#did i imply that beth is the world in rick’s eyes? hmm maybe

[gertstarlight]

beth and rick’s first unofficial date (i got bored and it’s 3am so enjoy!!)

- beth wants to bake cookies and she has been bragging all day abt baking said cookies

- rick had a very explosive argument w his uncle and he just wants the world to shut up for a couple hours (except beth never really does huh)

- although beth is preoccupied w her new after school hobby, she still catches on tht rick is having a shitty day and asks him what’s wrong (but never expected an answer cuz rick has his walls built like a fortress)

- “rick i never knew that people u love can hurt u? ur his son well the closest thing he has to a son” “doesn’t matter” “actually i think it does” “ i don’t really but sometimes i just wanna escape” “in that case u can come over to my house! my doors will always be open and my parents are kinda busy tonight” “beth i’m fine. u don’t need to care” “ur right i don’t need to! but i do so after last period today we can go to my place and u can hang out w chuck while i get some baking done!! oh also we might need to make a quick stop at the grocery store”

- beth’s kitchen was a refreshing change from the usual smell of beer and grease at his place, he knew he didn’t belong in a kitchen ripped from the pages of a 90s ikea catalog yet here he was

- he knew a girl like beth would never bother inviting a boy like him into her house but that’s the thing: there’s no other girl like beth chapel

- while beth gets her kitchen all set up, rick tries to sit on the stool beside the kitchen island, trying to cause as minimal damage as possible.

- “as promised, u can hangout w chuck for the evening” “dont u need him to bake?” “no this recipe is from memory and it might be the only thing chuck doesn’t know” rick kinda laughs it off and fumbles to find the fm radio mode on those googles

- beth starts to get into groove of mixing and setting up the details while rick rummages through the island drawer and finds a few cookbooks

- he flips through the pages while beth just dances to the soft tunes that chuck already knew he should be playing (cuz he’s a smart boi like that)

- after her first batch of cookies, she lets rick have one to taste

- rick loses track of how many cookies he ate, beth loses track of how many batches she baked and they both lose track of time

- the evening leads into eating cookies that burn their tongues and lots of pessimistic opinions on beths favourite rom com (and beth trying to convince rick that 10 things i hate about you is the only watchable movie)

- rick tyler never thought a boy like him would wake up on a saturday morning next to a girl like beth chapel on her fancy couch but that’s the thing, there’s no other girl rick would rather be covered in cookie crumbs with or wake up next to if it’s not beth chapel