chapter 3

The next day, Lance showed up at around 10AM for breakfast. He was going to be spending the whole day feasting with the Ed’s special recipes. When he walked in, Ed greeted him excitedly. “Oh, Lance, I’m so excited you’re finally here! I was up all night cooking for today!”
“All night!? Ah, you didn’t have to do that for me!”
“I couldn’t help it… I was so excited about today. No one other than I have tasted these recipes, so it’s a special day.”
“Well, I’m ready for them!” Lance said excitedly.
“I’m preparing the finishing touches for breakfast. In the meantime have this juice. It’s a mixture of lemonade with raspberries. Hope you like it.” He handed the large jug to Lance, and he quickly downed the whole thing. He was very eager to start feast and couldn’t wait to try all the new delicious foods Ed made. The juice tasted strange, yet he couldn’t stop drinking it. After he finished it, Ed called him into the kitchen to start breakfast.
On the table, there were scrambled eggs, waffles, pancakes, and French Toast, except they were a bit larger in size. With that being the only difference Lance noticed, he wondered how these recipes would be any different? After tasting the waffles, he was completely captivated. The taste was something he never experienced before. He quickly tried the pancakes. Same thing: absolutely delicious. The same applied to the eggs and French Toast. It was the best food he had ever eaten in his entire life. He took his time cleaning his plates, savoring every bite. After a while, he finally licked his plates clean. “That was the breakfast I’ve had in my life! I could eat a whole other course and still have room for lunch!” Lance said.
“I’m glad you said that! Because I did make another batch of those pancakes. Here have it with some more of that juice.” Ed said.
“Ah, you’re the best!” Lance said. He quickly drank the juice and dug into his pancakes.
“I hope that’ll keep you full until lunch time!”

Around 1PM, Ed called Lance in for lunch. He surprisingly still had a lot of room left after that extravagant breakfast. On the table, he saw a large bowl of macaroni and cheese, two whole pizzas, and some more juice. Just like with the breakfast, the meal was indescribably well prepared and delicious. Lance cleaned his plates and let out a large belch. “I don’t know how you’re doing this!” Lance said. “How is it possible to make such good food!”
“That’s a chef’s secret, haha!” Ed said.

A few hours later, Ed served dinner: six burgers with 2 chocolate shakes. Once again, the food was absolutely delicious, but after eating so much food, Lance wasn’t able to finish all the burgers, leaving one uneaten.
“Full already?” Ed asked.
“Sorta,” Lance said.
“Well it’s about time! You’ve been a bulldozer kid! If you’re not gonna end up finishing that burger, I’ll pack it up for ya so you can take it home. I do hope you saved room for dessert though…”
“Who doesn’t save room for dessert?” Lance smirked.
“Atta boy! That’s what I like to hear!” Ed said. Ed went to the room next to him and brought out a tiered cake. “Now, I know this is a lot, and you don’t have to finish this, obviously. Now, just eat whatever you can and you can either take the rest home, or I can enjoy it myself!”
“I’d love if you shared it with me,” Lance said. “After all the work you put into cooking for a stranger like me…”
“Oh, that’s nonesense! I love cooking, especially if it’s for a friend like you! Anyway, let’s dig in then!”
The two began to stuff themselves with the cake. Lance started to feel his clothes get tighter and tighter with every bite he ate, but that wasn’t on his mind right now. He didn’t care if he popped a button or two. He was focused on eating this delicious cake. After eating for a solid five minutes, one of Lance’s buttons popped!
“Whoah there!” Ed said, shocked. “Looks like you really do like my cooking!”
“Haha, yeah I guess,” Lance blushed.
“No need to be embarrassed,” Ed said. “Do you know how many clothes I’ve torn through?”
Lance laughed, and the two of them continued to eat the cake until it was finished.
“Oof! I’m stuffed!” Lance said. “All this food was amazing! I wish I could eat like this every day!”
Ed paused for a moment. “You know, it does get quite lonely here. I’d like to give you an offer. It really isn’t safe for you to be walking around all the time to get here, especially with this virus going around. Whaddya say you move in here until life gets back on track?”
Lance didn’t even hesitate. “You’ve got a deal, dude!”
Ed smiled. “One condition though. Everything I serve you, you have to eat. Deal?”
Lance got up excitedly, “Sure, dude. That sounds perfect with me. I’ll go and pack my things up right now. Tomorrow morning, we’re gonna start being roommates!”
And with that, things were just getting started.