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Just as Lucia finished replying to Doc she moved her attention from her HUD to the task at hand. Grabbing a handful of silverware she heard Jaxon say, “Good day ladies, Din,” and she turned just in time to she him raise his hand in greeting. “Heya, Jax,” she said replying with a small smile and setting the silverware down simultaneously as Jaxon set the plate on the counter.

She eyed the plate wondering what Jaxon brought them, slightly suspicious of it being some sort of prank.

Jaxon stepped extremely close to her so she closed her eyes for a split second knowing it was only for a casual peck on the cheek, “Glad you think so,” she paused and watched him put his hands up, dropping the spoon. She giggled slightly at his sign of surrender, “Cute.”

Lucia watched him pull the cover off the plate. To her disappointment, she couldn’t smell sweetness of the pastries due to the overpowering smell of gumbo, but they did look good nonetheless. Observing him pop one of them into his mouth she asked, “Did you make these?”

Before Jaxon could answer Lucia noticed a stream of people coming in giving her the queue to start serving. She reached for a ladle and a plate while keeping an eye on Jaxon so as not to break the conversation. As she dipped a ladle into the pot, her HUD notified her of a message from Doc that she’d read later. She continued to make plates and set them on the counter.

She saw Doc come in and grabbed on of the plates when he asked for one and made her way over to him. “What was the message about, Doc? I didn’t get to read it yet—thought I might as well ask.”