As we make mistakes..

While her brothers and mother were clearing the table, Jenny and Jason, as their guests were not allowed to help and left the table to retire to a more comfortable seating. With the food still at the back of his throat, Jason followed Jenny to the "living room", which in her house was in the same room as the dining room and kitchen. Showing the clear difference in their background. He sat on the sofa and tried to find a position that would ease his struggle to digest all the food that he had just eaten. Not knowing his food battle hadn't ended yet and he had only cleared round one. The moment Mary came back from the kitchen, her hands were filled with different types of bowls and dishes containing all kinds of handmade cookies and pastries. One by one the coffee table was filled with another round of food, that he obviously had to try, if he didn't want his first formal visit to end with an insult. As if all of this wasn't enough, her oldest brother came holding a fruit bowl with whatever fruit one might want and the second brother came holding small plates and knives. Pondering where he could possibly leave all of that, Jason looked up against the pile of food with a sense of despair. Jenny couldn't help but be amused at his struggles and didn't help him out, regardless of how pitifully he looked at her. It wasn't until her mother had placed a peeled and cut apple in front of him, after making him a plate with one of each type of snack that had been placed on the table, that Jenny helped him out. Saying that she was quite full and that they liked to share their desserts as an excuse, she helped Jason clear his plate. Earning her Jason's gratitude and giving him a sense of relieve. After eating enough food to last them three days, Jenny and Jason thanked everyone, especially Mary for all her efforts. They each gave her a hug and her brothers said their goodbye's in their own ways, as Jenny and Jason excused themselves to head back to the hotel. Since the weather was nice and they were both feeling quite stuffed, they decided to walk to the hotel instead of having her brother drive them back. Giving Jenny the perfect chance to show Jason around a bit and help him get rid of his indigestion caused by the huge amount of food he had just taken in. Jason and Jenny stepped outside and waved everyone goodbye once more as they went on their way. Once they had turned their backs to the house and people they had spent the last few hours with, Jason placed his hands in his pockets as he walked. Jenny was surprised by this, because till now they had always walked hand in hand and above all, Jason didn't know the way. So, where was he headed on his own? Jenny fastened her pace to catch up to him and made a small jump to put her hand through his. She tugged his arm and lowered her face to look at the downcast Jason. "Where you going speedy Gonzalez?". With a hurt expression Jason said "You sure are a mean girl, allowing me to suffer like that. Why didn't you warn me about those crazy rules before we got here?" Jenny couldn't help be amused as she thought back to what had happened over dinner. She understood Jason's pouty behaviour, it seemed he had come for answers. "Wha-ha ha ha, how was I to know that you would continue to fall for the same trap over and over again. I thought at some point you would recognize the pattern in my mom's actions." Jason tuned to face this taunting woman and exclaimed "I did! I just didn't know how to stop her." Jenny still couldn't contain her laughter and continued to mock Jason's suffering "Ha ha, consider it a rite of passage. How could you possibly marry someone from an eastern family without suffering this once. As we make mistakes, we learn, and this is a lesson you will never forget!" Jason shot Jenny an angry look, but Jenny wasn't affected by this at all. "Don't forget that we have plenty of family members of mine to visit and they will all try to challenge you with their cooking. Besides, who knew that you would reject my kindly offered help when I was fixing you a plate. I even asked you if you were sure, but you stubbornly held on that you wanted more. You should have recognized my actions for what they were, a helping hand, a life line." Jason sighed, being unable to deny his own part in what he had to endure moments ago. He removed his hand from his pocket and placed his hand on Jenny's shoulders. Jenny, thinking she had been forgiven, lowered her guard. As they walked, she continued to talk on her own, telling Jason about the things they were passing. When she was suddenly pulled to the side and felt a sharp, warm, pain. While she had been rattling on, Jason had been thinking in silence of ways to get back at her, to punish her, but at the same time he knew he couldn't watch her suffer the way Jenny had been able to. So, he settled by letting the last bite he took today, be a bite of Jenny. He had bitten her cheek, leaving Jenny with a light marking of his teeth on her left cheek. She was looking up at Jason with a confused, angered look, wiping the sore spot on her cheek and removing Jason's mark on her. "It's not even a full moon, what do you think you are doing wolf-boy?" "Like I learned from my mistake, you should learn from yours. Bullying me like that, should earn you a fitting punishment. Forcing me to eat so much, had your rosy cheeks looking like the apple I was unable to eat, tempting me to take a bite!"