Perfect Brunch

Laura finally woke up from her deep sleep and found James had woken up first, her side of the bed empty. Laura stretched her arms up and walked out of the bedroom.

James was doing his push ups on the floor near the large glass window wearing only boxer shorts with a body covered in sweat.

Laura walked to the kitchen and got some water. The melon that Laura had cut into pieces last night and kept it in the freezer seemed to have frozen.

The plan this morning was that Laura wanted to make Honey Melon Sorbet, her mother often made it when Laura was a child, for some reason when she saw melon in the supermarket, Laura suddenly wanted to eat the dessert.

Laura put the frozen melon pieces into the blender and then added the lemon juice, sugar, honey and sweetened condensed milk. She closed the blender and pressed the on button, changing the speed of the blender blade until the melon looked soft. She turned off the blender and poured the contents into the plastic tupperware and put it back in the freezer.

Laura then walked over to the living room couch and sat watching James do his morning exercise. James's body is perfectly sculpted, his biceps are strong and his abdominal muscles are six packs under the hard chest muscles, making Laura wince at the memory of hitting that hard muscle twice. It was like hitting a wall.

James ended his morning workout and walked over to the fridge, poured some plain milk into a glass and then he sat under Laura's feet who was sitting on the couch watching tv.

"Are you hungry yet, My Honey?" James asked then gulped down the milk in the glass.

"Not yet. Looks like I'm going to cook brunch in a bit, chicken cordon bleu with mashed potato and vegetables sauteed with butter looks delicious." Laura answered while playing her fingers through James's thick hair.

"Sounds good," said James, smiling at Laura.

"I've also made my favorite dessert since I was little, my mom's recipe. We'll try it later." Laura said again and James nodded his head.

"Honey, I want to take a shower, okay?" James said goodbye to Laura then stepped into his room.

Laura rushed into the kitchen and took the ingredients out of the fridge. She started chopping vegetables and steaming potatoes. Soon James had finished showering and followed Laura into the kitchen.

"Can I help you honey?" asked James in his beautiful bass voice.

"Don't Beb, you're already in the shower, you'll smell bad again. Just accompany me to cook, okay?" Laura replied with a smile.

The dish is almost ready. She waited for the chicken cordon bleu she had fried to turn golden yellow while arranging the mashed potatoes and sauted vegetables on the plate.

"Errrr Honey do you want to add sunny side up eggs or not?" Laura asked uncertainly.

"If it does not bother you, My Honey," answered James diplomatically.

"Of course it doesn't bother Babe. Wait a minute, okay?" Laura said taking 2 chicken eggs in the refrigerator.

Finally Laura's brunch menu was finished. The two of them sat side by side at the pantry table enjoying the dish. Before eating James took a photo of the dish that looked appetizing and then uploaded it on his IG. "Brunch menu by personal chef." he wrote.

James also started tasting his chicken cordon blue with mashed potato. Delicious! The vegetables are good too, James really likes the fresh asparagus sauteed in butter.

"Wow, I didn't know you were good at cooking Laura. This is better than the hotel chef's cooking." James said sincerely.

A few minutes later his cellphone rang, James saw a video call from his Papi. What the hell, so early on the phone. James couldn't help but pick up the call.

"Hello Papi. Called early in the morning ... What's wrong?" James asked bluntly.

Leonard Indrajaya laughed and answered. "Hey James, isn't it allowed Papi to call you? Papi is curious about the personal chef who made the brunch menu for you?"

His son's face reddened at his frontal question. "Ahhh Papi is just silly. Here's the person next to James." said James as he shifted his cellphone towards Laura.

Laura was suddenly surprised and embarrassed, straightened her hair because she had not taken a shower in the morning. "Morning, Uncle," said Laura politely, still blushing with embarrassment.

James pointed his cell phone into place again. "Satisfied Papi?" he said.

"She's beautiful, James. When will you take her to Papi's place? You can also meet your brothers," Leonard said to his son, praising his future daughter-in-law.

"Okay, once we have time, James will definitely bring her home. Her name is Laura, Pi. James will tell you later ...," James answered.

"Okay Son. Papi wait!" said Leonard.

James turned off the video call and continued eating. Laura, who had been listening to James and Papi's conversation, was feeling confused. She felt unprepared to meet her future in-laws. Laura chose to remain silent.

While James ate while racking his brain. The thing is not as easy as it seems. James prefers to keep Laura's feelings, he will postpone the meeting with his Papa for as long as possible. Might as well enlist the help of his two brothers, Leeray and Michael.

"James, I'm going to take a shower first," Laura said and walked into the room.

James reads the comments on his IG about his brunch photo post.

LeeRay: "Wow, it looks delicious, Bro! There's already good progress someone who wants to cook for you. Yippiieee"

Michael : "Cute single has retired, Bro @Leeray86 LoL."

James also replied to his brother's comments. "In the morning, I played bullying by my own brother, you guys! As long as you know the food and the people are equally delicious."

His two brothers also called James with a video call group. James laughed as he pressed the answer button.

"My family is in awe of you and Papi hahahaha... The beautiful girl is taking a bath, Bro, so you can't see her," said James stubbornly.

"Ahhh, you're making reason. You'll send me the photo later, I want to know too," Leeray protested disappointedly.

"Lil' Bro, that girl is really still a virgin, haven't you tasted her yet?" asked Michael pervertedly.

"Bro Mike's question is so prevert! It's not like that would happen. She is tough, Bro, she likes to run away. You know this is my first time dating." James replied defensively.

"That's good James, finish college first. What major is your girlfriend studying?" asked Leeray again still curious.

"Well, this is what James wants to talk about, she's already a professor, she's James's lecturer on campus." James answered honestly as it is.