Joe was woken up by the smell of food. Pancakes, eggs, bacon- ooo bacon. Your typical breakfast in that world. Coffee too. That's great. He went downstairs to see their new addition to the house hold, Amerlyn cooking.

" Good morning? " She looked back a shy like expression on her face.

" Good morning." Amie offered him a smile.

" Why are you cooking so early in the morning?" He asked looking at what she had already made.

" Well," she looked back to the frying pan and the waffle maker besides it.. " since you guys welcomed me into your home I wanted to do this as a thank you. You guys didn't have to but-"

" But we wanted to." Amie looked at him temporarily.

" But you still did. I'm grateful and I hoped I could make it up to y'all."

" It's alright. Need help?" He pointed at the pancakes.

" A little bit." She half smiled. " Can you help me?"

" I'd be glad."

Compared to the bold and confident Amerlyn they met a few days ago, she was more quiet more shy. She was more herself. She reminded Joe of Barry. Shy, a bit awkward, thoughtful, smart and all that.

~~~

Barry and Iris came downstairs, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes and yawning. They looked at the table were plates and food laid. Pancakes, Waffles, eggs, bacon, toast sausages and all that good stuff. They wondered who'd done this when the sound of Amie and Joe's laugher hit their ears.

They got close to the kitchen to see Joe and Amie cooking and dancing a bit to the jazz music that was playing. It was quite a sight. Amerlyn was cutting up some fruit while Joe was taking out condiments.

Compared to the stern, sarcastic, bold and confident Amerlyn they met a few days ago, she was more joyful at the moment. She was genuinely happy? Yeah, happy.

" Wow, you guys are having fun." Iris voiced out snapping them out of their bubble.

" Oh, hey you guys. " Joe greeted them.

Amie looked away embarrassed. " Good morning."

" Good morning. " Barry said before gesturing to everything there. " You guys did all that?"

" Well, Amie did most of it." Her eyes seemed to widened.

" No, no. Team work. " She rushed past them with a bowl of fruits.

Iris followed her. From where they were they could see bonding and laughing. Couldn't quite hear what they were saying.

" She's really different to what we've seen the past few days." Joe said.

" Yeah. " Barry nodded.

" Seems to be more herself."

" Yeah."

" Are you going to say anything more than yeah?" Joe scrunched his eyebrows together.

" Yeah." Seeing her like this, like herself made him feel even worse for what he had said. She may have forgived him but he hadn't forgived himself for it. He kept reminding himself of her crying because of his words.

" Barry?" He snapped out of his thoughts at Joe calling for him.

" Yeah?" Seeing the look on his foster father's face realized. " Sorry. Hard time sleeping, I guess."

" You guys, c'mon I'm starving." Iris called out the two.

" Alright."

Everyone sat at the table and looked at everything Infront of them. The moment they started eating,  sounds of enjoyment erupted.

" Amerlyn, who taught you to cook like this?" She just shrugged at Iris' question.

" This is very good." Barry nodded eyes widened.

" Thank you.."

" Amie. If this is your way of saying thank you, I wish that you stay forever grateful." Joe told her to which she smiled.

" Thank you for what?" Barry stopped chewing and looked at the two.

" Uh, thank you for y'know welcoming me into y'all home." She played with the end of her hair, not meeting their eyes.

' look at Mimi being all shy' aww's erupted in her mind.

' shut up.'

" You didn't have to do this." Iris told her.

" Yeah, but I felt like it."

" Thank you tho." They smiled.

A/n:

A short one.

I just felt like publishing something.

I swear we'll get some show plot at some point. For now enjoy the soft moments.

I love it. How about you?

CheerryBombT

Thank you for reading.

Daniel<3