unconsciousness would be an undesirable outcome

[self_composed]

On Sunday, Bella drives to the movie theater with Angela in tow, and her car breaks on the way home from Angela's house. She calls a tow truck, and calls her dad, and she goes home in the cop car and her station wagon goes on vacation to the mechanic.

On Monday, Charlie drives Bella to school.

As she's been discharged from the car and Charlie pulls away, a van driven by a panicking teenager screams out of nowhere towards Bella.

Making wishes is easy.

It is not automatic. It is not instantaneous.

The van creams Bella, good and proper.

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[self_composed]

Bella ignores this entire interplay; if Charlie wants to talk to her about it, he can. She plops a chicken breast on her plate and passes the tongs to Charlie, who serves himself a drumstick to start. Bella spoons extra sauce onto hers.

[edgeofyourseat]

Assuming that someone eventually makes the tongs available to Alice, he grabs the most easily grabbed piece of chicken and digs in.

[self_composed]

Alice gets a thigh.

The chicken is pretty good! It's not Hilaryish, but it is competently done and it's a nice recipe.

[edgeofyourseat]

It is good enough to get Alice making happy noises, although—perhaps thankfully—not quite good enough to turn him on.

[self_composed]

"Thanks, Bells," says Charlie.

"You're welcome," Bella says sunnily.