Spencer was cooking dinner for herself and Ashley when Ashley entered the kitchen.  “Got bored from watching TV in the living room?” Spencer mused.

“Yep and I already missed you, babe,” admitted Ashley.  Ashley wrapped her arms around Spencer’s waist and kissed Spencer on her cheek.  “How did you know that it was me and not Christine or something?”

“I’m a mind reader,” Spencer stated.

“Right,” responded an unconvinced Ashley.

“I have eyes in the back of my head,” Spencer joked.

“I still don’t believe you, hon,” laughed Ashley.

“I don’t want either of us to get burned so…”  Ashley removed her arms from Spencer’s waist and Spencer flipped the burger.  Spencer moved back and the steam came up.

“Are hamburgers supposed to look like that black?” Ashley asked with curiosity.  “I’m not a cook or anything, but…”

“Crap,” answered Spencer with a sigh.  “Crap, crap, crap.”  Spencer turned off the stove and threw the burger away. 

“Luckily, Christine threw the smoke detector in the refrigerator so it wouldn’t go off,” Ashley pointed out.

“Why would she do that?” asked a confused Spencer.

“It kept annoying her since it would go off every time the cook would make a meal or when the heat rose or something,” Ashley answered.  “One time it woke her up at 3 in the morning, but I was still knocked out.”

“That’s weird doing that,” Spencer stated.

“Yep,” agreed Ashley.  Ashley placed a chaste kiss on Spencer’s lips. 

“I wanted to make dinner for my girlfriend and I messed up cooking a hamburger.  There goes a cow that bit the dust without having a real purpose,” Spencer began with a sigh.  Ashley laughed.  “It’s not funny.  The cow got put down for nothing.”  Spencer pouted and Ashley cupped Spencer’s cheek.

“It’s okay, babe,” Ashley stated reassuringly.  “We’ll just order something to eat then.  I’m sure the cow lived a long and happy life on the barn and had calves.”

“You’re not mad?” asked Spencer.  “So the cow didn’t have a pointless life then?”

“Nope, not at all,” Ashley answered with a smile.  “No, so don’t worry about the cow.  So Chinese food or pizza for dinner?”

“Your choice, Ash,” stated Spencer.

“Pizza since I get hungry an hour after I eat Chinese food,” Ashley joked.  Spencer laughed and leaned in and kissed Ashley sweetly on her lips.  Ashley wrapped her arms around Spencer’s waist.  Spencer tangled her fingers in Ashley’s curls.  Ashley pulled Spencer closer to her.  Spencer pulled back from the kiss with a smile.