——'london bridge is falling down'

"OH NO! TOO MUCH!" wanda screamed after she had pointed her finger at the chicken, which was now over—cooked. she tried to reverse what she did and suddenly there was a basket with eggs standing on the counter. "oh no! not enough!" wanda exclaimed.

"i really could use your help, evi" she said turning to her sister who was dancing around the kitchen. "what are you even doing?"

"i'm imagining" evi repeated stepping next to the woman

"and what exactly?"

"your life" evi shrugged "doesn't seem to be happening much as a housewife"

"really funny" wanda crossed her arms as she looked at her sister unamused

"okay, what should i do?"

"here, you can take care of the pots"

a few seconds later there is a mess in the kitchen. wanda shouldn't have left evi to deal with the pots that were now bubbling over. a few mixing bowls were spilling and wanda reached for the recipe cards in panic.

"i have the feeling this is not going well" evi exclaimed worryingly while she watched wanda flipping through the cards.

"what do we do next? what was the main course again? steak, steak, steak—?"

"—diane?" evi helped

"—diane!" wanda repeated a bit too loud, which alerted the guests and vision in the other room.

"ah, yes, that would be the missus summoning me" evi could hear vision exclaim.

"she calls you diane?" mrs hart asked

"a little nickname she has for me" he badly excused "coming... fred!"

just a second after, vision stepped through the swinging kitchen door. evi had already waited for him to enter, but wanda didn't and because she was suddenly exposed to the harts, she send the lobster flying through the window.

"how can i be of assistance?" vision asked throwing a skeptical look in evi's direction, who was still trying to stop the pots from bubbling over

"the chicken is no longer a chicken and the lobsters just flew the coop. the steak is the last one standing" she stopped to look at the recipe "it says here i could cut down the prep time with a meat tenderizer"

"that sounds like an excellent plan— where is the meat tenderizer?"

"i'm looking at him" wanda joked and handed vision a mallet.

"hoo hoo in there!" mrs hart called before she opened the blinds once again. wanda reacted faster than evi could blink and closed the blinds again. "hoo hoo back to you!" she called

wanda untied her apron handing it to vision. "finish the meat! find those lobsters! and evi make sure the food doesn't boil too much! i'll be right back" wanda rushed out the door and into the living room.

"i don't think there's anything to safe here" evi whispered at vision when she raised the lid of the pot.

"okay" vision shrugged "then full concentration on the steak?"

evi nodded and they both continued to pay down the steak, like wanda had told them.

suddenly there was a knock at the front door, which alarmed vision "here" he said to evi as he handed her the mallet "don't stop"

a few seconds later, wanda rushed back into the kitchen.

"am i even doing this right?" evi asked, landing another hab down at the steak.

"i don't think it's really doing anything" she smiled sadly, evi stopped in her movements, letting the mallet land on the counter next to the steak

"than what should we do"

"it's time to improvise" wanda said reaching forward and grabbing one of the eggs from out the basket.

evi helped her prepare the breakfast and they teamed up in setting the table with their powers.

"now when we are going to eat?!" mr hart exclaimed loudly, about ready to explode

"dinner is served" wanda smiled, evi and her standing behind him.

"i don't believe you have met her, this is my sister, evi" wanda outstretched her arm and evi stepped forward shaking both mr and mrs harts hands.

"nice to meet you, dear" mrs hart smiled

"it's a pleasure to meet you too" evi nodded, registering that mr hart was a bit thrown off by the unusual dinner

"it's a european tradition for new friends" evi explained the reason, which she just had made completely up "it stands for a fortune future and brings luck to those who are invited to one"

mr harts feature grew softer when his eyes left the table and found evi's.

"well, if a smart young lady says that, we are bound to believe it, right sweetheart?" mrs hart said nodding her head at the table so mr hart would finally take a seat.

when they were sitting, vision raised his glass "to my lovely and talented family!"

"to our esteemed guests!" wanda added while everyone took a sip, evi's glass being filled with apple juice. "please, eat, before it gets gold"

"so, where did you two move from? what brought you here? how long have you been married? and why don't you have children yet?" 

wanda opened her mouth but she seemed to not be able to find the right words. vision chuckled

"what wanda means to say is, we moved from..."

"yes, we moved from..."

"and we were married..."

"yes, we were married..."

"well? moved from where? married when?" mr hart grew impatient at the encounter in front of him

"patience, arthur! they're setting up their story. let them tell it."

"our story.." wanda tried starting again, but couldn't continue

"what exactly is your story?!" mr hart bellowed

"leave the poor kids alone!" mrs hart scolded

"it's a simple enough question — why did you come here?"

evi looked between everyone at the table and she could sense that wanda had gotten uncomfortable, she wanted to change the topic desperately.

evi tried changing the topic "so one of my teachers—"

me hart pounded the table loudly, making evi scream in shock. "dammit! i say, why did you—"

suddenly mr hart started chocking

"oh arthur, stop it!" mrs hart scolded

he still continues to choke. he clutched his throat and fell to the floor, while mrs hart continued to talk to him like he was faking it.

"wanda" evi looked at her sister in horror, tears forming in her eyes. he couldn't die. he couldn't possibly die. pietro was only—

"go upstairs, evi"

without a word of protest, evi got up from the table and left the living room, going up the stairs to her own room.

she sat down on the bed and tried to calm down and stop the tears from flowing. she was caught off guard when she suddenly saw mr and mrs hart walk away in front of the house like nothing had happened.

mrs hart stopped like she knew she was being watched and turned around. her eyes finding evi's. then she raised her arm and waved, evi reluctantly did the same, not being able to smile back at the laughing woman.

evi walked down the steps and saw wanda and vision sitting at the couch. she sat down in front of the, taking the popcorn vision had prepared so that they could watch a movie.

"and they lived happily ever after" vision smiled, while evi rested her head on both wanda's and visions knees.

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