“Yeah, see you.” Bette smiled, still bemused over what Ted had said early on.

Ted had brought Helena to their families’ vacation home for a nice home cooked meal. They arrived at the beautiful and familiar Mediterranean style house just as dinner was about to be served.

Both Ted and Helena’s fathers were best friends and had set up the Peabody-Lemuel Foundation head quarters in California. Because of the fact that both of their fathers spent much of their time in California, they had bought a vacation home for families to stay in whenever they come for a visit.

Ted and Helena, themselves were also best friends and had known each other ever since they were just babies, they practically grew up together. They went to school together, played together, and watched each other through success and failures, through the heartbreaks and the happy times. They knew each other inside out, sometimes even better than they knew of themselves.

Dinner was very pleasant, filled with laughter and lots of catching up between the two best friends. Helena was definitely glad to see Ted again, to hang out and spend time with him.

After the main course, Ted had served up apple crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top for dessert.

“Oh wow! You’re the best Ted! Thank you so much!” Helena exclaimed excitedly as he laid the plate in front of her. She wasted no time and went right into bringing a bite size piece into her mouth.

“My god, this is just heaven.” She murmured, savoring every bit of it in her mouth. “You have no idea how long I’ve been craving for this.”

“You’re welcome and I’m glad you’re enjoying it.” Ted grinned, knowing that apple crumble was Helena’s favorite dessert.

“May I ask of you for a favor?” Helena asked, wiping her mouth with a napkin.

“Sure.”

“Would you mind if I brought home some of this fantastic and simply scrumptious crumble back home? I am sure Bette would love to have some of it. I was telling her about my favorite dessert the other time.”

“Considering the fact that you’ve showered my crumble with praises, I wouldn’t mind you bring home the rest of it.” Ted chuckled then said teasingly, “I’m sure Bette would love to have anything you’ll bring home for her.”