Southern Hospitality Ch. 02

Ash looked at her as she smiled, a musical hum emanating from her as she cooked, something she'd always loved doing, and a thing he had picked up from her. So she had known that the laptop help had been false? That made sense, there was no way his mom wouldn't have known what her best friend did for a living. It might also explain why she hadn't said anything. Maybe. She was a hard woman to read sometimes and he suspected there might've been more she wasn't saying that she might've known. But for now, he wouldn't worry about it. She was happy, so he was happy.
His toast popped up and he jumped a little in surprise, his train of thought derailed as he focused on the hunger in his stomach, the smell of food had brought it to a forefront in his mind. He pulled a plate from the cupboard and set it down, placing the toast on it and buttering it, feeling the crisp of the golden brown bread under his knife as he scraped.
His mom seasoned the eggs with salt and pepper, stirring a little more until she was happy with the consistency before moving and pouring an even portion over each slice of toast. "Enjoy!" she said with a smile, collecting a fork and handing it to him.
"I will, thanks, mom." he said with a smile back, collecting the plate and heading upstairs towards his domain, towards his computer. He had the best part of the day to prepare for the date, though, without her there with him he supposed the best was still to come.
He settled down at his PC desk in his room, eagerly tucking into the delicious food, switching his PC on and watching it load up as he ate, his mind thinking ahead. What movies were even showing these days? Where should they go for dinner? What was he going to wear? What position would they be in tonight? He blushed at the last thought, embarrassed as to how easily it had mingled in with the others in his mind.
He logged into his desktop and spent the time to enjoy his meal, cleaning his plate before pushing it to one side on his relatively clear desk. He opened up his browser and his homepage landed him and google. He spent a moment scrolling over the google doodle, someone's birthday it seemed, before searching for restaurants in his area.