doubted herself. Jake started laughing and she pulled herself back to the conversation. She started laughing too (damn infectious laughter) and grabbed her coke as he slid it to her. "Okay, so No Chef Boy-ar-Jake. Got it. But you're so good at it." She continued teasing and laughing.

Jalen just took a big swig when Jake asked her about shopping. Her eyes widened and she barely had enough control to swallow the coke. "Oh. My. GAWD! YES! YES, yes, yes, yes, yes! I would love too. Dude, I'm sure they have an Old Navy here, A Gap, and I know they have an Armani store here. I've been eyeing it ever since we cleared out the runners on the second floor! I'm not sure what you're style is but we can go anyway you like. I have so many ideas. You like vests and ties right? I mean James Bond saved the world and looked so good while doing it. We can totally go that route. Oh yeah, maybe some slacks with a nice set of penny loafers. Oh no. That's silly. We're in war. You need some curb stomping boots and maybe some pants that hug your tight bum. You do have such a nice butt and a shirt that shows off your arms, but we must keep you safe. We must make sure you look good too. Sexy good. Oh yeah." Jalen was looking Jake up and down eyeing him and smiling goofily. A timer went off and she glanced around with a confused look on her face.

[hopeburnsbright]

Jake actually shivered slightly when she put his hands on her. Damn why was he this easily knocked a loop by whatever she did? Well maybe because he had never had a relationship last more then a few months and none of them were even slightly serious? that sounded like it made sense. Jake was gonna stick with that theory.
"Don't." Jake said quietly, as soon as Jalen let go of his hands, Jake stepped closer to her again and gently brushed some of her hair behind her ear. "Don't think you should look like the photos. You're way too beautiful to be thinking you are in the same universe as the word inadequate." Jake smirked at Jalen and winked at her. "the way the world seems? it is way more then likely you're the prettiest girl on the planet." Jake said, which was a weird compliment because it involved thinking about how most of the world was dead.
Jake didn't even listen to what Jalen started to rant about. he tried, he really did, but it was too much of clothes and references to brands that meant nothing to him. Instead he just smiled at watching her being this energetic and full of life. Every so often he would nod, or say "Good idea" and that meaningless agreements brothers "sounds cool." "sure thing" and what not. Anything more would probably make her stop to answer and he didn't want that because she would probably loose some of the whole charm she currently possessed.
Jake considered it and decided that he was going to kiss her, she liked him, and he liked her. there was no reason other then his own lack of bravery stopping him from it and..... and damn it he just wanted to kiss her.
Which seemed reasonable to him. but when he finally had enough nerves to lean towards her, the freaking timers went off and it was deal with it, or burn the food to black stuff.
"hey foods done! faster then i expected too!" Jake grinned, turning he set about putting it on the plates, and adding the sauce that was mentioned on the list. Probably for the best really, hiss timing was suckish beyond belief.

[Jalen Steele]

Jalen's heart did a back flip. Jake was cute and sexy and so deserved someone better than her. She was callous, naive, and cared about shoes. She knew that if this world hadn't gone to shit he would have called her a selfish bitch and she would think he was beneath her. She had had many relationships and none that she thought she was in love; lust yes, love no. This was the first where she felt she might be falling in love. No one has ever looked at her the way he did. There was lust there, but passion, and promise, and something she didn't understand, but spoke volumes to her. He made her hot and cold at the same time and she just stared at him as he told her he thought she was beautiful. Than he winked making her laugh. How could he be sexy and funny at the same time?

"Thank you." She laughed. "Just to make sure I understand correctly you're saving that I'm the last woman on earth and you don't mind that you're stuck with me." She continued laughing. She imagined their first argument and how it would go if they had met before the world decided to spit up dead people. She could hear him so clearly telling her he wouldn't touch her if she was the last woman on earth and here she was the last woman on earth, they hadn't met with either person thinking the worst of the other, and they fit so well. Even Jay was half in love with him.

Shut up
Jalen almost faltered in her talks about clothes even as Jay was talking to her in her head.
Seriously. Shut up.
Why?
He's giving the look. The look. You know the look. So shut up.

Jalen closed her mouth. Jay was right. Jake was looking at her like he might kiss her and she was talking too much. The timers had gone off and Jalen thought he was going to ignore them, but he turned from her.
You missed it!

Jalen didn't realize how much Jay liked him until the girl started on a tirade in her mind. Jalen just smiled. She inwardly shook her head at her alter ego. Jalen would have just played the cat and mouse game waiting for Jake to give the look again and maybe kiss her later. But Jay was having none of that. Jalen felt herself being pushed back as Jay took over.

Jay squared her shoulders. No longer was her movements everywhere, but sure and graceful in a fluid movement; like a cat. Jalen was like a graceful dancer sweet in her movements, but Jay was like a lioness. Powerful, graceful and a tinge of dark power with her. She walked up to Jake and turned him towards her. Her eyes held his for a moment before she lifted her chin so her lips could make contact with his. Her hand came up to touch the side of his face urging him down towards her. Whereas Jalen would have eagerly taken the kiss Jay was passively aggressively asking his permission before her lips touched him. She needed him to separate the scant centimeters between them. She needed to know the moment wasn't over and he still wanted her.

[hopeburnsbright]

Jake's mouth was completely dry as Jalen approached him, again she seemed to suddenly radiate confidence and strength out of nowhere, and again Jake couldn't help thinking that it made him even more attracted to her. But that wasn't the most important thing.
"No what I'm saying-" Jake began but stopped when Jalen got so close that if he tried to look at the floor he would collide with her head. wow. the only thoughts in his mind was that word and her name, Jake breathed in deeply.
okay he wasn't dreaming here, and that meant that he wasn't allowed to screw this up. Jake carefully raised his right hand up and ran it through Jalens hair, it made him smile and caused it to be a lot easier to lean down and kiss her passionately.
Jalen was soft, and sweet. he didn't know why but he would swear on his life that she smelt like peaches. Jake's left arm snaked it's way around her waist and Jake pulled the woman as close to him as possible. not for any physical reason (although he had to admit that was most certainly there) but he relished in being able to hold her, he knew she was way tougher then him. but Jake wanted to keep Jalen safe and protect her. and if keeping her in his arms was the only way he could feel like he was managing that, then Jake would try and never let go.
Was Jake in love? he considered this carefully. he had been in love once, years ago he had loved a girl and had held her as she died in the aftermath of a car crash, leaving him hating himself for barely being hurt at all. and yes, when he thought about it, the emotions Jake had never been able to admit to Felicia were all there for Jalen. He felt happy when just looking at her. He wanted to go find the zombies of the people who had treated her badly in her story and beat them to death. he wanted to make her laugh, or just smile at him. he, he wanted her. So badly he wanted to be able to know Jalen was with him.
Jake didn't want too, ever, but he pulled away from her lips just enough to beam down at her. "You are not the last woman on earth. probably not close if there was this many in such a small area." He said quietly, this wasn't important really. but he wanted her to know what he had meant. "and you are still the most beautiful person i have ever seen. living. dead. past. present." After each of the four words, Jake quickly kissed the top of Jalens head and held her that little bit tighter. "And i am honored to be stuck with you."
Jake grinned at Jalen, and looked into her eyes happily. "you, my dear Miss Steele, are the only candle left in the darkness. you're the most important thing in the world to me." He admitted before once again kissing her, this time with every bit of passion and love that he could muster.

[Jalen Steele]

Jay waited as patiently as she could as Jake's hand tangled in her hair. She tipped her head further back her eyes on his lips and face begging for his kiss. It was too slow. It was all happening too slow. His head tilted towards her, the scant inches between them getting smaller and smaller. Her small inhale of breath and then explosion. A small moan escaped between her lips as she finally felt the gentle touch that was Jake. Jay opened her mouth to give him better access and so she could taste him as much as he was tasting her. It was perfect when his arm came around her and she was pulled even closer again him. Jay, perhaps feeling the jealously rising in Jalen, slowly moved back until Jalen was in control. It was like the girl melted into a new person. The kiss which before was a dance was now more a pliant, submissive, kiss as Jalen gave him what he wanted and let him take even more if Jake desired such. No longer the confident, in control girl, this was Jalen willing to let him lead and would follow in most situations (fashion she will not).

Jalen giggled as he corrected her statement on the last woman on earth. She blushed and beamed as he continued kissing her. "Am I? From the guy who days earlier thought I was incredibly silly for wearing heels during a zombie invasion?" Jalen was teasing and she laughed as she looked down at her feet where she was still wearing said heels. They made her feet look pretty.

"Though I must admit. Even then I couldn't help liking you." She was being open and honest and was embarrassed. She was opening herself up, being vulnerable and he could easily break her. She looked up into his eyes and he came down kissing her with a passion she had never felt. Never. She felt something in her rise to him. Something that wasn't Jalen or Jay, but a mixture of the two women and very strong and powerful. God save Jake if he broke either one of their hearts.

When they pulled apart Jalen was breathing hard and her eyes were wide. She felt the adrenaline coursing through her body and she wanted to jump in the air, do a backflip, or take that man back to her private store. *wink wink* Just as she opened her mouth her stomach growled so loudly she clutched it and blushed a deep red. She was very hungry and the smell of the food was now diving into her sense. Even still Jalen was torn. She could always eat later. The sound of her stomach again told her that it would be a bad idea to wait. Jalen rolled her eyes. First Jay intrudes into her thoughts. Hey! And now her own body is making demands. When do I get to do what I want to do, she thought.

"I think I need food, but after that we are so continuing where we left off." Jay took a moment to push herself past Jalen and in a slightly different voice she spoke up as well as her stance and body language take on a slightly different feel. "Oh yes we will."

Jalen inwardly grumbled at Jay walking all over her. She picked up two plates and handed them to Jake. "I'll set the table if you ladle the food onto the plates." Jalen rummaged around and found some silverware and put them onto a booth tabletop. She took their cokes and went to the booth to sit and wait for Jake to arrive. She inhaled deeply. The food smelled wonderful. Even though she was starving she couldn't' get the kiss out of her head. She wanted to do that again and again and again and very, very soon.

[hopeburnsbright]

Jake was constantly finding something new about this girl, the slightest events and actions while she kissed him were all so new to him that Jake wanted to take each one of them and study them forever. She was soft, and sweet and responsive in ways he didn't expect. there was a strange point where she seemed to suddenly react completly differently from before, which was an odd thing to say when talking about something like kissing, but it was the only way he could put it.
Suddenly she was more or less just going with what he wanted, and not that he really minded, but he still didn't take advantage of that. she was far too special to suddenly go that far with, he wanted more from their relationship then that. even if she was really, jaw droppingly, blow your mind beautiful.
How the hell did he manage to pull this off? and how had he not blown it by now? maybe he was actually semi compitent? that would be amazing.
He didn't want too, but Jake laughed at the mention of her shoes. "oh you ARE still silly. but i like silly. the world could use silly right now." he grinned, and then, just because he knew it would make her smile he added, "and yes. i guess they do suit you."
Jake really wasn't positive how he was going to reply to the fact that she had admitted, it was kind of amazing that. seeing as they had been taking it in turns to piss each other off the whole time. "Yeah? i thought you were beautiful since i saw one of your adds." he admitted, reaching out he slowly stroked her cheek, seeing how nervous she was and wanting to reasure her things were okay.
The kiss that came next was far beyond anything Jake had ever felt before, the woman in his arms just blew him away and left him unable to think or care about anything. a thousand zombies could burst in singing "the times they are a changing" and Jake wouldn't notice or care. When they finally pulled apart, he was barely able to think streight, comple and utter adoration filled him and Jake felt like he would do whatever Jalen wanted forever.
well. maybe if she promised to keep shopping down to about once every two or three days.
And there was that damn change in,well, everything again! it was weird! like a Jalen stopped being a Jalen, while still more or less being Jalen. jake didn't get it. but he was kind of worried to ask, or let it slip the times she changed lie that only made her seem more sexy. Jake smiled at Jalen, and on the spur of the moment quickly bit her neck for a brief second before pulling away. "Your wish is my command my Dear." he teased with a somewhat cocky smirk.
yeah, today was a good day.
It wasn't hard to move over to the cooker, and guide the food onto plates. "Here we go! looks pretty good, so i think i did okay with this cooking lark." Jake said hopefully as he carefully placed the two plates where Jalen had set it up. "It won't be undercooked, but still, stop if it doesn't taste right. can't risk getting ill with no doctors around."
Jake moved around to Jalens side of the table and put her plate down before he pulled her chair out for her and smiled at her. "So? what do you think? look okay?"