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B

"I think I can whip us up something."

You go to the kitchen and look at the things you have available.

"Here we go," you say. "We can have some pasta."

You bring out spaghetti noodles, about 300 grams, then a couple bell peppers, an onion, some slices of ham from the sandwich meat package, a can of sliced mushrooms, as well as ketchup, olive oil, soy sauce, powdered Parmesan, as well as butter, salt and pepper.

You skin the onion, with some protection so your eyes don't cry, and then thinly slice it. You cut bell peppers into strips, then do the same to the ham.

"Can I help?" Raven asks while you drain the mushrooms.

"Um, sure," you say. "Fill this pot with water so we can boil the noodles. We have to go a minute longer than what the box says for this recipe."

"Okay," she says as she takes the pot and brings it to the sink.

While Raven fills the pot, you get a frying pan. You heat a tablespoon's worth of butter and olive oil on the pan, then saut the onion slices to tenderize them. You add the bell peppers, the meat and the mushrooms to this to further saut on high heat.

"What is the ketchup for if this is spaghetti?" she asks.

"In a pinch, ketchup does just as well as tomato sauce," you say. "And in some ways, better because it doesn't have chunks of tomato, mushrooms, oregano seasoning or ground meat. Now..."

You squirt ketchup from the bottle into a small bowl and scoop eight tablespoons worth.

"Help me add this to the toppings here," you say.

You add the ketchup with Raven's help, and she adds a tablespoon of soy sauce.

"The noodles look good," Raven says. "One more minute than it should be?"

"Yes," you say.

"Okay, then... Now!"

She turns the dial to turn off the heat.

"Alright, now strain it," you say as you hand her the plastic strainer.

She pours the pot out into the strainer over the sink and that leaves the noodles.

"Here," you say to Raven as you hand her the olive oil. "Pour two tablespoons over the noodles, than toss them around to coat them all."

She nods as she carefully fills the spoon, then pours it out in a swirl on the noodles. She does the second spoonful a little faster and pours it out again. She then uses the spoon to move the noodles around, which is very efficient.

"Now," you say as you finish mixing and cooking the toppings with the sauces, "we add these all together..."

The noodles are dumped from strainer to pan to mix it all together. You then add the Parmesan cheese, about four tablespoons worth, and then season with salt and pepper.

"E fatto," you say. "Which is Italian for, 'And done.' A special take on Spaghetti Napolitan."

You serve two plates, and Raven takes them to the dining room table while you pour two glasses of lemon-lime soda.

The two of you sit down for a meal and you dig in. Raven enjoys the spaghetti, and you do enjoy how it turned out.

"You should put this on the menu at some point," she says. "Or have you already?"

"No, we can definitely try this on the menu," you say.

You both finish your meals rather quickly, and Raven licks her lips while eyeing you.

A) Have yourselves a treat
B) Have dessert first