Scarlet

I remembered that I once asked Kate about what things were so romantic for her or what would she like to do for her partner, to show her love or respect. She gave me several answers, ranging from handcuffs to lingerie, from kissing the tip of nose after waking up to fucking like there is no tomorrow. Everything. But also some sweet stuff, not all wild, sweet for her was simplicity. And I agreed, I mean, sweetness isn't in everything because nowadays we like to do everything in a fancy way, like if we are staying at home, we have to make a waterfall braid hairstyle, and have contouring on, lipstick on point, branded stuff. I had grown up with all of that in front of me, these things, fancy stuff was always my so called family's first priority.

I never found it all sweet, simplicity is gone from our life, but while I was entering kitchen, I remembered Kate's words again. "I think for my partner, aside from all the kinks I've fantasized, I would like to do so much more with him, like, simple. Small things that have great impact."

While I was taking out the utensils, I smiled at her words, that entire conversation, "Are you guys preparing lunch?" I asked to a very young girl, probably younger than me, dressed in a Pierce Uniform having a Pierce's blue and white logo. Rich people! I sighed.

"No madam Pierce, we were.." she kept her eyes low, pointed to the other girl, cute redhead, not like total red, like mine...sort of auburn with a bit of blonde touch. "we were preparing though but just few minutes ago, Mrs Katerina Pierce came and asked us to stop the meal preparation as she has some meetings to attend so she'll have lunch and dinner there. She asked us to ask you about what you wanted so we were going to come to you, you didn't have to bother yourself. I am sorry."

"It's okay, Lara." I read her name tag, and then passed a smile to her, "Call me Scarlet, by the way, I wanted to cook something so I came here. So I guess, you both are, Lara and...Cara, wow, sisters?" I was surprised. A dusky brunette, with brown eyes, and a pale redhead with hazel eyes. Didn't really resemble.

"Cousins, just months difference so we have similar names." I smiled at Cara.

"Ah, nice. Well, I was saying that as I am here to cook, I won't need your services. So, you can go to your home." I passed by them as I dug down and opened the bottom cabinet to find anything that sort of interested me. While I was looking, I heard a response.

"Madam Pierce, what about Sir? Don't we have to cook for him." I chuckled and then turned to them, still crouched down.

"Nah, because that is what I'm doing, well, what do you usually prepare for him, is he on diet all the time? Any precautions about his food." I asked, Cara, the cute redhead sort of blushed, her freckled cheeks were bright and I wanted to ignore that but I guess, she was just thinking how love struck wife I was. I remembered Kate's words, "Cooking for your partner is also so attractive, sweet and simple. And just serving him with no fancy arrangements. But like simple arrangements. Giving it more natural look, though I don't mind anything fancy once in a while."

That Cara must have thought I was planning some grand dinner. Though Lara quickly answered, "I was about to prepare chicken wings and red chili sauce, and Cara was thinking of making mashed potatoes. We didn't decide about dessert though." What the actual fudge! He didn't love food, he lived food. Oh God! And what was with his obsession about chicken. I was literally frowning as his foodie nature was sort of irritating me.

"Precautions madam," she walked to the counter at the right side, and brought a thin file to me. "It has food profiles of this family, there have everything we have been told to refrain or to must do. So it can help you, and we are in the servant quarter, it is outside the mansion you must have not seen, if you need any help, this intercom will connect you to us. Cara and my code is 1010. So, I guess that is all."

Food Profile? What? Did we have that? I guess we had that but probably no one cared and asked for my demands. Ariel was well aware of my taste thankfully. "Madam, do you want to give your profile now or some other time."

I got excited, I smiled at her and my eyes must have beamed. See, if I were asked at my own home, I would not have embarrassed myself like that in front of themselves. My voice was kind of chirpy, "Yes, sure, take it now, what do I have to tell you."

She nudged Cara, Cara went out for few seconds and got back with a tablet. "Please tell her your details madam, she will record it and then we'll have it as a print out and this will be on this file soon." Lara spoke up again.

I got up from the floor, I just realized how numb my feet got due to that continuous crouching. I sighed and asked, "Doesn't Cara speak? Or she doesn't like me?" It was the worst attempt for a joke but Cara's big eyes went away from me and glued on the tablet. There was a gloomy expression surrounding her.

"She can't speak madam, though she can hear." With Lara's sad filled response, I walked up to Cara and put my hand on her forearm. My chirpy expressions softened immediately as she silently sobbed.

"I am so sorry, love. If I had known I would never have said anything as rude and ignorant as this. Forgive me," She looked up to me and shook her head and smiled. Well, I guess she understood me.

Lara spoke up, "She is fine, Madam. You don't have to apologize, she understands that you didn't mean any harm." Lara lovingly, pats her cousin's hair and smiled at me.

"So, Cara...start typing...what do you have as questions. Show me," I turned to Lara and said, "You can go, I'll give Cara the details then she'll be back to you and if I need anything I hope one of you are available." She nodded and then walked out of the giant kitchen.

I stood beside Cara and peeked at some questions, there was a page designed specially for that, cool! She typed my name, Scarlet Caleb Pierce. And then, first question was about my taste related to saltiness. I asked her to have it written that I was not really fond of it. "Less salt, please. Yeah, fan of spices. I love exotic food. I don't really like plain ketchup, so I prefer chili garlic sauce instead. Chinese rice please but no sea food. Medium sugar..."

I kept going for few more minutes, she then finalized and showed me, she ticked all of the right choices, wrote the right things. All was fine. I gave her back her tablet and she nodded in return then left. I sighed, a long sigh. I peered around the kitchen, our kitchen was big but not like the one I had in Pierce's mansion. It wasn't clustered with too many servants, giant utensils, laying on the counters. It was huge, spacy, ventilated and not messy at all. Key things were sitting on the ivory colored marble counters, the paint of the kitchen was light. Beige, unlike the smooth aqua we had in Anderson's mansion. Dark brown cupboards lined at the top and below the slab as well. While looking at that, I saw the counter that I left opened.

I crouched down again and found powdered stuff, what was all that? Flour? But the color was different. Cocoa Powder. Yeah. Really Scarlet, you saw brown color and you thought about Flour. I snickered at my own stupidity, and tried to find something, but I got nothing of use. Not to degrade any ingredient. Just I was dumb to not know these common things.

I got outside the kitchen, ugh, I didn't even do anything and I was tired already. I was having a headache I guess. My sinus problem never left me, I was lurking in the hall like a lost spirit but then I found someone taking the luggage to upstairs. I called out, he turned to me, "Um, sorry to bother you but can you go to my room as you're already going upstairs and bring my phone to me. It is on the couch, Sony, Black color. You'll find it, it is prominent over the light couch."

"Sure madam, just two minutes," I nodded and went back to Kitchen, there was a two wooden chairs with small rounded table, I sat there. And saw how beautifully the flowery design was carved over the table and on the corners of the chair. I patted my hand on it, it didn't seem rough. I ran my hand along the design, suddenly, I was in a normal zone.

I think Caleb's idea worked. Never in the past half to almost one hour have I ever thought about the damn mishaps of life. I was actually in the stability phase. Doing what a normal person do, adjusting.

A knock on the kitchen's door startled me and I looked over to the voice, the guy brought my phone and gave it to me. "Thanks,"

"No problem, madam," he said and then left.

I dialed her number again, Irene. Rolling my eyes, sighing in defeat, I put it on my ear and waited for her to receive.

"Hello, Scarlet, how are-" I cut her off.

"I am not going for roasted chicken, it is very hard. No! I want to make something which doesn't embarrass me!" I heaved a sigh again. I heard a loud cackle. What the freaking hell!

"I always knew it, I was just remembering how some years ago, your majesty came to visit Kitchen for the first time and you wanted to make something, I don't remembered but you wrecked the oven, you broke plates, you let the sauces remain spilled on the slab. A total mess. I knew you wouldn't got for anything related to meat and all. Hard stuff, to be precise."

I huffed, "Don't make me mad okay, just tell me what now?"

Well, there were voices of clinking glasses, was she out with her friends and making me embarrassed in front of them. There was also a melodious tune playing in her background, she was definitely out. Bitch. And hey, there came the crazy laughter of someone. Probably Sasha Manglo. Her crazy laughter had always corrupted my life. I heard Irene say to her girls, "I am heading home, I am full already. I gotta teach my sister some seducing skills."

Ugh. No!

"Damn you, Fuck you. Irene, you're crazy. Why would you say that? And why would you speak about that kitchen incident in front of your friends. We are not close, Irene. Stop trying as if we're."

"Wait wait, Scarlet. I was just kidding."

My voice in her response was stern. I definitely felt my face muscles tightening. "Don't kid around me!"

"Okay, I am sorry. What about Meatballs?" She probably was going inside her car, putting on her headphones. And then I heard her car's growl. Great. Why was I even focusing on her background stuff? Too desperate? Nah!

"They're hard too right," I started massaging my temples and under eyes, wishing that whatever that sinus was doing to me would just go away. But no! Not helpful. At all.

"Why don't you just boil water and serve it to him? Or maybe just boil some green vegetables and put it in front of him. They're the only easy ones. Want to do, do it." She spoke up, I knew that she was trying to hide her disgust over my laziness. And also suppressing her laughter.

"I dare you to laugh like Sasha Mango Tango, don't make me angry. I am actually trying." I stood up from the chair but still in the kitchen, strolling from one corner to another.

After some time, she replied, "Try? You didn't even cook anything, Scarlet."

I rolled my eyes at her ignorant statement. How could she say something like that? She knew I was allergic to kitchen and everything related to kitchen/Cooking after that incident of second hand embarrassment. But still she didn't acknowledge me coming to the kitchen, thinking about it to for hours. She was unappreciative like everyone.

She knew that If I was in the kitchen for some reason then it was actually the day when world was set in fire with the stove that I lit. But still, she didn't appreciate.

Why did I even want her appreciation?

I was in the cave which I hate, trying to think what to do with these silver stones and leafy things. I was doing it all for Caleb. To appreciate what he was trying to do. To appreciate his intentions of thinking for me. To also distract myself and-

"Scarlet," And my thoughts stopped as I heard that voice. My mouth opened and I turned and gaped towards the voice owner with wide eyes and mouth parted away. Stiffened body posture and also there were beads of sweat shining over my forehead.

Votes and Reviews are appreciated.

I updated even though my examinations aren't over.

So you see this chapter is too simple, it was intentional as I wanted to show how Scarlet feels in the normal phase without cries and pain and fights with Caleb. Her normal and simple day? How was her actions in her. I think I tried to make her less weak by this. Because when somethings hurt us, we get weak like Scarlet became but then we take baby steps. Scarlet is taking baby steps too.